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Florida Group Publisher Graham Jarrett Editor in Chief Jessica Bryce Young Editorial Music Editor Matthew Moyer Digital Content Editor Dave Plotkin Calendar and Film Editor Thaddeus McCollum Contributors Peg Aloi, Rob Bartlett, Jen Cray, Jason Ferguson, Maisie Haney, Liv Jonse, Holly V. Kapherr, Faiyaz Kara, Seth Kubersky, Bao Le-Huu, Anthony Mauss, Cameron Meier, Richard Reep, Leah Sandler, Steve Schneider, Madeleine Scott, Nicolette Shurba Editorial Interns Sarah Jennifer Hardin, Wavanie Henry, Ross Nobles

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NEWS + FEATURES

7 Your Words + “This Modern World” Readers react, plus Tom Tomorrow

11 ICYMI Trump visits the Villages, I-4 Ultimate worker killed by falling beam, and other news you may have missed last week

15 Informed Dissent GOP lawmakers know what has to be done. They know they have to do it. They also know that it will likely mean facing an electoral wipeout in 2020

16 The silenced Six whistleblower and ex-government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury climate science – and why they won’t stay quiet now

27 FOOD + DRINK

Kaizen Izakaya bestows downtown with contempo pan-Asian bites and legit sushi

2019 was the warmest year in modern history

22 The heat is on

31 Recently Reviewed

Author Naomi Klein talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes and how she finds hope

ARTS + CULTURE 25 Live Active Cultures More reasons to resist hopelessness: With The Hope Movement, Emotions Dance and Florida Dance Theatre partner to benefit Orlando Health’s Cancer Support Community

39 Totally wired

27 Tip Jar Curry Ford’s Ocean Sun Brewing closes, Motorworks Brewing moves downtown, plus more in local food news

20 Endless bummer

MUSIC

27 Cutting room

B Boys flash Florida roots while elbowing their way out of the post-punk pigeonhole

41 This Little Underground Cupcakke announces retirement from Orlando hotel room; Kolars prove their dazzle is even bigger on stage than in photos

Short takes on restaurants we’ve reviewed recently

FILM

CALENDAR

35 In the weeds Netflix-direct Stephen King adaptation In the Tall Grass gets lost

42 Selections 44 The Week 45 Down the Road

35 Film Listings Cinema-oriented events to go see this week

Back Pages 50 Savage Love 51 Classifieds

37 On Screens in Orlando Movies playing this week: Joker, Wrinkles the Clown and more

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Readers react to stories from last week. Last week we reported that while Disney CEO Bob Iger received an 80 percent pay increase last year, the company is cutting live entertainment at its Orlando parks, including Animal Kingdom’s Burudika band, the Magic Kingdom Muppets and Epcot’s Coco puppets and Folklórico dancers (“As prices rise and attendance lags, Walt Disney World axes Orlando performers,” Sept. 23). As Disney is one of Central Florida’s biggest employers, it wasn’t surprising that we received scores of comments. Here are just a few. @Deborah Rugh I’m 65 years old and I’ve never been able to afford to visit the park. I visited my brother and his family in Orlando a year ago and all we could do was drive by the front gates just to be able to say I was there. I love Disney and their movies, but the average Joe or Josephine can not afford tickets to go in the gates, let alone buy items there. @Laurel Clark The greed this company has sunk to in recent years is stupefying.

Coupled with their blatant age discrimination, it’s unforgivable. Until they return to Walt Disney’s original values of a park for all families, not just wealthy families, and treating their loyal employees with pensions and perks instead of pink slips, I hope they see a continued decline in attendance. @Hami Ami Disney cast members cannot even afford to eat at the employees cafeteria at work. A lot of them are on food stamps and they have to catch bus rides across town for many hours just to get to work to make a merely minimum wage that you cannot support yourself on. In what country do you work full-time and you cannot even afford food, a car and rent? @Lisa M. Varney I am a long-time lover of Disney, but I get so sick of the CEOs making huge bonuses when the everyday employees suffer when something costs Disney too much. I respect what the job of CEO entails, but your daily employees give the magical experiences every day. Disney seems to keep missing that, now that the family isn’t involved with running the company.

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Important Facts About DOVATO

This is only a brief summary of important information about DOVATO and does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your condition and treatment. What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO? If you have both human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Resistant HBV infection. Your healthcare provider will test you for HBV infection before you start treatment with DOVATO. If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B, the hepatitis B virus can change (mutate) during your treatment with DOVATO and become harder to treat (resistant). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in people who have HIV-1 and HBV infection. • Worsening of HBV infection. If you have HIV-1 and HBV infection, your HBV may get worse (flare-up) if you stop taking DOVATO. A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before. Worsening liver disease can be serious and may lead to death. ° Do not run out of DOVATO. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare provider before your DOVATO is all gone. ° Do not stop DOVATO without first talking to your healthcare provider. If you stop taking DOVATO, your healthcare provider will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your liver. What is DOVATO? DOVATO is a prescription medicine that is used without other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults: who have not received antiretroviral medicines in the past, and without known resistance to the medicines dolutegravir or lamivudine. HIV-1 is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in children. Who should not take DOVATO? Do Not Take DOVATO if You: • have ever had an allergic reaction to a medicine that contains dolutegravir or lamivudine. • take dofetilide. What should I tell my healthcare provider before using DOVATO? Tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you: • have or have had liver problems, including hepatitis B or C infection. • have kidney problems. • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. One of the medicines in DOVATO (dolutegravir) may harm your unborn baby. ° You should not take DOVATO if you are planning to become pregnant or during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Your healthcare provider may prescribe a different medicine if you are planning to become pregnant or become pregnant during treatment with DOVATO. ° If you can become pregnant, your healthcare provider will perform a pregnancy test before you start treatment with DOVATO. ° If you can become pregnant, you should consistently use effective birth control (contraception) during treatment with DOVATO. ° Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are planning to become pregnant, you become pregnant, or think you may be pregnant during treatment with DOVATO. • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take DOVATO. ° You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. ° One of the medicines in DOVATO (lamivudine) passes into your breastmilk. ° Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby. ©2019 ViiV Healthcare or licensor. DLLADVT190007 June 2019 Produced in USA.

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Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Some medicines interact with DOVATO. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. • You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with DOVATO. • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take DOVATO with other medicines. What are Possible Side Effects of DOVATO? DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO?” section. • Allergic reactions. Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop a rash with DOVATO. Stop taking DOVATO and get medical help right away if you develop a rash with any of the following signs or symptoms: fever; generally ill feeling; tiredness; muscle or joint aches; blisters or sores in mouth; blisters or peeling of the skin; redness or swelling of the eyes; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue; problems breathing. • Liver problems. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening changes in certain liver tests during treatment with DOVATO. Liver problems, including liver failure, have also happened in people without a history of liver disease or other risk factors. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your liver. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following signs or symptoms of liver problems: your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice); dark or “tea-colored” urine; light-colored stools (bowel movements); nausea or vomiting; loss of appetite; and/or pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area. • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms that could be signs of lactic acidosis: feel very weak or tired; unusual (not normal) muscle pain; trouble breathing; stomach pain with nausea and vomiting; feel cold, especially in your arms and legs; feel dizzy or lightheaded; and/or a fast or irregular heartbeat. • Lactic acidosis can also lead to severe liver problems, which can lead to death. Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver (steatosis). Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the signs or symptoms of liver problems which are listed above under “Liver problems.” You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female or very overweight (obese).

SO MUCH GOES INTO WHO I AM HIV MEDICINE IS ONE PART OF IT. Reasons to ask your doctor about DOVATO: DOVATO can help you reach and then stay undetectable* with just 2 medicines in 1 pill. That means fewer medicines† in your body while taking DOVATO

You can take it any time of day with or without food (around the same time each day)—giving you flexibility

DOVATO is a once-a-day complete treatment for adults who are new to HIV-1 medicine. Results may vary. *Undetectable means reducing the HIV in your blood to very low levels (less than 50 copies per mL). † As compared with 3-drug regimens.

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What are Possible Side Effects of DOVATO (cont’d)? • Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you start having new symptoms after you start taking DOVATO. • The most common side effects of DOVATO include: headache; diarrhea; nausea; trouble sleeping; and tiredness. These are not all the possible side effects of DOVATO. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088. Where Can I Find More Information? • Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist. • Go to DOVATO.com or call 1-877-844-8872, where you can also get FDA-approved labeling. Trademark is owned by or licensed to the ViiV Healthcare group of companies.

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Trump visits the Villages, I-4 Ultimate worker killed by falling beam, Fried calls on GOPdominated clemency board to hurry up on restoring felons’ voting rights and other news you may have missed. »

I-4 Ultimate construction to pause after falling beam kills construction worker: A downtown Orlando construction accident last

Saturday night left one worker dead and another in the hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries. According to SGL Constructors, the contractor responsible for I-4 Ultimate construction, the accident was caused when a beam crashed down into a construction area around 6:30 p.m., near the I-4/408 interchange by Lake Lucerne. Orlando Fire District Chief Walter Lewis said one worker was “heavily trapped” and died on the scene, while the other was transported to the hospital by bystanders. The I-4 Ultimate construction project is currently suspended along its 21 miles, except for emergency maintenance. This is the fifth worker death since the start of the I-4 Ultimate project. More than 160 injuries have been reported to federal authorities.

Nikki Fried calls on Florida’s Republican-dominated cabinet to restore felons’ civil rights: Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried

is getting impatient that Florida’s Republican-dominated clemency board isn’t using its power to restore the civil rights of felons who have been released from prison. Fried, the only Democrat on the panel, wants new rules so people who have committed low-level felony offenses can get their civil rights restored. The governor’s office said last week that Gov. Ron DeSantis is “considering many proposals” to reduce a clemency case backlog but did not provide specifics. Voters in November 2018 overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment aimed at restoring the voting rights of felons who have completed terms of their sentences.

Shelter for unaccompanied migrant children will no longer open in Orlando: According to a letter from U.S. Rep. Val Demings, the

Department of Health and Human Services no longer has plans to open a housing facility for 500 unaccompanied children here. “While Central Florida is off the list, the search continues in Texas and Arizona (states with fewer child welfare laws, where children may be at greater risk), and the Congresswoman will keep working to end child detention and return children to their families,” the statement said. Florida currently has three detention centers in Homestead, Miami Gardens and Cutler Bay. However, the Homestead location, which was investigated for multiple sexual abuse claims, recently relocated the children at its shelter to other facilities.

Eager to reach elderly voters, an embattled Trump visits the Villages: After postponing a visit to Florida’s largest retirement community

last August, President Donald Trump has rescheduled his first official visit to the Villages for Thursday, Oct. 3. The stop comes after the president canceled his planned Aug. 6 visit because of the August mass shootings in El Paso and Daytona, which resulted in the deaths of 31 people. Trump’s visit to the Villages occurs as Democrats launch an impeachment inquiry, but seeing as 68 percent of Sumter County voted for Trump in the 2016 election, this likely won’t be an issue.

To protect Florida’s water, Blue-Green Algae Task Force recommends regulating septic tanks: Members of the state’s Blue-

Green Algae Task Force met last week and agreed that lax oversight of septic tanks is contributing to the state’s unprecedented algae blooms. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection should be teamed with health officials who issue permits for septic tanks, as the state tries to ensure cleaner waterways, the task force says. But task force members also made clear they still intend to tackle issues of agricultural and urban use of herbicides and fertilizers, a topic they have not fully addressed. orlandoweekly.com

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AN OPEN LETTER TO ORLANDO HEALTH.

ear Orlando Health, We, the supporters of Dr. Gregor Alexander, for whom the Alexander Center for Neonatology at Winnie Palmer Hospital was named, would like to express our deep dismay and distress over his recent and very sudden departure from the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Without a word of warning, one of the most respected, beloved, skilled, and devoted doctors in the field was simply no longer a part of the unit which he was responsible for building — a unit which has established itself as one of the top NICUs in the nation, if not the world. From that fateful day in the late ’70s when Dr. Alexander took on Arnold Palmer’s directive to “do it better,” Dr. Alexander made it his mission to elevate the care of the most vulnerable and at-risk infants and to significantly increase their chances of survival, as well as their chances of leading as high quality of life possible, regardless of the circumstances of their birth. Since that time, survival rates have skyrocketed in the unit — going from merely average to one of the highest in the country. The NICU at Winnie Palmer has grown into one of the largest NICUs in the nation housed under the same hospital roof. Dr. Alexander’s expertise helped him develop procedures which revolutionized the treatment and care of premature and at-risk infants, in turn transforming the field of neonatology. His incorporation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), an innovative treatment which uses a pump to circulate blood through an artificial lung back into the bloodstream of ill infants, saved thousands of babies who otherwise would not

have survived. His passion was shared by doctors he partnered with over the years and in the staff — the nurses, respiratory therapists, technicians, clinicians, administrators — of the NICU. Together, over many decades, they worked tirelessly to bring the best of care and outcomes to what we call “tiny babies.” This wasn’t merely a brilliant doctor utilizing his skills; this was, and still is, his calling. He truly lives for helping tiny babies and his genuine heartfelt love for them is without limits. His efforts have resulted in international recognition and a stellar reputation for the Alexander Center for Neonatology, Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, and Orlando Health overall. If it were not for Dr. Alexander and his team, none of this would stand as it does today. For a man who dedicated himself to your institution and who is responsible for its continued excellence over the years to be abruptly absent from the unit raises a tremendous amount of red flags, and we, the NICU families both former and current, staff both former and current, NICU graduates who owe their lives to Dr. Alexander and his team, and supporters throughout the Orlando community and beyond, want answers. We have been given a typed statement, signed by Dr. Alexander, which says that he was being evaluated by a third medical party, has been advised to take a medical leave of absence, and that he subsequently resigned from several boards due to these health issues. Suspiciously, this statement was produced almost two weeks after his departure; only AFTER an enormous outcry emerged from a Facebook page created by his supporters who were

stunned, saddened, confused, and dismayed due to the shocking news. Before that, beyond a few hastily sent emails to donors and fundraisers, there was absolute silence on the matter from Orlando Health. Why, without any word from you, so much as even a press release, was a doctor so integrally a part of the NICU for over 40+ years no longer with his unit? Why turn your back on a man who is essentially the face of neonatology in Central Florida? Your “official” story is being contradicted time and time again by many inside sources with full knowledge of what has actually been occurring to bring upon these events. They report that Dr. Alexander is not sick and did not “medically retire” of his own accord. They know that Dr. Alexander was unceremoniously dismissed from Orlando Health and the neonatal intensive care unit he built with years of hard work and dedication...a unit, it bears repeating, which was named for him; for which he has been honored time and time again due to his efforts in advancing the field of neonatology; for which he virtually gave all his energy and attention, even when not on duty. Rumor has it that Orlando Health has even threatened to take his name off of the very NICU he established. We certainly hope that this does not occur. Dr. Alexander’s level of care has not wavered in the least over the many decades which he has served the hospital and his patients, so it goes to reason that this cannot be the reason for his dismissal. So what is? What can you, Orlando Health, point to that solidly supports your immediate dismissal of this man, and of Dr. Perez three weeks ago, and of Dr. Albertini

over a year ago — two other highly regarded doctors in the unit? Why are they still actively working at another hospital and not at Winnie Palmer, where they spent the better part of the careers and whose expert level of care has not dropped during their time in the NICU? It can’t be his, or their negligence, incompetence, or “failing” health (which has been erroneously stated). So what is the reason? We are compelled to ask, because to plunge the NICU into chaos and controversy in this manner without a valid explanation or reason borders on negligence and incompetence on the part of Orlando Health, and not Drs. Alexander, Perez, or Albertini. Put yourself in the shoes of the families who currently have babies in the NICU walked in the day after his dismissal and their primary doctor was GONE, without a word of explanation and without ANY type of transition set in motion. The successful treatment of premature and at-risk infants relies on more than clinical procedures and monitoring the numbers: weight gain, O2 stats, temperature regulation. There are intangibles which play a major role in determining how a child is progressing, even though all signs may be positive. A neonatologist is there from the first moments of a child’s existence and gets to develop a second sense about the baby under their care. Finelyhoned instincts help them discern infinitesimal changes that signal a baby is going to experience a setback. We should not have to tell the ADMINISTRATORS of Orlando Health that suddenly interrupting a baby’s care by dismissing their primary doctor is dangerous and reckless. Any change can bring about

DURING DR. ALEXANDER’S LEADERSHIP AT THE ARNOLD AND WINNIE PALMER HOSPITAL NICUS: • More than 50,000 babies have been treated in the NICU • Annually, more than 1,400 families choose the WPH NICU to care for their infants • The NICU consistently boasts a 96% survival rate for low-birth weight infants • The capacity increased to become the 4th largest in the nation under one roof •He began the ECMO program which treats up to 40 infants per year with life-saving heart-lung bypass • He strengthened the transport team to become one of the most successful in the state

“It’s not just technology and great care that saves lives; it’s the spirit of care, love, and passion of our neonatal team that saves lives” - Gregor Alexander, MD Neonatology Pioneer

serious complications, even death. And yet Orlando Health jeopardized the wellbeing of every single child in the NICU by forcing Dr. Alexander to leave with absolutely no preparation or plans for succession by their primary care doctor. Literally anyone who knows Dr. Alexander knows that he would never have abandoned his PATIENTS and their families in this manner, unless he was forced to do so. If he had been left to leave on his own terms, there would have been a well-thought out and executed plan for a seamless and peaceful transition — one in which the patients and families would have avoided the confusion and abject fear that they have felt during this troubling time.

tive cover of night. Instead of giving Dr. Alexander the send-off he richly deserved, you’ve cast all of his accomplishments under a shadow of sadness, confusion, and even anger. It is an injustice which we never expected out of an institution which we all held in such high regard. You can reverse this injustice and gain back the good opinion of those who have who have lost it, simply by reinstating Dr. Alexander to his rightful position at the Alexander Center for Neonatology. Let him continue providing the most vulnerable of our babies with the fighting chance they deserve here in our community at the NICU he built; his “home.” For all that he has meant to Winnie Palmer Hospital and Orlando Health, for all his achievements and his devotion to saving lives, he deserves the right to decide the course and eventual conclusion to his clinical career. Without a just reason for dismissal, these loyal professionals deserve end their careers on their own terms when they so decide. Without due cause, no healthcare system has the right to make the decision for them. When that starts to happen, the level of healthcare provided by Orlando Health will have fallen to a point which will ill-serve every patient who walks through the doors of their facilities seeking treatment.

Is this the action of a hospital that has their patients’ best interest at heart? Does it look like they care for the community they serve by doing something so poorly thought out? All evidence points to “Obviously not.” It’s as though you’ve forgotten that a hospital is not a building; it’s the people who work in that building. A NICU is not a few rooms with specialized equipment in that building; it’s the doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, clinicians, and endless support staff whose efforts combine to care for the infants in the NICU; and your treatment of those people is what defines you as a health care provider. We implore you to do the right thing, If you want that definition to be “A leading healthcare provider in the Cen- Orlando Health. Please. tral Florida community...” then please re-access you actions over the last few Regards, weeks, months, and even years. The Supporters of This was a medical professional who, Dr. Gregor Alexander at the end of his career, should have been celebrated many times over by Orlando Health and all who owe their lives and children’s lives to him. On his last day, he should have walked out of the hospital to thunderous applause; #wesupportDrA not forced to quickly pack up his office and ushered out under the figura-

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THE MOMENT OF TRUTH GOP lawmakers know what has to be done. They know they have to do it. They also know that it will likely mean facing an electoral wipeout in 2020 BY JE FFREY C. BILL M A N

ou can take this to the bank: Before the year ends, Donald Trump will become the third American president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The mounting, overwhelming evidence of his bad acts, the constitutional obligations and, frankly, Trump’s real-time, in-plain-sight meltdown – which has so far included calls for the whistleblower (now reportedly under federal witness protection) and a member of Congress to be treated as traitors and, on Sunday night, a threatened civil war if he is removed from office – all point to its inevitability. You can take this to the bank, as well: By the time it happens, the American public will want it to happen. They’ll want the Trump Show to end, one way or the other. The president will only degenerate, as more shoes drop, as more whistleblowers come forward, as more witnesses are called, as more documents are subpoenaed, as more officials leave – as his entirely unprepared White House, stripped of the Republican Party’s best minds and most skilled operatives, is left to dangle in the dark as the walls close in, while the president tweets furiously into the void. What happens next depends on Republicans – in particular, the ones who haven’t been completely sucked into the Fox News alternate-reality vortex of bullshit, the ones who, in their bones, know that our democracy is in dangerous, unprecedented territory. And, despite all appearances, I still believe (or maybe hope) that there are enough of them in the halls of power to make the right call when the time comes. They’ve read the same documents and stories we have. They know that Trump’s excuses for Ukraine are paper-thin, even as they mouth them for TV cameras. They know they can whine about the whistle-

blower’s complaint being “hearsay,” but they also know that the report was meticulous. They know that the president and Rudy Giuliani have confirmed that they spent months pressuring Ukraine’s government to dig into debunked allegations about Joe Biden’s family. They know that the White House has confirmed the whistleblower’s account that officials moved records of Trump’s calls with Ukraine’s president – and almost certainly the leaders of Russia and Saudi Arabia, as well – to a classified server so as to spare the president humiliation and possibly criminal inquiries. They know that Trump unilaterally blocked aid to Ukraine, and they know that, on the phone call, when Ukraine’s president asked about buying anti-tank missiles key to fighting Russia, Trump responded, “I would like you to do us a favor, though.” They know that, while the president’s most ardent defenders – among them Sen. Lindsey Graham and North Carolina congressman Mark Meadows, who have Gorilla-Glued their lips to Trump’s ass – have harped on the fact that the “favor” Trump sought had to do with something called Crowdstrike, and that the Biden stuff came a few seconds later, this doesn’t exactly help. Because they know that the reference to Crowdstrike is a nonsensical conspiracy that emerged in the right-wing fever swamp, a theory that Russia was framed for the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee server and the evidence is in Ukraine. Besides, they also know that Trump did ask for Ukraine’s help in investigating the Bidens, so as to provide him with vague innuendo he can wave around no matter how times it gets fact-checked, and they know that had a Democrat done this, they would be demanding that Democrat’s impeachment.

They also know that Trump knows that Russia really did help him become president. The Washington Post reported last week that, in the same meeting in which he shared classified intel on ISIS, Trump had assured the Russians in 2017 that he didn’t care about their election interference – a year before he shared a stage with Vladimir Putin in Poland and told the world he believed Putin that Russia hadn’t interfered in American elections. And though they often deny it, they know they’ve seen the president’s Twitter feed – including his Sunday tweet favorably quoting Dallas megachurch preacher Robert Jeffress saying (on Fox News, of course) that removing Trump would “cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country would never heal,” or when he likened U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff paraphrasing parts of the Ukrainian call memo during a hearing last week to treason. They know that this is all beyond the pale. They know that Trump is an unstable narcissist only loosely tethered to reality. They know what should be done. They know that they have the power to bring it about. They know that, in 1974, Richard Nixon was convinced he could hang on until Republicans told him it was over – that he would be replaced and removed. They know that if enough House and Senate Republicans came out tomorrow and said publicly what they reportedly say privately, the president would have little choice but to resign, and if he didn’t, Mitch McConnell would have no choice but to hold a trial that ended with his removal. But they also know that going into 2020 with a clear conscience would likely mean facing an electoral wipeout: Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders, a Democratic Congress, Medicare for All, Green New Deal, tax hikes for the rich, all of it. And even if that didn’t happen, they know that, in their rural states and gerrymandered districts, doing what’s right would hurt them politically; the GOP has sold its soul to Trump and his made-forcable-news authoritarianism, and going against the leader is a gamble with limited rewards. And they know that, should Trump somehow survive this, their party and its propaganda machinery will be only more tightly wrapped around him. So they have a decision to make. This will be their moment of truth. feedback@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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Six whistleblowers and ex-government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury climate science – and why they won’t stay quiet

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rom weakening vehicle emissions to blocking warnings about how coastal parks could flood or the impact on the Arctic, the Trump administration is accused of muzzling climate science. Here six whistleblowers and former government scientists describe being sidelined by the administration – and why they won’t be quiet.

Jeff Alson Role: A former senior engineer at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s vehicles lab in Ann Arbor, Michigan What did the work involve? “I was an engineer at the EPA, working for 40 years in a very technical job. In 2009, after the election of Barack Obama, the EPA started working on greenhouse gas standards for vehicles for the first time. It felt like we were making history. “There was a team of around 25 people producing thousands of pages of analysis for the standards. We knew it would be controversial but it was a very big deal, the first critical steps to address the climate crisis.” What changed under the Trump administration?

“Once Trump was elected it became pretty clear that things would change. The president came out to Michigan in March 2017 and gave a speech where he said he’d look at the standards, that they hurt economic activity and jobs. That was an obvious sign, really. “In August 2018 the administration proposed an eightyear freeze of the greenhouse gas standards. It was unbelievable, really – for the first time in the history of the EPA the political leadership decided to change pollution standards that were doing well without allowing the career staff and experts to play any sort of role. We were completely locked out. “There was no scientific or technical rationale to rolling back the standards; the analysis they used was the most biased thing I’ve ever seen. They cooked the books and changed every assumption they could to get the answer they wanted. It was so bad that some EPA career staff asked their bosses to take the EPA name off it all.” How do you feel about your experience? “It broke my heart. I’d had this wonderful career, playing a small role in making the world a better place. Then we had a political leadership making decisions on ideology, denying science, basically being climate deniers. It felt horrible. “I was 62 years old and there were a few family things going on, but the Trump administration made a difficult decision to retire much easier. I felt I could do more good on the outside, educating the public on what’s going on. By the time I left, the morale was the lowest I’d seen in 40 years. Our work had become irrelevant.”

Response from the EPA: Asked by the Guardian about the concerns outlined by four former EPA scientists, EPA spokesman Michael Abboud said in a statement: “The EPA under President Trump has strived to create an agency that is responsive to the American people.” The statement said this included “proposing the SAFE (Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient) rule that will save lives and produce savings for American consumers [and] working on the first major update to the lead and copper rule in nearly three decades.” It added the agency was also “on track to become the first administration to complete an ozone NAAQS (National Ambient Air Quality Standards) in the five-year review cycle envisioned by Congress,” and had deleted 22 sites from the national priorities list of those eligible for Superfund cleanup, the most since the financial year 2005.

Maria Caffrey Role: Worked on climate change at the National Park Service (NPS)

What did the work involve? “I was studying how climate change will affect 118 coastal parks in the U.S. for the National Park Service. I started this work in July 2013; it was my baby.”

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What changed under the Trump administration? “My study went through peer review and was ready to be released but I was told by the NPS a few days after Donald Trump’s inauguration that they were ‘waiting for messaging’ first. I thought that was no big deal but then nothing happened and I started calling up every few weeks to say, ‘We’ve got to get this out, it’s getting stale.’ “The excuses varied but became ever more vague, such as ‘we are ever so busy’ or that it would worry people during hurricane season because it mentions storm surge in coastal areas. A superior said they wanted to keep a low profile on climate change for four or maybe eight years while Trump was around, which really upset me because we don’t have four to eight years to do nothing. I felt I was being silenced. “I went on maternity leave around Christmas 2017 and the report still hadn’t been released. I got an email from a colleague saying, ‘Congrats on the baby, by the way you should know they are editing your report.’ “We had a conference call and it became clear that any mention of human-caused climate change had been taken out. I was asked how I would feel if they didn’t release the report at all, which felt like a threat. I stood my ground and was told ‘they aren’t going to be happy about this from above.’ It was never clear who ‘they’ were – perhaps Trump himself or Ryan Zinke [the then secretary of the interior]. “I then had a meeting with a senior NPS official who came out from Washington, D.C. The other report coauthors were there, too. That’s when it all unraveled; it became incredibly hostile. I was told not to attribute changes in public lands to human actions. “I felt like we worked for the American people and I didn’t want to lie to them. But a superior said that we in fact work for the executive branch, of which the president is the head. The president is the boss and we are going to put our heads down and put out the line of the administration. “A journalist did a freedom of information request and saw all the emails of us fighting over this and asked me for a statement. I ended up going on the record because I thought it was a very important issue. I was aghast I was being asked to lie. These people were violating the mission of the NPS. “After I came back from maternity leave I was demoted to be an intern on $25,000 a year. And then in February this year they said there was no money left at all and that I would have to leave. It was devastating. I offered to work for free as a volunteer but was turned down, which shows that it wasn’t a money issue really. I packed up my office and I was gone. I filed a whistleblower complaint in July.” How do you feel about your experience? “I have faced retribution. I was threatened and placed in a hostile work environment. It’s clear in some agencies there’s a culture of fear where scientists are being intimidated. When I wrote this report, politics was the last thing on my mind, I was thinking about climate change and these coastal parks. “It’s very frustrating. It’s not where I pictured where my career would be at this time in my life. I don’t even know if I have a career anymore. What’s left is in tatters.” The National Park Service did not respond to the Guardian’s request for comment.

Chris Frey Role: A professor of environmental engineering at North Carolina State University, Frey was chairman of the EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and a member of the agency’s Science Advisory Board. He left in 2018 What did the work involve? “The Clean Air Science Advisory Committee (CASAC) is required to inform the EPA administrator over air quality standards, if they are sufficient to protect public health or not [under the Clean Air Act]. The EPA’s Science Advisory Board is a much larger committee that takes on all sorts of things – clean water rules, vehicle greenhouse gas standards, rules about transparency and so on.” What changed under the Trump administration? “Initially there was a neglectful relationship with the new Trump administration; they seemed uninterested and the amount of scientific advisory board work dropped off. Then, from October 2018, there were the first signs of the ideological assault on scientific advice at the EPA. “Scott Pruitt [then administrator of the EPA] wrote a memo that said that researchers that have received grants from the EPA aren’t allowed to serve on panels because of a perceived conflict of interest. But there was no prohibition on industry people serving and the number of them on the panels has increased. It’s been a way to kick qualified people off the boards and get cronies in their place. “There was a complete turnover of CASAC and it shows in meetings. They now bumble through things because they don’t understand the process and the Clean Air Act. Political appointees are interfering with the selection of candidates, essentially picking those sympathetic to the agenda of the administration, even if they have fringe views like ‘climate change isn’t happening,’ that kind of stuff. “I was on a panel looking at the risks posed by particulate matter. We had a lot more work to do but we were disbanded four days before the EPA released an assessment that we would’ve reviewed. The timing was mind-boggling. I found out by seeing a press release on the EPA website, which was followed by an email saying out services were no longer needed. “I was also a nominee for a panel on ozone but then they said they wouldn’t go ahead with that. It was a little frustrating for me personally, but it’s more of a loss to the American public. The EPA has always been thought of as a science-based agency. What we see now is no basic respect for science.” How do you feel about your experience? “There’s not even lip service to the science. Science can’t be controlled like ideological spin, so the administration is afraid of that. They don’t want scientists and their evidence-based opinions – they’d rather have cronies trot out the same tired talking points on fringe scientific views.”

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Joel Clement Role: An expert on the impact of climate change on the Arctic at the Department of the Interior What did the work involve? “I was at [the department of the] interior for nearly seven years. I started on Jan. 3, 2011 – I know the exact date because of how excited and inspired I was at the thought of serving in the federal government. I was hired as a senior executive to run the office of policy analysis, which sits in the office of the secretary. “One of the main areas of focus was addressing the impacts of climate change in the Arctic, which is warming two to three times faster than the rest of the planet. Entire Alaska Native villages are threatened by rapid coastal erosion and storms because they no longer have a sea ice curtain to protect them from fierce Arctic storms in the fall and early winter, and the ground beneath their feet is falling away as the permafrost thaws.” What changed under the Trump administration? “The new Trump team was very thin and most of them knew very little about the agency mission – they were mostly oil and gas lobbyists and some campaign workers. Whatever they were talking about up on the secretary’s hallway, it sure wasn’t being shared with the career staff at the agency. So you basically had 70,000 employees scratching their heads and getting back to doing their jobs while a couple dozen political appointees tried to get their act together to lead them. It was surreal. “But this neglect soon turned into scorn, characterized by comments from the new secretary, Ryan Zinke, that the staff were disloyal. Morale began to quickly plummet as the political ranks showed not only ignorance of, but disdain for the wide-ranging agency mission. Here you had tens of thousands of people working hard in public service and being told what they do is not important. “The National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service had it worst because they didn’t have anything to do with oil and gas or mining permitting processes, and the lobbyists in charge had no interest in wildlife, conservation or biodiversity. “But every agency suffered, because the mantra of the administration was to drain the swamp – and it quickly became clear that the swamp was not the high-paid lobbyists, but the rank and file government professionals who serve the country. “On a Thursday night in June, just a week after I’d been in New York to speak at the United Nations about climate change adaptation issues, I received an email that said I was being moved to a new position. “It was quickly obvious that this was a retaliatory action, as I was moved away from any climate change work to the office that collects royalty income from oil, gas and mining companies – an auditing position for which I had zero expertise. The email explained that because I had economists on my policy staff that I must clearly know about numbers, so I’d be good in an auditing office. “I’d heard that they were looking for a job that I would

not want, in hopes that I would quit. It’s not unusual for senior executives to be reassigned, it’s part of the job, but reassignment can’t be used to get people to quit – and Secretary Zinke testified to Congress a week later that he was using reassignments, among other methods, to trim the workforce. Sadly, I was only one of dozens of executives who were reassigned that night, many of us for clearly retaliatory reasons. “I found legal counsel and eventually filed a whistleblower complaint and went public with an op-ed in the Washington Post. I wasn’t worried too much about my job at that point, I was worried about the work I’d been doing on behalf of Alaska Natives and it was clear they had no intention of continuing to work to help those frontline communities. “A couple months later I decided that they’d already taken my job, but there was no way I’d let them take my voice, so I resigned and continued to speak publicly about these abuses and the implications for American health and safety.” How do you feel about your experience? “The Trump administration is threatened by evidence, by science and by expertise. These things interfere with their ability to hobble government agencies and reduce oversight. It’s mind-boggling and a profound threat to democracy but it also increases risks to American health and safety. Every American should be concerned, regardless of political stripe.” A Department of the Interior spokesperson said in a statement to the Guardian: “The department works to ensure that the scientific activities that it carries out uses the best science and are the result of robust and independent processes.” The department said it was required by law to research and publish reports regarding the changing conditions of the climate and has a “rich and longstanding culture of scientific integrity that prevails independently of individual administrations.”

Betsy Southerland Role: A long-term water quality official at the EPA

What did the work involve? “I was at the EPA for 33 years, starting in 1984. I worked in the water program and on Superfund cleanups, working on the criteria for drinkable water.” What changed under the Trump administration? “I left in August 2017 and made a very public retirement statement about how bad this administration is and its assault on science. It went viral and since then I spend 20 to 30 hours a week helping the press and Congress understand the impact of what the Trump administration is doing. “We’ve never seen anything like this complete abandonment of science, solely to maximize corporate profits. Everything changed after the election. The climate change section of the EPA website came down and

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Role: Worked on climate change impacts upon Superfund sites at the EPA

lip service to the science. Science can’t be controlled like ideological spin. The administration is afraid of that.” Scott Pruitt came in and brought in a bunch of political appointees who didn’t need Senate confirmation. “I was working on a chemical safety rule that was rewritten by Nancy Beck, someone from the American Chemistry Council (an industry lobby group) who Pruitt brought in. It basically repeated the talking points she used on the chemistry council. “Pruitt never spoke to any of the career staff before he made decisions on replacing rules. I worked on a rule that would require coal-fired power plants to treat toxic waste rather than simply dump it into leaky ponds. Pruitt met with Bob Murray (head of coal mining firm Murray Energy Corporation) and decided to postpone the rule and the first we knew about it was when we were asked to check a draft press release about the rollback. “Scientists are really irrelevant at the EPA now; their input isn’t requested. They are simply directed by the political team to help fulfill the desires of political donors, no matter the cost to Americans. At the moment it’s just a logistical question of how fast they can go on this. They have something like 70 regulation repeals underway and because it will be hard to do this with legal challenges they want to undermine the underlying science.” What happened after you left? “Within a couple of days of me leaving an opposition research firm did a freedom of information request for all my emails and the EPA immediately handed them over. I found out they made a big effort to connect with all the right-wing media to trash me. They made up this lie that I was being paid more than a Congress member for every year of my retirement. It got really ugly, so I got off social media. “The same opposition group then tried to find out if any EPA employees donated to [Bernie] Sanders or [Elizabeth] Warren. It’s stunning to target federal employees like that. I’ve never seen that before.”

This story originally appeared in the Guardian. It is republished here as part of Orlando Weekly’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate crisis.

What did the work involve? “I was brought in by the EPA to do climate change work for the office that oversees the Superfund site program, which are toxic areas that require a federal clean-up. “I was specifically working on the Superfund site program because President Obama had issued an executive order for any federal agencies that would put forward new federal dollars into infrastructure. Essentially, he wanted those agencies to incorporate climate change into flood risk for that infrastructure. “The model essentially looks at how much sea level rise is expected over the next 100 years, plus what did the extreme floods look like in those areas? And I combine those two sets of data to create a model that is predictive of these future extreme floods that we’re seeing more of currently and are expected to see more of in the future.” What changed under the Trump administration? “I knew from President Trump, then candidate Trump’s campaign, how he felt about climate change, that I was likely on the chopping block because I was a postdoctoral fellow and my contract was sort of on a year-to-year basis. “And so after the transition occurred, I was there for a couple of weeks and then one day my boss came to my office and said, ‘I think you should probably start looking for another position.’” How do you feel about your experience? “It was a very difficult time for me, absolutely. I was extremely sad and depressed. I really liked the work that I was doing. I felt like I was doing research that was really going to have a significant impact. “I had worked really hard on it. To see something like that just get sort of tossed out the window was really disheartening to see. And the fact that they were just going to completely dismiss this climate change work altogether was also really disheartening. So, yeah. It was a very sad time for me. I will not lie. “There’s a ton of different scenarios that have occurred that show that this administration really does not care about progressing climate change or climate science, in general. I mean, any time you see some sort of report come out of the agency that even mildly mentions climate change and maybe its impacts to national parks, or something to that extent, the administration tries to downplay human connection to climate change. They try to downplay the role of climate change and federal scientists’ work in press releases. “They try to downplay the role of climate change and research that they’re funding. So even in grants that the agencies are receiving, they’re now being vetted by political officials to essentially make sure that climate change is not mentioned in those proposals. It’s not a great time to be a climate change scientist in the federal government.” (Additional reporting by J. Oliver Conroy.) feedback@orlandoweekly.com

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Endless bummer 2019 was the warmest summer in modern history Susie Cagle offers an illustrated guide to what our ever-heating weather means for the future

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THE HEAT IS ON

Author Naomi Klein talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes and how she finds hope BY NATALIE HA N MA N

aomi Klein’s latest book, On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal, was written as wildfires raged from the West Coast to the Arctic, and published the same week that 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a fiery speech at the UN as part of the Climate Action Summit 2019. Fire is very much in the air. Why are you publishing this book now? I still feel that the way that we talk about climate change is too compartmentalized, too siloed from the other crises we face. A really strong theme running through the book is the links between it and the crisis of rising white supremacy, the various forms of nationalism and the fact that so many people are being forced from their homelands, and the war that is waged on our attention spans. These are intersecting and interconnecting crises and so the solutions have to be as well. The book collects essays from the last decade. Have you changed your mind about anything? When I look back, I don’t think I placed enough emphasis on the challenge climate change poses to the left. It’s more obvious the way the climate crisis challenges a right wing-dominant worldview, and the cult of serious centrism that never wants to do anything big, that’s always looking to split the difference. But this is also a challenge to a left worldview that is essentially only interested in redistributing the spoils of extractivism [the process of extracting natural resources from the earth] and not reckoning with the limits of endless consumption. What’s stopping the left doing this? In a North American context, it’s the greatest taboo of all to actually admit that there are going to be limits. You see that in the way Fox News has gone after the Green New Deal – they are coming after your hamburgers! It cuts to the heart of the American dream – every generation gets more than the last, there is always a new frontier to expand to, the whole idea of settler colonial nations

like ours. When somebody comes along and says, actually, there are limits, we’ve got some tough decisions, we need to figure out how to manage what’s left, we’ve got to share equitably – it is a psychic attack. And so the response [on the left] has been to avoid, and say no, no, we’re not coming to take away your stuff, there are going to be all kinds of benefits. And there are going to be benefits: We’ll have more livable cities, we’ll have less polluted air, we’ll spend less time stuck in traffic, we can design happier, richer lives in so many ways. But we are going to have to contract on the endless, disposable consumption side. Do you feel encouraged by talk of the Green New Deal? I feel a tremendous excitement and a sense of relief, that we are finally talking about solutions on the scale of the crisis we face. That we’re not talking about a little carbon tax or a cap and trade scheme as a silver bullet. We’re talking about transforming our economy. This system is failing the majority of people anyway, which is why we’re in this period of such profound political destabilization – that is giving us the Trumps and the Brexits, and all of these strongman leaders – so why don’t we figure out how to change everything from bottom to top, and do it in a way that addresses all of these other crises at the same time? There is every chance we will miss the mark, but every fraction of a degree warming that we are able to hold off is a victory and every policy that we are able to win that makes our societies more humane, the more we will weather the inevitable shocks and storms to come without slipping into barbarism. Because what really terrifies me is what we are seeing at our borders in Europe and North America and Australia – I don’t think it’s coincidental that the settler colonial states and the countries that are the engines of that colonialism are at the forefront of this. We are seeing the beginnings of the era of climate barbarism. We saw it in Christchurch, we saw it in El Paso, where you have this marrying of white supremacist violence with vicious anti-immigrant racism.

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That is one of the most chilling sections of your book: I think that’s a link a lot of people haven’t made. This pattern has been clear for a while. White supremacy emerged not just because people felt like thinking up ideas that were going to get a lot of people killed but because it was useful to protect barbaric but highly profitable actions. The age of scientific racism begins alongside the trans-Atlantic slave trade, it is a rationale for that brutality. If we are going to respond to climate change by fortressing our borders, then of course the theories that would justify that, that create these hierarchies of humanity, will come surging back. There have been signs of that for years, but it is getting harder to deny because you have killers who are screaming it from the rooftops. One criticism you hear about the environmental movement is that it is dominated by white people. How do you address that? When you have a movement that is overwhelmingly representative of the most privileged sector of society then the approach is going to be much more fearful of change, because people who have a lot to lose tend to be more fearful of change, whereas people who have a lot to gain will tend to fight harder for it. That’s the big benefit of having an approach to climate change that links it to those so called bread-and-butter issues: How are we going to get better-paid jobs, affordable housing, a way for people to take care of their families? I have had many conversations with environmentalists over the years where they seem really to believe that by linking fighting climate change with fighting poverty, or fighting for racial justice, it’s going to make the fight harder. We have to get out of this “my crisis is bigger than your crisis; first

‘We are seeing the beginnings of the era of climate barbarism’ we save the planet and then we fight poverty and racism, and violence against women.” That doesn’t work. That alienates the people who would fight hardest for change. This debate has shifted a huge amount in the U.S. because of the leadership of the climate justice movement and because it is congresswomen of color who are championing the Green New Deal. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib come from communities that have gotten such a raw deal under the years of neoliberalism and longer, and are determined to represent, truly represent, the interests of those communities. They’re not afraid of deep change because their communities desperately need it. In the book, you write: “The hard truth is that the answer to the question ‘What can I, as an individual, do to stop climate change?’ is: nothing.” Do you still believe that? In terms of the carbon, the individual decisions that we make are not going to add up to anything like the kind of scale of change that we need. And I do believe that the fact that, for so many people, it’s so much more comfortable to talk about our own personal consumption than to talk about systemic change, is a product of neoliberalism, that we have been trained to see ourselves as consumers first. To me that’s the benefit of bringing up these historical analogies, like the New Deal or the Marshall Plan – it brings our minds back to a time when we were able to think of change on that scale. Because we’ve been trained to think very small. It is incredibly significant that Greta Thunberg has turned her life into a living emergency. Yes, she set sail for the UN climate summit in New York on a zero-carbon yacht … Exactly. But this isn’t about what Greta is doing as an individual. It’s about what Greta is broadcasting in the choices that she makes as an activist, and I absolutely respect that. I think it’s magnificent. She is using the power that she has to broadcast that this is an emergency, and trying to inspire politicians to treat it as an

emergency. I don’t think anybody is exempt from scrutinizing their own decisions and behaviors, but I think it is possible to overemphasize the individual choices. I have made a choice – and this has been true since I wrote No Logo, and I started getting these “what should I buy, where should I shop, what are the ethical clothes?” questions. My answer continues to be that I am not a lifestyle adviser, I am not anyone’s shopping guru, and I make these decisions in my own life but I’m under no illusion that these decisions are going to make the difference. Some people are choosing to go on birth strikes. What do you think about that? I’m happy these discussions are coming into the public domain as opposed to being furtive issues we’re afraid to talk about. It’s been very isolating for people. It certainly was for me. One of the reasons I waited as long as I did to try and get pregnant, and I would say this to my partner all the time – what, you want to have a Mad Max water warrior fighting with their friends for food and water? It wasn’t until I was part of the climate justice movement and I could see a path forward that I could even imagine having a kid. But I would never tell anybody how to answer this most intimate of questions. As a feminist who knows the brutal history of forced sterilization and the ways in which women’s bodies become battle zones when policymakers decide that they are going to try and control population, I think that the idea that there are regulatory solutions when it comes to whether or not to have kids is catastrophically ahistorical. We need to be struggling with our climate grief together and our climate fears together, through whatever decision we decide to make, but the discussion we need to have is how do we build a world so that those kids can have thriving, zero-carbon lives? Over the summer, you encouraged people to read Richard Powers’s novel, The Overstory. Why? It’s been incredibly important to me and I’m happy that so many people have written to me since. What Powers is writing about trees – that trees live in communities and are in communication, and plan and react together, and we’ve been completely wrong in the way we conceptualize them – it’s the same conversation we’re having about whether we are going to solve this as individuals or whether we are going to save the collective organism. It’s also rare, in good fiction, to valorize activism, to treat it with real respect, failures and all, to acknowledge the heroism of the people who put their bodies on the line. I thought Powers did that in a really extraordinary way. What are you views on what Extinction Rebellion has achieved? One thing they have done so well is break us out of this classic campaign model we have been in for a long time, where you tell someone something scary, you ask them to click on something to do something about it, you skip out the whole phase where we need to grieve together and feel together and process what it is that we just saw. Because what I hear a lot from people is, OK, maybe those people back in the 1930s or ’40s could organise neighborhood by neighborhood or workplace by workplace, but we can’t. We believe we’ve been so downgraded as a species that we are incapable of that. The only thing that is going to change that belief is getting face to face, in community, having experiences, off our screens, with one another on the streets and in nature, and winning some things and feeling that power.

You talk about stamina in the book. How do you keep going? Do you feel hopeful? I have complicated feelings about the hope question. Not a day goes by that I don’t have a moment of sheer panic, raw terror, complete conviction that we are doomed, and then I do pull myself out of it. I’m renewed by this new generation that is so determined, so forceful. I’m inspired by the willingness to engage in electoral politics, because my generation, when we were in our 20s and 30s, there was so much suspicion around getting our hands dirty with electoral politics that we lost a lot of opportunities. What gives me the most hope right now is that we’ve finally got the vision for what we want instead, or at least the first rough draft of it. This is the first time this has happened in my lifetime. And also, I did decide to have kids. I have a 7-year-old who is so completely obsessed and in love with the natural world. When I think about him, after we’ve spent an entire summer talking about the role of salmon in feeding the forests where he was born in British Columbia, and how they are linked to the health of the trees and the soil and the bears and the orcas and this entire magnificent ecosystem, and I think about what it would be like to have to tell him that there are no more salmon, it kills me. So that motivates me. And slays me. feedback@orlandoweekly.com

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More reasons to resist hopelessness: With The Hope Movement, Emotions Dance and Florida Dance Theatre partner to benefit Orlando Health’s Cancer Support Community JERMAINE THORNTON OF FLORIDA DANCE THEATRE | PHOTO COURTESY FDT

As an antidote to the national state grants, with some private donations. nate to be accepted into the first one, and news, I’ve been searching our local arts scene for reasons to resist hopelessness, and last Sunday morning I found just such a motivation alongside Longwood’s SunRail tracks, of all places. Emotions Dance director Larissa Humiston welcomed me into her second-story railside studio for a sneak peek at The Hope Movement, her company’s cancer-supporting benefit concert with Lakeland’s Florida Dance Theatre, which debuts at Orlando Shakes Oct. 4-5. But while the contemporary choreography was stunning, what really opened my eyes was their story of collaboration across Central Florida’s far-flung dance community. I fancy myself acquainted with most of the dance companies around Orlando, but I’ll admit I was almost entirely ignorant of Florida Dance Theatre’s quarter-century of existence before last weekend’s preview. Based on the brief glimpses I got of dancer Molly Ahler executing artistic director Stefan Dolbashian’s expressive choreography, this troupe looks worth the hour’s drive west on I-4. I sat down with Dolbashian and executive director Jermaine Thornton after rehearsal, and learned that Florida Dance Theatre is practically an endangered species in this state: a professional dance company supporting eight full-time salaried dancers that doesn’t have “ballet” in its name. Contemporary choreographers who struggle to find stable venues in the Orlando area may choke with jealousy when they hear that Florida Dance Theatre has its own space in downtown Lakeland (where they teach an afternoon training academy), as well as being the company in residence at Florida Southern College. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, their funding comes mostly from

But they also benefit from what Thornton describes as a “progressing” arts environment in Lakeland. “With every performance, every collaboration, it’s growing,” Thornton says, disputing the perception that “the only thing out there is cows and pastures and Publix money” by pointing to the 30-yearold magnet Harrison School for the Arts and the professional Imperial Symphony Orchestra, with whom Florida Dance Theatre partnered on an original production of Peter Pan. “More and more collaborations are going on, creating a greater awareness for everything,” Thornton says. Dolbashian agrees: “I find that the artistic community in Lakeland is bit more encouraging and supportive of each other than a lot of other artistic communities which are very competitive. … I think the constant support in the artistic community is what’s causing the rapid growth right now.” Florida Dance Theatre will even reach outside the arts world when they team with Florida Polytech University on a STEAM summit to “take the arts to another level and show the value and application in everyday life, not just as an entertainment or education component,” Thornton says, referencing experimental treatments with Parkinson’s and dementia patients. “We want to show that art can really enrich a community, not only just through production,” Dolbashian adds. “There are so many values that art brings beyond just going to a show.” Emotions Dance first shared a bill with Florida Dance Theatre several years ago during their thrice-yearly choreographer showcase, The Shift. “We were very fortu-

we got to show one of our works there,” Dolbashian recalls, recounting his first encounter with Humiston. “We just really clicked right away; I really admired her work, and how she handled business, and just thought she was a wonderful person.” They’ve wanted to collaborate ever since, but rather than simply trading works back and forth, they decided to create an entire concert in an effort to connect two communities, Dolbashian says. “Nobody really knows what’s going on in Lakeland, but to be honest nobody in Lakeland really knows so much about what’s going on out here either. So we’re hoping through this we can start to bridge the gap between the artistic communities which are so close, yet so separated.” That alone would be an admirable endeavor, but Emotions and Florida Dance are also coming together in support of Orlando Health’s Cancer Support Community, which provides integrative treatment focused on holistic healing. The subject strikes home for several of the participants; Florida Dance Theatre founder Carol Krajacic Erkes is a cancer survivor, as is spoken-word artist Rosa Valencia, who performs during the show’s improvisational finale. “We’re trying to engage Central Florida a little bit deeper than on an arts level,” says Humiston. “We wanted to make it about hope, because all of the people I talked to at the [cancer center] were full of hope and positivity. When creating, I wanted to show some of the struggles, but also the coming together, and the hope, and the strength.” That’s something we could all use a dose of right now. skubersky@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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KAIZEN IZAKAYA

OPENINGS Git-n-Messy BBQ has opened inside

54 W. Church St. 407-316-8500 kaizen-izakaya.com $$

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Kaizen Izakaya bestows downtown with contempo pan-Asian bites and legit sushi BY FAIYAZ KARA

n the not-too-distant past – back when sushi boats, teppanyaki theatrics and makimono profligacy dominated the city’s higher-end sushi scene – Amura was at the acme of Japanese dining. But the restaurant’s aughts-era polish had faded amid a markedly altered landscape, which the owners of Amura on Church Street came to recognize. Last year the restaurant began taking on a different complexion, with a focus being placed on Japanese ingredients and preparations. Then they brought on Denni Cha, an experienced chef who’s sliced and diced at Uchi in Austin, Texas, Makoto in Miami, and under the auspices of Chau Trinh at Sushi Pop in Oviedo. With Cha at the helm, the trendy panAsian trappings of the modern izakaya are all present and accounted for – ramen, KFC, bao, donburi. There are shareable items and Japanese whiskeys, sakes and beers. The

number of sushi rolls (or “Frankenrolls,” as writer Dan Gentile once described them) have been pared down and, for that, they deserve kudos. After all, the restaurant’s name – kaizen – refers to the system commonly implemented in the corporate and manufacturing worlds to improve processes and trim the proverbial fat. But as much as I shy away from those mayo’d mounds of competing flavors and textures, the Baltimore maki ($11), a chef’s special for the day, was just the blue crab indulgence we craved. The messy spillage of mentaiko (cod roe) aioli was a bit much, sure, but the tempurafried shishito inside the roll? Well, that was real nice. And judging from her intense groans, I gather the woman sitting behind me thought so too. (I’m pretty sure she climaxed after getting her fill of the crab rolls. Talk about blue.)

the Sanford Express gas station on West Lake Mary Boulevard in Sanford featuring whiskey beef ribs, Carolina pulled pork, slow smoked chicken and competition ribs. They also serve Southern breakfasts … Galería, the “art-inspired” restaurant that moved into the Manny’s Chophouse space in Baldwin Park, has opened. The restaurant specializes in steaks and seafood …Bradenton-based Motorworks Brewing will move into the Orange County Brewers space downtown this fall. In addition to offering 30 brews on tap, Motorworks will use the space’s wood-burning oven for pizza and will roast its own coffee beans on site … Crepe Delicious Urban Cafe, Canada’s largest mall-based creperie, will open this fall in a new space in the 55 West Apartments downtown on Church Street … Broken Spoon will open in the Winn-Dixie plaza off Lake Mary Boulevard in Heathrow … If you’re in Melbourne this weekend and get a hankerin’ for Nashville hot chicken, pop into the newly opened Joella’s Hot Chicken on Lake Andrew Drive. The Louisville, Kentucky-based chicken joint is home of “the bird that bites back.”

If you count yourself among the rollaverse, consider picking an ingredient – octopus, for example – and letting the chefs create a customized maki ($15) for you, just like they did for us. Even with gossamer ribbons of bonito, crispy onion, red ginger and a light drizzle of herb-citrus aioli, the trimmings (thankfully) didn’t mask the flavor of the octopus. There’s no hiding in sashimi: Ingredient quality, knife skills and presentation are laid bare for an unapologetic assessment. Cha’s moriawase ($35), with lovely cuts of kinmedai (golden eye alfonsino), shimaaji (striped jack), kampachi (amberjack), Norwegian mackerel and octopus, as well as common cuts of tuna, salmon and yellowtail, passed with flying colors. It also comes with a serving of ikura (salmon roe) that Cha marinates in house-made soy and yuzu. Small quibble: Fresh grated wasabi would’ve been nice to have with all this great fish. By the way, Cha now stages 10-course omakase dinners Tuesday nights for just $60 and, on weekend nights, he fires up the binchotan to show off his strong yakitori and kushiyaki game. He’s particularly proud of his Korean roots and treats dishes like Korean fried chicken ($10) with a tempered respect, so don’t expect the overbattered, oversauced and, as he says, “blasphemous” rendition that you might find at other restaurants. If a KFC Throwdown were to take place (looking at you, Kai), you could count Cha in as a willing participant. More K-pops: The creamy kimchi yakiudon is a comforting bowl of egg-topped stir-fried noodles dressed like okonomiyaki – that is, with bonito flakes, pickled red ginger, Kewpie mayo and house katsu (Japanese barbecue) sauce. Get it with the pork belly ($3) and feel yourself slowly sink into your seat. Dessert options are lacking (only tempura cheesecake and green tea ice cream is offered), so there’s a way to go before Kaizen attains the level of other high-end sushi joints in town. I’m sure improvements will continue to be made (perhaps a kaizen would be in order), but until then, we diners just need to trust the process.

CLOSINGS Lotus Asia House, the high-end

pan-Asian concept that opened in late February at Pointe Orlando, has closed … The sun has also set on Ocean Sun Brewing on Curry Ford Road … Bangrak Thai Street Kitchen will close for a long holiday break at the end of the month until after the new year. Owner Dylan Eitharong plans to move to Thailand in the spring, but says there will be some food-related opportunities to say goodbye.

NEWS

The third annual Homestead Harvest at Whisper Creek Farm we told you about last week has been scrapped due to “cancellations by our celebrity chef participants.” The event will return in 2020.

EVENTS The Ravenous Pig hosts their

Oktoberfest Roast Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11:30 a.m. German-inspired food will be offered along with seasonal brews … The Winter Park Wine & Dine is Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Winter Park Farmers Market; more than 40 restaurants are taking part. Cost is $39 … The Taste of Thornton Park takes place Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the fountain on East Washington Street. Cost is $35 … Oviedo Brewing Co. will host the first annual “Malltoberfest” Oct. 25 and 26. The taproom at the Oviedo Mall will serve German fare and pour their Oktoberfest lager. Got restaurant dish? Send tips to dining@orlandoweekly.com

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CAFÉ 34 ISTANBUL The city’s only 24-hour Turkish restaurant means kebabophiles can indulge in some of the most luscious, lip-greasing meats any time of day, though raki drinkers will have to take a break from the hours of 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. Much of the action takes place on the restaurant’s sprawling patio and let’s just say it’s a mesmerizing scene, especially after 10 p.m. Things are a lot more quiet inside. 8255 International Drive, 407-601-7712; $$

HOURGLASS SOCIAL HOUSE Straddling the line between café and food hall, the Hourglass Social House offers a diverse array of food options – Mexican, Vietnamese, French pastries, vegan handhelds – not to mention beverages aplenty. Foxtail Coffee gets the morning crowd jacked, while the market stocks a nice selection of wine, beer, kombucha and juice. Bottomless mimosas are served on weekends from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Open daily. 2401 Curry Ford Road, 407-9307308; $$

JAM-ENG Jamaican staples like jerk chicken, oxtail stew, curry chicken and fried whole snapper far outshine the mainly drab offerings of the British side of the menu (baked salmon, cottage pie, ploughman’s sandwiches). The vibe is laid-back and service can sometimes operate on “island time.” Open daily for lunch and dinner. 65 N. Orange Ave., 321-424-5062; $

Z ASIAN VIETNAMESE KITCHEN Mills 50 Vietnamese joint shuns the 100-plus-item menu in favor of a focused bill of fare. Soups, be they stellar duck noodle, seafood, bún bò hue or pho, are laboriously fretted over. More interesting items to consider: pan-fried rice flour, Vietnamese crepes, and an herbal tea dessert beverage with Chinese dates, seaweed, red beans, jelly and longan fruit. Don’t overlook the wings. Closed Mondays. 1830 E. Colonial Drive, 407-601-6024; $$ CONTINUED ON PAGE 33

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DON JULIO MEXICAN KITCHEN & TEQUILA BAR

Vivid heaps of salsa-slathered food await the burrito and chimi-loving patron, but with the addition of noted chef Roberto Treviño (El Buda, Food Network), guests at Don Julio’s on Chickasaw Trail can also enjoy some remarkably colorful and bracing ceviches. Margaritas are taken seriously here, as are aguas frescas. Open daily. 551 S. Chickasaw Trail, 407-9303735; $$

MAMA LAU VA OC

The city’s first Vietnamese snail restaurant brings many molluscs to adventurous diners in Orlando, but don’t expect the sort of Vietnamese restaurant prices you’re used to. Get your fill of sea snails filled with garlic and butter, cherrystone clams with buttered onions, razor clams grilled with tamarind, fried onions and peanuts, and scallops – with coral attached. The sturgeon hot pot is gratifying and big enough for four. Closed Wednesdays. 5038 W. Colonial Drive, 407337-9999; $$

KABOOKI SUSHI SAND LAKE

Henry Moso, one of our city’s finest sushi chefs, brings his brand of highend Japanese dining to Dr. Phillips. Stellar omakases (a one-week heads-up is recommended) are worth the pricey admission ($175-$250), though an a la carte version is offered daily based on available ingredients for $150. Nigiri purists can readily indulge in a 10-course tasting for $65, but no one should overlook the cold and hot tasting items. Cocktails get crafty in a good way. Closed Monday. 7705 Turkey Lake Road, 407776-2001; $$$

NIC & LUC SCRATCH KITCHEN

Longwood breakfast and lunch spot goes beyond scrambles and omelets with remarkably fresh plant-based bowls, toasts and handhelds. Early risers will shine after sampling the “Everything Hummus” toast or “Buddha Bowl” with roasted beets and raw sweet potato, while a lunchtime patty melt is the stuff diner dreams are made of. Don’t leave without trying a buttery homemade cookie. Closed Saturday and Sunday. 851 E. State Road 434, Longwood, 321-9726415; $

F&D WOODFIRED ITALIAN KITCHEN A menu of Neapolitan-style pizza and hearty pastas delights residents of the Hourglass District. Notable are yielding meatballs of Italian sausage and pangrattato, thin-ribboned cacio e pepe with Italian pork, and a wild mushroom pappardelle in a lovely porcini cream sauce. There’s also a vegan pizza menu. Open daily. 2420 Curry Ford Road, 407751-5697; $$ n

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FILM LISTINGS

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Book to Big Screen: The Silence of the Lambs Screening of the Jonathan Demme thriller, followed by a presentation by Dr. Andrew Luchner on personality disorders and the negative portrayal of mental health professionals in film. Saturday, 11 am; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $10; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. Cult Classics: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge Freddy Krueger attempts to possess the body of a teenage boy to help him carry out murders throughout the small town of Springwood. Tuesday, 9:30 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $9; 407-6290054; enzian.org. FilmSlam Bimonthly showcase of independent shorts made by Florida filmmakers. Sunday, 1 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $9; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. Friends 25th Anniversary Screening of 12 of the best episodes of the iconic ’90s sitcom. Wednesday, 7 pm; multiple locations; $12.50; fathomevents.com.

Laysla De Oliveira in In The Tall Grass PHOTO COURTESY NETFLIX

IN THE WEEDS

Netflix-direct Stephen King adaptation In the Tall Grass gets lost BY T HADDEUS MCCOL LU M

tephen King adaptations are having a cultural moment right now, spurred on by the financial – if not critical – success of IT. But not many of the recent crop of filmed adaptations have really grasped much more than the window dressing of what makes King’s work distinctive. The best have probably been the J.J. Abrams-produced time-travel epic 11.22.63 and Mike Flanagan’s take on Gerald’s Game, while the worst has been the complete mishandling of King’s The Dark Tower. In the Tall Grass, a new film based on a novella by King and his son, Joe Hill, lies somewhere between. The film, and the novella on which it’s based, start off with a brother and sister, Cal (Avery Whitted) and Becky (Laysla De Oliveira), driving through the middle of the country on their way to the West Coast. Becky is six months pregnant, and we infer that she’s on her way to give the baby up for adoption. When Cal and Becky pull over to deal with a bout of morning sick-

ness, they both hear a young boy calling for help in a nearby field full of tall grass. You see where this is going already if you read the title of the movie. The siblings wander into the grass to look for the boy, only to get lost. Eventually, they come across the boy, Tobin (Will Buie Jr.) and his parents, Natalie (Rachel Wilson) and Ross (Patrick Wilson). The laws of time and space work differently in the grass, and the two families get themselves stuck in a loop until the arrival of Becky’s estranged boyfriend, Travis (Harrison Gilbertson). Director Vincenzo Natali has worked with this type of puzzle box film before, writing and directing the 1997 cult horrorsci-fi film Cube. Here, as in Cube, Natali works within the constraints of a minimal, claustrophobic setting. The encroaching grass not only gets the audience feeling as lost as the characters, but it makes for an effective disguise for a smaller budget. Unfortunately, Natali’s script is nowhere near as effective. The plot gives us just

Ghostbusters A special 35th anniversary screening of the comedy about a group of rogue scientists who start a ghost-extermination business. Sunday, 4 & 7 pm; multiple locations; $12.69; fathomevents.com.

IN THE TALL GRASS Streaming Friday, Oct. 4, on Netflix netflix.com

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice New documentary about Linda Ronstadt, a pioneering woman in the music industry. Through Thursday; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $12; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

HHHHH enough information to get interested – what is this giant, psychic rock in the middle of the field, and why is Tobin’s dad, Ross, so insistent on everyone touching it? Is this a metaphor for something? – and then never delivers on it except to say “Big rock bad. No touchy.” Patrick Wilson – by far the most experienced actor in the cast – gets plenty of opportunities to be absolutely terrifying as the rock-possessed Ross, echoing previous King bad dads like The Shining’s Jack Torrance. The rest of the cast, though, is about as green as the grass in the field, inhabiting archetypes rather than believable characters. In the end, In the Tall Grass feels like what it basically is – a side project. The novella on which it’s based exists mainly as an excuse for a father and son to work on something together. Meanwhile, Natali is currently working on a TV series based on Joe Hill’s Locke & Key comic book, starring Laysla De Oliveira as a main villain. In the Tall Grass feels like the two of them working on developing a relationship with Hill’s work. If it works, great, but this preview of that collaboration feels somewhat inessential.

Midnight Movies: Chopping Mall Six horny teens sneak into a mall after closing, only to discover that the mall’s security robots have run amok. Saturday, 11:59 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $12; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool This documentary feature explores archival photos and home movies to find the man behind the music. Opens Friday; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $12; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. Movie Monday: Scream Free screening of Wes Craven’s tongue-in-cheek dissection of slasher movies and their tropes. Monday, 7 pm; À La Cart, 609 Irvington Ave.; free; 407-776-4693; alacartorlando.com. The Others Outdoor screening of the 2001 film about a woman who becomes convinced that her home is haunted. Friday, 7:30 pm; Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave.; $6; 407-2462620; leugardens.org. Wrinkles the Clown Documentary about a creepy South Florida clown that parents can hire to scare their children for misbehaving. Opens Friday; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $12; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

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ON SCREENS IN ORLANDO

Joaquin Phoenix in Joker PHOTO COURTESY WARNER BROS. PICTURES

BY STEVE SCHNEIDER

OPENING THIS WEEK: Joker You’ll have to visit orlandoweekly.com to find out if our Cameron Meier thinks this unexpected event picture is indeed “the movie of the year,” or just a Scorsese-aping apologia for incels. For my part, I’ll admit I gotta hand it to director Todd Phillips. Twenty years ago, I never would have guessed he’d one day have a Golden Lion-winning film under his belt – and one based on a damn DC offshoot property at that. Because 20 years ago, Phillips was just a first-time documentarian seated at my table at a Florida Film Festival awards gala, snarking about the “lame” tour of Church Street Station some festival volunteers had taken him on earlier in the day. I’d like to think we’ve both learned something since then: I’ve learned that making a reputation for oneself on the festival circuit as a prize dick, as Phillips had been doing that year with some zeal, is not an automatic career killer. And hopefully, he’s learned you can never really tell when there’s a reporter around. (We’re sometimes cuter than you’d expect!) Anyway, congratulations, Todd. You’re definitely the man of the hour. And I hope the staff of the Venice Film Festival took you someplace real nice. (R)

War Indian action stars Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff face off in a story that sees a soldier dispatched to take out his renegade mentor. Director Siddharth Anand is proud to have imported an action choreographer from the U.S. city that’s practically synonymous with thrilling shootouts and fisticuffs. Chicago? No, silly, Hollywood! Meanwhile, the worldwide release of the film has been carefully timed to coincide with the holiday of Gandhi Jayanti, better known as the International Day of NonViolence. That last part actually isn’t a joke I made up, but who the hell can tell anymore? (NR; opens Wednesday at AMC West Oaks 14 and Universal Cinemark at CityWalk and XD)

Wrinkles the Clown In every generation and every culture, there’s a legendary monster that’s meant to frighten children into behaving: The Boogeyman, Spring-Heeled Jack, Rudy Giuliani. In the Florida of the 21st century, that monster is Wrinkles the Clown, the mysterious mountebank-for-hire who will come to your place for a price and terrorize your little hellspawn like some sort of tricked-out Supernanny. This doc purports to explore Wrinkles’ rise to viral stardom, but the timing of its release couldn’t be more calculated: Magnolia Pictures, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool The influence the parent company of distributor Magnet Reof the revolutionary jazzman is revealed via leasing, even issued a press statement compararchival footage and tributes from the likes of Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and … Flea of ing Wrinkles to Pennywise and the Joker. Jesus, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I know, I know; that’s does everybody want to be Todd Phillips now? like trying to find out how great Hitchcock was Talk about your terror on Church Street. (NR; by asking Rob Zombie. (NR; tentatively sched- tentatively scheduled to open Friday at Enzian uled to open Friday at Enzian Theater, Maitland) Theater, Maitland) orlandoweekly.com

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[ concert preview ] B BOYS with Clang!, Red Rodeo 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6 Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. willspub.org $10-$13

TOTALLY WIRED

B Boys flash Florida roots while elbowing out of the post-punk pigeonhole BY NICK MCGREGOR

hen Florida-born artists fly the coop, how much of home do they carry with them? It’s a classic question that’s informed the critical response to everyone from Tom Petty to Diplo and Lynyrd Skynyrd to Gloria Estefan. But in the case of Andrew Kerr, drummer for nervy post-punk trio B Boys, he doesn’t bury his Sunshine State roots far below the surface. B Boys’ three releases – 2016 EP No Worry No Mind, 2017 full-length Dada, and this year’s follow-up, Dudu – are undeniably tied both sonically and narratively to the chaotic streets of New York City, the band’s adopted home. But Kerr stresses the fact

that his South Florida upbringing factors into the acerbic mix. “Most of the language I developed in my drumming is primarily based off of things I experienced in Florida,” Kerr tells Orlando Weekly. “You can even hear the ocean and the beaches if you listen closely. Being surrounded by a melting pot of culture seeps into you like a sponge. I grew up in a neighborhood with a lot of Haitian and Latin American culture, so whether it’s compas, cumbia or bossa nova, I try to pull little hints of rhythm into the B Boys world that aren’t from places anywhere near punk or rock.” Positive reviews of B Boys’ work have emphasized Kerr’s rhythmic complexity,

bands we’ve played with have had a direct influence on our music,” he says. “But it is great being involved in a larger community of like-minded musicians and artists who have nurtured us and helped us grow our own musical palette.” That palette is indelibly influenced by the rawness of the Big Apple. “Living in New York, we all tend to write with a greater sense of urgency,” Kerr says. “That’s something New York instills in you: the quicker pace of things. You don’t ponder too long on one idea – you just keep it flowing.” Such thinking informed the recording process for Dudu, which was cut live to tape at an upstate studio. Critics hailed the album’s organic sound, subtly implying that they expected B Boys to clean up their act. But Kerr says Dudu’s tightly woven thrash is simply a product of the accumulated chemistry between the band. “The formula for us has stayed consistent throughout,” he says. “Once we heard the first recording of Dudu, it reflected the exact nature of the songs we had written so well that we didn’t want to oversaturate it with extra polish or cool production techniques. It felt accurate and more demonstrative of the raw energy of seeing us live, and we liked that.” Given Kerr’s rich Florida lineage, which includes a one-semester stint at UCF in 2004, it might come as a shock that Orlando fans have never had the chance to see B Boys play in town. But that’s because Kerr, Avalos and Walker hustle hard with full-time jobs in between touring. Perhaps that adds extra fuel to the band’s notorious zeal for bombastic live performances? “When we first get out there, it’s a huge release,” Kerr concurs. “Our internal dialogue of frustration and aggression comes through on stage – in a much more productive way than just being angry.” And even though B Boys continue to get lumped in with other sneering young punk prophets, Kerr swears they’re enjoying the hell out of themselves. “We have fun on stage,” he says. “If you’ve ever seen us live, we laugh at each other – a lot. As long as we don’t take ourselves too seriously and keep things lighthearted, we’re in a good place.”

which intertwines seamlessly with the rest of the band. From the frenetic bass lines of Brendon Avalos to the sarcastic sing-shout of frontman Britton Walker, who also handles the band’s angular, high-pitched guitar work, lockstep concision is key, earning B Boys frequent comparisons to post-punk popes Wire and Gang of Four. Of course, there’s also the inevitable link to Parquet Courts, whose frontman, Andrew Savage, has at varying times over the last 15 years been a friend, roommate and bandmate of Kerr, Avalos and Walker. But closer listening, especially to Dudu, reveals deeper musical nuances. There’s the metal-inspired backbeat of “Automation,” the confrontational sneer of “Another Anthem,” and the neck-breaking gallop of “Taste for Trash” and “I Want.” Sixties psychedelia flashes its shit-eating paisley grin on “I Can’t Stand It,” while the melodic thrum of “On Repeat” hearkens back to the sun-drenched rock of Mr. Petty himself. “I don’t know if we really think about the lineage of the groups we get compared to,” Kerr says. “So many of our musical references and influences are less political or less punky, but they’re equally important in the foundation of our band.” Citing Captain Beefheart drummer John “Drumbo” French along with other freakier forebears, Kerr believes B Boys get lumped too quickly into too many narrow boxes. “I don’t know if the orlandoweekly.com

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was ground zero for that sensational Cupcakke bombshell last week. On Sept. 22, I was walking out the door on my way to her show at the Social when I received a text from the venue confirming that the show was off. Instead of the stage, the illustrious rapper took to Instagram and delivered a very different kind of live spectacle from her Orlando hotel room. And, no, it ain’t even like that. What transpired was 18 minutes of spiraling, tearful meltdown that concluded with her saying she was quitting the rap game. In an internet age of stunts and skepticism, it’s hard to tell how much of this will actually bear out. But the unsettling video seemed raw with candor. Because she has a known history of mental health struggles, I really hope she’s OK. And whether this was just a momentary breakdown or a real-life epiphany, you do you, Cupcakke, whatever form that takes.

Take the Black Keys, refract them through a wider prism, then shoot it all through a disco ball and you might get some sense of Kolars

But it’s only now that I’ve experienced L.A. band Kolars. I use the word “experience” purposefully because that’s what you need to do to fully get this act. I really do hate to overweigh first impressions. I’ve left a lifetime of misguided ones and they’re clearly all wrong, right? But they have an adage-making way of sticking. Which brings us to Kolars. I’ve been aware of the husband-wife project of Rob Kolar and Lauren Brown (both formerly of He’s My Brother She’s My Sister) for almost as long as they’ve been coming here. They’re a highly visual band that’s KOLARS, THE SH-BOOMS also very image-forward. But with a fashAND TIMOTHY EERIE, ion sense that verges perilously between WILL’S PUB, SEPT. 28 Everyone who’s anyone in the I-4 art and camp, that image is the kind of Corridor knows that local garage-soul pizzazz that could make some fold arms syndicate the Sh-Booms are having a and raise an eyebrow. There are always banner year. And the fact that this local lots of shows around town to choose from show was a packed-out happening with and, real talk, they just weren’t at the top even grander stage production than their of the wish list. Here in the Orlando scene, though, big album release show back in March proves that this locomotive’s still roll- there’s been a mounting and notably unaning hard. Same with homegrown opener imous buzzing in my ear about their live Timothy Eerie, whose psych-rock trips goods from some pretty unimpeachable have recently hit peak potency and focus. sources. It eventually became impossible

to ignore any longer, so I finally went. On stage, singer-guitarist Rob Kolar’s swag and skill are clear, but it’s Lauren Brown who makes them an inimitable live spectacle. With an eye-popping brand of full-body percussion heroics that even venture into Tilly and the Wall tap-dancing territory, her performance drumming rewrites the game of live rhythm altogether. In an extraordinary feat of four-limbed coordination, she weaves her formal dance training into her percussion style, drumming with her hands and stomping and tapping with her feet. It’s all done with the seamlessness and flair of a welloiled dance routine, and this is more than just a gimmick. Choices such as mallets and deep drums prove Brown gives as much thought to sonic impact as she does to display. Oh, their music? It’s a swinging indierock kaleidoscope that’s unified only by their stomp, strut and sharp pop smarts. Take the Black Keys, refract them through a wider prism, then shoot it all through a disco ball and you might get some sense of Kolars. But whatever, they could be oozing smooth jazz and their show would still come with the highest recommendation. And the only way to truly understand it is to see them live. This couple are maximum performers with a stage show that is unequivocally like no other. So, in case you’re a hidebound dick like I apparently am, get over yourself and go see Kolars anytime they play near you. baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com

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Wednesday, Oct. 2

Orlando Story Club: Spooked! LITERARY

The Orlando Story Club returns this month with the theme “Spooked!” Hosted by Orlandoans Danielle Ziss and Bobby Wesley, Orlando Story Club gives attendees the chance to tell a personal story if they are one of the lucky 10 picked out of a hat. Three randomly selected judges score the storytellers and the top three winners receive a prize. Each event during the year takes on a different theme, and all proceeds raised go toward supporting various local philanthropic organizations. The benefiting charity for this month’s iteration is ArtReach Orlando, an organization that promotes art projects to help develop a positive platform for self-expression for children in underprivileged areas of Orange County. Nothing scary about that. – Wavanie Henry 7 p.m. | The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive | orlandostoryclub.com | $5

Thursday, Oct. 3

Mixtape, Vol. 7 EVENTS

Now in its seventh year, the annual musical throwdown that doubles as a benefit for the Urban Think Foundation (which brings us Burrow Press and Page 15) looks back toward the 1980s. Featuring new-wavey cover band the Spazmatics running through the hits of the Where’s the Beef? Generation and a phalanx of themed cocktails, including Caddyshack- and Pretty in Pinkinspired beverages, the night promises to be totally tubular and makes us grateful that every year Urban Think says, “I’ll be back.” – Matthew Moyer 7 p.m. | Wall Street Plaza, 25 Wall St. | 407-849-0471 | urbanthinkfoundation.org | $10-$100

Tuesday, Oct. 8

Orlando Ballet: Uncorked DANCE

Break away from the traditional theater setting and grab a drink as the Orlando Ballet entertains, educates and enriches with charm at the Abbey. At Uncorked, the dancers trade in their stage costumes for casual practice wear in an intimate setting that’s open to the public. Experience the creative decision-making of artistic director Robert Hill as he and a small group of Orlando Ballet’s artistes delve into the art of choreography while answering some of your most pressing questions. (Note: Please don’t be that person who asks about the danseurs’ dance belts.) – Ross Nobles

OUR PICKS FOR THE BEST EVENTS THIS WEEK

7 p.m. | The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive | 407-418-9828 | orlandoballet.org | $30-$50

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Saturday, Oct. 5

Soft Kill MUSIC

Soft Kill’s lethal take on post-punk may be suffused with melancholy, but the band led by Tobias Grave is anything but dour fashion victims. There’s a biting wit lurking in the background – the band teased a shirt design recently featuring a courtroom sketch of Tekashi69 with “Death to Pretenders” above it (relax, it’s a snippet from their song “Hard Candy”) and included a branded umbrella in their last merchandise drop. And yet, Soft Kill’s yearning, reaching, propulsive songs bring in the goths – and increasingly everyone else – in hordes. Lately, the band has delighted in confounding expectations with seemingly odd tour pairings – Skeletonwitch earlier this summer and hardcore titans Vein this time. Saturday’s full lineup is beyond stacked: Aside from the aforementioned brutal Bostonians of Vein, we also recommend the pummeling HC of Spine (with members from Weekend Nachos and Sorry Excuse). – MM with Vein, Higher Power, Silenus, Regional Justice Center, Spine | 7 p.m. | Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St. | $15

Saturday, Oct. 5

Science Night Dead EVENTS

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Synthestruct

For this, the last 2019 edition of Orlando Science Center’s adults-only Science Night Live, they’ve embraced the season of witches and ghouls to dub themselves Science Night Dead. Aside from the temporary name change, the night isn’t overtly Halloween-y – it’s more of a chance to explore the OSC’s current exhibit, “Artificial Intelligence: Your Mind & the Machine” (though if you’re a zombie: braaaaiiinnnsss). There’s plenty to do, see and taste, but we’re looking forward to a brain-bending activity led by local artist Ginger Leigh. The artist also known as Synthestruct will lead guests in an exercise using sound, light, and tools like crayons and jelly beans to explore synesthesia, a neurological condition in which some people experience multiple sensory perceptions in response to common stimuli, like hearing colors or smelling music. Because we all know that Wednesday is orange and three sounds like a theremin. – Jessica Bryce Young 8 p.m. | Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St. | 407-514-2000 | osc.org | $16

Saturday, Oct. 5

Midnight Movies: Chopping Mall FILM

We’ve already mentioned how Enzian’s monthlong schedule of horror movies this year is on point. But this week’s Midnight Movie – the first of four playing this month – is a real treat. A movie about teenagers who stay late at the mall to bone at a furniture store only to find that the mall’s security robots (not a real thing, ’90s babies) have malfunctioned and are out for blood, Chopping Mall is a veritable checklist of ’80s horror. Mall? Check. Horny teens? Check. Grody slang? To the max. Don’t expect any subtlety – unless you pair the movie with the Eden Bar’s themed “Kill Bots Attack!” cocktail, which blends Aperol, elderflower liqueur, mint and champagne. – Thaddeus McCollum 11:59 p.m. | Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland | 407-629-0054 | enzian.org | $12

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2-TUESDAY, OCT. 8 COMPILED BY THADDEUS MCCOLLUM

MUSIC WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2 Bad Suns, Ultra Q 7 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $34.20-$51.75; 407-648-8363. Koelble, Soledad, Archard and Colón 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-636-9951. Opaque: Steve Garron, Dianne Richardson 9 pm; Grumpy’s Underground Lounge, 1018 N. Mills Ave.; free; 407-237-9180. Teen Divorce, Boston Marriage, Chalet Girl, Flagman 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $8-$10. Thomas Rhett Saturday at Amway Center

THURSDAY, OCT. 3 City & Colour A Pill for Loneliness Listening Party 7 pm; Park Ave CDs, 2916 Corrine Drive; free; 407-447-7275. Orlando Mixtape, Vol. 7 7 pm; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; $10-$100; 407-849-0471. Saeros, Charlene Joan, Harbour Drive, Nø Handøuts 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $8-$10. Struggle Jennings, Tom MacDonald 7 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $25.

FRIDAY, OCT. 4 AAMF After-Dark: DustyCloud 11:59 pm; Henao Contemporary Center, 5601 Edgewater Drive; $5. Atrévete-Te-Te: Salte Del Closet 9 pm; Savoy Orlando, 1913 N. Orange Ave.; $10. BowieLive: The Ultimate David Bowie Tribute 8 pm; The Tin Roof, 8371 International Drive; $15; 407-270-7926. Boy Muscle, Cool Grandma, Caffiends, Debt Neglector 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7. The Buzzcatz: It Happened in Vegas 7:30 & 10 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $25-$35; 407-636-9951. 44

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Dead Flowers Circus Sideshow, Sailor Sunshine, Dee Composed, Mister E. 9 pm; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; $5; 407-373-0888.

Tobi Lou 8 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $15.

Demun Jones 7 pm; The Barn, 1200 S. French Ave., Sanford; $12; 407-324-2276.

12th Planet 10 pm; Celine Orlando, 22 S. Magnolia Ave.; $15-$25.

Electro Fridays: DJ Lavidicus & DJ Stefan 11 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $5.

Amanda Cook 6 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $28; 407-228-1220.

Francesca Lombardo, Mathew Scot, Gian Carlos 10 pm; Iron Cow, 2438 E. Robinson St.; $15-$20.

Baroque Chamber Orchestra 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951.

I’m Your Knife, Alien Witch, Tomokie’s Cup, Chomsky Honk 9 pm; The Manes Emporium of Doubt, 1318 E. Harding St.; $5 donation. Justin Quiles 8 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $37.25$52.25; 407-934-2583. Scott Stapp 8 pm; Hard Rock Live Orlando, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $30-$35. Snipfest 2: Boston Marriage, Everything Etc., Expert Timing, Gilt, Please Be Kind, Really Fast Horses, Tidepools 6 pm; Henao Contemporary Center, 5601 Edgewater Drive; $15 suggested donation. TGTG, Adult Life, Palm Tree Square 7 pm; Castle Church Brewing, 6820 Hoffner Ave.; free.

SATURDAY, OCT. 5

Crankdat 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $10-$20; 407-504-7699. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Whyte Tygers 7:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $25-$57.75; 407-934-2583. Fuck Off Dorian: The Hamiltons, Swift Knuckle Solution, Free Fall, Pizza Nightmare and more 5 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; donations; 407-270-9104. The New Lows, DeGreaser, the Palmettes 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $5-$7. Orlando Philharmonic: Woodstock 50th Anniversary 2 & 8 pm; Bob Carr Theater, 401 W. Livingston St.; $27; 407-246-4262. Prince Tribute Party 9 pm; Tuffy’s Bottle Shop, 200 S. Myrtle Ave., Sanford; free.

Glitter & Gore Glitter & Gore: A Halloween Party Halloween is one season when Fairvilla really shines, particularly for those looking for a costume that’s more corporeal than phantasmic. This week, Fairvilla invites everyone over for sexy time. Enjoy complimentary cocktails while participating in games, raffles, a costume contest and more. Then you can wander the store and come up with your own ideas for take-home tricks and treats. 7-9 p.m. Thursday; Fairvilla Megastore, 1740 N. Orange Blossom Trail; free; fairvilla.com.

Booktoberfest Normally, you have to pregame pretty heavily if you want to enjoy the library with a nice buzz on … we, uh, hear. But OCLS’ annual Booktoberfest celebration lets you cut out the middleman and just get drunk right in the stacks. Fittingly, this year’s theme is The Wizard of Oz, as you’ll be over the rainbow with a selection of local beers, food from Pom Pom’s and Roque Pub, and plenty of activities. Or just get drunk and read. It’s underrated. 6:30 p.m. Friday; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; $35-$50; orlandoweeklytickets.com.

T.G. Lee High’s Homecoming Dance Are you old enough to look at high school through rose-colored glasses? Get dressed up and grab a date for the Nook’s tribute to the dances of your youth. Machine Gun Kristin and DJ Mispac3 will have you dancing through the decades, with a different decade of music from the ’50s through the ’00s featured every hour. 8 p.m. Friday; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson. Fall Festival at the Veranda The Veranda at Thornton Park throws its hat in the ring of Central Florida’s packed fall schedule with the debut of a new fall festival this weekend. Enjoy arts and crafts vendors along with plenty of food and drink at a market in the courtyard. The festival is family-friendly, so bring your kids and they can enjoy pony rides, face painting, a petting zoo and more. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; The Veranda at Thornton Park, 707 E. Washington St.; free; verandaevents.com.

Billie Eilish March 10, 2020, at Amway Center PHOTO BY KENNETH CAPPELLO

Built to Spill, Oct. 10 at the Social Nahko, Oct. 10 at House of Blues The Toasters, Oct. 12 at Will’s Pub Wayne Brady, Oct. 12 at the Dr. Phillips Center Amigo the Devil, Oct. 16 at the Abbey Alison Krauss, Oct. 19 at the Dr. Phillips Center

The Black Keys, Nov. 6 at Amway Center

Jonathan Van Ness, Nov. 23 at the Dr. Phillips Center

Jim Gaffigan, Dec. 27 at the Dr. Phillips Center

Dan Deacon, Nov. 6 at Will’s Pub

Sara Bareilles, Nov. 24 at Amway Center

Too Many Zooz, Jan. 13, 2020, at the Social

Lulu Santos, Nov. 24 at House of Blues

Motion City Soundtrack, Jan. 15, 2020, at House of Blues

Stiff Little Fingers, Nov. 6 at the Plaza Live AJR, Nov. 8 at Hard Rock Live Miranda Lambert, Nov. 9 at Amway Center

Ariana Grande, Nov. 25 at Amway Center Nick Offerman, Dec. 5 at Hard Rock Live Willie Colón, Dec. 6 at House of Blues

Sammy Hagar, Nov. 9 at the Dr. Phillips Center

John Prine, Dec. 6 at Bob Carr Theater

Juan Luis Guerra, Oct. 27 at Amway Center

Thievery Corporation, Nov. 9 at House of Blues

Ski Mask the Slump God, Dec. 10 at the Beacham

Foreign Dissent 6, Oct. 28 at Will’s Pub

Elvis Costello, Nov. 11 at the Hard Rock Live

Nile, Dec. 11 at Soundbar

Hobo Johnson, Nov. 2 at House of Blues

Titus Andronicus, Nov. 13 at Will’s Pub

The Heavy Pets, Dec. 14 at Will’s Pub

The Casket Lottery, Nov. 4 at Will’s Pub

Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Nov. 15 at Will’s Pub

The Isley Brothers, Dec. 17 at Bob Carr Theater

The Menzingers, Nov. 23 at the Beacham

Rockapella, Dec. 20 at the Plaza Live

The Chainsmokers, Oct. 26 at Amway Center

King Diamond, Nov. 5 at the Dr. Phillips Center

The Dead South, Jan. 21, 2020, at House of Blues American Authors, Jan. 24, 2020, at the Beacham Southern Culture on the Skids, Jan. 24, 2020, at Will’s Pub Raphael Saadiq, Jan. 31, 2020, at the Plaza Live Black Violin, Feb. 8, 2020, at Bob Carr Theater The Beach Boys, Feb. 19, 2020, at the Dr. Phillips Center Billie Eilish, March 10, 2020, at Amway Center

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THURSDAY, OCT. 3

1st Thursdays: Hollywood Horror ART

Unleash the haunting visuals of what we fear most at this frightening and gothic art exhibition featuring local artists. October has opened the doors for all spooksters to indulge in paranormal-inspired sculptures, ghoulish paintings, creepy photography and other forms of art. There will be interpretations of classic Hollywood horror films, creepy live-action characters, and a slightly twisted costume contest. OMA is bringing back fortune teller Angelique Luna, and bringing in paranormal investigator Jack Kenna. What’s better than a few ghost stories told at a party? – Sarah Jennifer Hardin 6 p.m. | Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave. | 407-896-4231 | omart.org | $15

Purple Madness: A Tribute to Prince 7:30 pm; Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia Ave., Sanford; $23-$30; 407-321-8111. Rock the ’90s: The Official ’90s Rock Tribute 6 pm; The Tin Roof, 8371 International Drive; $15. Thomas Rhett, Dustin Lynch, Russell Dickerson, Rhett Akins 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $30.25-$350; 800-745-3000. Tony Danza: Standards & Stories 7:30 pm; Clermont Performing Arts Center Performance Hall, 3700 S. Highway 27, Clermont; $27.50-$45; 352-394-4800. Tony Macaluso 8 pm; Claddagh Cottage Irish Pub, 2421 Curry Ford Road; free; 407-895-1555. Vein, Soft Kill, Higher Power, Silenus, Regional Justice Center, Spine 6 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $15-$18. 46

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Zone 333, Erick Morillo, Stacey Pullen 5 pm; Elixir, 9 W. Washington St.; $25-$45.

SUNDAY, OCT. 6 B Boys 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $10. The Conglomerate 7 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-636-9951. Illyus & Barrientos 5 pm; Celine Orlando, 22 S. Magnolia Ave.; free. Roman Street 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $20; 407-595-2713. Symphonic Underground: Tribute to Final Fantasy VI 5-8 pm; Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia Ave., Sanford; $18-$25; 4075459748.

Through the Roots, Pacific Dub, the Strongbacks 8 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $13; 407-704-6261. Whatuprg 7 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $10-$50.

MONDAY, OCT. 7 The Bass Emporium: Exoplanet 11 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; free-$15.

THEWEEK OCT. 3-7

Pride and Prejudice A new adaptation by Kate Hamill keeps Austen weird with this comedy about love, marriage and the difference between the two. Mad Cow Theatre, 54 W. Church St.; $30-$42; 407-297-8788; madcowtheatre.com. OCT. 4-6

Black Label Society, the Black Dahlia Murder, Alien Weaponry 7:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $35-$77.75; 407-934-2583. Mushroomhead, He Kill 3, Dead Superstar, Unsaid Fate, M99 6:30 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $20.

TUESDAY, OCT. 8 Electric Six, DaveTV 7 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $15-$17.

The Addams Family New musical based on the lovably ghoulish characters from the TV show and films. Osceola Center for the Arts, 2411 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee; $25; 407-846-6257; osceolaarts.org. Be Original Theater Festival Weekend-long theater festival featuring table readings and staged readings of 16 new, original plays by Central Florida playwrights. 11 am-10 pm; Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $10-$12; 844-513-2014; drphillipscenter.org. OCT. 5-6

Taking Back Sunday, Red City Radio 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $35-$77.75; 407-934-2583. Ugly Orange Art & Music: Acoqui, Tidepools, Greyson Charnock 7 pm; Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526.

THEATER OCT. 2-6

Evita Tony-winning musical that follows Eva Duarte from a poor childhood to being an actress to marrying brutal military dictator Juan Peron. Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins St.; $35-$72; 407-447-1700; orlandoshakes.org. OCT. 2-5

The Humans Stephen Karam’s Tony-winning play that combines domestic comedy, family drama and thriller. Rollins College, Annie Russell Theatre, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-646-2145; rollins.edu. OCT. 2-6

Suite Surrender Comedy of errors set in 1942 in which two Hollywood divas war with each other over a hotel’s suite. IceHouse Theatre, 1100 N. Unser St., Mount Dora; $9.50-$21.50; 352-383-4616; icehousetheatre.com. Sweat After having spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets and laughs, a group of co-workers are faced with hard choices when trouble begins to arise with their factory jobs. Theatre UCF, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.; $20; 407-823-1500.

How I Became a Pirate Sail off on a fantastic excursion with a band of comical pirates looking for an expert digger to join their crew. Orlando Repertory Theatre, 1001 E. Princeton St.; $15-$35; 407-896-7365; orlandorep.com. Letters From Anne and Martin: A Dramatic Presentation Developed by the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, a unique play combining the iconic voices of Anne Frank & Martin Luther King Jr., both born in 1929. Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 412 E. Kennedy Blvd., Eatonville; free; 407-245-1735; holocaustedu.org. OCT. 6

The Royal Palm Ghost Train Phantasmagoria Take a train ride while being entertained by Phantasmagoria, the Victorian steampunk gothic circus troupe. 3:45 & 6:15 pm; The Royal Palm Railway Experience, 305 E. Ruby St., Tavares; $38; 352-742-7200; phantasmagoriaorlando.com.

COMEDY Big Jay Oakerson Thursday, 8 pm, Friday, 8 & 10:30 pm, Saturday, 7 & 9:45 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $17-$47; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com. Bull & Bush Open Mic Weekly stand-up comedy open mic. Wednesday, 8:30-10:30 pm; Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-896-7546. The Hodge Twins Sunday, 6 & 8:30 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $25-$55; 407480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.

OCT. 3-6

Into the Woods Stephen Sondheim musical that presents a modern take on classic fairytale stories. Athens Theatre, 124 N. Florida Ave., DeLand; $25-$29; 386-736-1500; athensdeland.com.

The Monsters of Comedy Friday, 8 pm; Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia Ave., Sanford; $20-$30; 407-321-8111. orlandoweekly.com

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THEWEEK Rauce Padgett, Sabrina Ambra Saturday, 8:30 pm; Mount Dora Community Building, 520 Baker St., Mount Dora; $18.50. Shit Sandwich Show up early to grab a good seat. Saturday, 9 pm; Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-896-7546. T.K. Kirkland Wednesday, 7 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $20; 407480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.

DANCE Cherry Bomb Burlesque and Rock Hard Revue A double feature of female and male burlesque troupes. Saturday, 7 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $20-$35; 407-704-6261; abbeyorlando.com. The Hope Movement A collaborative dance project in support of cancer victims and survivors. Friday-Saturday, 8 pm; Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins St.; $25; 407-447-1700; orlandoshakes.org. Orlando Ballet: Uncorked Intimate look at the ballet’s creative process from artistic director Robert Hill and the company. Tuesday, 7 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $30-$50; 407-704-6261; orlandoballet.org.

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Stonewall National Museum & Archives Opening night reception for exhibit featuring historical art and documents. Light bites and cash bar available. Friday, 6-8 pm; The Center, 946 N. Mills Ave.; free; 407-228-8272; thecenterorlando.org. White Canvas Party An exciting evening celebrating the museum’s future. Friday, 6-9 pm; Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St.; $75-$125; 407-246-4278; mennellomuseum.org. MUSEUM GUIDE

Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens Tongue in Cheek: Humorous Sculpture, through Dec. 1; 633 Osceola Ave., Winter Park; $10; 407-647-6294; polasek.org. Art & History Museums – Maitland Sweet, Fresh, Juicy: Florida Oranges in Art and History, through Jan. 5, 2020; 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $6; 407-539-2181; artandhistory.org. Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art Earth Into Art: The Flowering of American Art Pottery, through Sept. 27, 2020; Charles Hosmer Morse’s Arts and Crafts Study at Osceola Lodge, through Jan. 7, 2021; Iridescence – A Celebration, through Sept. 26, 2021; 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; $6; 407-645-5311; morsemuseum.org. Cornell Fine Arts Museum African American Art in the 20th Century; Ut Pictura Poesis: Walt Whitman and the Poetry of Art; At Leisure: Images of Repose from the Permanent Collection; The Place as Metaphor: Collection Conversations, through Dec. 29; Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; cfam.rollins.edu.

OPENINGS/EVENTS

1st Thursdays: Hollywood Horror Art party with art inspired by classic Hollywood horror films, live entertainment, food, interactive activities and more. Thursday, 6 pm; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $15; 407-896-4231; omart.org. The Art of Félix Royett First U.S. solo show from the famed Venezuelan artist. Opens Friday, 6:30 pm, through Oct. 25; Mills Gallery, 1650 N. Mills Ave.; free; 855336-3653; thegalleryatmillspark.com. Chelsea & the Three Bears Reception Debut of an art show in Bloomingdale’s featuring work by Cake Marques, Michael McGrath, Jeffrey Pfaff and Chelsea Smith. Saturday, 11:30 am; Bloomingdale’s, The Mall at Millenia, 4152 Conroy Road; free. It’s Only Human: The Figure in Art Showcases the human figure depicted in any medium. Opens Friday, 7-9 pm, through Dec. 28; Crealdé School of Art, 600 St. Andrews Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-671-1886; crealde.org. The Photography of Terra Miller Solo exhibition of photography from Terra Miller. Saturday, 6 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson. 48

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Mennello Museum of American Art Edward Steichen: In Exaltation of Flowers, through Jan. 12, 2020. 900 E. Princeton St.; $5; 407-246-4278; mennellomuseum.org. Orlando Museum of Art Modus Operandi: Photographs From the Collection of BNY Mellon, through Oct. 27; Lewis Dewis: An Artist’s Life in France, Part 1, through Nov. 3; Edward Steichen: In Exaltation of Flowers, through Jan. 12, 2020; Stephen Althouse: Metanoia, through Dec. 29. 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $15; 407-896-4231; omart.org.

EVENTS 13X Halloween Party Halloween party hosted by 13X Studios, makers of masks and props. Saturday, 7 pm; Vault 5421, 5421 International Drive; free; godmonsters.com. Blocktoberfest Oktoberfest block party with German food, live music and Sam Adams Octoberfest beer. Saturday, 7 pm; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; free; 407-849-0471; wallstplaza.net. Celebrity Lip Sync Battle Charity fundraising event with live musical performances and local celebrities performing lip sync routines.

Thursday, 7:30 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $25-$35; 407-704-6261; abbeyorlando.com. Enchanted Nature Walkabout Monthly educational walk to learn about trees, shrubs, fairies, gnomes, flowers and more. Sunday, 9 am; Mead Garden, 1300 S. Denning Drive, Winter Park; $10; 407-623-3342. Fall Festival at the Veranda Fall festival with vendors, entertainment, kids activities and more. Saturday, 11 am-4 pm; The Veranda at Thornton Park, 111 N. Summerlin Ave.; free; 407-872-8454. Get Outside Winter Park Local outdoor organizations and outfitter stores help you find people and resources for going on a group hike, paddle, run, ride or more. Saturday, 10 am; Winter Park Public Library, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-623-3300; wppl.org. Glitter & Gore: A Halloween Party Enjoy complimentary cocktails and play games, enter raffles, watch a fashion show and more. Thursday, 7 pm; Fairvilla Adult Mega Store, 1740 N. Orange Blossom Trail; free; 407-425-6005; fairvilla.com. Harry’s Sip & Savor Fall signature spirits and cocktails paired with dishes from Chef Tello. Friday, 6:30 pm; Harry’s Poolside Bar & Grill, 9840 International Drive; $60. Jake’s Beer Festival An energetic evening of culinary adventure and lots of beer samples. Friday, 6:30 pm; Loews Royal Pacific Resort, 6300 Hollywood Way; $45-$55; 407-503-3200. Lake County Folk Festival Live music, crafts, artists and food vendors in venues throughout Eustis. Saturday, noon-8 pm; Historic State Theatre, 109 N. Bay St., Eustis; free; 352-408-9800; lakecountyfolkfest.org. MorimotoFest Enjoy 10 different beers paired with 10 different bites at stations around the restaurant. Sunday, 12:30 pm; Morimoto Asia, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $55-$500; 407-939-6686; patinagroup.com/morimoto-asia. Oktoberfest Traditional German food, beer, live music and dancing. Friday, 5-10 pm, Saturday, noon-10 pm; German American Society of Central Florida, 381 Orange Lane, Casselberry; $5-$95; 407-834-0574; orlandogermanclub.com. Oktoberfest Community Celebration Oktoberfest celebration with a pig roast, beer specials, raffles and live entertainment. Saturday Oct. 5, 11 am; Castle Church Brewing, 6820 Hoffner Ave.; free; castlechurchbrewing.com. Orctoberfest III Tolkien-themed Oktoberfest celebration with Oktoberfest beers on tap, Germaninspired food specials, a steinhoisting competition and more. Saturday, 2 pm; Cloak and Blaster, 875 Woodbury Road; free; cloakandblaster.com.

THEWEEK Science Night Dead Adults-only night at the science museum with drinks, special programs, hands-on activities and more. Saturday, 8 pm; Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St.; $15.95; 407-514-2000; osc.org. Taste of Orlando All-day family food festival. Saturday, 3-7 pm; Waterford Lakes Town Center, 413 N. Alafaya Trail; $5-$20; 407737-2866; orlandoweeklytickets.com. T.G. Lee High’s Homecoming Dance Faux high school homecoming dance with DJs, a photobooth and drinks. Friday, 8 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson. Tour of Italy Wine Dinner Series Enjoy coursed wine pairings from each region along with a decadent five-course meal. Tuesday, 6:30-9 pm; Mia’s Italian Kitchen, 8717 International Drive; $90; 407-601-7130; miasitalian.com.

LITERARY Orlando Story Club: Spooked! Ten speakers are drawn at random to compete in a storytelling competition. Wednesday, 7 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $5; 407-704-6261; abbeyorlando.com. Wednesday Open Words Poetry and spoken word open mic. Wednesday, 8:30 pm; Austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-975-3364; austinscoffee.com.

FAMILY Baby Shark Live! Take an adventure into the sea with Baby Shark as he joins up with his friend Pinkfong to sing and dance through some of your favorite new and classic songs. Friday, 6 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $19.50; 844-513-2014; drphillipscenter.org. Peppa Pig Live! Peppa’s Adventure A brand new live show following Peppa Pig’s adventures. Thursday, 6 pm; Hard Rock Live Orlando, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $35-$45.50.

SPORTS Drone Racing League Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing (AIRR). Tuesday, 5 pm; Addition Financial Arena, 12777 N. Gemini Blvd.; free; 407-823-6006; additionfiarena.com. Orlando City SC vs. Chicago Fire MLS soccer. Sunday, 4 pm; Exploria Stadium, 655 W. Church St.; $20-$241; 855-675-2489; orlandocitysc.com. The Orlando Shuffle Free shuffleboard event. All ages and new players welcome. Saturday, 7-9 pm; Beardall Senior Center, 800 S. Delaney Ave.; free; 407-246-4440. n orlandoweekly.com

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I met a guy right around the time my boyfriend dumped me. I met him on a dating site, but he was really only interested in my boobs and me giving him head. I really like having him in my life and he’s very attractive, but he won’t do anything with me other than let me give him head while he watches porn. I’m very insecure, so I feel like part of the reason this has been going on for so long is because I’ve never had someone so attractive be into me. He asked me to sign a “contract” that requires me to drop everything and send him pictures whenever he asks. I’m not allowed to have a boyfriend, but he can have as many girls as he likes. I do a lot of stuff for him, and he doesn’t do a single thing for me. I should have said no, but I was feeling very shitty about myself and thought I had nothing to lose. Currently he lives a two-hour bus ride away and he won’t pick me up. He’s also only available on weekdays. He keeps telling me to come out to see him, but I can’t justify a two-hour bus ride with nothing in it for me. I almost cut him out completely after an older co-worker touched my butt – I confided in this guy, and he told me it would be hot if I showed my co-worker a photo of my boobs. That he would say something like that makes my blood boil, yet I still haven’t cut him off. Maybe I’m just overreacting and expecting too much of him, as he’s told me multiple times that he doesn’t like sex and he never wants to see my lower half. Don’t Understand My Behavior Stop seeing this guy – or stop servicing this asshole, I should say. This piece of shit swooped in when you were obviously feeling vulnerable (right after your boyfriend dumped you), and he’s been leveraging his good looks against you ever since. And it’s not just head he’s after, DUMB. He gets off on seeing you debase and degrade yourself – he wants to watch as you feed your selfesteem into a shredder – maybe because it affirms how attractive he is or maybe because he’s just that sadistic an asshole. And while you may think you have nothing to lose, this asshole clearly sees what you have to lose: your self-esteem, which he is disassembling bit by bit. I know people with similar blow-and-go arrangements; they provide what’s called “no recip” oral to selfish and sometimes sadistic tops. But they do it for the right reason – they do it because it turns them on. If being this guy’s on-call cocksucker turned you on and got you off, DUMB – if this was a thrilling adventure for you and a break from your regular routine, a brief/ erotic escape from the person you knew yourself to be (sexy, attractive, valued, etc.) – this could be a healthy and playful release. The guys I know who do this (and they’re all guys) don’t have any illusions about the men 50

they’re servicing catching feelings for them. And most importantly, they get off on it. It turns them on to be treated this way, to play this role, to have this kind of cocksucker-oncall arrangement with someone who plays the role of the selfish, domineering top. But this doesn’t turn you on, DUMB, it makes you feel terrible about yourself. And this guy’s assholery is going to escalate over time. Cut this guy off now. I’m a 26-year-old woman in a two-year relationship with a 32-year-old man. I love him and we live together. He recently revealed that he thinks the word “vagina” is disgusting. He likes the word “pussy,” but “vagina” turns him off and he hates when he hears the word. I think this is ridiculous, immature and, honestly, a bit insulting. I am proud of my vagina – I love it, and I love what we do with it together. I don’t have a hangup with names for parts. He assures me he loves my pussy, but vagina is a word that grosses him out. Am I crazy to be a bit upset about this terminology conflict? Vaginas Always Love Useful Erections “First of all, VALUE is correct,” says Dr. Jen Gunter, an ob-gyn and author. “There is nothing disgusting about the word vagina. However, to many people, the word vagina has this connection because telling people that vaginas are dirty or gross or disgusting is a core tenet of the patriarchy. Vulva and clitoris have sadly been along for this societal shame-driven ride. I can see how a heterosexual man might have trouble with the word vagina because he has received that messaging since birth.” But just because we can see how your boyfriend might have developed a problem with the word, VALUE, doesn’t make your boyfriend actually having a problem with the word OK. “There’s an issue when a grown man finds the word vagina disgusting,” Gunter says. “I am curious if her boyfriend’s inability to say vagina is a ‘bedroom-only’ phenomenon or an ‘everywhere’ phenomenon. If it’s bedroom-only, maybe she can help him work up to using the word by introducing it more. Exposure therapy! However, if his disgust at the word is an ‘everywhere’ phenomenon, then I can appreciate how that is a sticking point for VALUE. I wrote a whole book, The Vagina Bible, for this very reason. If he read it and appreciated how not saying the word vagina has been oppressive for women, maybe it might help? Again, exposure therapy!” My husband likes to give and receive enemas during sex. I was very inexperienced sexually when we met in our early 20s and very much in love. He introduced me to

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enemas, and I went along at first and almost enjoyed the novelty. But in time, it started to feel less appealing. After we had kids, there was less opportunity for this sort of thing, and I eventually realized I didn’t like anal play. The enemas began to feel physically and psychologically violating. He introduced anal plugs as an alternative, but I still felt violated and frightened whenever he put one in me. I went to a sex counselor who told me I had the right to say no. My husband began pursuing his anal interests alone. Now we’re both 68. My sexual drive has waned, but his has not. I don’t want to give up on the experience of PIV intercourse, but he doesn’t seem to understand that at this stage of life, sex for me is more about closeness and feeling loved and being held than about intense sexual pleasure. He is disappointed that I am not receptive to his need for anal stimulation. I have told him he is free to find people online who will do this, or if it is so important to him to have a partner who does this, we can separate. He would prefer that I be more accommodating. Absolutely No Anal Love You can and you should continue to say no to any and all sex play – anal or otherwise – that leaves you feeling violated and frightened, ANAL. You can also say, “I’d like a divorce,” to a man who has proven himself incapable of taking “no” for an answer decade after miserable decade. And while your offer to allow him to find anal playmates online falls under the “perfectly reasonable accommodation” header, ANAL, I’m more concerned with your unmet need for love and tenderness than I am with your husband’s unmet needs. To that end, I think you should go find a tender lover – right after you find yourself a kick-ass divorce lawyer. On the “Lovecast”: Why are bi women blazing so hard? Listen at savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net ITMFA.org

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Household goods, Christeena Zwiefka- memorabilia, Vicente Candelaria Gonzalez- wheelchair, household items, Danielle GentryHousehold goods, Bethany LayneHousehold 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. AUCTION Extra Space Storage – Store 8841 9847 Curry Ford Road, Orlando, FL 32825 Extra Space Storage will hold a Public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location Indicated: 9847 Curry Ford Road, Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 495-9612, October 15th, 2019 @ 11:00 AM: John Drimbea– Pool table, tools, boxes, William Raul Santiago Rosado – boxes, Sixto Antonio Santiago – Household goods, Deja Moore – Furniture, HHG, 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.

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Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1150 Brand Ln Kissimmee FL 34744, 407414-5303 on 10/11/19 @ 10:00am. Rey Gotay Hance golf clubs, tennis racket, cooler, Erica Delgado ironing board, chair, mattresses, Carlos Magno Malavet business furniture & items, Nateshia Fogah household items, Joseph Sie Toomey household items, Kevin Tutson household items, boxes, Joseph Nathanael Rochester 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.

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Legal, Public Notices Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 342 Woodland Lake Drive, Orlando, FL 32828, 321-800-4793, on 10/22/19 at 4pm. Gertha Frazil Laguerre, House hold Goods, Christine jenkins, dresser, boxes, tv stand. 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: 13597 S Orange Ave Orlando, Fl 32824 407-910-2087 on 10/15/19 @ 1:00pm. Brandon Johns, Home, wall art, mirrors, recliner seat, rug, dinning set, stoolls. 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: 4601 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32839, 407-630-9395 on 10/16/2019 @ 11am Austin Jackson- Totes; Renee Waller- furnitures, clothes, bags, and shoes; Jacob Voltair- House hold furnitures ;Jackeline Serrano- personal items; Antonio Pizarro- house hold goods and personal items; Felden Hudson- stove and fryer; Lorimet Desroches- house hold furniture; Ericka Simmons- Jacquet- house hold goods; Paul Roy- clothes, bins, boxes, and a tv; Marie Calxte clothes and boxes; Tanaja Granthouse hold furniture and 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 will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belong-

ing to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 5592 LB McLeod Rd, Orlando, Florida 32811, 407-720-2832 on 10/16/19 @ 10:30am Leandro Gouveia Household Goods, Latasha Dean household items, Paul Ricketts Household Goods, Handy Jones household goods, Joann Buchana Boxes, Shoes, RAFIEK WALKER CLOTHING, BOXES, Frances Quintana PERSONAL 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: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321-270-3440 on 10/16/19 @ 11:30am. Erika Hickman household goods, Nicole Bravo household goods, Robert Hancock 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: 2728 W 25TH St, Sanford, FL 32771 407-708-3327, October 21, 2019 @ 4:00 PM Arthur Edwards- Couch and bins of clothes. Cheryl McGriff- Household items. Vet Rouse- clothes only. Joseph Allmon- 2 couches a crib and household items. Debbie Diaz- Household Goods, TVs, Toddler Bed. Destiny Pryer- boxes with clothes, 2 night stands and a tv stand. Kenneth Batton- 2 sofas can stand on end stove other misc. Regina Taylor- household items, furniture. Sierra Locascio- Crib, kids bed, toys, rugs, table. Felicia Thompson- Household Items. David Cherry - household items. Milagros Peguero- King bed, full bed boxes and totes of clothes and TV. Gerald Kanyok- household goods. Gerald Kanyok- Furniture. Gerald Kanyok- Furniture. Richard Dupree- Furniture, TV’s and 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: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839, 407-4889093 on 10/16/19 @ 12:00p.m. Robert Gwynn household items, Marsha Buchanan queen bed, couch, couple of boxes, MACINDA PIERRESAINT clothes and kitchenware, Ilia Rodriguez QUEEN MATTRESS, SOFA. AND OTHER HOUSE HOLD FURNITURE, Cierra South California king bed, Rebecca Williams Boxes, sofa, totes, bed, dressers, kitchen items, Dashid Williams household items, Lessie Charlynn Miller Personal goods, boxes, beds, Louise Fredirck Household Goods, Ronicha Davis mattress, clothes, pictures, Antonio Perry clothes, shoes, speakers, bins. 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: 1071 Marshall Farms Rd Ocoee, Florida 34761 10/21/2019 at 4PM. Tamika Bolden Boxes, Totes, Matthew Mckee- Fuqua Totes, Table, Phillip Gennello Couch, Chair, 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 will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated 5603 Metrowest Blvd, Orlando FL 32811 on 10/16/2019 @ 9:30AM. ALVARO DE PAULA Housegoods, SIMEON DIEULER, SIMEON DIEULER, Unit 07003, 2013, ZHNG, Motorcycle, Vin# L5YACBPA2F1103728, Owner: Geico Insurance & Articles to ship to Haiti, Carlos Desiderio Housegoods, Claudia Larieux Housegoods, Michelle Hopkins boxes & bags, Jason Hollenden storage bins, Alisha White furniture, boxes soda & chair ,Tameika Dozier 3 bedroom house fully furnished, Brynn Pomeroy apt furniture &

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items, Thomas Waterman Totes & Mattress, JEFFREY BUMGARNER Housegoods, Heriberto Catala Rivera Housegoods, Joe Scott Housegoods, Jessica Williams Housegoods, Sylena Siplin queen bed, round dining table & storage bins. 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: 11071 University Blvd., Orlando FL, 32817 (321) 320- 4055 on 10/22/19 at 4:00PM. Kyle Landon Ellwood- Household goods, Kachina Moore- Household goods and furniture, Kachina Moore -Household goods, Timothy Arndtclothes and household goods, Savannah Smith- Mattress and household goods, Peter HayesHousehold 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: 4:00 PM at the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 610 Rinehart Rd, Lake Mary, FL 32746 407-333-4355 October 21, 2019 at the times and location listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following Barbara Rosenwinkel – Household Goods, Michael Major – Household Goods, donna hazelwood – Household Goods, Cassandra Thomas – Household Goods, Cassandra Thomas – Household, Cassandra Thomas – Household Goods, Cassandra Thomas – Household Goods, Joleen Merkarski – Household Goods, Dan Leins – Personal 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: 1420 North Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL, 32804 (407) 312-8736, on 10/23/19 @ 4:00PM: Sherica Walker toys, Marilyn Vigoreaux household goods, Bernard Cooksley personal items, Telisa Sanford 2 piece living room set one table, boxes, Arial Zackery household goods, Megan Newell computers, furniture, signage, Marka McCoy china cabinet, chairs, table, Xavier Hill household goods, furniture, boxes, Tracie Meyers boxes, Peter Kent tools. 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: October 23rd, 2019 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 4:00 PM Extra Space Storage 2631 E Semoran Blvd. Apopka, FL 32703 (407) 408-7437 Kathryn Cain- Household goods Keimach HopeKitchen/Bath decor and items Darlene Randall- Household items Mark Stevenson- Household items Jeannie Rottloff- 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: 11971 Lake Underhill Road, Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 516-7913, October 22nd, 2019 @ 4:00 PM: Jesus Molina- Computer/ Monitor, Boxes, File Cabinet, Medical Equipment. Nathaniel Smith- Bags, Boxes, Clothes, Cross Bow, Luggage. Victor Rodriguez- Bed, bed frame, Dresser, TV, Bags, Boxes, Clothes, Totes, Hoover Board, Tables, Printer. Pressure King IncHarold King- Refrigerator, Hand Tools, Power Tools, Tool Box, Engines, Ladder, Shelving, Motors, Motorcycle Parts. 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 EDWARD DANIEL STULL, JR., Deceased. File No. 2019-CP-002430. Probate Division 1. NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The administration of the estate of Edward Daniel Stull, Jr., deceased, whose date of death was July 14, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Avenue, #1720, Orlando, Florida 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. The date of first publication of this notice is 10/2/2019. Attorney for Personal Representative: Teresa L. Prince Attorney, Florida Bar Number: 41953, Tomassetti & Prince, 406 Ash Street, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034. Telephone: (904) 2611833, Fax: (904) 212-0350. E-Mail: info@tpislandlaw.com, Secondary E-Mail: tprince@tpislandlaw. com. Personal Representative: Paula Y. Stull, 6312 Donegal Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION:3/ JUDGE CRANER WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP18-655. IN THE INTEREST OF THE MINOR CHILD: D. P. DOB: 12/14/2018. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Dachena Predestin (Mother), ADDRESS UNKNOWN. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court

regarding the above-referenced child, a copy of which is attached. You are hereby commanded to appear before the Honorable General Magistrate Kathryn E. Durnell , on , October 11, 2019, at 9:45 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. 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 ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 5 day of September 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of: Stacy McDuffie, Esquire. Florida Bar Number 005602 Senior Attorney for State of Florida Department of Children and Families Children’s Legal Services 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200 Orlando, FL 32811 Office Telephone: 407-563-2324 Stacy. mcduffie@ myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/DOHERTY, WESTGATE ADVOCACY CENTER, CASE NO.: DP19-67 IN THE INTEREST OF: I.N. DOB: 07/25/2017. NOTICE OF ACTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA To: Danielle Sweat, 385 E Cleveland Street, Apopka, Florida 32703A. 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 Judge Patricia A. Doherty on October 31, 2019 at 9:30am. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. 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 ATTACHED

TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 24th day of September, 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of:DeShayla M. Strachan, Esquire, Florida Bar #.: 1002639. Children’s Legal Services, Deshayla.strachan@ myflfamilies.com. By: /s/ CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/DOHERTY, WESTGATE ADVOCACY CENTER, CASE NO.: DP17-91 IN THE INTEREST OF:D. M. DOB: 10/20/2002, D. M. DOB: 10/20/2002. NOTICE OF ACTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA To: Dania Elisaint, 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 Judge Patricia A. Doherty on November 1, 2019 at 9:30am. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. 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 ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 27th day of September, 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of: Audrea Ashcraft, Esquire Florida Bar #.: 101358. Children’s Legal Services, audrea. ashcraft@myflfamilies.com. By: /s/ CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/CRANER. WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER. CASE NO.: DP18-509. In the Interest of: R.M.M. DOB: 08/19/2018. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. TO: Christiana Harvey, 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 following child(ren) for adoption: R.M.M., born on 08/19/2018. A copy of the Petition is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You are hereby commanded to appear on October 29, 2019, at 11:00 a.m., before the Honorable A. James Craner, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 5, at the Orange County Courthouse, Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 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 ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. 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, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 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 Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 24TH day of September, 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of Jennifer McCarthy, Esq., Florida Bar No.: 0086793, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families 882 S. Kirkman Road, Ste. 200, Orlando, FL 32811, 407-579-9480, jennifer.mccarthy@ myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) Notice Is Hereby Given that The Shopping Center Group, LLC, 300 Galleria Parkway, Fl. 12, Atlanta, GA 30339, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of TSCG LLC, with its principal place of business in the State of Florida in the County of Seminole will file an Application for Registration of Fictitious Name with the Florida Department of State. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Disol Corporation, of 10200 Falcon Moss LN, Apt 204, Orlando FL 32832, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: Big D Travel & Tours It is the intent of the undersigned to register “Big D Travel & Tours” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations.

Dated: 8/22/19 NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Starr Walker, of 2851 East Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, FL 34744 in the county of Osceola, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: Pawticular Pet for the Upscale Tail It is the intent of the undersigned to register “Pawticular Pet for the Upscale Tail” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 9/20/19 Notice of Public Sale In Accordance with Florida State Statute 83.805 and to satisfy an operator’s lien, the contents of the following units will be sold at a public auction to the highest bidder for cash on or after: Date: OCTOBER 10, 2019 @ 10:30 AM At: United Stor-All, 7400 W Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32818. Tenant’s Name Property – (Miscellaneous Household Items unless otherwise specified) Eugene Torres, Nicholas Barnes, Mary Weibush, Alisha Fayson, Jason Bass, Rodney Leath, Verdell Williams, Cedric Watkins, Jeffery Sanders, Monica Alford, Melkiesta Sweeting, Dawn Tangri, Sandra Rae, Eric Ducille, Christine Ducille Ministries, Heidi Thomas Burnette, Ermide Fieneant NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF 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: On October 15, 2019 12:30 PM location: 13125 S. John Young Parkway Orlando FL 32837 (407)516-7005 Ralph Martinezboxes, personal items, Vickie Acevedo- home items, Annette Castro - home 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. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Mindful Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the following times and locations: October 10th, 2019 12:00 pm at the Mindful Storage facility located at: 900 Cypress Pkwy. Kissimmee,

FL. 34759 (321) 732-6032 The personal goods stored therein by the following: #K208- Furniture, H227- Households, #2097- Households, #1070- Households, #1002Boxes, #1176- Boxes, #1141 -Households, #2106- Households, #F215- Boxes. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Mindful 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: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on October 18th, 2019 at 9:00 am, Riker’s Roadside Of Central Florida, INC, 630 E Landstreet Rd, Orlando, FL 32824, will sell the following vehicles and/or vessels. Seller reserves the right to bid. Sold as is, no warranty. Seller guarantees no title, terms cash. Seller reserves the right to refuse any or all bids; 19UUA662X6A003776 2006 ACURA 1FAHP3F22CL115958 2012 FORD 1FTNX20L03EB73001 2003 FORD 1FTZX1762WNA55807 1998 FORD 1G8ZY147X2Z192548 2002 SATURN 1HGEG8644SL010608 1995 HONDA 1JJV532D7JL013490 2018 WANC A4GP44R17R139154 2007 CHRYSLER 2D4GP44LX5R407927 2005 DODGE 2HGFC1E50JH700174 2018 HONDA 3FAFP07Z26R250901 2006 FORD 3FAHP07Z78R217808 2008 FORD 3G5DA03E13S594821 2003 BUICK 3N1AB7AP2FY264468 2015 NISSAN 3N1AB7AP5DL753957 2013 NISSAN 4A3AC44G83E012945 2003 MITSUBISHI 4V4NC9TH9KN223960 2019 VOLVO 5YFBURHE0HP636193 2017 TOYOTA JA3AU86U38U029724 2008 MITSUBISHI JNKCV54EX4M800450 2004 INFINITI JTHKD5BHXC2082923 2012 LEXUS WBAET374X3NJ22974 2003 BMW.

NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids. OCTOBER 15, 2019 1GCFG15X771195150 2007 CHEVROLET WVWRK61J52W440517 2002 VOLKSWAGEN OCTOBER 16, 2019 JS2RC41H235202491 2003 SUZUKI JS2YC415X85100395 2008 SUZUKI OCTOBER 18,2019 1N4AL11D25C182525 2005 NISSAN JTDBR32E330020949 2003 TOYOTA KL5JD56Z35K150357 2005 SUZUKI OCTOBER 19, 2019 4T1BE32K52U011240 02 TOYOTA OCTOBER 22, 2019 1HGCD5539VA122635 1997 HONDA 3GSCL33P68S666674 2008 SATURN OCTOBER 23, 2019 1HGCG22542A000921 2002 HONDA 4A3AC84H33E045612 2003 MITSUBISHI L9NTELKEXE1065126 2014 TAOI NOTICE 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 Statutes (Section 83.801-83.809). The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on, Monday, October 21, 2019 at 10:00 AM, on lockerfox.com said property has been stored and which are located at: iStorage – Winterpark, 3400 Forsyth Rd, Winter Park FL 32792 Name, Unit #, Contents: Ryan Wall 353 boat and trailer, signs, clothes, boxes, bags, totes, ladders, chair, transmission , lamp, rubber mats, Ryan Wall 414 metal cabinet, totes, couch, mattress, shelves, books, bags, lamp, misc. equipment, Eric Campbell 448 toys, baby items, clothes, holiday décor, bike, household items, bags. Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase by cash only. All purchased items are sold as is, where is, and must be removed at the time of the sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Dated this 2nd and 9th day of October, 2019.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 08:00 am at 10850 COSMONAUT BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32824, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes.

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Legal, Public Notices NOTICE OF SALE Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale: 1999 Honda VIN# JHMCG6670XC031899 2002 Oldsmobile VIN# 1G3WH52H52F216221 2006 Dodge VIN# 1D7HA16K06J170317 2005 Honda VIN# 1HGCM665353A076032 To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on October 16, 2019 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC Notice of Sale Name – Property – Unit # Marco Sucerquia – Tool boxes, ladders, plastic bins, misc household and personal items – 015H. Ali Nickooii – Large amounts of boxes constructions materials, pallets, misc household and personal items – 212. David Davis – Mattress, couch, bed frames, misc household and personal items - 131 Ample Storage, 6493 E Colonial Dr, Orlando FL 32807, has possessory lien on all goods stored in the prospective units above. All these items of personal property are being sold pursuant to the asserting of the lien on 10/17/19 at 11:00AM in order to collect the amount due from you. The sale will take place at 6493 E Colonial Dr, Orlando FL 32807. NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to F.S. 713.585 At 9:00 AM on October 22, 2019 Billis Auto Center 1710 N. Forsyth Rd. ORL, FL 32807, (407) 657-1808. Will sell the following vehicle(s) to Satisfy claim of lien. Seller reserves the right to bid and refuse any or all bids. Sold As-Is, No warranty. Seller guarantees no title. Terms cash. Satisfying the lien prior to sale may redeem said vehicle(s). You have a right to a hearing at any time prior to sale by filing a demand for hearing in the circuit court. Owner has the right to recover possession by posting bond per. F.S. 559.917. Any proceeds in excess of lien will be deposited with clerk of courts. 2009 LEXS VIN# 2T2HK31U39C109602 Lien Amt $6,851.25 2002 FORD VIN# 1FTRX18L72NB24845 Lien Amt $4,821.89.

Employment Accounting Clerk for Roshan Hospitality, Orlando, FL: Prep. & pro. payroll; Perf. hotel booking fee cal., taxes, balances & dis.; Col. Intrpt. & prep. Co. fin. Stmt.; Maintn. books using QuickBooks Online to rec., store, & anlyz. Info. incld. Recon. & issuing invoices & payments. Req. BS in fin. or a/c & 2 yrs exp. in a/c, fin. or banking. F/T mail resume @ 1700 McCoy Rd. Orlando FL 32809. Financial Analyst for Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, FL). Spprt prjct teams on mnth & qurtr end clsng actvties, incl fnncial rprtng & frcst vs. actuals anlytcl rviews. Req. Bach (or frgn equiv) in Bsnss Admin, Accntng, or rel + 5 yrs exp in job offrd or acc alt occu. Mst hve 5 yrs exp in fllwng sklls: advncd knwldge of pwr gnrtn prdcts; ablty to apply IFRS to bsnss; intrntnl & intrcltrl exp & ablty to wrk in intrntnl teams; comp & SW skils, incl MS Excel, Word, PP, Thnk-Cell; exp w/ SAP (FI,CO, SD,MM). Mst hve 3 yrs w/ fllwng sklls: prfrmng intrnl audts; & prfrmng bsnss cntrllng actvties lke fnncial rprtng & analysis; abilty to create & explain cmplx fnncial mdls usng rprtng tools; ablty to wrk w/ prjct teams spprtng mltple prjcts & prjct mngrs; & strng fnncial mngmnt, anlysis, rprtng & cntrllng sklls. Approx 15% trvl req. Mail rsms Michael Kellermann, Siemens Corporation, 3850 Quadrangle Boulevard, MS: HRS-144, Orlando, FL 32817. Ref MK/JA. Must be authrzed to wrk in US prmnntly. Training & Development Specialist sought by an academic institute in Orlando, FL. Bach’s deg in any major + 2 yrs of exp or Bach’s deg in Training & Development, H.R. or other closely reltd fields. Res: Jerry Docarmo, Managing Member @ Harvest Institute LLC: 5950 Lakehurst Dr., Ste 168, Orlando, FL 32819; email Harvest@ harvest.net

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Collections Representative Green Key Resources 6408408 Account Director Summit Broadband 6408407

Culinary Cook 1 Signature (Advanced Line Cook) Walt Disney World Resort 6408145 Support Center Technician Stellar MLS 6408105

Reservation Agent VoicePro TravelClick, Inc. 6408404

Personal Trainer / Wellness Coach YMCA of Central Florida 6408006

Village Vacation Planning Manager Give Kids The World 6408397 Business Development Manager Vision HR 6408332 Dialysis Nurses correctional experience a plus Mobil Dialysis 6408331 Building Official City of Casselberry 6408272 Marketing Internship McCoy Federal Credit Union 6408270 Human Resources- Entry Level Recruiter Florida Virtual School 6408249 Program Specialist Booster 6408182

Bell Staff (3rd Shift) Caribe Royale Orlando 6407962 Mechanical Inspector Pro Image Solutions 6407960 Conference Staff and Security - Weekly Pay HES Conference Staff Security 6407914 Teacher II Community Coordinated Care for Children, Inc 6407910 Purchasing Project Coordinator The Carroll Adams Group, Inc. 6407906 Afternoon Coordinator Rollins College 6407840 Construction Sales Estimator - Windows & Doors FASWD, LLC 6407811