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Orlando Sings first festival of three concerts honors Black composers and remembers Pulse nightclub shooting victims.

Orlando Sings is one of Central Florida’s newest professional arts organizations and has already had an exciting and successful first season.  Led by Artistic and Executive Director Dr. Andrew Minear, Orlando Sings serves as an umbrella organization for a family of singing groups including two professional ensembles, the Orlando Sings Symphonic Chorus and the Solaria Singers. This young organization has already had a great start to its first season with full and sold-out houses for eac...

Caveat Emptor is full of stories.  About 40,000 carefully vetted books line the shelves inside the used and rare bookstore at 112 N. Walnut St. But after surviving five decades through multiple location changes, a rise in technology use, a global pandemic and a change in ownership, Caveat Emptor surely has its own tale to tell.  Eric Brown, who owns the store with his wife, Catherine Brown, said society has devalued books, not just monetarily, but as artifacts to be appreciated and cultiva...

Saturday marks the 5th anniversary of the Pulse tragedy in Orlando. Many lives were injured, and 49 lives were killed after a gunman entered the club and started shooting.

Reflect - Tom Kitt - Reflect features songs co-written and performed by some of Broadway's biggest stars, including Adrienne Warren, Mandy Gonzalez, Michael McElroy, Jenn Colella, Danny Burstein, Javier Mu oz, Lauren Patten, Jerry Dixon, Elizabeth Stanley, Heidi Blickenstaff, Brian d'Arcy James and Pearl Sun along with Kitt's own children Julia and Michael Kitt. An album about finding your voice when you need it most, Reflect is a true collaboration that captures the hope and heartbr...

About 3,000 participants ran to help raise money for the National Pulse Memorial and Museum and the One Pulse Foundation 

Posted By Matthew Moyer on Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 11:06 AM click image Photo courtesy Ricky Martin/Facebook Singer Ricky Martin has been named the national spokesperson for Orlando nonprofit the OnePulse Foundation. In an announcement last week coinciding with the launch of their new OutLove Hate campaign — fundraising fo...