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Streaming premieres this week: Paper Girls, The Most Hated Man on the Internet, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and more
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31 This Little Underground
DeSantis taunts Disney and the prez at GOP summit, shooting scares at CityWalk and Florida Mall, and other news you may have missed last week Starbucks union at Winter Park’s South Park Ave store fails by narrow margin after workers vote
13 Watching the detectives
Black voter organization to monitor Florida polling places after creation of elections police
17 Informed Dissent
President Biden is playing by the rules of a game that no longer exists
ARTS+ CULTURE Little Radical Theatrics brings community theater back to Orlando, providing a much-needed opportunity for young artists to get a start
FOOD+ DRINK 23 Green party
Plantees in Mills 50 goes green with plant-based burgers
23 Tip Jar
Restaurant openings, closings, moves and events
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27 On (small) Screens
Letters to the editor, plus Clay Jones’ comic
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Orlando rapper Elsha’s album Hope 4 is hip- hop from an expressly indigenous perspective
BACK PAGES 32 Selections of the Week
Our picks of the best things to do and see this week, plus plenty of event listings
35 Free Will Astrology
Your horoscope for the week of July 27-Aug. 2
37 Savage Love
Dan Savage’s relationship advice, plus ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not!’
38 Classified advertisements
