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NEWS + FEATURES
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FOOD + DRINK
MUSIC 33 X gonna give it to ya
X from Los Angeles return to the stage to show us how it’s done
9 Pulse: In Memoriam
23 Sea level
A profile of Pulse Nightclub shooting victim Peter O. Gonzalez Cruz
Seafood-leaning Spanish resto wants to make a splash off Park Avenue
33 Picks This Week
9 This Modern World 9 ICYMI
23 Tip Jar
35 It came from the crypts of London
News you need to know but may have missed in the past week
Ono Poke Shop moves in next door to Red Mug this summer, the Glass Knife to take over Winter Park’s Italio space, plus more in our weekly food roundup
11 Charitable misgivings
25 Recently Reviewed
Orlando businessman John D. Smith alleges Pam Bondi directed businesses to pay millions of dollars to unregistered charities. Is his suit warranted or just a personal crusade?
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Great live music rattles Orlando every night Forty years grown, punk legends the Damned cast a dark shadow over Florida
37 This Little Underground Spoon’s first Orlando show in a decade; Jack White fiddler Lillie Mae emerges on her own
Short takes on restaurants we’ve reviewed recently
12 Running on empty Greyhound advocates and race track owners remain at bitter odds over the safety of the industry. Meanwhile, the sport is quietly fading away as fans age out
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ARTS + CULTURE 17 The men who sold the world
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CALENDAR
27 When all the states turned red
38 Selections
The future is here in The Handmaid’s Tale – and it’s really fucked up
40 The Week
Three new books on very different musicians all stretch the limits of memoir and memory
27 Film Listings
21 Live Active Cultures
29 On Screens in Orlando
Back Pages
Movies playing this week: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Lowriders, Snatched and more
52 Gimme Shelter
Jami-Leigh Bartschi’s Sherlock Holmes musical is off-Broadway-bound as part of the New York Musical Festival
41 Down the Road
Cinema-oriented events to go see this week
52 Savage Love 53 Classifieds
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