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NEWS+ VIEWS 7 Your Words
Letters to the editor + Clay Jones’ comic
9 ICYMI
A multimillion-dollar cocaine bust in Winter Park, UCF will join the Big 12 and more news
11 The final tally
Starbucks workers in Oviedo vote to unionize — the first Orlando-area store to do so
13 Informed Dissent
The GOP base have called Jan. 6 a false flag. They’ve done everything but look it in the eye.
ARTS+ CULTURE 15 Live Active Cultures
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Local playwright Joseph Hayes moves from a Fringe hit to a world premiere without a pause
FOOD+DRINK 16 The tire man cometh
The Michelin inspectors have bestowed stars and recommendations on Orlando. Does it matter?
25 Recently Reviewed
Short takes from the month’s restaurant reviews
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ORLANDO WEEKLY ● JUNE 15-21, 2022 ● orlandoweekly.com
FILM+ MUSIC 27 On (small) Screens
Streaming premieres this week: Civil: Ben Crump, Love and Anarchy and more
29 Feints of Los Angeles
Should we go away mad because Mötley Crüe just won’t go away?
33 This Little Underground
Beth McKee’s new album Monday After Sunday is perhaps her finest hour
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BACK PAGES 34 Selections of the Week
Our picks of the best things to do and see this week, plus plenty of event listings
37 Free Will Astrology
Your horoscope for the week of June 15-21
37 Gimme Shelter
Big pup Hank is having a rough go of it in the shelter and could really use a loving home
41 Savage Love
‘Judgment Day,’ plus ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not!’
43 Classified advertisements
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