ORLANDO WEEKLY ● MAY 11-17, 2022 ● orlandoweekly.com

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Organizer Cine Julien at the Bans Off Our Bodies rally | photos (above and cover) by Matt Keller Lehman

NEWS+ VIEWS

7 Your Words

Letters to the editor + Clay Jones’ comic 9 ICYMI

OPD Chief Orlando Rolón announces retirement, COVID numbers tick back up in Florida, Disney goes green with planned Epcot development 11 Informed Dissent

The Alito 5 is signaling that anything goes. The old rules no longer apply.

13 Access denied

What does the SCOTUS leak mean for Floridians?

ARTS+ CULTURE

19 Live Active Cultures

Las Vegas’ Area15, a collection of immersive interactive experiences, is opening soon in Orlando

FOOD+ DRINK

23 Fire starter

Ava MediterrAegean in Winter Park feeds those with a burning desire to feast and be seen 23 Recently Reviewed

Short takes from the month’s restaurant reviews

FILM+ MUSIC

35 On (small) Screens

Streaming premieres this week: The Kids in the Hall, Hacks, Our Father and more 36 Q-Burns’ abstract journey

How Michael Donaldson left global DJing behind to reconnect with music (and life) 39 This Little Underground

Local band Answers confound expectation with their heady take on “contemporary classical”

BACK PAGES

41 The Week

Our selections of things to do and see this week 43 Free Will Astrology Your horoscope for the week of May 11-17 43 Gimme Shelter Adopt spry senior dog Marnie and give her the loving home she has more than earned 45 Savage Love Open and shut, plus “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” 47 Classified advertisements

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