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NEWS+ VIEWS
FOOD+ DRINK
BACK PAGES
7 Your Words
21 A perfect Ten Ten
38 Selections of the Week
21 Tip Jar
41 Savage Love
Letters to the editor + Clay Jones’ comic
9 ICYMI
COVID still trending up, Orlando gets drone drops and other news you may have missed last week
11 Informed Dissent
Orlando food news: opening, closings, moves and events
The links between increased abortion restrictions, reduced public health spending and higher maternal mortality are beyond question
29 Recently Reviewed
13 Straight time
FILM+ MUSIC
Kaylin Hevia enrolled in a drug rehab program in lieu of jail time. Then they kicked her out for being gay. Plus: What is Randy Fine thinking??
ARTS+ CULTURE 17 Gay Days
Party hearty at the parks
19 Live Active Cultures
EPCOT finally opens huge new roller coaster Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
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The Cantonese cuisine at West Colonial’s Ten Ten Seafood & Grill keeps it real and authentic
ORLANDO WEEKLY ● JUNE 1-7, 2022 ● orlandoweekly.com
Our picks of the best things to do and see this week, plus plenty of event listings ‘Quickies,’ plus ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not!’
43 Classified advertisements
Short takes from the month’s restaurant reviews
33 On (small) Screens
Streaming premieres this week: Floor Is Lava 2, Fire Island and more
35 There’s no other way
Robert Callender’s lost psychedelic masterpiece ‘The Way’ will be performed in Orlando
37 This Little Underground
New music and a lot of life changes in store for Orlando hip-hop mainstay Swamburger
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