ORLANDO WEEKLY ● APRIL 27-MAY 3, 2022 ● orlandoweekly.com

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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)

NEWS+ VIEWS

7 Your Words

Reader reactions to recent stories + Clay Jones’ comic 9 ICYMI

Voter redistricting power grabs, masks optional at MCO and more news you may have missed, plus Tom Tomorrow’s comic 11 Black House Caucus protests redistricting

Gov. DeSantis jams through racist new district maps 13 What they didn’t do

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 17 Informed Dissent

The Florida Legislature’s elimination of Disney’s Reedy Creek District is a mob shakedown by statute

ARTS+ CULTURE

19 Live Active Cultures

Assassins, Sondheim’s pitch-black musical of political violence, finds a unique immersive home at downtown’s historic Cheyenne Saloon

FOOD+ DRINK

21 Fresh out

Fresh&Co brings its Big Apple brand of clean eats to Dr. Phillips 21 Tip Jar

Orlando food news: opening, closings, moves and events 23 Recently Reviewed

Short takes from the month’s restaurant reviews

FILM+ MUSIC

25 On (small) Screens

Streaming premieres this week: Sketchbook, The 7 Lives of Léa, The Offer and more 27 Through being cool

Cabo Boing’s Brian Esser finds a renewed creative life back in Florida 31 This Little Underground

The long wait for new music by local troubadour Mike Dunn is finally over

BACK PAGES

33 The Week

Our selections of things to do and see this week 34 Free Will Astrology Your horoscope for the week of April 27-May 3 34 Gimme Shelter Sweet pup Thor is reeling from the death of his owner and could really use a loving home 35 Classified advertisements