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The sheriff’s office concluded no crime was committed at Sloth World; a former Republican lawmaker was arrested on child sexual abuse charges; Angie Nixon shrugged off Florida GOP attacks following her primary victory, and other news you may have missed last week. Plus “This Modern World”

11 Closing the books

The 66-year-old Altamonte Springs City Library could go away, if city commissioners move forward with a proposal to shut it down

15 Primary’s cool

Two of the four candidates in the Orange County mayoral race will head to a runoff in November, while the OCPS school board chair was decided last week

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ARTS+ CULTURE 19 A design for life

An exhibition of midcentury modern icon Isamu Noguchi’s steel sculptures finds a temporary home at the Mennello Museum

21 All together now

Come From Away cast at Orlando Shakes honors a story of compassion, kindness and human connection

FOOD+ DRINK 25 Riding the retro

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33 Couchsurfing

New shows streaming this week: Dark Matter Season 2, The Whisper Man, Untold: Raygun Breaking Badly and more

35 Duty now for the future

Cult new-wavers Devo accidentally predicted the end of the world. Is it too late for them to save it?

39 This Little Underground

BACK PAGES 42 The Week

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

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OCSO found no crime in Sloth World investigation

Former Florida Republican lawmaker charged for child sexual abuse

Teacher suspended for Charlie Kirk posts should be reinstated, per a Florida court

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has concluded its months-long criminal investigation into the disgraced Orlando tourist attraction Sloth World on I-Drive, finding “no evidence” of intentional harm, criminal neglect or “failure to provide necessary care” to more than four dozen sloths that died at its hands. In short, the investigation did not identify any criminal act under local, state or federal law — a finding that at least one state lawmaker is taking note of. Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani, a Democrat from Orlando who’s pushed for greater accountability in the Sloth World case, thanked the sheriff’s office for its “rigor” in a statement. But she further acknowledged that it may be time to look at changing the state’s wildlife regulations in order to find true justice for the innocent creatures. According to the sheriff’s office investigation, the “mortality event” involving the deaths of at least 55 innocent sloths “was the result of multiple contributing factors affecting the overall health and survivability of the animals.” Palm Beach County Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller Mike Caruso, a former Republican legislator, was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and local police on child sexual abuse charges. Attorney General James Uthmeier made the announcement on social media, and Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Caruso from office about an hour afterwards. The suspension came one year after DeSantis appointed Caruso as clerk on Aug. 18, 2025. DeSantis’ suspension order detailed the charges: kidnapping; lewd or lascivious molestation; lewd or lascivious exhibition; luring or enticing a child; and child abuse. According to the arrest affidavit filed by an FDLE officer, the victim in this case is Caruso’s grandson, who is identified as being younger than age 12. The charges were filed in Orange County, where the victim’s family lives. According to Uthmeier, the FDLE’s investigation into Caruso is ongoing.

Angie Nixon shrugged off Florida GOP attacks following primary victory

Although Florida Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon’s ties with the Democratic Socialists of America — an organization she only recently joined — appear limited, the Republican Party of Florida seems very determined to use that association to paint her as unelectable. U.S. Senator Ashley Moody, whom Nixon is running to unseat, claimed Nixon is part of the “I Hate America DSA Party,” even though DSA is not a political party. Nixon rejected Moody’s assertions last week. “Ashley Moody needs to stick to the facts,” she told a Florida Phoenix reporter in an interview on WMNF 88.5 FM. “She’s just continuing to demonize me. What has she done for our country and our state, besides making it more unaffordable?” Nixon’s reputation as one of the most progressive members of the Florida House far preceded any association with DSA. When asked if her link to the biggest socialist organization in the United States makes it harder to defeat Moody, she said it didn’t really matter. “They’re going to associate me with DSA or socialists or communism anyway,” she said. “They were already doing that. The reason I joined the organization was because they believe we should have access to quality healthcare. They believe that we should have quality access to quality housing and fully funded public schools.” Sen. Moody was appointed to her position in the U.S. Senate by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last year to fill a vacancy left by now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Nixon, a former union organizer and bookstore owner from Jacksonville, has served in the Florida House since 2022.

A Lee County public school teacher’s suspension for a comment about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk should be ended and she should receive back pay, an administrative court judge recommended earlier this month. Division of Administrative Hearings Judge Andrew Manko found that a derisive remark about Kirk posted on Facebook by Mariah Roller, an educator at Three Oaks Middle School in Fort Myers, caused “minimal” disruption to the Lee County School Board. “Ms. Roller’s private Facebook post on her personal Facebook page was not unethical, and it was not her action, but that of a third party, that resulted in its dissemination,” wrote Manko in the Aug. 14 ruling. The post was private but was snipped and disseminated on social media before it was deleted less than an hour later. Numerous educators in the state, including school board members, posted about Kirk’s death on social media and were threatened with disciplinary actions by the Florida Department of Education if the posts violated the state’s employee conduct policies.

Florida spent more on treatment for children with autism than any other state

Florida in the past two years has spent more money than any other state in the nation providing a therapy called applied behavior analysis to children with special needs including autism — $6.57 billion between 2023 and 2025. That’s the number Shena Grantham, Florida’s deputy secretary for Medicaid policy and quality, gave to members of a blue-ribbon panel in Tallahassee last week. They were reviewing ABA services in the Medicaid program that covers about 55,000 children age 20 and younger. Indiana ranked a distant second to Florida, spending $1.65 billion over the same two years. North Carolina ran a distant third, at $1.53 billion. This comes after the DeSantis administration announced in June that it was cracking down on “fraud, waste and abuse” in Florida’s $38 billion healthcare safety net program. Florida has switched its ABA delivery model to require managed care plans to cover services for children. Previously, patients, once authorized, saw the Medicaid ABA provider of their choice and the state paid for the services. Since 2025, the care must be provided by the state-contracted plans, and ABA providers who want to continue working with their clients are having to negotiate contracts with the plans in their regions. orlandoweekly.com ● AUG. 26-SEPT. 1, 2026 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY

THANK YOU, ORLANDO

A letter from the publisher of Orlando Weekly thanking everyone who helped make this 35th edition a success … and in gratitude that it’s over until next year BY GRAH AM JAR RET T

ell, it’s done. And somehow, in all the chaos, we nearly missed something:

This was the 35th anniversary of Best of Orlando®. Believe it or not, we were all so busy

making it happen that nobody stopped to commemorate it. Until now, I suppose. Welcome to what we lovingly call the Thank You Issue.

First and foremost: Thank you, Orlando. Without you — without your nominations, your votes, your enthusiasm and, yes, occasionally your very strong opinions — there is no Best of Orlando®. And thank you to the thousands of local businesses, restaurants, bars, artists, musicians, arts organizations, parks, personalities and assorted Orlando weirdos who give everyone something worth voting for in the first place. You are the nominees, finalists and winners. You’re what makes this little burg burst with a personality and coolness that people outside Orlando don’t always get to see — but that we get to live in and write about every day. 8

Now, before I get to some other thank-yous, I need to explain what these people actually pulled off. Best of Orlando® is a beast.

It starts about eight months before you ever hold that giant issue in your hands. We debate hundreds of categories: What’s new? What’s tired? What did somebody suggest that makes us wonder how we never thought of it before? What no longer gets enough votes to justify being there? (Who remembers when there was fierce competition for Best Fro-Yo?) Then come nominations — all 100% writeins by the voters. (Once again, slowly, to those of you who email us or post on social media about “our” choices of nominees, finalists and winners: 100% write-ins by the voters. We write Staff Picks for our staff’s picks.) All those write-ins can be hard to parse. We have to figure out what a vote for “Anthony’s” means. Anthony’s Pizza, Anthony’s Pizzeria and Anthony’s Italian Restaurant all have to be sorted out. Which Anthony’s? Thornton Park? Apopka? Casselberry? Does this law firm actually practice real estate law? Is that person

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really a personal trainer? Do these nominees even qualify for those categories? Now multiply that process by roughly 325 categories and thousands upon thousands of nominations. We count them, research them, clean them up and build the finals ballot. Then everybody who somehow never saw our weeks of nomination promotion suddenly emerges from the woodwork to ask why they aren’t on it. Then comes another round of voting, marketing, advertising, photography, artwork, writing our Staff Picks, doing the event planning and, eventually, determining the winners. And the cheaters. Yes, cheaters. We know about those “guaranteed to win or your money back!” services. We’ve even been solicited by them ourselves. But our fraud detection is pretty good. So, seriously: Don’t cheat. You might have won without it. Now you’re disqualified, and the only winner is some scammer you paid instead of the local organization spending eight months promoting you. But I digress. Once voting ends, we verify winners, gather URLs, check business names, make sure a dentist didn’t somehow win Best Chiropractor, design and collect more than 100 ads, chase approvals and payments, finish the Staff Picks and somehow assemble an issue bigger than an entire month’s worth of regular Orlando Weekly issues. Meanwhile, Orlando Weekly continues publishing every week. Our newsroom continues reporting every day. We produce City Guide, Summer Guide and Newcomers Guide. We run Bite30 and Brunch in the Park. We sell advertising. We send newsletters. We post to social media. And this year, for the first time in seven years, we brought back the Official Best of Orlando® Awards Night.

Our old party went away during the pandemic lockdown, along with our events and marketing department. So bringing it back was no small undertaking. And unlike the old days, we simply couldn’t give away every ticket and every drink. But Orlando showed up. And when it finally all comes together — the giant issue lands, the winners are revealed, the party happens, people hold up their awards certificates and you see hundreds upon hundreds of Orlando people genuinely excited to celebrate one another — it is a beautiful thing. It reminds us why we keep doing this crazy thing. So, to the entire Orlando Weekly staff: Thank you. Your individual names appear elsewhere in these pages, but you are absolute troopers. Best of Orlando® is the most stressful thing we do every year and one of the most rewarding. You somehow pull it off while continuing to do all the other things required to keep Orlando Weekly running.

And somehow this year, this massive team of about 10 people pulled it off again, after

35 years, and threw the party back in on top! It truly could not happen without you.

To our advertisers, sponsors, restaurants, vendors and partners: Thank you for saying

yes. I say that very intentionally. Because lots of people say no. And considering how many businesses are featured and celebrated in Best of Orlando®, when I say lots say no, I mean lots. Some even express that it’s against their ethics. That was a new one this year ... Best of Orlando® is free to enter. It’s free to vote. Winning isn’t contingent upon buying anything from us — and I could name some very large Orlando Weekly advertisers who didn’t place at all this year, who will likely sadly attest that their money did not secure them a win. But producing all of this is most definitely not free. The businesses that choose to make Best of Orlando® part of their marketing plans help make it possible for us to spend months promoting and recognizing thousands of other Orlando businesses, organizations and people who don’t spend a dime with us, ever. Those awards then live in windows, on walls, and across websites and social media — sometimes for decades.

You make that possible. Thank you. The thousands of other businesses may not understand it, but they also owe you a big thanks for the contest that they so value and benefit from.

And to everyone who helped us bring the party itself back to life after seven years away: Thank you. Plaza Live, we could not have done it without you, and what an amazing venue you proved to be. Renovated and elevated enough to host the true special event we intended, nestled in the middle of the Milk District, funky and artsy enough to also be perfect for Orlando Weekly and the culture we celebrate. There are a lot of you, and you’ll find your names throughout this issue because you deserve the recognition. Finally, back to where I started. Thank you, Orlando.

For 35 years, you’ve told us what you love about this city. You’ve introduced us to places we didn’t know. You’ve fiercely defended your favorites. You’ve complained about categories. You’ve asked us to add categories. You’ve asked us to remove categories. You’ve campaigned. You’ve voted. You’ve celebrated. You’ve occasionally driven us absolutely insane. And year after year, you’ve cared. That’s why Best of Orlando® still matters after 35 years. We’ll complain about the work again next year. And then we’ll do it all over again. Thank YOU. graham@orlandoweekly.com

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CLOSING THE BOOKS

The 66-year-old Altamonte Springs City Library could go away, if city commissioners move forward with a proposal to shut it down BY MCKENNA S CH UEL ER

mid rising costs and a diminishing budget, Altamonte Springs next month will consider closing its city library on Maitland Avenue in its current form. Discussion will occur during a public hearing on the city’s budget. City Manager Frank Martz, who serves as the city’s executive leader, is proposing an alternative “digital first” model for library services as part of the upcoming fiscal year budget in lieu of a brick-and-mortar location, with the possibility of transferring some community-facing library events, like toddler story time, to the city’s Westmonte Recreation Center. “This was a very hard decision, and the recommendation was not made lightly,” Martz told Orlando Weekly in an email. In 2024, city commissioners voted to increase the city’s millage rate in order to maintain funding for the 66-year-old library and keep it alive at least temporarily, while also supporting pay increases for law

enforcement officers who were seeking jobs elsewhere due to lagging pay. “Two years ago, the City Commission did not raise the millage from 3.1 mills to 4.0 mills to fund the library only,” Martz said. “That is not accurate, though some people are saying it.” But Martz warned the city commission at the time that the millage increase — referring to the city’s property tax rate — wouldn’t solve the funding issue permanently. He knew they’d be “back here doing this again” soon. “I felt that to be the case because library service costs were rising and library attendance was not,” Martz told the Weekly. Are libraries worth the cost?

According to the Orlando Sentinel, city officials in 2024 stated it cost them $460,000 a year to operate the Altamonte Springs City Library. Due to inflationary pressures, however, Martz

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estimates that, in the upcoming fiscal year, the annual cost will rise to $750,000. He said 96 percent of the city library costs go towards “just keeping it open” by way of electricity costs, air conditioning, maintenance, property and liability insurance, and staffing. “While the staff and services at the City library are excellent, as a fiscally conservative city, one of the few cities in Florida that is debt-free, it was hard to recommend that we spend an additional $750,000 for a sixth public library that has less space, fewer books, fewer staff and far fewer programs than the existing Seminole County library 2.5 miles to the east,” Martz explained. Seminole County, just north of Orange County, has five county libraries that Martz said Altamonte Springs taxpayers already support with property taxes. “All of the library services we have been offering at the City library are currently available in the Seminole County library system just a few miles away,” he added. “We will continue digital library offerings, and some youth programs and senior programs are proposed to be continued at the Westmonte Recreation Center. And for far less taxpayer money.” Library closures aren’t just in Altamonte Springs

Altamonte Springs isn’t the only city struggling to keep library doors open. Other cities across the country, such as Dallas, Texas; Long Beach, California; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Waco, Texas, are also considering either shutting down

libraries or scaling back their hours due to factors such as budgetary pressures and slowed foot traffic. Kelly Jensen, a former librarian, writer and industry expert, told the Weekly that the U.S. is seeing “a lot of instability” when it comes to library budgets. She argues this instability can be traced back to the same political party — Republicans, that is — “that has manufactured panic around ‘inappropriate’ books in libraries.” “We’re in the midst of a class war, and libraries are among the political tools being leveraged here,” she said. “Politicians want to shut them because libraries are institutions of democracy, used by people of all backgrounds with no expectation of money to be exchanged for simply being in and utilizing the resources within them.” While Florida Republicans have advanced efforts to eliminate property taxes — a move that could threaten the very same tax revenue that pays for essential public services — local governments have been scrambling for ways to save money or cut costs. “States across the country — including Florida — are attempting to pass new tax laws that on the surface look good — lower taxes always sound appealing — but that would absolutely decimate local public goods, including and especially public libraries,” said Jensen. In Hernando County, county officials recently backed away from permanently closing one of its libraries, after facing harsh pushback from county residents. The city manager in Fort Walton Beach also recently complained about his city’s library, arguing that it’s too “big” and costly to keep air-conditioned. He’s in favor of ditching the Fort Walton Library in its current form and bringing in a private developer to build a smaller one. “Cutting libraries and claiming it’s because of costs … is just the next step in making the rich richer and the poor poorer,” argued Jensen. “It’s another way the [political] right hopes to create a generation dependent upon them because of the lies they’ve sold those people.” ’Now we all need to speak up again’

Still, when it comes to Altamonte Springs — a city of more than 47,000 people — not everyone’s on board. Altamonte Springs city commissioner Bob O’Malley went off on the issue on Facebook, affirming, “I have made it clear to City staff that I intend to vote against any budget that does not include full funding for the library. I stuck my neck out two years ago to save the library, and I’m grateful for the many residents who voiced their support. Now we all need to speak up again.” City commissioners will be discussing the future of the library, and Martz’s proposal to switch to a digital model, during a public hearing on the city budget on Thursday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. “We are trying to make good business decisions, and sometimes that means making hard decisions,” said Martz. mschueler@orlandoweekly.com

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PRIMARY’S COOL Two of the four candidates in the Orange County mayoral race will head to a runoff in November, while the OCPS school board chair was decided last week BY MCKENNA S CH UEL ER

iffany Moore Russell and Chris Messina will head to a runoff in Orange County’s mayoral race in November’s general election. Clerk of Court Moore Russell secured 32 percent of the vote in the primary election, while Messina — a Republican tech entrepreneur — placed second, with 27 percent of the vote. In the Orange County school board race, Angie Gallo was elected the new chair outright, as Gallo secured 59 percent of the vote against Moms for Liberty school board member Alicia Farrant. Orange County Mayor

Tiffany Moore Russell and Chris Messina will face off in a November runoff election for Orange County mayor, since neither candidate secured more than 50 percent of the vote in a primary election that featured four very different mayoral candidates. Last Tuesday’s results offer a surprising turn of events in the race, pitting a Democrat with years of experience in local elected office (Moore Russell) against a Republican tech entrepreneur who’s never held office before (Messina). According to unofficial results from the Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office, Moore Russell secured 32 percent of the vote — equal to 56,041 votes, as of Wednesday morning — while Messina placed second with 27 percent of the vote, equal to 47,432 votes. Former U.S. House Representative Stephanie Murphy — the lead fundraiser in the race — placed third, securing 26 percent of the vote, while Orange County commissioner Mayra Uribe placed fourth, securing 14.6 percent of the vote. The winner of the November general election will succeed outgoing Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, a former sheriff who is term-limited from running for re-election. “After 15 months of campaigning, knocking on doors, making calls, showing up, and believing in what we were building, Orange County chose Tiffany tonight!” a Facebook post from Moore Russell’s campaign reads. “We won tonight but the work continues to

November. I’ll need you to knock on more doors, make more phone calls, and continue to support this campaign that has and will always be backed by the people.” Although the race is officially nonpartisan, Moore Russell, Uribe and Murphy are registered Democrats, while Messina was the only Republican in the race. Out of more than 800,000 registered voters countywide, about 38 percent of Orange County voters are registered Democrats, while 27.9 percent are registered Republicans and about 33 percent are registered as No Party Affiliated or “other.” Moore Russell called out Messina for calling Parramore “a row of rundown homes and junkies” at the WESH 2 debate. Orange County’s mayor oversees a nearly $9 billion budget and thousands of employees, and is an agenda setter for the Orange County Commission, which deliberates issues ranging from zoning to immigration enforcement, affordable housing policy, conservation, public safety and transportation. Moore Russell, who currently serves as Orange County clerk of courts, flexed her track record and experience in elected office on the campaign trail. She previously served on the Orange County board of county commissioners — and was the youngest-ever commissioner to be elected at the time — and described herself to Weekly readers as a “pragmatic” leader. “What they will get in a leader is someone who is very creative and intentional and strategic in how to deliver services. But someone who’s a fighter, someone who is going to defend their interests and protect them as Orange County residents,” she said. Messina, the only Republican in the race, has never held public office before, but told the Weekly that he felt the county needed something different in a leader than just a “recycled politician.” “I know how to reach out to businesses to engage them, and I know the issues that are involved,” said Messina, who serves as CEO of a medical marketing technology company. “I feel like we need a new vision for Orange

County and not another recycled politician.” Messina deviated from his three competitors on the campaign trail, in part, by blaming undocumented immigrants for rising housing costs in Orange County and describing the historic Parramore neighborhood — home to the Kia Center, Inter&Co Stadium and the planned Westcourt Sports and Entertainment District — as “a row of junkies” during a mayoral debate hosted by WESH 2 News. “You go from the Kia Center, which is, you know, nice. And then you go through a row of junkies and rundown buildings to the Inter&Co Stadium, which is pretty nice. And then from there you go to Camping World Stadium to a worse row of rundown homes and junkies.” Moore Russell was, incidentally, the only candidate to call him out for the “junkies” comment afterward on the debate stage. “As a community that I used to serve, those are hardworking families who live in that community where we have those stadiums,” she said.“So I’m going to have to defend those who live in the heart of District 6.” OCPS school board chair

Orange County school board member Angie Gallo was elected Orange County’s next school board chair last week, securing 59 percent of the vote in a closely watched race against fellow school board member Alicia Farrant. Gallo, a mom of two and proud product of the public school system, will succeed outgoing chair Teresa Jacobs, a longtime elected official who previously served as Orange County mayor. Orange County is one of the few school districts in Florida where the school board chair is elected by voters, not simply chosen by the school board members. The school board chair has the power to set the agenda for school board meetings, and is able to break a tie on votes during school board meetings. The chair, in effect, helps lead the decision-making and future of Orange County Public Schools, the fourth-largest school district in Florida — and the eighth-largest in the nation — serving more than 200,000 students. Gallo, a former PTA leader, was first elected to the school board in 2018. An ally of the Orange County teachers’ union, Gallo campaigned on a pro-public education platform, describing the chair race as “a choice of strong leadership versus ideology and chaos.” Farrant, a Republican mom of five, first drew headlines a few years ago for her book-banning activism before she was elected to the Orange County school board in 2022. She drew scrutiny in the race for school board chair this year over her affiliation with Moms for Liberty, a right-wing parental rights group and key driver of the movement to ban books that focus on race, gender identity or sexuality from schools.

“Tonight, Orange County rejected Moms for Liberty extremism and chose an experienced public school leader who believes every student belongs,” said Equality Florida Action executive director Joe Saunders in a statement to Orlando Weekly. Moms for Liberty — a group that is becoming increasingly less relevant as top leadership jumps ship — is also aligned with the Trump administration, the school privatization movement — which seeks to eradicate or otherwise undermine public schools — and organizations that seek to eliminate teachers unions. “Angie has been clear about what she believes public education should look like: schools where every student is safe and supported, educators are respected and empowered, families have a meaningful voice, and every young person has access to a well-rounded education that prepares them for their futures,” said Saunders. Gallo was endorsed for the chair seat by nearly all of her colleagues on the eight-member school board. She also received endorsements from the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association — a labor union representing more than 13,000 educators in the district — U.S. Congressman Maxwell Frost, Equality Florida Action, gun control group Moms Demand Action, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In addition to Gallo, three others were elected to the school board — all Democrats, although school board races are officially nonpartisan. Melissa Lopez Marantes, a lawyer and executive director of the Orlando Center for Justice, was elected to represent District 1. Proud OCPS mom Gloria Reina O’Neal was elected to represent District 2, and educator Susanne Pena is heading to a runoff in District 3 (to succeed Farrant) against fellow educator and former union president Diana Moore. “Last night, the voters of Orange County sent a clear and unmistakable message: Orange County remains a bright blue beacon for democracy in the state of Florida,” the Orange County Democratic Party shared in a statement. “Voters decisively rejected extremism in our public schools, electing a fully Democratic School Board committed to protecting every student and ensuring our classrooms remain focused on learning, opportunity, and student success.” According to the Supervisor of Elections Office, Orange County is home to more than 800,000 registered voters total. Roughly 38 percent of voters are registered Democrats, while 27.9 percent are registered Republicans and about 33 percent are registered as No Party Affiliated or “other.” Voter turnout for the primary election countywide hovered around 22 percent. news@orlandoweekly.com

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[ arts + culture ] ISAMU NOGUCHI: METAL THE MIRROR 6:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 28 The Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E. Princeton St. mennellomuseum.org

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A DESIGN FOR LIFE An exhibition of midcentury modern icon Isamu Noguchi’s steel sculptures finds a temporary home at the Mennello Museum BY MATTH EW MOYE R

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eople were not ready for Noguchi’s galvanized steel sculptures in the early 1980s when he made them,” Dakin Hart, senior curator at the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, told the website Dezeen in 2022. “Or for the idea of Noguchi as someone as interested in naturalizing industry as he was in direct carving.” The potential for surprise holds true four years later, when a traveling exhibition of Noguchi’s steel works comes to Orlando for an extended stay. With a title straight out of a Wire or Public Image

Ltd. album, Metal the Mirror will be the first time that Noguchi’s work has been exhibited in Central Florida for nearly two decades. It’s here courtesy of the Mennello Museum and the foundation Art Bridges, and the wait will have been well worth it. Though best known for his sleek and artful furniture designs that helped shape the midcentury modern aesthetic (particularly a glass-topped coffee table designed for Herman Miller and the delicate paper Akari lights), he also designed public parks and built sets and props for Martha Graham’s ballets.

But these 26 metal sculptures — of which the Orlando show collects nine — are a very different and very personal proposition. Created between 1982 and 1983, in the final years of Noguchi’s life, these works were an attempt to express and unite dualities and seeming oppositions: industry and nature, and Noguchi’s own lifelong feelings of “in-betweenness” as a Japanese-American. The harmonizing of opposites is artfully evident. These galvanized steel structures are poetic and almost delicate. The steel is the opposite of imposing and powerful; it is in turns organic and evocative of the same nature it is usually employed to devour and conquer. “There’s three themes in this show — nature and forms in nature; then it’s rooted in the human figure, and that goes to some Zen aspects of the human figure as found in nature; and the last one is abstraction, also found in nature. So that’s our mountains. It’s our fruit, it’s Zen meditation. And his conversation about the mirror is really the material and the reflective quality,” explains Mennello executive director Shannon Fitzgerald to Orlando Weekly.

The seemingly industrial becoming organic and vulnerable is the immediate reaction when viewing pieces like the elegant obelisk that is “Lady Mirror” and the gentle shapes and curves that interlock to make up “Cloud Mountain.” “He treated the steel [by hot-dip galvanizing] to really get to its surface. That is where the reflective quality comes in. This heavy steel, that he thought was associated with industrialism and American strength, he makes it actually more vulnerable in its surface, but also what it’s addressing in nature,” says Fitzgerald. “It goes full circle.” The arrangement of the sculptures is just as intentional, broken up by the three themes into three different rooms of the intimate Mennello space. Fitzgerald posits that the arrangements and inherent nature of the art make for a quiet and contemplative experience. “I think one of the things Noguchi was always concerned about is the movement of visitors. So there’s this human experience by the viewer to circulate among these sculptures and walk around them. Why is this called ‘Mountain’? Why is this ‘Persimmon’? They’re very beautiful, but rooted in organic harmony.” To provide context to these more abstract works, there will be an accompanying Isamu Noguchi Education and Resource Room, with an abundance of works by and about Noguchi as well as physical examples of his midcentury designs including the Noguchi glass table and the drool-inducing Akari paper and bamboo lamps. To Noguchi, says Fitzgerald, “beauty belonged to everyone,”so he relished designing these elegant yet functional pieces that were at the time within average financial reach. (You do, in point of fact, have our permission to weep at our current age of built-in obsolescence, rampant enshittification and massive price inflation for anything of quality after viewing this exhibition.) As mentioned above, there is an intensely personal lens through which to view these sculptures too — in these works Noguchi decisively reconciled the Japanese and American aspects of his identity. “He talked a lot in binary terms. When in Japan, he was too American, and here, he was too Japanese,” says Fitzgerald, before positing that in these works, he found unity. Noguchi, she points out, said as much himself: “Here where finally opposites come together, I see a surprising purity. Stone is the depth, metal the mirror. They do not conflict.” Metal the Mirror runs through Feb. 28, 2027, and the Mennello is the only Southeast destination of this exhibition’s tour. arts@orlandoweekly.com

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ALL TOGETHER NOW Come From Away cast at Orlando Shakes honors a story of compassion, kindness and human connection BY AR S H EEYA GAR G

hen the Orlando Shakes production of Come From Away opens on Aug. 26, audiences will step into a story that is as moving as it is deeply human. The musical centers on the small Newfoundland town of Gander, where residents welcomed 7,000 stranded travelers after the Sept. 11 attacks grounded flights across North America, and the production’s actors say that spirit of generosity still defines the show today. For performers like Jason Blackwater, Lindsay Bradshaw and Meka King, the show is not just a retelling of a historic moment. It is a living example of what happens when people choose empathy over fear, what happens when an ensemble works together so closely that no single performer stands above the rest. “This show is a beautiful, heartfelt and funny ensemble show with phenomenal songs and a lesson about compassion in the face of enormous tragedy,” says Blackwater. “It’s about connection and interpersonal kindness.” Bradshaw frames the story similarly: “The story

of a small community in Newfoundland that shows the world the meaning of generosity, humanity and kindness.” One of the defining features of Come From Away is its structure, in which just 12 actors portray dozens of characters, shifting quickly between roles, accents and emotional registers. All actors emphasize that the production’s strength comes from its collaborative nature. “There is no ‘star,’ there are no leading performers,”says Bradshaw.“The cast is all working together to tell this story the entire time.” She notes that this mirrors the real-world community of Gander, where teamwork came naturally and became essential under extraordinary pressure. In her view, the production works because the actors must function as a unit rather than as separate soloists. Blackwater, who has a background in improv, sees the same dynamic from a performance standpoint.“It becomes less about becoming a character and more about finding characteristics, or mannerisms, or costume pieces, that differentiate you from your other characters or your castmates,”says

Blackwater.“What I enjoy about it is that the storytelling is much more immediate and situational.” The cast’s personal stories also add texture to the production. For King, pursuing theater in this form wasn’t her first intention when it came to her education. “I actually went to school for broadcast journalism. I wanted to be the next Oprah,” says King. “When I look over the past 10 years, almost at the beginning of my journey, I see now that this is what I do.” King has spent the last eight years growing into the part, having auditioned for the Broadway production in 2018 and the national tour in 2021. “I felt like I had the maturity and the gravitas needed for Hannah at this point,” says King. “The range of this role is what makes it so exciting.” Bradshaw brings a different kind of history for the role. Rather, she reflects on her Broadway background and her role as the understudy for Glinda in Wicked, a long-running part of her career that shaped her as a performer. “I think this show will challenge me to tell this story in a way that feels very real and grounded,” says Bradshaw.“There’s less whimsy and fantasy in this story, but just as much heart.” These grounded qualities, for both actors, make these roles so especially compelling as it strips away the glamor of theatrical spectacle, and focuses on ordinary people responding to extraordinary circumstances. All performers stress that Come From Away speaks strongly to the present moment, emphasizing that the show is accessible and immediate. King’s most powerful reflection comes from one of the show’s most emotional scenes, when the passengers first learn what has happened on 9/11. “We all felt the emotional weight of that moment so much so that when the scene was over and we went to take a break, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room,” says King.“Come From Away is just packed with great historical significance and heightened emotional impact.” Blackwater feels the underlying message of the production gives it lasting weight, especially for audiences looking for a story that feels both entertaining and meaningful. “The key thing about Come From Away is that while this awful thing is the inciting incident for the story of the musical, it isn’t what the musical is about,” says Blackwater.“I hope audiences are able to take away just a little more kindness to then give out from this show.” arts@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com ● AUG. 26-SEPT. 1, 2026 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY

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Savvy diners hungrily trek to Noods in MetroWest for some of the better Thai food in town. Expect a casual but stylish vibe and a deep dive into iconic street food and noodle dishes. Highlights include khao soi, traditional boat noodles, and crispy branzino with green apple, but the wizardry of its kitchen ensures anything you order will be essential. Open all day, every day. (reviewed Aug. 12) 6433 Raleigh St., 407-522-9896, facebook. com/noodsorl, $$

RIDING THE RETRO Zola Bar & Tables in Altamonte Springs is a trip to the restaurant menus of yesteryear

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t’s hard to ignore the link between newly opened Zola Bar & Tables and 19th-century novelist Émile Zola. There’s the name, of course, but there’s also the floor-to-ceiling photo of the Frenchman eyeballing you when you open the restaurant door. It lets you know: The past is very present here. One of Zola’s better-known books, The Belly of Paris, leverages the food stalls of Les Halles to reinforce themes of inequality, political division, bourgeoisie complacency and gross materialism. It’s never been more deliciously du jour. Likewise, Zola Bar & Tables, located in the belly of Altamonte Springs, seeks to squeeze present-day relevance from classic themes and comforts. Although Zola the writer looms large, owners Jay and Connie Edge model their restaurant on its other namesake: Zola in Kansas City, a restaurant opened in 1994 by Jay and his late brother, Loy, known for its easy vibe. It starts with the room, a clubby but spacious expanse of wood and retro flair anchored by a handsome bar; a many-spaces-in-one, primarily no-reservations expanse you’re encouraged by staff (and signage) to make your own. There’s nostalgia at play in the bric-a-brac eclectica, and nostalgia manifests on the menu; a Pebbles

1985 Salad ($18) with sesame sticks and soy vinaigrette plays tasty tribute to the NuttyCheesy Salad at Pebbles, an icon of Orlando “casual gourmet” yesteryear. Or how about Oysters Rockefeller, a dish invented in 1889? A dozen of the baked Virginians ($52) fragrant with nutmeg were delicious, the shining star of our meal. If you like simple fish dips, you’ll like the simple trout-based dip ($21) with pickled onion, crudité and chips. Fresh-caught from the distribution pipe but quite good. Mains included an herby bone-in pork chop ($39), sold as fork-tender. It arrived knife-tender and slightly overdone, but was flavorful and made more so by sides of well-cooked broccolini and butternut squash. Cioppino ($39) has long been open to kitchen interpretation, and here it’s interpreted a bit like salmorejo, uncommonly thick but nicely balanced and plumped with fish, clams and shrimp. The best lobster rolls feature bright, loosely composed lobster salad and crisp griddled bread with a pillowy crumb. The lobster roll ($39) at Zola Bar & Tables is not the best; it’s standard-issue, with a meager-adjacent amount of tightly bound salad smushed into dry bread. But its accompanying cup o’ fries? The bestest.

Cocktails are competently made; there are entertaining wines to be had — we uncorked a Belle Glos Clark & Telephone Pinot Noir ($70) — and chocolate lava cake ($12) is as satisfying today as when introduced in the 1980s, a hot, cold, salty and sweet finale. Although food and ambience here are warmed by memory, prices can be chillingly modern-day. With the bill arrived memories of The Belly of Paris: food and inequality, struggle in a world of plenty. Zola Bar & Tables is far from alone in eliciting sticker shock; it’s the world we live in. Even so, $39 for a pork chop or a so-so lobster roll is steep. The good news is, like the dining room, the menu is choose-yourown-adventure. With “Early Pour” specials on drinks and bar bites, it offers guests a path to the low-commitment noshing that defines many a traditional neighborhood tavern. And this is what Zola Bar & Tables is at its best — a tavern, a pub, a joint, a local. Old-fashioned names for places that fill a contemporary void, places that invite us, if only for an hour or two, to reconnect with tradition and disconnect from the world outside. dining@orlandoweekly.com

CUCA LIBRE

Inventive pizzas and big ol’ burgers are the name of the game at this Brazilian restaurant in MetroWest. The signature Cuca Libre pizza with carne seca and arracha cream is a must-order, as is the Genesis burger with grilled cheese, crispy kale and guava ketchup. But don’t miss out on equally tasty traditional bites, like the very good feijoada. Occasional live music and continuous good vibes. Open all day, every day. (reviewed Aug. 5) 2589 S. Hiawassee Road, 407-203-5054, instagram.com/cucalibreorlando, $$

BÁNH MÌ GO

Hungry for bánh mì in SoDo? Go-go-go to Bánh Mì Go. This casual strip-maller serves a range of nibbles, soups, rice and noodle dishes but the storied Vietnamese sandwich is what you’re after. Top tip — order a trio of mini bánh mì to sample fillings like grilled meatball, crackly roasted pork belly and stir-fry beef. Those thirsty for more will find it in well-made matcha, taro, coffee and boba drinks. Closed Sundays. (reviewed July 29) 225 E. Michigan St., 407-988-3016, banhmigopho0903. s4shops.com, $

SELVA ROSA

Phone eats first, second and third at this Japanese-Mexican mashup in Maitland, where diners are as intent on feeding their socials as themselves. Best for solid chips and salsa, drinks and nibbles like mini empanadas with ropa vieja or ahi tuna truffle. Entrées are hit and miss and service can be uneven. If there’s something on the menu that catches your eye, call ahead to make sure they have it. Open all day, every day. (reviewed July 22) 901 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, 321-972-1610, selvarosarestaurant.com, $$$ [continued on page 27]

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GRAND ROOPRAM ROTI RESTAURANT

Have a hankering for Surinamese food? “Roop” is the only game in town. Fortunately, its meltingpot eats are tasty, authentic and generous. Roti curry chicken is what brings customers in the door, but don’t skip the excellent roti curry goat, crisped lentil dough handhelds (barra) and Chinese-influenced fare like tjauwmin and fried rice. Closed Mondays. (reviewed July 15) 3200 Parkway Center Court, 407-4200306, grandroopramrotirestaurant.com, $$

HARLOW GROVE

Style takes center stage at this Winter Garden hotspot where the cocktails, convivial vibe, and handsome multilevel dining room outshine a menu featuring broad-appeal classics like steak frites and chicken fettuccini. Safe bets include the crab cake, lobster lasagna, and 24-hour signature ribs, and there’s a solid selection of salads and handhelds. On cooler nights, try to score a table on the gorgeous outdoor terrace. Open every day. (reviewed July 8) 186 S. Main St., Winter Garden, 352-995-2713, harlowgrovewg.com, $$$

EL PUEBLO MEXICAN RESTAURANT

For more than 20 years, this humble restaurant has been serving Mexican soul on its comforting platters, be it birria tacos, bistek asado, choripollo or chicken mole. Open daily. (reviewed July 1) 7124 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, 407-6775534, instagram.com/elpueblococina, $$

NIC & LUC ALL-DAY EATERY

Cheffy spins on diner classics make this eatery on the ground floor of the PNC building a draw for suits and the baseball-capped alike. Challah French toast and shrimp & grits make it worth the trip downtown. Prime rib dip with rustic potato salad makes a substantial meal, while gym rats will appreciate the rice bowls. Open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. (reviewed June 24) 201 E. Pine St., 407-237-7801, nicandluc.com, $$

UPSALA GROCERY

Sanford convenience store crafts some mighty fine sandwiches, burgers and quesadillas out of its humble kitchen. From black garlic katsu burgers to tikka masala quesadillas, there aren’t any wrong choices. They also stock an amazing selection of craft beers. Closed Sunday. (reviewed June 17) 300 Upsala Road, Sanford, 407-3302000, upsala-grocery.squarespace.com, $$

OKONOMI

The same prized cuts of fish served at twoMichelin star Sorekara are served at this sushi

counter inside Mills Market. Of note are seasonal cuts rarely seen anywhere else, like bold greeneye fish or threeline grunt. (Note: There’s a two-piece minimum order.) Don’t leave without downing a Jidori egg pudding. Open Wednesday through Saturday. (reviewed June 10) 1110 E. Colonial Drive, okonomifl.com, $$$

TAMARA MODERN INDIAN CUISINE

Lake Mary Indian restaurant sets itself apart from the others with its contemporary dining room, social media-friendly spaces and a sizable menu of solid contenders, from tandoor-fired lamb chops to tadka-heady dal fry to a Keralan-style moilee curry. The restaurant features a cocktail program with some interesting drinks (like the “Heart of Paan”). Open daily. (reviewed June 3) 1541 International Parkway, Lake Mary, 407-3775739, tamaracuisine.com, $$$$

SABAI THAI STREET FOOD

A tight and tidy menu of street eats from Phuket to Isan is crafted in this scratch kitchen in SoDo, with tom yum noodle soup (not to be confused with tom yum soup) being the undeniable star. Though, really, everything from the Isan sausage to papaya salad to crab fried rice hits the spot. Mango sticky rice, too. Closed Sunday. (reviewed May 27) 3333 S. Orange Ave., 689-336-3384, sabaithaistreetfood.com, $$$

PRIMO

The signature restaurant at the J.W. Marriott Grande Lakes still plates beautiful and comforting Med-Italian dishes. Chef D.J. Tangalin (Danilo’s Pasta Bar, Chez Les Copains, Asin at Arden) is charged with executing the vision of two-time James Beard Award winner Melissa Kelly and does so with aplomb, whether it’s binchotangrilled lobster cacio e pepe or eye of rib with peppercorn sauce. Don’t pass on the cannoli; it’s arguably the best in the city. Open daily. (reviewed May 20) J.W. Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes, 4040 Central Florida Parkway, 407-3934683, primojw.com, $$$$

FERRATTI’S

Gorgeously presented house-made pastas and Neapolitan pies make this stall inside the faraway Marketplace at Avalon Park a must-visit. The carbonara, finished inside a flambéed wheel of 24-month Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, is an absolute must. As is the bruschetta, layered with stracciatella, folds of prosciutto di San Daniele and fresh strawberries. Open daily. (reviewed May 13) 3801 Avalon Park East Blvd., 407-3858195, instagram.com/ferrattispizzeria, $$$

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Penny Lane Is Dead — In the summer of 1986, one spiked cupcake is all it takes for a vindictive Australian to send a teenage party plummeting into violent insanity. Don’t you hate it when baked goods think they can do AC/DC’s job? (Shudder)

Beauty in Black — Former stripper Kimmie has to take drastic measures to preserve her newfound place as a cosmetics magnate in Season 3, including forging a fragile partnership with rival Mallory. And lemme tell ya, some of the things they’re about to get up to together will straighten your hair. (Netflix) Leanne — Redneck comic Leanne Morgan’s sitcom vehicle returns for a second season, this time with drop-ins from Lainey Wilson and Jaime Pressly. Geez, it’s like the TV equivalent of letting a car rot on your lawn. (Netflix) The Undeclared War — Four years later, Paul McGuigan is at the helm for a reconfigured Season 2 of the U.K. cyber-thriller, which turns on the premise of digital hostilities between Britain and Russia. “People bashing away on computers in a bunker near Cheltenham is inherently unsexy,” dismisses The Guardian. OK, then — Maldon? (Peacock)

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Streaming Wednesday:

Death of the Pastor’s Wife — Learn the sad tale of South Carolina’s Mica Miller, whose death two years ago was pronounced a suicide before evidence emerged of a pattern of abuse at the hands of her estranged husband, a Christian minister. IRL, he’s about to stand trial in October on two federal charges — neither of them murder. What else could they have popped him for, wearing a white sheet after Labor Day? (Netflix) Let’s Marry Harry: The Reunion — It’s time to find out if reality serial dater Harry Jowsey and photographer Amber Mozo, who got hitched in the final episode of his latest courtship farrago, have since gone splitsville, as the rumor mill insists. Since filming on the series proper wrapped a whole nine months ago, I know

how I’m betting. That’s practically a golden jubilee in Netflix years. (Netflix) Mom Knows Best? — Nine Brazilian moms compete to determine who can best predict the behavior of their grown children. So basically, it’s The Newlywed Game for mothers. (We already have The Newlywed Game for dads: It’s called a purity ball.) (Netflix) One Hundred Years of Solitude — The Marquez adaptation reaches its end in a stand-alone finale that’s nearly the length of a feature film. I love these “very special” episodes; maybe we’ll find out the entire town of Macondo is hooked on caffeine pills. (Netflix) Rhythm + Flow France — A fresh crew of rappers steps up to compete in Season 5, with the prize

All the Truth in My Lies — A road trip to a bachelorette party becomes profoundly uncomfortable for six Spanish friends with at least as many secrets among them. In case you were under the impression the setup “road trip to a Spanish bachelorette party” could go in absolutely any other direction. (Netflix) Chumbak — Netflix India says its new sitcom about a quintet of close-knit families “brings back the kind of neighbourhood we all miss: the one where front doors were always open, and the neighbours never needed an appointment.” Seriously, people over there miss that? Here, it’s the first paragraph of an obituary on Nextdoor. (Netflix) Dark Matter Season 2 — Joel Edgerton’s Jason may have found his way back home from the multiverse by the end of Season 1, but the fallout of his involuntary journey of discovery continues for his family and the world at large. I mean the multiverse at large. I mean … oh hell, who even knows how this stuff works anymore. I mean, Robert Downey Jr. is Dr. Doom, and we’re suddenly all acting like we’re totally fine with it! (Apple TV) Graveyard — Turkish law enforcement’s favorite team of thankless taskers is back on duty in Season 3, ready to take on more unsolved crimes against women. Guys, really: You can just say “crimes against women” and we’ll assume the adjective. (Netflix) Mousetrap — A Korean novelist is pushed to the limits of desperation when his entire identity is heisted by an unknown hacker. And

The Producer — An aspiring record producer aims to conquer the modern Taiwanese pop landscape, but first she’ll have to put aside her differences with her legendary mentor. If this thing is based to any extent on the Kesha story, we’re looking at a good 10 years before it pays off. (HBO Max) The Secret Woman — What would you do if you were a Norwegian café owner living a happy life with your partner, and one day a stranger told you you were actually a Danish wife and mother who had gone missing years ago? In a movie like this, you’d drop everything to get to the bottom of the mystery and reconnect with your past. In real life, you’d congratulate yourself on dodging a bullet and then help yourself to another skolebrød. (Netflix) The Whisper Man — Adam Scott and Robert De Niro headline an adaptation of the Alex North novel about a crime writer and his detective dad who go searching for the former’s kidnapped child. Fun facts for trivia hounds: The supporting cast includes not one but two Batmen (Michael Keaton and Hamish Linklater), and one of the main characters has the same name as an erstwhile member of Def Leppard. (Just don’t overthink it: Rick Allen’s left arm could be considered “an erstwhile member of Def Leppard,” but I doubt he ever named it.) (Netflix)

Streaming Monday:

Love Island USA Season 8 Reunion — The cast reconvenes to reveal just what went down in Fiji. And who! (Peacock)

Streaming Tuesday:

Untold: Raygun Breaking Badly — Just under the wire, Netflix wins the Snarkiest Title of the Week award for this docuprofile of Rachael Gunn, the Australian alleged breakdancer who kangaroo-hopped her way to ignominy at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The only thing better would be finding out “Breaking Badly” actually means they’re about to out her as a meth head. (Netflix) The Varnell Hill Show — Tommy Davidson reprises his talk-show-host character in a spinoff from the 1990s Fox sitcom Martin. Martin Lawrence himself has a recurring role. No sign of Tisha Campbell, but she might file a restraining order for old time’s sake. (Paramount+)

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DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE Cult new-wavers Devo accidentally predicted the end of the world. Is it too late for them to save it? BY MATTH EW MOYE R

f you’re talking to a member of legendary new-wave outsiders Devo in the year 2026 (and indeed we are) there’s only one question you can open with. And it surely isn’t, “Do you ever get tired of playing ‘Whip It’ nightly?” We’re way past that. First, some quick backstory to explain our gambit. In 1970, art students Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh witnessed the National Guard open fire on anti-Vietnam War student protesters, unprovoked, on the Kent State Campus in their native Ohio. Four died, including two of Casale’s friends, in what became known as the Kent State Massacre. It shook Mothersbaugh and Casale to the core. This trauma and disillusionment became the catalyst for the unorthodox music, methodology and philosophies of what would become Devo. They were convinced that “de-evolution” was the inevitable fate of the human race, and it became

their guiding principle. Clad in matching yellow hazmat suits with red “energy dome”helmets, they sneered and snarled their way through angular, slyly subversive electro-punk treatises on American conformity, the empty promises of capitalism, the military-industrial borg and the coming surveillance state. No less than David Bowie effused that they were“the band of the future”by the late 1970s. But here’s the rub: Despite throwing all the horrors of the late 20th century right back in our collective faces disguised with a sly grin and a beat you can dance to, what if they undersold the catastrophes awaiting us in the 21st century? So there’s really only one question to ask Devo founding member and bassist/synthesist Gerald Casale when Orlando Weekly gets him on the horn: How does it feel to have predicted (if not underestimated the pace of) the collapse of Western civilization that we’re currently experiencing?

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“We’re not happy that we were right,” answers Casale. “Let’s put it that way.” “It was partly a pose, a type of artistic positioning, but we really meant it, and we really were sincere about what we were seeing, and it really did influence the way we wrote music and what we were saying,” Casale adds. “So it’s disheartening to have actually been accurate rather than it being kind of funny. You know, it was supposed to be a canary in a coal mine warning. And now here we are.” Devo, unlike your faithful correspondent, have elected to not stop, drop and go fetal in frozen horror. Casale himself has of late released solo single “Just Do It,” a spiky, angular DAF homage that he calls “my little celebration of the fact that we have a homegrown tyrant.” And the collective Devo — currently Casale, singer Mark Mothersbaugh, guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh, keyboardist/guitarist Josh Hager and drummer Jeff Friedl — are currently out on the road for one of their most intensive years of touring in recent memory. “It’s important as an artist to keep doing what you’re doing when the circumstances are so dire,” says Casale. This touring cycle Devo are reaching beyond their own audiences to connect with oddballs and outsiders outside of their usual aesthetic “comfort” zones. The twin poles of tourmates B-52s and Billy Idol make for strange alliances indeed. “I’ve often made the joke that Devo is the new wave Grateful Dead. Because we get three generations. We get the people that loved us when we were new. Those people that are still

alive and coming to our concerts. We get their children, and we get their children’s children,” muses Casale. “And they’re down front dancing and singing along.” The title of the tour (“Mutate Don’t Stagnate”) seems to be a rallying cry. This is a band who have elected to go down swinging. “You have to remain flexible and alive. You have to react to circumstances that keep changing in the culture and in your life with new tactics and new responses,” explains Casale of this manifesto. “Otherwise, you get rigid and you get left behind. You stop being alive, stop being viable. So it’s important to mutate, but you’ve got to choose your mutations carefully.” Devo circa 2026 live is an unmissable proposition. Footage of full sets is all over YouTube, which show the band possibly going harder than ever visually — costume changes and vintage/ new video projections — and dream setlists that veer from the hits (“Whip It,” “Girl U Want”) to deep cuts (“Planet Earth,”“Mongoloid”). It’s a set that gloriously encapsulates all the contradictions and urgency in the Devo body politic. And they play through their catalog with the vigor of angry young me … not men, of course, but Devo. No song exemplifies that glorious contradiction in Devo’s intent than nightly set-closer “Beautiful World,”from 1981. It’s an unabashedly catchy synth-pop ballad for the ages, with hope and despair waltzing together into the void as we stripmine every inch of the planet. “It’s emotional because it is kind of ironic. We realize it is a really beautiful world. This planet is amazing, life is amazing, and there’s so much beyond comprehension and so much wonder when you really stop and look at where we are and how we’re this little grain of sand in the universe,” says Casale.“It’s overpowering. It’s the dark side of human nature that ruins the beauty.” Herein lies the secret of Devo: They’re not cynical at all, there’s no pose. They’ve been through being cool since day one, and deep down their motives are open-hearted love and solidarity with the fringes and outsiders. “When we started out in Ohio, we were the people that were willing to do and say things that nobody cool would touch, right? We were outsiders. We were disenfranchised. I mean, people either snickered at us, or felt sorry for us, or wanted to kill us. We were very polarizing, not because we set out to be, but just were,” concludes Casale. “I think that’s why a lot of people that are marginalized in society found something valuable in Devo. Devo spoke to them. Lady Gaga had her beautiful monsters, we have the beautiful mutants.” music@orlandoweekly.com

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On paper, the music of Orlando band Walking Blue looks unexceptional. Rock songs built on young hearts and catchy melodies are nothing not already seen ad infinitum or even ad nauseam. But in Walking Blue’s case, the difference is less in what they do than how they do it. The quartet of James Thome (drums), Jimmy Kildea (guitar, vocals), Lucca Colucciello (guitar) and Sean Laing (bass) are rocketing. And as brand-new sophomore album Something Cosmic reveals, they’re also a band that’s crystallizing. With it, Walking Blue reemerge notably more concentrated. The double helix of pop-punk and emo at their core is fundamentally unchanged. Here, it’s just sharpened. While pop-punk and emo yield little epiphany anymore, Walking Blue execute and blend them well enough to be an Orlando contender in the pop-punk branch of modern emo. Befitting their more upbeat class, Walking Blue wallow way less and kick way more. In fact, nearly all of the 12-song Something Cosmic — save for a couple of verses here and there and closer “Dear Lucy” — revels with bursting chests and full-tilt rock. Standout songs like “Phases of the Moon” and “Feel Alive” are turbo-charged blasts of big Midwest emo heart. “Laundry Woes” and “Rex 305” bring exuberant indie rock to the party, while the title track takes it back to the roots with some emocore crunch. Behind it all is an evergreen pop-punk energy and optimism, triumphantly exemplified by songs like “Stardust Spin Kick,” which is a nod to beloved Orlando scene institution Stardust Video & Coffee. Walking Blue are a band that’s been building heat for a little while now. Considering the trajectory so far, their spark could become a certified fire with this leap of an album. Something Cosmic now streams everywhere. Even better, pick up a CD and hear the jams live at Walking Blue’s

While pop-punk and emo yield little epiphany anymore, Walking Blue execute and blend them well enough to be an Orlando contender in the pop-punk branch of modern emo. Befitting their more upbeat class, the band wallow way less and kick way more on their new album hometown release show this week with Catnap, Anchor and Colder Quicker. (7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, Will’s Pub, $10)

CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK

Putrid Fauve, Haves&Thirds, Anesthesia, DJ Jungle Jim: Leading Orlando underground music imprint Popnihil will be in full flex with this label showcase. Topping the marquee is Putrid Fauve, the Orlando provocateur whose performance art and harsh noise blur the edge between the sensual and the grotesque. The primary cause of the night will be Popnihil’s cassette release of Putrid Fauve’s brand-new album, Tragic Silhouettes. Putrid Fauve’s music is a reliably foreboding descent whose deviant

wavelength goes from harrowing ambience to sheer sonic terrorism, so expect a fresh, hot batch of similarly feel-good jamz. Also marking a record release with a 7-inch single on Popnihil will be Tampa ambient dreampop act Haves&Thirds. Dark musician and drag artist Anesthesia — who recently released a riveting EP (Devotionals I) via Popnihil — will drag the bodies back down to the dungeon with some of the most sinister ambient noise coming out of Orlando right now. Keeping the vibe continuous will be DJ Jungle Jim. (8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, The Falcon, $10) Mr. Floyd Larry, Memory Well, Kitty Kitty Meow Meow: Of today’s endless mashups, Miami’s Mr. Floyd Larry has one of the most irresistible. His melodies are airy, light and tight. His moods draw from dream-pop, post-punk and shoegaze. Together, it’s an indie bedroom fantasy. Opening are two Orlando contenders: shoegaze alt-rockers Memory Well and fireball punks Kitty Kitty Meow Meow. Come catch this rising Florida wave. (7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, Will’s Pub, $15-$20) The Imposters: The iconic two-piece band concept conjures the picture of idealized rock rawness. But The Imposters — a staggeringly high-functioning duo who’ve collaborated with King Crimson’s Tony Levin, Zappa, Porcupine Tree, Stereolab and Natalie Merchant Band — shatter that image. Much of it is through their use of the Chapman Stick — a marvel of an instrument played by fretboard tapping that handles melodies, chords and bass lines all at once. (Take that, Eddie Van Halen.) With the Chapman Stick and a sense of daring, The Imposters tap untold dimensions with improv-heavy excursions that push prog-rock to jazz heights. (7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Timucua Arts Foundation, $30) music@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com ● AUG. 26-SEPT. 1, 2026 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY

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Fringe Housewarming Party

Orlando Fringe staffers moved out of their longtime offices at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center and are now freshly settled into new digs on Virginia Drive … and they’re ready to show you around. There’s a big housewarming bash set for Thursday where you can meet the Fringers, raise a glass and maybe sleuth out some info about the upcoming return of Out Fest. Be there or be square. 7 p.m., Orlando Fringe, 634 Virginia Drive, orlandofringe.org, free. — Matthew Moyer FRIDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 28-29

Metamorphosis Music & Arts Project

The countdown to the return of one of Orlando’s most immersive music experiences is almost over as the Metamorphosis Music & Arts festival takes over the Orlando Amphitheater with two days of sound, art and community-driven energy. The lineup features big EDM names like Illenium, Ganja White Night, Bunt., Inzo and Sullivan King. Spread across multiple stages, each designed with its own sonic identity and aesthetic, the festival encourages a “choose-your-own-adventure” musical exploration. Orlando Amphitheater, 4603 W. Colonial Drive, metamorphosismusicfestival.com, $190-$479. — Juanita Olarte & Matthew Moyer FRIDAY-SUNDAY, AUG. 28-30

Fanboy Expo

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Of the now overstuffed field of yearly fandom conventions in Orlando, Fanboy Expo is arguably the most delightfully unhinged in terms of their celebrity guests. When other cons play it safe with big properties and franchises, Fanboy takes a hard left into Nicheville. This year’s celebrity roster features partial cast reunions from The Hobbit, The Highlander,

Mortal Kombat, and Randy Quaid from National Lampoon’s various Vacations, as well as (get ready for these next four) Delta Burke, Patrick Warburton, Kate Mulgrew and John “Cliff Clavin” Ratzenberger. But then things get really wild in the form of musical guests like Peter Criss from KISS and (holy crap) Dave Davies from the Kinks and Lita Ford from the Runaways. That’s some curation. Hilton Orlando, 6001 Destination Parkway, fanboyexpo.com, $35-$999. — MM FRIDAY-SUNDAY, AUG. 28-30

Songs for a New World

Various local performing arts groups are gearing up to launch their 2026-2027 season, and among them is Central Florida Vocal Arts, kicking off their season at downtown Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center with the much-loved Songs for a New World. The song cycle by Tony Award-winning lyricist and composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Bridges of Madison County) was his first major production in NYC. It is not a play or musical theater, per se, but a series of thematically connected songs all dealing with “moments of decision” across history and culture. CFVA mainstay McKenzie Pollock directs and Chevalier Lovett leads the CFCArts Orchestra with a cast featuring Armon Flukers, Sean McKinley, Emily Minch and CFVA newcomer Sabria Sego. Various times, Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., drphillipscenter.org, $47-$65. — MM SATURDAY, AUG. 29

CatVideoFest

In the year of our lord 2026, smartphones only have one, ONE, positive function in our society: the making and sharing of whimsical cat videos. Do we gladly trade much-needed REM sleep watching videos of feisty felines into the wee hours? But of course. And now the traveling fea-

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ture-length sizzle reel that is CatVideoFest is back at the Enzian for four screenings. Essentially, it’s cats caught in feats of acrobatics and derring-do, cutely hamming it up, and even showing heartwarming affection. Even better, you don’t have to worry that you’re enjoying a video that was AI-generated. Proceeds benefit Pet Rescue By Judy. Note: This Saturday’s showings are sold out but there are still tickets for both screenings on Saturday, Sept. 5. Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, enzian.org, SOLD OUT. — MM SATURDAY, AUG. 29

Tew Faced Drag Lunch

Obviously drag is well-established in the two provinces of nightlife and weekend brunch, but hear us out: How about pairing some drag with your noontime meal? You could sleep in a little more and still avoid the nighttime parking boondoggles downtown. So Anthem downtown is going all-in on this experiment with a drag lunch featuring fearsome local talent Puerto Rican drag artist and RuPaul’s Drag Race competitor Kandy Ho. Local talent includes the ferocious quartet of Mala Mía, Black Magix Royal, Amaya Scandall and Jezy Galore. Shows are at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., with a meet-and-greet beforehand. Do some errands before; be errant after; the possibilities are endless. 1 p.m., Anthem Orlando, 100 N. Orange Ave., anthemorlando.com, $11.20. — MM SATURDAY-SUNDAY, AUG. 29-30

The Shift: Choreographers Showcase

Get a crash course in the state of contemporary dance and movement in Central Florida at this weekend’s Shift Choreographer’s Showcase. Taking place in the Marshall Ellis Theatre space right off Orange Blossom Trail, the night features dance artists from local troupes Emotions Dance, Edgez Dance and N.A.D.ance. The dancers

Saturday-Sunday: The Shift at M.E . Theatre

will perform choreography by Ryan Page, Christopher Ryan, Ellexis Hatch, Dante Lewis Fernandez, Corinne Hidar and Nataniel Alvira.

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The intimate M.E. Theatre is a suitably intimate stage on which to witness these innovative locals confounding one’s expectations of the body’s

limits. Various times, Marshall Ellis Theatre, 1300 La Quinta Drive, emotionsdance.org/shift, $25$35. — MM

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[ the week ] CONCERTS WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26

Benny Benack III 6:30 & 8:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $35-$52; 407-246-2555.

THURSDAY, AUG. 27

Benny Benack III 6:30 & 8:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $35-$52; 407-246-2555. JK Trio10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1042 N. Mills Ave., free.

Cheerleader Roadkill, Appleseed 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $26.91.

Pegasus Palooza Concert Knight: Quavo 7 pm; Addition Financial Arena, 12777 Gemini Blvd N.; $34.82

Dave LaRue Band, JK & The Contraband 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $13.95.

Void. Terror. Silence 9 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; free.

Hard Swingin’ Country Soiree with Decker & Dimitrov 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1042 N. Mills Ave., free.

Walking Blue, Catnap, Anchor, Colder Quicker 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $14.98.

FRIDAY, AUG. 28

Nesto’s Jazz Trio 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1042 N. Mills Ave., free.

Harry Watters and Friends 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; $21.72-$32.07; 689-247-3944. DJ BMF 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1042 N. Mills Ave., free. Emarosa 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $31. Flyleaf, Lacey Sturm 6:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $52-$172. Kamelot 7 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $55. Metamorphosis Music & Arts Project: Illenium, Ganja White Knight and more 2 pm; Orlando Amphitheater, 4603

W. Colonial Drive; $190-$479; 407-295-3247. Mr. Floyd Larry, Memory Well, Kitty Kitty Meow Meow 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N Mills Ave.; $22.21. Omar Jose Cardona 7 & 9 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $64-$88; 407-246-2555. Putrid Fauve, Haves&Thirds, Anesthesia 8 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; $10. Ricardo Montaner 8 pm; Kia Center, 400 W Church St.; $47-$355; 407-440-7900. Songs for a New World 8 pm; Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $47-$65; 407-246-2555.

Marky Ramone: Sept. 3, Plaza Live

The Neighbourhood: Nov. 11, Kia Center

Jack Harlow: Sept. 5, House of Blues

BBMak: Nov. 11, Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center

Otto Von Schirach: Sept. 5, Conduit

Deer Tick: Nov. 14, The Social

Rosalia: Sept. 9, Kia Center

Doja Cat: Nov. 14, Kia Center

Spike Hellis: Sept. 11, Iron Cow Ken Carson: Sept. 12, Orlando Amphitheater Buzz Kull, Kontravoid: Sept. 16, Will’s Pub Gorillaz: Sept. 17, Kia Center Modest Mouse: Sept. 18, House of Blues Wu-Tang Clan: Sept. 22, Kia Center Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Sept. 26, Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center

CFCA Presents: Classic(al) Rock 8 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips

Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $29-$55; 407-246-2555.

Buzz Kull, Kontravoid: Sept. 16, Will’s Pub

OAR: Nov. 16, Hard Rock Live

Thundercat: Oct. 4, Plaza Live

The Toadies: Oct. 16, House or Blues

Jack White: Nov. 16, Hard Rock Live

Jonas Brothers: Oct. 6, Kia Center

Cavetown: Oct. 17, House of Blues

Red Leather: Nov. 18, Conduit

Black Violin: Oct. 9, Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center

Ceremony: Oct. 17, The Social

Olivia Rodrigo: Nov. 19-20, Kia Center

Teddy Swims: Oct. 22, Kia Center

American Football: Dec. 13, Plaza Live

Hulaween: Oct. 22-25, Suwannee Music Park

Biffy Clark: Dec. 18, Hard Rock Live

Weezer: Oct. 11, Kia Center Cupcakke: Oct. 13, Plaza Live Freya Skye: Oct. 13, House of Blues

Suki Waterhouse: Sept. 30, House of Blues

Knocked Loose, Denzel Curry: Oct. 16, Orlando Amphitheater

Le Sserafim: Sept. 30, Kia Center

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Electric Daisy Carnival: Nov. 6-8, Tinker Field

Public Image Ltd.: March 12, 2027, Plaza Live

Rod Wave: Nov. 9-10, Kia Center

Niall Horan: April 16-17, 2027, Kia Center

SATURDAY, AUG. 29

Amare-Ella and the Bossa Beat Quartet 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; $25.86-$42.42; 689-247-3944. Bellicosa, 2AMature, Bleached Son, Valley In The Sky, Dismera 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $15-$20. Broadway Rave 8 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $17. CFCA Presents: Classic(al) Rock 2 pm & 7:30 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $29-$55; 407-246-2555. Colors Flying High: Celebrating 30 Years of Persona 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave.; Winter Park; $26.91-$39.65. Ecos Concert Series: Crooked Pilots, Antonio Thornton, Diana Trujillo 8 pm; Bynx Orlando, 420 E. Church St.; $7.65-$13.32. Flyleaf, Lacey Sturm 6:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $52-$234. The Imposters 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts White House, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $30; 929-722-4873. Metamorphosis Music & Arts Project: Illenium, Ganja White Knight and more 2 pm; Orlando Amphitheater, 4603 W. Colonial Drive; $190-$479; 407-295-3247. Pops and Prodigy: Generations of Soul 7 & 9 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $53-$76; 407-246-2555. Sharks in the Water: The Big Za Bash: Bossman Dlow 8 pm; Addition Financial Arena, 12777 Gemini Blvd N.; $36-$172 Songs for a New World 8 pm; Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $47-$65; 407-246-2555. Ward Davis 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $25.

[ the week ] SUNDAY, AUG. 30

The American Sirens 3 & 6 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $49-$81; 407-246-2555. Blackwater Creek Bluegrass Band 2 pm; W.T. Bland Public Library, 1995 N. Donnelly St., Mount Dora; free. CFCA Presents: Classic(al) Rock 5 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $29-$55; 407-246-2555. DEVO 8 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $84-$414. ¡Fuákata, Butterbrain, Control This, Twenty Something Summer 1 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $18.93. Profanatica, Cloak 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $26.91. Shana Smith, Sharon Osuna, Barry Brogan 2 pm; Winter Park Public Library, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; $10-$15. Songs for a New World 6 pm; Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $47-$65; 407-246-2555. The Tidal Pull of Moonbeams 7:30 pm; Timucua White House, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $30.

MONDAY, AUG. 31

All Things Rot, Bobby Peru, huffaluffaguff, The Reception 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N Mills Ave.; $14.98. The Moss Park Strings 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1042 N. Mills Ave., free. QT Mondays 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1042 N. Mills Ave., free.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 1

Rhinestones & Rust 7 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S Magnolia Ave.; $35-$46; 407-246-2555.

FILM

CatVideoFest 2026 A triumph! A spectacle! A fuzzy-wuzzy cuddle puddle! CatVideoFest is all that and more. Oscilloscope Laboratories presents CatVideoFest 2026, a compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. Every ticket benefits Pet Rescue By Judy, who will be in attendance with adoptable cats! “Watching silly cat videos is good for you.” — The Wall Street Journal. Saturday 11 am & 1:30 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave.; $13; enzian.org. Popcorn Flicks in the Park: Raiders of the Lost Ark Actionpacked and adventure-filled, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark is director Steven Spielberg’s loving homage to the Saturday matinee cliffhanger serials of his childhood. Thursday 8 pm; Central Park, 150 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park; free; enzian.org. Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing Enjoying complete and unprecedented access to the treasures of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, this a fresh new film about one of the world’s favourite artists, marking both a major re-hanging of the gallery’s collection and a celebration of the 125th anniversary of Van Gogh’s death. Thursday noon; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $13; 407629-1088; enzian.org.

THEATER

American Gothic: The Harvest Ritual An interactive immersive experience that drops you into the heart of the Great Depression, attempting to save a small Southern town from famine, drought and sickness. Only by performing the Harvest Ritual will you survive. So what’re you willing to give? Tonight the town needs you: ThursdayTuesday various times; New Generation Theatrical at Orlando Fashion Square Mall, 3201 E. Colonial Drive; $35; 989-560-3205; newgentheatrical.org. The Rocky Horror Show The Breakthrough Theatre Co. presents cult classic musical The Rocky Horror Show, a humorous, campy rock musical that pays tribute to mid-20th-century sci-fi and horror

B-movies, following a squeaky-clean couple who stumble into the bizarre castle of the pansexual mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Feel free to dress in your best Rocky-inspired clothes. Friday-Monday various times; Breakthrough Theatre Co., 6900 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $30; 407-920-4034; breakthroughtheatre.com.

COMEDY

Leslie Jones Wednesday 8 pm; Addition Financial Arena, 12777 Gemini Blvd. N.; $35; 407-823-3070; additionfiarena.com. Los Parceritos: Lokillo & Jotapé Thursday 8:30 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $66.11-$107.51; plazaliveorlando.org. Lucas Zelnick Friday 7 pm & 9:45 pm, Saturday 6:15 pm & 9:15 pm; Funny Bone Comedy Club, 9101 International Drive; $32; 407-4805233; orlando.funnybone.com. Patrick Warburton Sunday 6 pm & 9 pm; Funny Bone Comedy Club, 9101 International Drive; $37; 407-480-5233; orlando. funnybone.com. Rene Vaca Wednesday 7 pm; Thursday 7 pm & 9:45 pm; Funny Bone Comedy Club, 9101 International Drive; $62; 407-4805233; orlando.funnybone.com.

Rhinestone Ritual: A Fantasy Revue A magical burlesque show benefiting Zebra Youth. Saturday 9 pm; Hourglass Brewing, 2500 Curry Ford Road; $24.69; eventbrite.com.

FOOD & DRINK

Community Plant-Based Potluck The Culinary Health Institute’s Monthly Community Potluck is rooted in sharing food and conversation, meeting new people, and sharing the journey of living a plant-based lifestyle. . Bring a plant-based dish that serves at least 10 people. Thursday 6 pm; 4Roots Farm Campus, 1101 N. John Young Parkway; free; 4rootsfarm.org. Winefest 2026 The German American Society of Central Florida proudly invites you to an evening of German wine, delicious food, live music, dancing and tradition. Step into the atmosphere of a charming German wine village as you enjoy complimentary red or white wine with appetizers, followed by a traditional German dinner. Saturday 5 pm; German American Society of Central Florida, 381 Orange Lane; $15-$35; 407-834-0574; eventbrite. com.

EVENTS

DANCE

Brains! Collage Night Let’s create collages good enough for the undead! Monday 6 pm; Marketplace at Avalon Park, 3801 Avalon Park E. Blvd.; $9.92; eventbrite.com.

DRAG & BURLESQUE

Mare Fair 2026 Mare Fair is a convention for adult fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic dedicated to celebrating our love of ponies and all the amazing people that continue to make the ride what it is. We strive to deliver a convention that is memorable and unique! We don’t have VIP guests, guests of honor or community guests; instead, we foster an environment where you and your friends can get together for a fun weekend focused on ponies. Friday-Sunday; Disney Springs, 1486 Buena Vista Drive; fancons.com.

The Shift: Choreographers Showcase An electrifying evening of contemporary dance that highlights the voices shaping Central Florida’s artistic landscape. Featuring new works by professional choreographers and dance companies from across the region, this performance offers a dynamic mix of styles, perspectives, and creative risk-taking. Saturday 7:30 pm and Sunday 5 pm; ME Theatre, 1300 La Quinta Drive; $25-$35; emotionsdance.org.

Drag Bingo Free weekly event primarily hosted by Twila Holiday with occasional guest hosts. Up to eight games of bingo offer prizes like drinks, gift cards and vacations. Wednesday 7:30 pm; Outpost Neighborhood Tavern, 227 N. Eola Drive; free; 407-203-0447; outpostorl.com.

Orlando Oddities & Art Market Shop for the unusual and unexpected: art, oddities, vintage, hobbies and crafts from more than 100 vendors. Saturday 11 am-6 pm; Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive; 407-295-3247; centralfloridafair.com.

Meet Liam! Liam (A593164) is 3 years old, strong, sweet and a little bit mouthy. He was picked up running loose in a neighborhood, scaring people because of his size. At 70 pounds, he can be a lot of dog for some people. But if you are looking for a wrestler, a snuggler, a rough-and-tumble gentle giant, look no further. This is your dog. He has sadly been at the shelter for over four months, with very little interest in him. We are hoping some additional visibility will allow him to be seen as more than just some big bully breed. If you have room in your home and your heart for this gentle giant, come and meet him. Let’s get him home. Orange County Animal Services is located at 2769 Conroy Road in Orlando, near the Mall at Millenia. The shelter is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. every day except Wednesday, when it’s open 2-6 p.m. For more information, please call 407-8363111 or visit ocnetpets.com.

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Cross-Household items. 2631 E Semoran Blvd. Apopka, FL 32703 (407) 408-7437 at 11:00AM-Joe Vard-Household items. 11071 University Blvd Orlando, FL 32817 (321) 320-4055 at 12:00PM-Vanessa McKenzie- boxes, totes, holiday decor Joane Diaz Kloekner-lamps, furniture, boxes. Luis Arce-electronics, furniture, computers, boxes. Sierra Robillard-lamps, mattress/bedding, boxes, pet items. Sean Iwinski- furniture, wall art, boxes. 11583 University Blvd Orlando, FL 32817 (407) 777-2278 at 1:30PM-Robert Camacho-household items, Ameka Cheatham-household items. 2650 N Powers Dr. Orlando, FL 32818 (407) 982-1032 at 1:00PM-Randal Sterling Horr- Household Items, Youngor Yeanue- Household Goods, Cristsian Vargas- Household Goods, Peter Aviles- Books. 7244 Overland Rd. Orlando, FL 32810 (407) 794-7457 at 11:30AM-Yurika Wright-Household goods. Tilda Ferebee-Household Goods. Dawn Grant-Boxes and totes. Rickey Hixon-Household goods. 9001 Eastmar Commons Blvd Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 901-6180 at 1:00PM-Christina Montenegro-Household items, Steve Trujillo-Household items. 12280 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL 32826 (321) 286-7324 at 12:00PM-Crystal Roberson-household goods. Adia Karen Best-household goods. 14916 Old Cheney Hwy Orlando, FL 32828 (407) 917-9151 at 11:30AM- SHAVONNE MASON; Household goods, Personal belongings. John Baez; Household goods, Personal belongings. 3364 W State Rd 426 Oviedo, FL 32765 (407) 930-4293 at 12:00PM-Jennifer Adams: Household Goods, Furniture, Boxes. Tisha Flowers: Household Goods, Boxes. Wall Art. Hery Crespo: Household Goods, Boxes, Outdoor Sports, Tools. Nairoby Paneto: Household Goods, Boxes, Clothing and Shoes. 1010 Lockwood Blvd Oviedo, FL 32765 (407) 930-4370 at 10:00AM-Patricia McEachern-Household items. 1561 Lee Rd Winter Park, FL 32789 (321) 207-6665 at 12:00PM-3zb LLC/Derrick Tyler-Household items, Margaret Black-Household items, Brendan Galdamez/Maria Gonzalez-Household items, Jeremy First-Household items, Cherie Amos-Persson-Household items, Jason Ellis-Household items, Cherie Amos-Persson-Household items. 6205 W Colonial Dr Orlando, FL 32808 (321) 235-6610 at 12:00PM-Sabrina Cosby-appliances, tv, electronics, bike. 1619 McVilla Ave Apopka, FL 32703 (689) 698-3195 at 12:00PM-Jennifer Stinnett-household items. Alaysha Johnson-household items. Sunra Ordesi-household items. 3416 Aloma Ave Winter Park, FL 32792 (321) 274-8075 at 11:00AM-Viviana Padilla-Household items. 10959 Lake Underhill Rd. Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 502-0120 at 1:30PM-Crystal Hinestroza- Household items, Javier Medina- Tools. 12709 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL 32826 (407) 634-3990 at 12:30PM-Dominique Wiggins-chair, shoes. Ryan Maddox-tools,bins. Ashley Gonzalez-cage,bags. Matthew Stewart-decor, couch. 15551 Golden Isle Blvd. Orlando, FL 32828 (407) 710-1020 at 2:30PM-India-Jena’ Lyle: Household furniture, TV. 1001 Lee Rd Orlando Fl 32810 (407) 489-3742 at 12:30PM-Joy Hughley, appliances- Michelle Fleming, household items- Demetrious Baker, household items - Gasper Wilson, household items - Clifford Hughley, household items - Michele Roger, boxes - Jill Toppo, household items - Sheena Sparks, clothing & shoesJoy Hughley, household items. 1420 N Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando FL 32804 (407) 312-8736 at 12:00PM-Shakeana Clarke-Household items. 342 Woodland Lake Dr Orlando, FL 32828 (321) 800-4793

at 11:30AM-Michael Giovannini-collectibles and media; Victoria Valdes-Furniture; Barry Louis-household items, electronics; Aaron Hall- Boxes, Military Gear; Duane Broom-trailer. The auction(s) 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 belongings to those individuals listed below at the location indicated September 11th, 2026 at the times and location listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage #1633 831 N. Park Ave Apopka Florida 32712. Jason Koch - Household items. South Tech Solar LLC - equipment. Henry Uwagbai - Household items. James Robertson - Household items. Jacquelyn Knapik - Household items. Hernie Torres - Boxes/Tools. Camille Brave - 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, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: September 10th, 2026, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Extra Space Storage, 6068 Wooden Pine Drive. Orlando, Florida 32829 407.974.5165: John M Harkins- Kitchen Equipment; Ulises Ponce Santos-Furniture & Appliances; Alejandra Rangel- Boxes; Vanessa CarroFurniture; Ana Miranda- Personal Items. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:15AM Extra Space Storage, 1305 Crawford Ave. St. Cloud FL 34769, 407.504.0833: Angel Marrero-furniture’s and totes, Angie Johnson- Household items, Brian Steinmetz- household items, Martin Clemmons- Appliances and boxes, Caitlin Camacho- boxes, clothes, totes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:30AM Extra Space Storage, 2855 E Osceola Pkwy Kissimmee FL. 34743, 689.223.6810: Tanice Jones – toys, boxes, furniture Nakia Copeland – household items, toys, power tools, lawn tools The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 14800 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.987.4115: Matteus Deolivera-Households items, Jasper Dewitt II-Households items, Emud Canizales- Households items, Tamara Crichlow- Households items, Wilfrido Nicholson-Business items, Tammara K. Thomas- Households items. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 12915 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.501.5799: Tereci Shanell Paris-Household items; Andre Anderson-Sports & Outdoors; Luiz Henrique Badaro Izidoro-Household items; Jaime Dejesus-Totes; Farah Petion-Household items; Miguel Baruso-Mattress&Bedding;

Fountain Life/Sarah Abdalla-Boxes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:15PM Extra Space Storage, 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando FL 32832, 407.280.7355: Kaia Hilson-din, furniture, decor. Alaina Cosby- bags, outdoor. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45 PM Extra Space Storage, 9847 Curry Ford Rd Orlando, FL 32825, 407.495.9612: Barbara Moag Lyon- Household items; Virginia Lopez- Household goods, some boxes with decorations; Riviel De La Cruz- Tools, Hydraulic carjack, bag pack; Stier Group LLC- boxes, stool chair, bins, mattress, Marco Quintanar Gonzalez- boxes, stool chair, bins, mattress. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:30 AM Extra Space Storage, 13597 S Orange Ave, Orlando, Florida 32824 407.910.2087: Jose Garcia – industrial tools, clothes, outdoor furniture, Heidi Miethke - household items, boxes, holiday decorations The personal goods stored therein by the following: 01:30 PM Extra Space Storage, 13450 Landstar Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32824 407.917.8672: . Luz bautista –household items, michael williams – household items, maria rodriguez – household items, eli silva hidalgo – household items. Sarai mendoza – household items , william rutherford – house hold items The personal goods stored therein by the following: 01:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 7627 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 689.278.1735: Nadia Johnson – Vehicle. Eduardo Cruz – Vehicle Parts, Totes, Microwave, Water Dispenser, Vehicle. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:30 PM Extra Space Storage, 35 Goldenrod Rd S, Orlando, Florida 32807 407.487.3270: Mary Miller- Household items such as furniture; Mariah Mckill- baby toys; Wabu Blacknall- Clothes, gaming console, misc; Janice Walter- 2 living room sets, 2 bedroom sets, tv’s; Robert Pagan- Garage items, seasonal bins, exercise equipment, and shelving; Tiffani Clark- Furniture TVs. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:45 AM Extra Space Storage, 6174 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.955.4137: The Glassperts/ Manny Vega: Glass The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:15 AM Extra Space Storage, 5753 Hoffner Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.212.5890: Rita Riddle – Boxes, Totes, Wheelchair,Outside Stuff, Ladder; Johnny Riddle – Boxes, Totes, Wheelchair, Outside Stff, Ladder. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45 PM Extra Space Storage, 4650 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.901.3864: Yurexi Angelica Vasquez Castillo-Household goods, furniture; Schwantz Alexis-boxes, vehicle parts, luggage; Marielys Cuencas- dinning room set, table, boxes - 2 beds, TV; Kenneth Koumoin-duffle bag, small travel bag; Shevondia Aaron-household goods, baby items, wall art, boxes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 02:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 2334 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.930.4541: Margarita Lozada: 5 bins bins; Idaray Carbo: Personal belongings; Andre Walker: Furniture, bedroom set, living room set, TV, boxes.; Jacob Stolly: household boxes totes desk office supplies dresser.; Nedrick Wallace: Clothes and shoes, In bags 6. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:45 AM Extra Space Storage, 4020 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, Florida 32806 407.901.0194: Adriel Gonzalez- Tires, mattresses; Tressica Mincey- Household goods; Sharo Baez- Household goods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:15 PM Extra Space Storage, 408 N Primrose Dr, Orlando, Florida 32803

321.285.5021: Brandon Kuhar-Furniture, tools, personal items; Stephen BrownFiles, household goods . The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:30 AM Extra Space Storage, 5024 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, St Cloud, Florida 34771 321.280.3845: Antonio Morronehousehold items; Kristian Salgado- household items The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:45AM Extra Space Storage, 2660 Canoe Creek Rd, St. Cloud FL 34772, 407.593.3960: Amanda Ratliff –table, chairs, toys; Lee Moretti – music items, 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. FLORIDA DISCOUNT SELF STORAGE Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections 83.801 - 83.809. Auctions will be held on the premises at locations and times indicated below. Wednesday September 16, 2026, Thursday September 17, 2026. Contents: Misc. & household goods and vehicles. The viewing is at time of sale only. The owners or their agents reserve the right to bid on any unit, and to refuse any bid. 2580 Michigan Ave Kissimmee,FL 34744 (Wed, September 16 @ 11:30am) 0119-Jerry Hines, 0694AC- Gabriela Lugo, 1147-David Galindez, 1517-Makro Contractor; c/o:Jesus Perez 5622 Old Winter Garden Rd Orlando,FL 32811 (Wed, September 16 @ 1:00pm) 0259-Jerome Williams, 0548-Ana Roberts-Romain, 0610-Stephanie Meo, 0613-Neville Campbell Jr., 1411-Christien Dix 17420 SR 50 Clermont,FL 34711 (Thurs, September 17 @ 1:00pm) 0325-Corey Battey, 0422-Zulaika Khan, 0132-James Pullin 2300 Hartwood Marsh Clermont,FL 34711 (Thurs, September 17 @ 2:00pm) 313-Ricky Rojas, 1198-Darnell Mahone;2001, Ford commercial van,Vin#1FDWE35S61HA58538, Lien Holder:Bella Group Holding, LLC. Run Dates 8/26/2026 and 9/2/2026. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, CASE NO.: 2024-DP-000379-O IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD M.L. DOB: 10/18/2023, NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS To: JOSHUA HARPER Address unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the above referenced child for adoption. You are hereby commanded to appear on September 14, 2026, at 9:00 AM before the Honorable Heather Pinder Rodriguez at the Thomas S. Kirk Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street Orlando, Florida 32806, for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD OR CHILDREN NAMED IN THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceed-

ing, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact ADA Coordinator, Human Resources, Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 510, Orlando, Florida, (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately on 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 as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 29th day of July, 2026. This Notice of Action has been issued at the request of: Jillian Carver, Esquire FBN: 1049619, Jillian.Carver@myflfamilies.com Children’s Legal Services Children’s Legal Services. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: DP14-549 (3) IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD Z.A.M. DOB: 9/13/2010. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. TO: MARQUITA MCMILLER, Address unknown. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child(ren). You are hereby commanded to appear before the Honorable Alicia Latimore, on September 22, 2026 at 9:45 AM at the Thomas S. Kirk Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Courtroom 5 Orlando, Florida 32806, for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) NAMED IN THE 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 ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 510, Orlando, Florida, (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately on 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 30th day of July, 2026. This summons has been issued at the request of: Tracy Drewes, Esquire Florida Bar No. 1010702, tracy.drewes@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)

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Legal, Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: DP23-405 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN L.R. DOB: 1/10/2012, K.F.R. DOB: 10/22/2023, NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. TO: LARRY RODRIGUEZ, Address unknown. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child(ren). You are hereby commanded to appear before the Honorable Alicia Latimore, on September 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM at the Thomas S. Kirk Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Courtroom 5 Orlando, Florida 32806, for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) NAMED IN THE 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 ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 510, Orlando, Florida, (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately on 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 5th day of August, 2026. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2024-DP-084 IN THE INTEREST OF: W.T.V. DOB: 1/27/2017, MINOR CHILD NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: ANGELICA VILLANUEVA, address unknown. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above-referenced child(ren). You are hereby commanded to appear before the Hon. Heather Pinder Rodriguez, on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at 9:30 am., at the Thomas S. Kirk Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806 for an Advisory Hearing. You must appear in- person on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THE ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) NAMED IN 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 Orange County ADA Coordinator whose office is located at, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 510, Orlando, FL and whose telephone number is 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 the seal of this Court in Orange County, Florida on 7/27/2026. By /s/ Clerk of the Circuit Court. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 41 CASE NO.: 2025-DP-105. IN THE INTEREST OF: D. D. DOB: 10/23/2025 Minor Child. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. TO: DANIEL WUELMAN, Unknown Address. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the above-referenced child; you are to appear on September 8, 2026 at 2:00 P.M., before the Honorable Judge Tom Young, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 4C, at the Osceola County Courthouse at 2 Courthouse Square, Kissimmee, FL 34741, 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 MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD(REN) WHOSE INITIALS APPEAR ABOVE. “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 as the Clerk of said Court and the Seal, this 5th day of August, 2026. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (Court Seal) By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA IN THE INTEREST OF: T. A. , SEX M, AGE 10, DOB 11/03/2015, CASE #2600936 CHILD UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, KIANA PERKINS (mother); MICHAL ANDREWS (father); ANY UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER, AND ANYONE ELSE CLAIMING A PARENTAL INTEREST IN THE ABOVE CHILD You are notified that a Petition for Guardianship to the Maternal Grandmother was filed against you in said court on 07/30/26, an Order for Service by Publication was entered on 07/31/26. YOU ARE COMMANDED AND REQUIRED TO BE AND APPEAR before Houston County Juvenile Court, held at Houston County Juvenile Court, Warner Robins, Georgia on 10/14/26 at 8:30 o’clock a.m., for a hearing following service by publication. Serve an answer on Petitioner’s Attorney, James E. Patterson, P. O. Box 1006, Forsyth, Georgia 31029. You may obtain a copy of the petition by contacting Houston County Juvenile Court Clerk. WITNESS the Honorable Judges of this court, this 3rd day of August, 2026. /s/ CHRISTINA HARPER, DEPUTY CLERK, HOUSTON CO. JUVENILE COURT MY NEIGHBORHOOD STORAGE CENTERS Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections 83.801 - 83.809. The public sale will take place online at www. storagetreasures.com on the dates indicated for each property, respectively. Contents: Misc. & household goods and vehicles. Viewing can begin approximately 2 weeks before the time of sale only. The owners or their agents reserve the

right to bid on any unit and also to refuse any bid. 108 E. Colonial Dr Orlando, FL 32801 (Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:30am) 2000- Myah Green, 2060-Cody Baumgart, 2064-Krystin Henderson, 2103-Shereen Sahebi, 2243-Jay Hughes, 2262-Bruce Saunders, 2289-Brittany Hall, 2359-Ernante Racine, 2361-Shaina Kidder, 2368-Tricia Talbot, 3025-Iris Wimbush, 3038-Iris Wimbush, 3049-Chajwana Roman, 3235- Aneurin Lavalle, 3235-The Pew Group, LLC, 3315-Spencer Fike, 3364-Steve Prevesk 300 W Oak Ridge Rd Orlando, FL 32809 (Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am) 1040- Rafael Marcelino, 2139-Hector Rios, 3014-Louis Genao, 3028-Angela Randle 15610 Sweet Grove Lane, Winter Garden, FL 34787 (Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm) 1071-David Schemel, 2057-Keri Cohen, 2061-Lauren Cantor, 2165-Taylor Daye, 2190-Sylvana Stephen, 2208-Scott Frankel, 2212-Peter Bailey, 3134-Sole Roderick, 3214- Lindsey Bland, 3242-Keila Perez. Notice of Public Auction for monies due on storage units located at U-Haul company facilities. Storage locations are listed below. All goods are household contents or miscellaneous and recovered goods. All auctions are hold to satisfy owner’s lien for rent and fees in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self-Storage Act, Sections 83.806 and 83.807. The auction will start at 8:00 a.m. on September 3rd, 2026 and will continue until all locations are done. Auctions will be held online: www.storagetreasures. com. U-Haul Moving & Storage at Maitland Blvd, 7803 N Orange Blossom Trl Orlando, FL 32810; D15 ISAIAH MEREDITH $511.70, F10 MOUSHAUMI ROBINSON $346.70, L72 Lajuene William $699.80, 1015 Herline Lochard $646.70, D07 Tania Mathurin $511.70, 0359 Jayce Thompson $580.70, L46 ESMERALDA HAWKINS $529.85, A42 Kalin Mahon $409.85, 1013 Melissa Clarke $619.85, B06 katia colon $364.85, L66 Victor Felix $289.85, C05 Shautara Johnson $571.70, D06 CEDRIC MILLER $655.60 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Apopka; 1221 E Semoran Blvd Apopka, FL 32703; 1214 TEDDY VOLCY $805.70, 1259 patricia schroder $839.80, 1271 MIRANDA SHELTON $649.85, 1290 PAUL DROZ $741.60, 1316 Anthony Jackson $1,279.80, 1362 PAUL DROZ $2,979.50, 1095 Parasram Maharaj $682.70, 1170 Shawnta Jenkins $844.85 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Altamonte Springs, 598 W SR 436, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714; A105 MIGUEL VAZQUEZ ROMERO $739.80, C140 aquaysha barnes $741.60, B137 JOHN MONTGOMERY $724.85, C120 TOCCARA BENNETT $787.70 U-Haul Moving & Storage at Semoran Blvd, 2055 State Rd 436 Winter Park, FL 32792; 1194 DEBRA ROMANO $659.85, 1010 Jacquelyn Davis $1,039.80, 1203 Barbara Kelly $689.55, 1551 JUAN BOYD $419.80, 2504 DELVISIS Vega $349.85, 2062 Paul Griffin $449.80, 2286 Sheree Clark $419.90, 1452 JOHN HALSTEAD $409.85, 2304 RICHARD SMITH $664.85, 2273 TIMOTHY IRWIN $850.60, 1104 Pamela BROWN $600.60, 1223 Jacquelyn Davis $1,049.80, 1304 LEKEISHA GAVIN $476.70, 2296 Dana martin $688.70 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Longwood; 650 N Ronald Reagan Blvd Longwood, FL 32750; E012 LINDA JOSEPH $415.60, A077 CARLOS SANTIAGO MERCADO $523.60, D014 PEARL STEPHENS $909.80, B087 John Bram $479.80 U-Haul Moving & Storage at Lake Mary Blvd; 3851 S Orlando Dr. Sanford, FL 32773; 1617 GERMAN ALVAREZ $559.85, 2121 Jermeka Couns $304.85, 2027 Ryan Cooper $379.80, 1203

JAQUAISHA MITCHELL $514.85, 1767 MICHELE BRADLEY $399.80, 1406 TRENICE DAVIS $514.85, 1232 MONTARI LEONARD $319.85 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Sanford; 3101 S Orlando Dr Sanford, FL 32773; 1264 TOMEKI LONG $514.85, 1540 Niyuana King $514.75, 1473 AKEEM JOHNSON $664.80, 1983 Phillip Stallworth $334.85, 1390 Tiffany Diaz $694.85, 1280 darious session $664.80, 1411 Jennifer Dickerson $274.85, 1702 Jonathan CORREA $334.85, 1513 BREANNA MORRIS $904.80, 0180 McKenzie Silva $849.90, 1242 Jonathan Young $874.50, 1882 ZARIA JOHNSON $694.85, 0166 La Shay Brown $523.70, 1939 Kennedy Cummings $604.80, 0013 PRECIOUS BROWN $424.80, 1777 Steven Baez $514.85, 1125 Sonja Pickett $274.85, 0168 Michael CHARRON $644.80, 1971 Chris Rubiera $514.85, 1530 CHERIE HOYT $514.85, 0135 Aubrey billingsley $644.80 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Sanford on Rinehart Rd; 1811 Rinehart Rd Sanford, FL 32771; 3121 Sarah Ammon $539.80, 2040 NICOLE WATKINS $1,094.65, 2103 Mystery Room $604.85, 1033 Crystal Rodriguez $1,412.30, 2170 Mystery Room $954.75, 3054 Stephen Harvey $879.80, 2168 Mystery Room $954.75, 3109 RIchard Ditucci $604.85, 4162 BRADLEY LOCKE $394.85, 2147 Mystery Room $1,079.75 NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINUOUSLY. Auction will be held online: www. storagetreasures.com U-Haul Moving and Storage of Haines City, 3307 US Hwy 17-92 W. Haines City, FL 33844 9/10/2026: A0133 John Brown, F0662 Nile Waters, G0728 Yaritza Frias, A0032 Reina Andujar, G0734 Andrew Calderon, A0096 Shonique Ashe, G0779 Wilfredo Arroyo Suarez, A0074 Yessica Castanaza, E0510 Sandra Nixon, A0057 Jessica Rouse, A0084 Alexis Woodard, F0613 Antoine Martin, G0726 Abner Franco U-Haul Moving and Storage at Kirkman Road, 600 S. Kirkman Rd. Orlando, Fl 32811 9/10/2026: 6000 Johnley David, 3123 Timothy Parks, 3089 Kadie Smith, 8015 Beverly Miller, 8013 Sharese De Lille, 3041 Jerry Stewart, 6055 Felicia Wilson, 2042 Joao Matos, 5000 LeeAnn Brito, 8007 Chasity Robinson, 2015 Cana Marriott, 1041 Tangela Harris, 3093 Ednichelle Scott, 1049 Sarah Jackson, 1114 Charie Scott, 8010 Milton Williams, 1073 Crusaders for Christ, 8017 Pamela Reynolds, 4046 Kiadege Neus, 3085 Alan Erdlee, 6058 Beverly Miller, 6031 Daniella Pierre, 8028 LeeAnn Brito, 8019 Karl Johnson, 1110 Ryan Fields, 4020 Jeffrey Fuqua, 2031 Joel Mussenden, 1094 Marlon Richardson, 8008 George Baker, 3106 Latarsha Ingrum, 3080 Willie Barnes, 1019 Jessica Campbell, 3002 Ronina Davis, 3065 Senaida Rosas, 2056 Richardson Dor, 6046 Cynthis Ellis, 1107 Raidel Brito Montero, 3030 Quan Thomas, 5023 Parnell Gains U-Haul Moving and Storage of Clermont, 13650 Granville Ave. Clermont, Fl 34711 9/10/2026: 3128 Lisa Haylock, 3095 Kendra March, 2020 Marisol Rivera, 2180 Alejandra Garcia, 2182 Hermann Tobar Saenz, 3136 Bryson Shubin U-Haul Moving and Storage of Ocoee, 11410 W. Colonial Dr. Ocoee, Fl 34761 9/10/2026:

1529 Erik Dubarry, 2543 Tracy Allen, 3213 Daniel Torres, 2545 Tracy Allen, 1578 Mark Fletcher, 1207 Analyse Mendez, 1564 Mark Fletcher, 3415 Anthony Ford, 1612 Anthony Peterson, 3353-09 Dale Vied, 1311 Anthony Peterson, 3488 Ashnath Perceval, 1566 Elijah White, 2221 Miguel Hernandez, 2809 Amari Chong, 3391 Juan Alejandro, 1011 Precious Carter, 3102 Jessica Allen, 1568 Ivan Delatorre, 3334 Precious Carter, 2213 Phillip Penson, 1718 Albert Hughes, 156575 Lamario Johnson, 1201 Juan Breedlove, 1722 Kevin Victor, 3479 Kevin Isaacs U-Haul Moving and Storage of Four Corners, 8546 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, Fl 34747 9/10/2026: 1215 Noemi Arias, 2437 Terra Burroughs, 2197 Natalie Noboa, 1871 Cherry Hamlin, 2106 Elizabeth Kuhn, 2224 Shakari Hickman, 2002 Dania Allen-Wright, 2399 Fouad Ezzair, 1516 Kelly Faulkner, 1515 Alexandre Mercado, 2182 Brandon Bosch, 1443 Krystal Quinones, 2265 Emanuel Rivera, 2393 Treana Cannon, 1649 Christopher Washington, 1853 Kalil Abbott, 1203 Brenda Barry, 2140 Matthew Desmond, 1506 Kelly Faulkner, 2300 Ryan Bosque, 1300 Ricardo Smith, 2227 Miguel Rivera, 2369 Sarah DeBacco. NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINOUSLY. Auction will be held online: www.storagetreasures. com U-Haul Ctr 14651 Gatorland Dr. Orlando Fl. 32837 09/14/2026 8:00am: 524 Stephen McNey, 324 Michael Martolano, 550, 1201,549, 551 Glap Metal recycle, 284 Lissette Rodriguez, 352 Kevin Spiegel, 231 Richard Biggs, 733 Luisa Rosario, 267 Anthony Sanchez Parra, 368 John Eustace, 962 Jessica Santiago, 459 Stephen McNey, 625 Andrea Flowers, 726 Noelia Colon, 661 Andre Lyons, 1023 Rebecca Sevilla, 337 Valeriano Giraldez, 348 Kevin Spiegel. U-Haul Ctr 7800 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando Fl. 32822 09/14/2026 8:00am: 1170 John King, 1246 Rhonnii McCullough, 2131 Roy Guerrero, 3230 Joseph Abreu, 2208 James Eason, 1324 Harriet Ortiz, 3057 Tamike Richards, 1264 Assured Logistic enterp, 1256 Charles Coy, 3345 Deborah Graham, 3325 Marc Franco, 2150 Rachel King, 1302 Adarving Guerrero, 1057 Lashun Turner, 2246 Lasonda Poitier, 1279 Jerard Jackson, 24147 John King, U-Haul Ctr. 2400 Orange ave Orlando Fl. 32807 09/14/2026 8:00am: 1203 Pete George, 1611 Cherry Hamlin, 2308 Menique Hussein-Torres Flor, 1606 Xavier Canady, 1705 Rebecca Thomas, 1629 Christopher Morrissey, 1625 Sacorea Newborn, 1435 Patton Consulting Services LLC. U-Haul Ctr. 4001 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32803 09/14/2026 8:00am: B212 Christopher Agustin, C158 Catherine Green, U-Haul Ctr. 508 N. Goldenrod Rd. Orlando Fl. 32807 09/14/2026 8:00am: 1502,723 Brenda Perez Hernandez, 429 Jakob Lauret, 311 Jaden Simmons. U-Haul Ctr 13301 S. Orange Blossom Trl. Orlando Fl. 32837 09/14/2026 8:00am: 2067 Jessica Pendergast, 3226 Christian Maldonado, 2205 Daniela Tirado, 1515 Jean Rodriguez La Vecchia, 2101 Wendy Farias Suarez, 1501 Erick Tagliafico Mora, 1089 Leonard Chaisson, 1221 Wilmer Larreal Solla, 1506 Edison Oliveros

Chinchilla, 1064 Christopher Smith, 1510 Edison Oliveros Chinchilla, 1507 Kristen Cozzens, 2337 Michael Edge, 1717 Mercedes Lezana. U-Haul Ctr. 3830 S. Goldenrod Rd. Orlando Fl. 32822 09/14/2026 8:00am: 1044 Eric Angeles, 1019 Hipolito Aviles Vega, 2146 Debora Montilla, 3030 Jamilia Garcia, 2041 Marcus Jackson, 2069 Cedric Jenkins, 1239 Damian Adel Yero Izquierdo, 2066 Joseph Evans, 3033 Nitza Rosado. U-Haul Ctr. 2629 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl. 34744 09/14/2026 8:00am: 2043 Joseph Tetreault, 3235 Christine Laureano, 1105 Georgi Seabra, 3030 Alexandra Paez, 1027 Jose Carrion, 2148 Brian Ruiz, 3115 Sheila Hernandez, 2141 Darius Codwell,3149 Carmen Plaza, 3000 Robert Wilson. U-Haul Ctr. 11815 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32826 09/14/2026 8:00am: 1027 Rebecca Marshall, 1432 Tracey Carter, 1406-02 Luis Mendez, 1516 Shaterica Vaughn. Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on September 11th, 2026 at 10:00 AM for units located at: Compass Self Storage 3498 Canoe Creek Rd St. Cloud, FL 34772. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances, unless otherwise noted. Unit # F163 Ralph Bobadilla Unit # G112 Eric Ledbetter Unit # H137 Tonya Maingot-Williams Unit # A111 Tonya Maingot-Williams Unit # I106 Ivan Hernandez. Run Dates 8/26/2026 and 9/02/2026.

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KŌRI BAKERY & DESSERT CELEBRATES TWO YEARS IN ORLANDO WITH NEW TREATS, GIVEAWAYS AND A BIRTHDAY BASH Mills 50 is about to get a little sweeter.

ŌRI Bakery & Dessert is celebrating its second anniversary in Orlando with a Birthday Bash on Sunday, Aug. 30, inviting the community to stop by for new menu items, giveaways, exclusive merch and plenty of photo ops. The anniversary comes with even more reason to celebrate: KŌRI Bakery & Dessert was named 1st Place for Best Boba Tea & Teahouse in Orlando Weekly’s Best of Orlando® 2026, adding another milestone to the bakery’s second year in Mills 50. The celebration will take place at KŌRI’s Mills 50 shop, located at 721 N. Mills Ave., and is free and open to the public with no RSVP required. For the occasion, KŌRI is rolling out a brand-new lineup of menu items created specifically for the anniversary, giving guests the chance to be among the first to try the bakery’s latest creations. The festivities will also include a Spin the Wheel Giveaway, with a selection of prizes available while supplies last. Prizes are first come, first served, so anyone hoping to take a spin may want to arrive early. KŌRI is also using its second birthday to introduce a new member of the family: the bakery’s official mascot, making its debut during the celebration. Guests will also be able to shop KŌRI’s first collection of exclusive custom merchandise, with limited quantities of the first-edition items available. And because a birthday deserves pictures, KŌRI will have a free photobooth zone set up throughout the event. Guests can snap unlimited photos with friends and choose between digital copies to share or physical prints to take home. Sponsored Content

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More than anything, the anniversary is KŌRI’s way of celebrating the Orlando community that has supported the bakery throughout its first two years. Located in the heart of Mills 50, KŌRI has spent the past two years becoming part of the neighborhood, and the team is marking the milestone by inviting the community that helped make it possible to celebrate alongside them. KŌRI Bakery & Dessert’s 2-Year Anniversary Birthday Bash takes place Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at 721 N. Mills Ave., Orlando. The event is free and open to the public, and no RSVP is required. With new desserts to try, prizes to win, exclusive merch to snag and a brand-new mascot to meet, consider this your excuse to celebrate KŌRI’s second birthday with something sweet.

Legal, Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on September 11, 2026, at the location indicated: Store 1333: 13125 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando FL. 32837, 407.516.7005 @ 10:00 AM: Taylor Lugo-home items,Letriece Francis-home items,Orlando Grafals-home items,Jessica Paz-home items. Store 7143: 6035 Sand Lake Vista Dr, Orlando, FL 32819 @ 10:15 AM: Debbie Carol - Home furniture, office furniture, and approximately 100 boxes of personal belongings; Jose Reyes - tv boxes; Christina Whiteside - Homegoods; Terrence Revels - holiday items, sports items; Megan Hutchison - Entire 2 bed 2 bath apartment. 2 queen size beds, 1 loveseat, 1 desk, 4-5 end tables, etc; Nelson Nicholas – luggage; Raymond Melendez - Qn size mattress; Shawn Robbs - 2 bedroom apt; Angela Mbendo - clothes suitcases bags. Store 1335: 1101 Marshall Farms Rd Ocoee Fl 34761 (407) 516-7221) @ 10:30 AM: Eric Meeks- household goods-funriture: Dandry Rodriguez- tools, household goods: Kimberly Tersegno-household goods: Daniel Felicianohoushold good: Shuantae Bellamy – e scooter, totes, portable AC, bags, garden cart, clothing, crates. Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando Fl 32811. (407) 516-7751) @ 10:45 AM : Kayla Heard- a few boxes, tv’s, wall decor, dresser, sofa; Raven Cooke- Box, 2 barstools, bag; Takelia Johnson- Household items, bags, clothes; Krista Starkovich- Old stuff, electronics, appliances, TV, dresser, vacuum; Marvin Fahie- bags, boxes, furniture, old stuff; Malaya Bleeker- boxes, fan, baby items, mattress, car seat, luggage, shelves, microwave, baby toys; Marcos Claro Dos Santos- sink, cabinet, tools; Hanna Everett- luggage, rims, bags, bins, clothing, shelves, sofa, dresser, toys; Christian Cordova- vacuum, bin, mirror, shelves, boxes, UNIT# 06003, 2021,COVE,TRAILER, VIN#53FBE0813MF065208, Christian Micheal Cordova Calderon; Susan Stewart- bags, boxes; Carlos Nelson- bike, boxes, tools, bins, toys, rack, appliances. Store 3024: 11955 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando Fl 32837. 407-734-1315 @ 11:00 AM : Catering USA – canopies, shelves, tables, tools, boxes, totes, kitchenware, decor, cooler. Avigayil Levy-yochanan- boxes, totes, fans, char, patio, bags, folding table. Adriana Kochlamy – bags, plastic drawers, plush. Krystal Pacheco – luggages, totes, boxes, kitchenware, handicap toilet assistance, bike shoes, duffle bags, plastic drawers. Store 3378: 475 Celebration Pl, Celebration FL 34747, 321.939.3752 @ 11:15 AM: JO Services LLC- baseball cards and clothing, comic books (collectibles); Magic Interiors Orlando- Home Interiors; Magic Interiors Orlando- Business Supplies, Home goods; Erica DiNicola- Household Goods/Furniture Store 8931: 3280 Vineland Rd, Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 11:30 AM: Briana Davis: household items, Teresa Fekany: Personal, Jamirka Bengochea: 1 Bed Set, Living Room Set, Boxes, Bags, Jesus Rosal: Household items & tools. Store 3502: 1236 S Vineland Rd, Winter Garden Fl 34787, 407.794.6460 @11:45 AM : Jill Alderman- Household furniture, mattress, dresser; Danial Hatch3 bedroom; Jose Diaz- Boxes; Manuel Mateus- Household Items in boxes and

furniture Store 8136: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839, 407.488.9093 @ 12:15 PM:Cherie Amoore-Household Goods,chairs,Tables,Dressors,Pictures:Mizel Poindexter-Collectibles,Furniture,Tools,Clothes,Shoes:Leonardo Santos-Household Goods, Boxes,Personal Items,Totes:Robert Ayres-Clothes,Electronics,Furniture. Store 7420: 800 Beard Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787 @ 12:30 PM : Fabiano Castilhos: Boxes, furniture- Kenneth williams: Household Items- Crystal Jenkins: Electric scooter, tools, clothes, bedroom linens, furniture, bicycle, skateboards, pictures, jewelr- Elisha Filpo: Containers & boxes containing household items- Kenneth Smith: studio apartment, pressure washer- Fabiano Castilhos: Household goods. Store 7557: 11920 W Colonial Dr Ste 10, Ocoee, FL 34761, 407794-6970 @ 12:45 PM : Bronze Kingdom Museum / Rawlvan Bennett- Artwork. Elisha Gilbert- clothing. Magan HanchardFurniture. Terry Allen Beden- Household items. Store 8778: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321.270.3440 @ 1:00 PM Ben Stottlemyer Household items / Yeneshia Williams Beds couch tv stand dressers night stand breakfast table clothes shoes house sold items / Ryan Maysonet Queen Mattress, 3-4 medium boxes / Emoni Foddrell Personal items / Kobina Amoo Equipment and furniture / Francheska Naranjo 5x5 - totes of blankets, holiday items. Store 4107: 9080 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl 34747, 407.238.1799 @ 1:15 PM: Sylvette Karamoko: Household Goods,Furniture, TV,Stereo Equipment-Craig Wolfe: TVs, various household items-Michael Peterkin: Household Goods,Furniture, TV/Stereo Equipment, Boxes-Vecente Lopez: 2 beds, dinning room set-Rahman Courtney: Household furniture, boxes, washer dryer-Zack Smith: Furniture, household items Store 7865: 25 E Lester Rd, Apopka, FL 32712, 407-551-5590 @1:30 PM- Marolyn Pearson-household goods. - Josh Rotta-household items and tools. Mary Ann Fales-household goods, boxes. -Alceia Bobb-Semple-home accessories and personal goods. - Edgardo Flores-tv, dresser drawer, totes, boxes. Store 4217: 5698 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, Fl 32839, 407-930-4463 @1:45 PM :Wilfrantz vixama Funitures, Victor Gue Clothing, Hilton Padilla Electrical Parts, Celvin Antonio Acosta Boxes, toys, king bed, table, lashawn jackson tvs bed, James Volley personnel items Zelda Turner Household Goods/Furniture, Vickie Britt 3 bedroom apartment, Vladimy Bernard Furniture,TV,Cloths,Mattress,Beds, Matthew Kevin Alcime folding tables/chairs and boxes/totes, John Jorge Di Salvatore 2013 red hyundai sonata vin#5npe34afxkh796795,Lien Holderwells fargo, Edith Robert 6 bins, LAMAR LAGUERRE KING BED, TV, DRESSER, Kevin Abdriel Rivera Colon mainly boxes larger and medium, bookcases and shelves, some tv, Kris Avila FURNITURE, BEDS, DINING ROOM, KITCHEN TOOLS, Xavier Williams Clothes. Shoes, Angelia Eugene Furniture, Beds, Clothes., Leonel Morales Padilla BOXES,, Jacquis Smith Household items, Gregory Jean House Stuff, Kailan Bragg Seasonal Items small boxes, Eupene Felix Clothing House hold good, Books and Boxes, Denis Perez couch, LaQwana Pugh TVs, Sherrica Cressor clothes, boxes, totes, bins, tvs, Store 1317: 5592 L B McLeod Rd Orlando FL 32811. (407) 720-2832) @ 2:00 PM: Stevie White – Household items/bicycles, Brian Collins – Household items, Antonio Holmes – Sports equipment/Racks, Will Wroy – Household items, Jessica Chatman – Household items, Shaquille Ham-

blin patrick – Household items Store 6454: 2312 S. Division Ave. Orlando, FL 32805, 689-303-3205 @ 2:15 PM; Carrie King; holiday decorations. Shaitra Rahynes; 2 love seats, stands, boxes. Lequantis Richardson; chairs -2, bed, dresser, stove, w/d, 2 TV’s, Patio table, boxes. Tedi Priest; Dressers, bed, headboard, tvs, pedicure chair , clothes. Lequantis Richardson; chairs -2, bed, dresser, stove, w/d, 2 TV’s, Patio table, boxes. Elaina Langston; studio apt furniture, boxes. Mark Combs; personal items, clothes & suitcase. Guillermo Rios Torres; queen mattress boxes misc items. Crystal Whitelaw; Vases, Linen, Party supply. Store 7590: 7360 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL 32819 407.634.4449@ 2:30 PM : Stacia Cline- boxes, shelves, chairs, gym equipment; Juan Lopez- washers/ dryers; Stephanie Bigio- boxes; Cole fox- mattresses, mirror, boxes, rugs, instrument case Store 6667: 910 Citrus Grove Rd Minneola, FL 34715 (352) 4152585 @ 2:45 PM: Shakira Howard – Sofa, lamps, 2 Hampton Bay Ceiling Fan & light kits in box, new children’s rocking horse, covered mattresses, volleyball, Rolling Clothing rack in box, totes and sealed 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. Notice of Public Sale is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on September 11th, 2026 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 800 Greenway Professional Ct. Orlando, FL 32824 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. 1210 – Luis F. Lopez 1411 – Ronald Nunez 1529 – Darien Otano Bravo 1535 – Mildred Torres 2110 – Malik Mawajdeh 2305 – Nikole Delgado 2451 – Richard Rodriguez 2459 – Ariel Fernandez. Run Dates 8/26/2026 and 9/02/2026. Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on September 11th, 2026 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 14120 East Colonial Drive Orlando, Fl 32826 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. #0173 Hector Batista Rodriguez #0285 Kelli Flanders #0071 Courtney Wagner. Run dates 8/26/2026 & 9/2/2026. Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to

satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on September 11th, 2026 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 203 Neighborhood Market Rd. Orlando, FL 32825 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. Unless Otherwise noted. 1032 - Rosemarie Sanchez 2028 - George Negron 2190 - Pedro Arismediz 3239 Monica Ewen. Run Dates 8/26/2026 and 9/02/2026. 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: September 16th, 2026, 9:30am Mindful Storage facility: 900 Cypress Pkwy. Kissimmee, FL 34759 (321) 732-6032 The personal goods stored therein by the following: following: #1187-Furniture, #1188-Furniture, #1169-Boxes, #C123-Furniture, #1052-Households, #1068-Boxes, #1003Boxes, #1029-Furniture, #2201-Boxes, #D215-Boxes, #D236-Households, #D248Boxes, #2022-Boxes, #2069-Furniture, #I212-Boxes, #2129-Boxes, #I203-Furniture, #2224-Household. 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 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: Site #3102, 2650 w 25th St. Sanford, FL 32771 on 09/08/2026 @ 12:00 pm Kisya Johnson: fishtank, dresser, table, chair Katherine Hernandez: surfboard, cooler, games, tools Sarah Mclaughlin: tools, birdcage, speaker, suitcase, mattress Charles Reynolds: washer, dryer, bench, chair Richard Choate/Sinclair Construction: tools, ladder, water tank, shelve Kyle Soper: Car Make Toyota Corolla Year 2007 Color grey Plate 550-0881 Vin# inxbr32e172770165 Trailer black plate #t800605 Jermaine Perkins: clothing, artwork, tools ,tote Pamela Lee: Household goods, furniture Pamela Lee: Household goods, 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.

September 8th, 2026 at 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage. Chekerra Cason: Toys, Shelving, Rug. Delandre Howden: Couch, Clothes, Boxes. Inga Dewitt: Toys, Totes, Boxes. Patrice Pelaez: Boxes, Piano, Clothes. Veronica Dewar: Boxes, Totes, Clothes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Site #7058, 1451 Rinehart Rd, Sanford, FL 32771 on 09/08/2026 @ 12:00 pm: Rogerio Maciel: electronics, collectibles, bikes, outdoor equipment. Corey Wilson: furniture, boxes,kids items. LaShalonda Robinson: Boxes, Clothing. James Myers: furniture, kids items .Susan Tahmahkera: furniture, boxes, wall art. Elizabeth Diaz: furniture, boxes, mattress. Christopher Colon: furniture, electronics, lamps, boxes. Kendra McKnight: clothing, mattress, boxes. Denaya Robbins: boxes, clothing,tv, bags. Daniel King: mattress, boxes, furniture. Olavio Leite: 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 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Site #3086, 130 Concord Drive, Casselberry, FL 32707, 09/08/2026, @ 12:00 pm: Reginald Wright: Household goods, bikes, tools, toys Patrick Pittman: Clothing, suitcases. The auction will be listed an advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

NOTICE OF 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: #5191 @ 750 Orange Ave, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 (407) 907-6680.

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Legal, Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Extra Space Storage store #3503 1170 W State Rd 434 Longwood, FL, 32750 - (407) 602-3999 September 8th, 2026 @ 12:00pm. Eric Pedrosa –Household Items, Kitchen items, totes. 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: Notice is hereby given that on 09/11/2026 at 09:00 AM the following vehicles(s) may be sold at public sale at 953 Mercy Dr bays efgh Orlando, FL 32808 for the amount owed on each vehicle to satisfy the lien for repairs, services and storage charges and any administrative fees allowed pursuant to Florida Statute 713.585. 2C4RDGBG5FR667059 2015 DODG 2500.00 The name, address and telephone number and public sale location of the repair shop claiming the lien for unpaid charges is: Lienor Name: INITIO AUTO Lienor Address: 953 mercy dr, bays efgh orlando fl 32808. Lienor Telephone #: 407-286-9853 MV License #: 114190. Location of Vehicles: 953 Mercy Dr bays efgh Orlando, FL 32808 The customer or person claiming an interest, or a lien may redeem the vehicle by satisfying the amount due in cash on or before the sale date and time. The customer or person claiming an interest in or lien on a vehicle may file a demand for a hearing with the Clerk of Court in the ORANGE County where the vehicle is held to determine whether the vehicle has been wrongfully taken or withheld from him or her. At any time before the date of sale a customer or person of record claiming a lien on the vehicle may post a cash or surety bond in the amount stated on the invoice with the Clerk of Circuit Court where the disputed transaction occurred. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 09/14/2026 at 09:00 AM the following vehicles(s) may be sold at public sale at 953 Mercy Dr bays efgh Orlando, FL 32808 for the amount owed on each vehicle to satisfy the lien for repairs, services and storage charges and any administrative fees allowed pursuant to Florida Statute 713.585. 1HFSC3404XA201051 1999 HOND 4700.00. The name, address and telephone number and public sale location of the repair shop claiming the lien for unpaid charges is: Lienor Name: INITIO AUTO Lienor Address: 953 Mercy Dr bays efgh Orlando, FL 32808 Lienor Telephone #: 407-286-9853 MV License #: 114190. Location of Vehicles: 953 Mercy Dr bays efgh Orlando, FL 32808The customer or person claiming an interest, or a lien may redeem the vehicle by satisfying the amount due in cash on or before the sale date and time. The customer or person claiming an interest in or lien on a vehicle may file a demand for a hearing with

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the Clerk of Court in the ORANGE County where the vehicle is held to determine whether the vehicle has been wrongfully taken or withheld from him or her. At any time before the date of sale a customer or person of record claiming a lien on the vehicle may post a cash or surety bond in the amount stated on the invoice with the Clerk of Circuit Court where the disputed transaction occurred. Notice of Public Sale: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on September 11th, 2026 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 2435 W SR 426, Oviedo, FL 32765. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. #1107 Jeff Oliver #1221 Heath Sterling #1348 Kyl Anseman #1412 Dayna Hills #1623 Teresa Wright #2022 Andrew Jordan #2125 Gael Vernet Run dates 8/26/2026 and 9/02/2026. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC #0695 - 4554 Hoffner Ave Orlando, FL 32812 to satisfy a lien on September 8, 2026 at approx. 10:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Jacolby Coleman, Hamington Made Feliz, Moises Rangel, Daniel Ortega, Alexander Medina, Anthony Ray Trawick, Kondok Ayuel, Geneva M Gallimore, Sherry Ward Lewis, Erion Jordan, Justyce Berry NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5341 – 2310 W Carroll St, Kissimmee, FL 34741 to satisfy a lien on September 8, 2026 at approx. 11:00am at www.storagetreasures.com: Ryan Jose Lima, Maylee Kyoko Bellamy, Franklin Vinicio Leon, Digna Acosta, Valerie Lantigua, Neelawattie Singh, Shawn Small, Rolynique Chain, Teresa Toro, Jose Javier Rodriguez, Pablo Daniel Castillo, Daniel Martinez NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 4586 - 8235 N Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32810 satisfy a lien on September 8, 2026 at approx. 12:30pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Jonathan Aldana, Darell Minton Arbuckle, Terrence Taylor, Dontavius Howard, Suelaa Brown, Tranetta Stephens, Vanessa Fuentes, De Anna Cliatt NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5695 - 1159 Tomyn Blvd., Winter Garden, Florida, 34787 satisfy a lien on September 8, 2026 at approx. 1:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: David Khandai NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management,

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LLC #0671 – 100 Mercantile Ct. Ocoee, FL 34761 to satisfy a lien on September 9, 2026 at approx. 10:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Payton Everding, Ashley Richards, Erica Monque Frazier, Kiara Dixon, Jeanette Tieuel, Alan Wall, Abigael Obes, Marcio Fonseca, Candace Rhoden NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC #0693 - 1015 N. Apopka Vineland Rd. Orlando, FL 32818 to satisfy a lien on September 9, 2026 at approx. 11:00am at www.storagetreasures.com: Janette Ramos, Jimmy Gerardo Espinosa Sanquiche, Christina Dionne Lang, Janya Hamilton, Jadan Lorraine, Sherri Gregory, Ericka Francois, James Hines, Marc Fatal, Estime Moise, Pascale Beneche NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 0420 –5301 N. Pine Hills Road, Orlando Fl 32808 to satisfy a lien on September 9, 2026 at approx. 11:30am at www.storagetreasures. com: Barrington Robinson, Jessie Morris, Toshiba Smith, Jairo Olton, gilles peter,daai’asia wright,Patricia Willis, shaquille pant, Jerome Horace,Nadege Pierre,Jessica Jones, Iniya Johnson,Tersie Vonkishirst Honor,GLADYS FOSTER,Tiffany Baker,Samantha Jenkins NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC #0430 - 7400 West Colonial Dr, Orlando Fl 32818 to satisfy a lien on September 9, 2026 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Cristiano Silva, Katherine Huggins, mcnair cornell, Neptune Jean Lafleche, Dream Kitchen & Bath Builders, Charlene Gamble NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5508 – 1851 West Landstreet Rd Orlando, FL 32809 satisfy a lien on September 9, 2026 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Francisco Vallejo, Demetris Wright NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 6698 – 45630 US Hwy 27 Davenport, FL 33897 satisfy a lien on September 9, 2026 at approx. 12:30pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Ruben Mota, Kerri Satterlund, Jasmine Pickens, Tina Carvalho, Armani Clement, Daniel Soto, Tierra Tolliver, Joao Machado, Anthony Solano, Rishonea Tribbitt, Theodore Barbour, Stacey Ammond NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5868 – 4752 Conroy Storage Lane, Orlando, FL 32835 to satisfy a lien on September 10, 2026 at approx. 10:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Kelvin Rayner, jesus Labrador, Lisa Denise Gordon, Zye?Andryah Blackmon, Anita Goodman, Wanda Del Rosario Tiburcio Gell, Leonel Jesus Alvarez Delgado, Valeria Perez, Christian Rossa NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC #0351 - 10425 S John Young Pkwy

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Orlando, FL 32837 to satisfy a lien on September 10, 2026 at approx. 11:00am at www.storagetreasures.com: Diane Thomas, Linda Kennie NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5962 – 49671 Hwy 27 Davenport, FL 33897 to satisfy a lien on September 10, 2026 at approx. 11:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: John Reynolds Cothron, Shemeal Jones, Amorel Beyor, Jayden Laguer, Nancy Jean Pattengale, Djerid Corona, Brian Steven Brundidge, Carlos Troche Acosta, Hayley Elizabeth Stern, Noelia Perez, Tamra Yvonne Dunigan, Ivan Rosario, Stephanie Anne Johnson, Ramon Morales, Shaana Sparkes. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5961 – 1540 Sullivan Rd. Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on September 10, 2026 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Jorge Duran, Willfredo de Jesus Ulloa, Neyasha Ashayla Douglas, Jessica Talley, Magda Carmen Torres, Tiffany Lamisha Haynes, Lisa Stark, Harold Rodney Lindon, Devaunte Potter, Rayder Alexander Paredes Tejeda, IDA LLC. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5694 – 7220 Osceola Polk Line Rd. Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on September 10, 2026 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Hope Damaris Lape-Whitaker, Brennia Ransome, Lavonda Higgs NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold (for certified funds only) by Your Storage Units 9000 W. Colonial Dr., STE 101 Ocoee, FL 34761 to satisfy a lien on September 11th, 2026 at approx,10:00am at www.storagetreasures. com: Tenant, unit number, inventory: 3308- Kenneth Singh 2213- Charles Rivers 1106- Sharon Baker 2236- Tania Nadine Conover 1104- Veronica Parker 1054Shania Cherfils 1082- Jean Chrispin. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold (for certified funds only) by Your Storage Units St. Cloud 2335 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St Cloud FL 34772 to satisfy a lien on September 16th, 2026 at approx. 10:00am at www.storageauctions. com: Paola Albino, household items. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold (for certified funds only) by Your Storage Units Kissimmee South 3290 Pleasant Hill Road, Kissimmee Fl 34746 to satisfy a lien on September 16th, 2026 at approx 10:00am at www.storageauctions. com: Maria Ortiz, Melvin M Hill, Larcenuia Hills, Luisa Fernanda Colmenares, Eddie Lee St Germaine, NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage

unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold (for certified funds only) by Your Storage Units 2400 Wiggins Road Apopka, FL 32703 to satisfy a lien on September 16th, 2026, at approx. 10:00am at www.storageauctions.com: Jennifer Fries, Jennifer Rodriguez Fries, Brandy English, Brandy Catoe English, John Seay, Johnnie Jr Seay, Courtney Fountain. NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to Florida Title VI Chapter 83.803, that the property listed below, believed to be abandoned by Tony Taylor at 5007 Cassatt Ave Orlando, Florida, 32808, will be sold at public sale on September 10, 2026 at approximately 10:00 a.m. MT via online auction with Storage Treasures https:// www.storagetreasures.com/auctions DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Household goods, furniture, and tools.

Employment DCD Vehicle Corp sks aps fr FT pstn in Orlando FL fr $85384/yr: IT Analyst: anlyz inf sys & bus req to spprt ops. Req MS (or eqv) in Inf Sys, IT, Bus Mgt or rltd. Edu or exp bgd mst incl sys anlys, sys des, bus data anlytcs, databas mgmt. Any stbl cmbo of edu, trning or exp is acptbl. Mail resme to HR, 2001 Directors Row, Orlando, FL 32809. Ref id itan15 Estimator needed for JMC Quality Builders Corp, Orlando, FL to anlyz blueprints 2 prep prjct time & cost est. Liaison btw ownrs, Arch, SCs, & design tm on mods & ests. Prep cost est & req quotes from SCs. Rev costs bsd on chgs, access, utls, & loc. Req BD plus 1 yr exp as Estimator. F/T, mail res: JMC, Attn: Luiz, 11501 Lake Underhill Rd, Orlando, FL, 32825.

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