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Orlando Rep. Travaris McCurdy speaks against redistricting maps that will reduce Black representation by 50 percent (image courtesy the Florida Channel)
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Reader reactions to recent stories + Clay Jones’ comic
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23 Recently Reviewed
Short takes from the month’s restaurant reviews
FILM+ MUSIC
11 Black House Caucus protests redistricting
25 On (small) Screens
Gov. DeSantis jams through racist new district maps
13 What they didn’t do
Streaming premieres this week: Sketchbook, The 7 Lives of Léa, The Offer and more
The Legislature tossed plenty of red mneat to the base this session; here’s a partial list of stuff they didn’t get around to
27 Through being cool
17 Informed Dissent
31 This Little Underground
The Florida Legislature’s elimination of Disney’s Reedy Creek District is a mob shakedown by statute
The long wait for new music by local troubadour Mike Dunn is finally over
ARTS+ CULTURE
BACK PAGES
Cabo Boing’s Brian Esser finds a renewed creative life back in Florida
Our selections of things to do and see this week
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34 Gimme Shelter
Fresh&Co brings its Big Apple brand of clean eats to Dr. Phillips
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33 The Week
Assassins, Sondheim’s pitch-black musical of political violence, finds a unique immersive home at downtown’s historic Cheyenne Saloon
21 Fresh out
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Orlando food news: opening, closings, moves and events
Voter redistricting power grabs, masks optional at MCO and more news you may have missed, plus Tom Tomorrow’s comic
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19 Live Active Cultures Approved auditor info as required for public notices per section 50.011(1)(e), F.S.
21 Tip Jar
34 Free Will Astrology
Your horoscope for the week of April 27-May 3 Sweet pup Thor is reeling from the death of his owner and could really use a loving home
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