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Letter From the Editor Hello and thank you for picking up the August edition of LKLD! In this month’s issue, we take a look at the nonprofit, Top Buttons. Their work empowers women and teenagers to present their best self to the world. We meet the women behind it all and find out their inspiration. We also let you know how you can help to support this great cause. This was an inspiring story to work on!

We also meet with Benjamin from Honeycomb Bread Bakers and talk about his new space he will be opening up soon. He has perfected the classics that we all love and I can’t wait to grab a cup of tea at his new place. Congratulations & good luck to him!

In this issue, we also visit several new businesses including the new Union Hall and a sci fi themed candy store in Winter Haven. You can plan your month with our calendar and our picks for the Top Ten things to do in Lakeland, Orlando and Tampa.

This past month, we had the honor of attending the Florida Magazine Association’s annual Charlie Awards Gala. This year, Haven Magazine (our magazine for east Polk County) won three awards and I couldn’t be more proud of our team! Winning for Best Writing Feature (Skunk Ape written by Tara Crutchfield), Best Cover Photography & Best Advertisement for a Client (Steven Maynard & myself). This brings us to a total of six awards earned over the past three years. I humbly say that we are the most awarded magazine in the county, and we only plan to improve. Thank you to everyone that picks us up each month, and to all of our advertisers that support us. We can NOT do this without either of you!!

Keep tagging your photos with #lkldhaven and you might find yourself in the next issue!

Have a great AugustAmy Sexson Editor & Partner LKLD and Haven Magazines amy@havenmagazines.com

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AUGUST VOLUME 2 ISSUE 11 Publisher Chris Sexson Editor Amy Sexson Managing Editor Tara Crutchfield Contributing Writers Barry Friedman Photographers Amy Sexson Art & Production Manager Steven Maynard Ad Director Chris Campbell LKLD HAVEN is published twelve times a year by Destroyer Media Marketing.

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LOCAL NEWS WORDS Barry Friedman/LkldNow.com

Bonnet Springs: $1.3 Million Gift Starts Fund Drive

Dyslexics Beware: Nineteen61 Moves As 1916 Pub Opens

Same-Day Health Options Expanding

Lakeland Regional Health Plans CEO Transition

Florida Avenue Gets RR Crossing Warning Signs

A $1.3 million donation for a botanical garden and greenhouse at the planned Bonnet Springs Park kicked off a capital campaign aimed at raising $25 million. The donation was made by the family of Jack Harrell Jr. In addition, a new Friends of the Park campaign hopes to foster broad public support through $30 annual memberships. Park promoters target spring 2021 for opening, and estimate total costs at $110 million.

Foodies are unlikely to confuse Latin fusion cuisine with Irish pub fare, but it’s still amusing that 1916 Irish Pub was announced the same day that Chef Marcos Fernandez’ Nineteen 61 held its grand opening downtown.

The upscale eatery’s new home in the building that formerly housed Posto 9 seats three times as many diners as its former Dixieland location.

Meanwhile, the Irish pub is at least the fourth private purveyor running the kitchen, bar and catering at the city’s Cleveland Heights Golf Course Clubhouse.

Lakeland residents don’t have to look far to find a nearby center where they can get same-day health care. There are currently at least nine urgent care centers in town, including one, Med– Express, that hosted a grand opening last month at 3700 U.S. 98 N. Watson Clinic plans to break ground this month on an urgent care center at its Oakbridge location. In addition to typical walk-in clinic services, the new Watson center will offer some advanced diagnostic services such as CT scans and ultrasounds.

A change of command is in the works at Lakeland Regional Health, but it doesn’t take place for nearly a year and a half. Elaine C. Thompson, who has run the hospital since 2010, plans to retire at age 65 when her current contract ends Dec. 31, 2020.

The LRH board has already chosen her successor: Danielle Drummond, 42, currently senior VP and chief operating officer. Drummond previously worked under Thompson when she was president of a hospital in suburban Philadelphia.

Electronic signs that were activated last month on Florida Avenue flash warnings when downtown rail crossing barriers are about to go down.

Drivers can choose alternate routes or stay the course, according to a spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation, which funded the nearly $900,000 system, the first of its kind in the state. The new warning system is being watched by cities in other parts of Florida that have similar traffic tie-ups at train crossings.

City Sets Affordable Housing Strategy

Hospital Request Could Produce a Property Tax Hike

Two Groups Work On Park Name Compromise

Mobile App, Free Wifi Coming To Local Buses

Heritage Plaza Garage Project Closes Roads

While there’s no formal action yet, city commissioners have endorsed several steps designed to increase the pool of housing available for moderate-income families. Those include an appropriation of $250,000 that would help create a pool of money to be loaned to a developer to build affordable single-family and multi-family housing units on properties currently owned by the city or by the Community Redevelopment Agency. The city for the first time has placed a senior manager, Teresa Maio, in charge of affordable housing efforts.

Facing financial challenges, Lakeland Regional Health has asked the city of Lakeland to forego planned rent increases through 2025. If city commissioners approve the request, it would mean a $48.6 million revenue reduction over the next few years for the city and a possible property tax increase for residents. About onethird of the hospital’s lease payments subsidize city operations, and the rest goes into capital projects.

The African-American cavalry troops known as Buffalo Soldiers who camped on the shore of Lake Wire in 1898 are remembered by a historic marker on the Peachtree Street side of the lake. But Buffalo Soldier reenactor Richard Wilder wants a more significant commemoration, and he asked city commissioners to change the name of nearby Freedom Park to Buffalo Soldiers Park. The chief proponents of Freedom Park want to retain the name, so they’re meeting with Wilder to see if they can work out a compromise.

Lakeland buses are going high-tech.

New technology being introduced by the Citrus Connection will include a mobile payment app, a Smart Card tracking program that could save money for some passengers and a test of free on-bus wifi. Avail Technologies of State College, Pa., will make the app and Smart Card tracking available for free for the rest of its three-year contract with the transit system. Wifi will be tested on one bus for 90 days, and then the Citrus Connection board will decide whether to continue it and expand it to more buses.

Driving and parking are getting trickier near the construction site for the Heritage Plaza Garage. As August begins, streets on three sides are blocked: Kentucky and Tennessee Avenues between Lemon and Orange Streets, and Orange between Kentucky and Tennessee. Tennessee is scheduled to re-open mid-month.

Meanwhile, enjoy the show as large cranes hoist huge pre-made concrete panels from trucks that will rumble through downtown into September.

The garage is scheduled to open by the end of the year.

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LAKELAND TOP 10 10 3 2 SALSA DANCING Every Tuesday, 6:30-9 p.m.

Lakeland Salsa & Swing partner with the City of Lakeland to host dance socials every Tuesday night at the Lake Mirror Complex. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. is the Group Lesson, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. is Open Floor Dancing. General Admission — $5 (cash only please) www.lakelandsalsa.com

AUGUST 2ND FIRST FRIDAY: BACK TO SCHOOL August 2, 6-9 p.m. in Downtown Lakeland. Downtown shops and restaurants will be open late. Don’t miss the Makers Market, featuring local artists and creators, on North Kentucky Avenue and the Classy Car Show on Tennessee Avenue.

Family-friendly!

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SELWYN BIRCHWOOD August 16, 8-10 p.m. Union Hall, 1023 S Florida Ave, Lakeland.

Birchwood is among the most extraordinary young stars in the blues. Birchwood’s high-octane blues — at once deeply rooted, funky and up-to-the-minute — are played with passion and honest emotion. With his band feeding off his drive and exuberance, he rips out memorable guitar licks with ease, his soulful, vocals firing up the crowd. More info on FB @unionhallevents

ATHENA AWARDS August 20, 6-8:30 p.m., Haus 820. The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce hosts its Inaugural ATHENA Awards Presented by the Junior League of Greater Lakeland. The ATHENA Award honors women who strive toward the highest levels of personal and professional accomplishment, who excel in their chosen field, devote time and energy to their community and forge paths of leadership for other women to follow. Purchase tickets online. lakelandchamber.com

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VH-SWAN STORYTELLERS - “ALCATRAZ BADASS” ROBERT SCHIBLINE August 3, 5-6 p.m. at Swan Brewing. For this first installment of VH-Storytellyers, meet Robert “Banker Bob” Schibline, Alcatraz inmate 1355, as he tells the story of his life, crime and his connection to the most infamous prison escape in American history. Stay afterwards for a special Johnny Cash tribute performance by Sandy Back Porch. www.swanbrewing.com

TAPESTRY: LIVE TRIBUTE TO CAROLE KING + JONI MITCHELL TRIBUTE! August 17, 8 p.m., LkldLive, 202 N Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland.

Welcome Lakeland pianist/vocalist Nicole Celeste as she performs Carole King’s classic album Tapestry solo from start to finish.

Courtney Plummer will open the show with a special tribute to Joni Mitchell. www.lkldlive.com

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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC: AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM THROUGH THE FRENCH LENS August 10 - Oct. 13, Polk Museum of Art. This exhibition, drawn entirely from the collection of the Reading Public Museum, explores works to help tell the story of the new style of painting which developed at the end of the nineteenth century — one that emphasized light and atmospheric conditions, rapid or loose brushstrokes, and a focus on brightly colored scenes from everyday life. polkmuseumofart.org

FINE ART AT THE MAGNOLIA Aug. 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Aug. 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at theMagnolia Building, 702 E Orange St. Invitational Fine Art Show held annually showcasing 19 accomplished Fine Artists from across the state in a stunningly beautiful 2-day Fine Art Show held inside the lovely Historic Magnolia Building in downtown Lakeland’s garden & theater district. For more info please email Betsy Bohrer at betsy@thebohrergallery.com or find them on FB @FineArtMagnolia

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10-11 LEGOLAND FIRE SAFETY WEEKEND August 10 & 11, Legoland Florida.

Presented by the National Fire Protection Association, this entertaining and informative event teaches kids about fire safety with a variety of fun activities in the theme park, including a character experience with LEGO Max, a fire safety-themed scavenger hunt and a unique LEGO mosaic build.

Guests can snap a photo with LEGO City’s tallest firefighter! www.legoland.com

SWAN CITY IMPROV PRESENTS: MADE UP MUSICAL August 24, 7:30-10:30 p.m. at LkldLive, 202 N Mass.

Ave, Lakeland. One night, 2 completely improvised musicals.

Swan City Improv will take your suggestions and make 2 musicals on the spot. One at 7:30PM and one at 9:00PM. Come out ready to laugh as they sing songs, dance and have an all out great time! $10 for one show, or just $15 for both! www.lkldlive.com

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LAKE WALES ARTS COUNCIL

SHOOTOUT FOR THE ARTS

A Charity Clay Shoot Event Benefiting Fine Arts Education

SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2019 FLORIDA FFA LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTER 5000 FIRETOWER RD, HAINES CITY, FL 33844

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1-11 MYSTERY SKETCH THEATER

First Thursday of each month, 8 - 10p.m. at The Falcon Bar, 819 E. Washington St. A monthly live figure drawing session with models dressed as superheroes, burlesque performers, retro housewives or other pop culture outfits. $5, all skill levels welcome, bring your own supplies. (407) 423-3060 FB @ mystery sketch theater

TRACK SHACK’S CELEBRATION OF RUNNING 5K

August 17, 7:30 a.m. at Orlando Cultural Park, 530 East Princeton St. Presented by AdventHealth this kicks off the Florida running season. Children’s fun run at 8:45 a.m. Register at trackshack.com

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TWELVE ANGRY JURORS August 1-11, performed at the Orange County Regional History Center. A play about an 18-year old boy on trial for the stabbing and murder of his own father.

Twelve Jurors are shoved in a hot, bleak, room in mid-summer New York and tempers get short as the clock ticks and the temperature rises. (407) 937-1800 cfcarts.com

NASHVILLE NIGHT IN ORLANDO W/ KENT BLAZY AND CORY BATTEN

August 17, 7 - 11 p.m. at Harry Buffalo. A little bit of Nashville’s “Blue Bird Cafe” style to Orlando featuring Kent Blazy and Cory Batten in downtown Orlando for a unique songwriters round.

Advanced ticket purchase only.

More info on FB @nashvillenightinorlando

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ORLANDO WINE MIXER

August 2, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. at New Broad St. & Jake St. in Orlando.

Over 70 local artisans of all genres will display their art while guests shop and stroll through the heart of downtown Baldwin Park. baldwinparkevents.com

August 3, 3 - 7p.m. at Artisan’s Table, 55 W Church Street, Ste 128. Spend a late Saturday afternoon enjoying bottomless wine selections (and craft beer from Orange County Brewers) paired with delicious bites and 70s & 80s classic rock ballads. More info email hello@ growthmarketingfirm.com, (321) 594-8161, tickets at Eventbrite.

RAGTIME THE MUSICAL

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FIRST FRIDAY FESTIVAL

August 23 - Sept. 15 at the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden. Based on the novel “Ragtime” by E. L. Doctorow. At the dawn of a new century, in the melting-pot of New York City, a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant, and a daring young Harlem musician are brought together by the promise of the future. (407) 877-4736 gardentheatre.org

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August 27, 9:30 p.m. at Enzian Theater in Maitland. One of Wes Anderson’s first movies and our editor, Amy’s most favorite movie of all time. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray and Olivia Williams. 1998 Rated R. (407) 629-0054 enzian.org

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August 15, 5:30-8 p.m. at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Sanford. On the third Thursday of each month, the gates reopen, $5 admission, adults 21+ can stroll through the Zoo enjoying live music, purchase beer and wine, and meet animals up-close.

(407) 323-4450 centralfloridazoo.org

EPCOT INTERNATIONAL FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL

August 29 - Nov. 23. A celebration of global cuisines, music & more!

Explore international food kiosks, guest chefs, Marketplace additions and live music. Enjoy 87 days of Food & Wine, the longest the festival has ever run. Food & beverages sold separately. disneyworld.disney.go.com

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TAMPA TOP 10 3 OLIVIA PARKER: VANISHING IN PLAIN SIGHT

ZIP LINE ADVENTURE

Through August 31 at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in Tampa. View Parker’s interpretation of her husband John’s continual changes due to Alzheimer’s disease beginning with notes he would write to himself so he wouldn’t forget.

(813) 221-2222 fmopa.org

A 2.5-hour guided zip line adventure with 5 zip lines, numerous aerial adventure challenges, a 200’ suspension bridge crossing and wide open water views of Bayou Wilderness and Tampa Bay. Reservations required, ages 7+, groups welcome.

(813) 448-5635 zipontampabay.com

BOLTS BREW FEST

GOURMET FEASTIVAL

August 16, 7pm at Amalie Arena.

A three-hour event with craft beers from a variety of different local craft breweries, oversized games, Lightning personalities and more!

VIP experience available for additional charge. amaliearena.com

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August 22, 6-8:30pm at Armature Works. Enjoy signature dishes from Tampa’s finest restaurants, fabulous entertainment and an impressive silent auction and raffle.

Funds raised support The Helen Gordon Davis Centre for Women.

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DILLYDALLY WITH DALI

WORLDWIDE WEDNESDAY: JAPAN

Every Wednesday at noon at the Glazer Children’s Museum.

Learn about a different culture through activities, story time, and endless fun! (813) 443-3861 glazermuseum.org

LIVING HISTORY SATURDAYS

August 24, 12-3pm at the Tampa Bay History Center. Stories From a Battalion During the Great War. Through Kevin Gonzalez’s interpretation, discover how machine gunners lived, moved and fought during World War I, the impact they made, and how the technology has evolved. (813) 228-0097 tampabayhistorycenter.org

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August 3, 12-2:30pm at The Dali Museum. Children ages 4-11 can discover Dali through games, puzzles and arts + crafts activities which educate and encourage family interaction under the direction of the Museum’s Education Programs Associate in the 1st floor Stavros Education Center. (727) 823-3767 thedali.org

SUMMER POP UP AT ST. PETE SHUFFLEBOARD CLUB

August 25, 12-4pm. Indie Flea pop up with 60+ vendors and mobile shops, Shuffleboard, Brunch and Cocktails! Theindieflea.com

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August 10, 6:30pm at the Al Lang Stadium in downtown St. Pete.

Watch Tampa Bay’s professional soccer team and a member of the United Soccer League play against the Birmingham Legion FC. (727) 222-2000 rowdiessoccer.com

B-52s - 40TH ANNIVERSARY

August 28, 7pm at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater with special guests OMD and Berlin. Featuring songs like Rock Lobster and Love Shack, don’t forget to wear your dancing shoes and beehive wigs! rutheckerdhall.com

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WORDS Tara Crutchfield

Top Buttons designer thrift store manages to be both high-end and unpretentious. This balance is reflective of Top Buttons’ demographic – everyone. Powers said, “We want women of all economic backgrounds in here shopping, all shapes and sizes, all colors. We want it to be a place where women feel comfortable and no matter what their economic background is, that they are being blessed and they are both giving to, and receiving from. It’s really, pretty beautiful.”

“You are beautiful – but I’m sure that’s the least interesting thing about you.”

-Sarah Powers For many, Top Buttons is a trendy designer thrift and boutique where you can browse the racks for a new-toyou outfit. For around 300 girls a year, Top Buttons is an interview outfit, a bra that fits properly, an ensemble that resonates confidence and pride – Top Buttons is an incubator for self-worth. Their mission is not only to teach girls and women how to dress but to let them express their style in a contextually modest way by providing them the resources to do so.

You Are More Than Your Body Top Buttons founder and CEO, Sarah Powers has a deep-rooted passion for helping young people navigate their adolescent years. She acknowledges that as a teenager or young adult, there are so many things out of your control. Fluctuating weight, hormones, skin issues, home, and social lives, all the while on the precipice of adulthood, staring the rest of your life in the face is daunting. “Knowing my own personal struggle is one of the reasons why I’m so passionate about wanting to be an encouragement, a resource, and an educator for teenage girls specifically,” said Powers.

This 501(c)(3) faith-based nonprofit was opened in 2012, by Sarah Powers. “We provide confidence-building education and proper fitting attire to young women in need,” said Powers. “We exist to build up girls inside and out through our program.” Top Buttons currently works with 18 organizations from around Polk County like PACE Center for Girls, Girls Inc., Heartland for Children, Sheriff’s Youth Villa, and the Department of Corrections First Steps program.

Powers has a background in social work, with a degree in Human Services from Southeastern University. She is a writer, a teacher, a speaker, an empowerer of young women, and the mother of four. She’ll never forget the day she was standing in the checkout line of Sam’s Club, ultimately soul searching how she could best utilize her strength of connecting with young people, while not taking time away from her family. Her then 8-year-old daughter picked up a magazine with one of her favorite celebrities on the front. The celeb was dressed cute, but provocatively. A blurb on the cover mortified Powers.

Explicit wording that Sarah paraphrased in a much tamer way as, “How to have your best first time.”

Through their Boutique Program, Top Buttons Boutique and Designer Thrift Stores are open for public shopping.

The income from the Boutique Program goes back into funding their full-time charitable efforts with the Wearing Confidence Program. This program is for young women between 11 and 25 years old that are nominated by a “civic or religious organization targeting young women in need,” according to the Top Buttons website. Throughout the program, the girls receive faith-based educational sessions on topics such as “On the Job Attire,” “Cultural Impact on Clothing Ethics,” “Understanding Contextual Modesty,” and “Positive Body Image.” Paired with these educational sessions are: personal styling services, at least one wardrobe makeover with up to $75 of quality, proper fitting attire, new undergarments, bonus vouchers to receive more clothing based on need, a Top Buttons t-shirt, skincare and makeup tutorial, free makeup carefully selected for their skin tone, photoshoot with images to keep, and ongoing mentorship.

She returned without her daughter and purchased the magazine. She still has it. It’s a reminder of the messages girls and women are bombarded with at every turn from the fashion and media industries that their bodies are the most important things they have to offer the world. “I feel like we’re doing damage to our girls by sending them these messages that to get attention they have to put themselves out there provocatively,” she said. “That’s part of the inspiration and it fuels my passion for the work that we’re doing.”

The Lakeland shop opens into a cozy, airy boutique featuring modern, modestly on-trend pieces. Passing through the boutique down a few steps is the well-stocked thrift shop with garments like shorts, athletic wear, shoes, bags, dresses, special occasion, tops, plus size, and accessories including jewelry, scarves, and belts. “We call it designer thrift because we curate all of the racks with our girls in mind,” said Powers.

She wanted to counter these harmful messages with the notion that girls and women deserve a healthy self-image and the understanding that they are more than just their body. This idea bloomed organically according to Powers.

One thing after another “from the Sam’s Club incident to me praying and seeking the Lord for what he would have me do, to wanting opportunities for my daughters to incorporate a healthy principle in their life in a fun way,”

Top Buttons is picky about what they put out on their floor.

You will only find quality items, sans holes or stains. The

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confirmed to Sarah that fashion was going to be, “the tool that we would use to connect and inspire and equip and build up young women.”

She started Top Buttons in 2012 as a nonprofit, “presenting our positive body image and modesty message at local civic and religious organizations along with creating content for our online resources.” This included a fashion blog. Fashion blogging was booming at the time, but Powers didn’t see anyone doing it in a way that she felt would both be a good example and appeal to young people. There were extremes like the impeccablystyled blogs with no boundaries or at least no emphasis on contextual modesty. Then there were extremely modest sites that were well put together, but Sarah didn’t feel would speak to the majority of the youth. For this first year, she blogged while traveling locally to talk to young women about expressing themselves within the boundaries of contextual modesty. Her blogs and fashion-focused content were well received – the Top Buttons message was spreading.

In her local travels to speak, she had girls express to her that they would love to dress appropriately, but they didn’t have the money to buy the proper-fitting or modest attire.

“I never want to be someone who is talking at someone, telling them what they should do, without providing them the opportunity to do it.” Powers knew she had to put clothing in their hands. She began bringing clothing with her when she would talk to the girls.

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Focusing On Local Though Top Buttons still has an online presence, Powers said, “Our hearts and our time and energy are all local now and being a resource locally for girls.”

In 2015, Top Buttons had a fundraiser event to fund a brick and mortar store rather than taking clothes to the organizations. Having a store would eliminate the problem of lacking sufficient clothing to fit the sizing needs and style preferences of each girl. Top Buttons opened in Dixieland, they weren’t open to the public, just for the girls they served. Now, Top Buttons has two full boutique and designer thrift shops open to the public in downtown Lakeland and Bartow.

Wearing Confidence Program Young women enrolled in the Wearing Confidence Program come to the store in large groups for private shopping sessions. Each girl is matched with a personal stylist who helps to style them in the clothes that the girls will then take at no cost. They receive hair and makeup and even a professional photoshoot. Powers said, “We can serve them for specific things like job interviews, prom, special occasions or for every day,” she said.

The one on one attention the girls receive from their stylists is invaluable. More than stylists, they are mentors says Wearing Confidence Program Director, Emily Trivette.

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lives,” she said. Often shy and timid when entering the shop, the girls leave with bountiful confidence, knowing that Top Buttons is a safe place for them. “We just want to love on them and support them in whatever it is they feel they’ve been created to do,” said Trivette. As for the educational piece of the program, Trivette explained that through close relationships with the organizations they serve, Top Buttons has been able to tailor a curriculum of sorts around the needs and struggles of the girls.

Emily Trivette, whose daughter went to elementary school with Sarah’s daughter, watched Sarah go from carrying clothes out of the back of her car to now having several stores serving around 300 girls a year. Their daughters are now 15 with Trivette saying, “Having two teen girls ourselves and watching them be bombarded with messages that aren’t necessarily healthy, watching them struggle through their own temptations, is helpful to know what the girls could benefit from.”

Powers touched on one of the main points they convey to the girls – contextual modesty. “Contextual modesty is what we talk to the girls about because we know modesty is subjective to everyone, but most agree there are certain things that are appropriate for certain settings,” said Powers. With a job interview, for example, they talk to the girls about researching their potential employer for what dress requirements they might have. They can then use that knowledge as a basis to choose an appropriate, stylish, and well-fitted outfit to make the right impression for the interview. “We’re trying to help them understand that there will be opportunities for you to express yourself and show who you are, artistically through your clothing, but some environments have boundaries and there are requirements as far as dress for a reason,” said Powers.

“There will be places where they can show off their style in a greater way and other places where they have to tone it down a little bit.”

The girls not only receive this education when they’re in a styling session but also on a broader scale. Top Buttons

hosts “Building up Girls” educational events which are attended by 100-120 girls from the organizations they work with. “We talk to them about life skills, goal setting, effective communication, positive body image, how to dress on the job,” said Powers.

One thing she always tells the girls is, “You have so much more to offer the world than your bodies.”

Top Buttons is putting a contextually modest and stylish wardrobe in the hands of these girls. Powers explains, “If you want your employer or a young man, a future relationship, to value who you are in your mind, and your heart, your personality, your talents, your achievements, let’s not take away the attention from up here by focusing on your sexuality more than your achievements.” Top Buttons is constantly launching initiatives that could fill another need for their girls. A recent partnership with JOY FM fundraised money to provide new undergarments for the girls. Powers said that they have seen many girls and women come in with twisty ties used to tighten a poorly fitted bra, wearing their prison bra, or none at all.

Something as simple as a brand new bra, camisole, or pair of underwear is an underappreciated necessity if you’ve always had it, but a luxury if you haven’t.

For Girls Everywhere Big news for the east side of the county, Top Buttons is coming to Winter Haven! The nonprofit’s newest location will be opening at 226 W Central Avenue in downtown Winter Haven, with plans to open their doors

by September.

Even bigger news for Top Buttons and communities around the country, the nonprofit is ready to open affiliate locations. “From the beginning, it was a message for girls everywhere,” said Powers. In the past, they have met people and received requests from those interested in starting a Top Buttons in their community. Powers feels Top Buttons finally has the legal and financial framework

to start affiliate locations. “As cities around the U.S. focus on serving their local community using our model and our systems of operation,” said Powers, “I think that they too can have a really unique impact on their community.”

The first affiliate location is being opened by a couple in Tennessee – Top Buttons Nashville.

Top Buttons, whether it’s in Polk County or Nashville, isn’t about Sarah Powers. It’s about the girls. It’s about the message. “There is a great team of women and men that care very much about young women knowing their value and having the tools and resources – not just teaching, but the physical resources – to reflect who they are as a whole person without compromising their value,” said Powers in thanks to their community of over 60 volunteers. “We’re really grateful for the support of the community. We couldn’t do what we do without volunteers. We have some incredible people that come alongside us,” said Emily Trivette.

Powers knows what it’s like to need help – a reason she extends herself so much to others. As a single mom in her twenties, she needed people around, especially her mom, to encourage her, to let her know life is one day at a time, that she would get through it, and that someone was there to help her. “Had I not had her, I don’t know where I would be,” said the Top Buttons CEO. “I tell these girls that there is nothing wrong with needing help and accepting help.

I’m thankful that I’m in a position where I can offer help because people have been a help to me.” www.topbuttons.org 236 N Kentucky Ave. Lakeland, Florida 33801 160A East Summerlin St. Bartow, FL, 33830 (863) 220-2464

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PHOTOGRAPH Amy Sexson

The Future is Sweet The proprietor of Confection and self-described Candyman of Winter Haven Ivy Horn just opened what might be the coolest little candy shop anywhere across deep space. The sci-fi themed Confection Candy Shop, had its grand opening was July 17. A vision in silver, Ivy was surrounded by friends, family and excited community members, all there to celebrate this delicious addition to downtown.

Beyond the “Nebulous Blue” store exterior, he is the first thing to catch your eye. Perhaps followed by the old science fiction movies Ivy projects on the wall or her offerings of tin robot toys.

The shop’s walls and shelves are confettied by a rainbow of candies. A neon red sign, reading, “The Future is Sweet” hangs behind the counter. Even the trash bin is ready for a galactic mission – a white rocket-shaped Spaceboy.

“I love candy as much as all kids do I think,” said Ivy. “In the last five or six years, it’s become my thing.” Candy became a part of her identity. During her travels, she was always on the lookout for something she hadn’t tried before – her next favorite treat.

The wide-eyed wonderment of a kid in a candy store – that’s what the Confection owner was most excited for prior to opening. “Just seeing them experience everything and asking me questions about things, “whatever they come up,” she smiled.

Ivy grew up in Winter Haven, leaving for a time to live in Orlando. She moved back and has been working as a Wand Assistant in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios teaching the ins and outs of magic and spells. She still works her magic one day a week at the park.

The 27-year-old candy connoisseur has entertained a few studies of interest from Mandarin and women’s studies to film, writing children’s books to teaching. Among her studies, one of her favorite classes was a science fiction literature course at Polk State College. She described her professor, Mr. Junkins as an incredible teacher. The class’s exploration of pulp novels pushed her deeper into science fiction. This isn’t where her infatuation with the genre began though.

“I started watching Star Trek because it was on in the morning before high school,” she remembers. She devoured the original series and fell in love with the franchise. Now, Ivy can’t get enough of old horror and sci-fi flicks with The Twilight Zone being one of her favorites.

The Candy Concept Sitting around the dinner table with her parents, the conversation of what they would like to see in downtown Winter Haven came up. Chocolate! Her parents are very involved downtown, her mom, Anita, has had two shops downtown. When they asked if she would consider opening a candy store, the possibilities began to whirl around her mind. Her initial concept was a horror-themed shop called Confection Crypt. Searching for something a little more kid-friendly, she turned from the macabre to sci-fi. “I could do candy and science fiction together, merge both of those things and create a space that’s inspiring – something that you’ll always remember,” she thought.

Ivy wanted a flying saucer fixture for the store, but her attention quickly turned to robots. Perusing the internet for famous robot replicas like Robbie the Robot and Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still, she found a man named Fred Barton in California who makes them.

He sent over information about his work and there she found him, at the bottom of the sheet – Confection’s robot. The replica of a robot from the 1954 film, Target Earth, towers over 7-feet. She planned to integrate him into everything to do with the store, including the Confection logo. Her partner and mascot was soon on his way.

When asked his name, Ivy quipped, “He’s going to reveal his name to me very soon. We’re spending time together.” She did tell us what his name was not going to be. Amongst the rejects – Ringo, Bobby, and Lollitron. The two have since gotten to know each other and Winter Haven’s sweetest robot has introduced himself to be Zondar. havenmagazines.com

Little Surprises Around Every Corner Confection stocks a blissful mix of import and nostalgia candy, as well as craft chocolate. Each section of the store offers something different. Much like in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, you’re sure to find, “Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous.”

“I love import candy,” said the Winter Haven Candyman. Her sweet treats dot the map from the UK, Eastern Europe, and the Nordic regions. She has a selection from Japan and France, two countries she hopes to get more stock from.

As for the nostalgia side of things – lovers of Zotz, Zagnut Bars, and the like are in for a real treat, pun intended. Browsing the shelves with Confection’s adorable tiny red candy baskets in hand, you’ll also find fun sweets for the kids (or adults, we’re not judging) like 3D gummy monsters, gummy pizzas, and gummy take out.

Then, there’s the bean-to-bar craft chocolate. Ivy held up a bar with the name Frazer Nordi on it, a Sea Buckthorn & Salty Caramel flavor. “This is a line of chocolate bars inspired by the Nordic wilderness,” she said. She saw them set up at a market and was inspired by their clever look, wilderness vests and all.

Confection also boasts an exclusive selection from Castronovo, a chocolatier out of Stuart, Florida, considered to be a national leader in bean-to-bar craft chocolates. Other offerings come from the Nashville based Olive & Sinclair who produce duck fat caramels, smoked nib brittle, bourbon brittle, and craft flavors like salt and pepper chocolate.

The shop’s Sour Laboratory is run by mad scientist, Doctor Sisko. It displays an assortment of tart, vibrantly colored candy.

This area of the store is complete with bubbling vials, Formula Sours in test tubes and other brimming scientific equipment.

Asked what her most coveted candies are, Ivy said at the top of her list was MozartKugel. “It’s a truffle and it has pistachio flavored marzipan and chocolate.” She’s hoping to get some for the holidays. “It has a picture of Motzart on it, it’s beautiful,” she said. Next was none other than the brightly colored, tart Formula Sours at her store.

Halloween – The Most Sacred Candy Holiday Ivy’s favorite holiday? Halloween of course. “It’s like a candy harvest,” she said. In her spare time, she reimagines horror movie titles using candy lingo – Children of the Candy Corn, The Hills Have Buckeyes, The Texas Chick-O-Stick Massacre.

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Ivy wants Confection to not only be Winter Haven’s candy connection, but also a place of candy celebration. She’ll get the opportunity to play into her original “Confection Crypt” idea and maybe use a few of these titles to celebrate come October.

She has been compiling a 1930s and 40s vintage horror playlist that is scary, but still kid-appropriate.

Inspired by memories of laying out Halloween candy on the floor, meticulously dividing it up by category, and trading with her brother – Ivy has thought about hosting a candy trade at Confection for the kids.

Operation Candy: Phase II The candy store proprietor has a few eccentric and exciting ideas up her sleeve. “The thing about a candy store – you can be as weird and eccentric as you want. That’s why people liked Willy Wonka and why they wanted his candy so badly,” she smiled.

Once she’s settled in, her phase two plans involve cocktail and candy pairings. The Confection owner gave the community a taste of what that might be like at her grand opening, bringing in mixologist Justin Levaughn of The Courtesy Bar and also the Suffering Bastard Tiki Bar. She brought Levaughn candy for inspiration and asked him to create an accompanying menu.

He did not disappoint. The first, “Howard’s Old Fashioned” was a duck fat washed bourbon with Guyanese Cacao honey and bitters that could be paired with Olive & Sinclair Duck Fat Caramels. The “Venus Attacks” was a gin, almond cordial, passionfruit, lemon, orange blossom, and bubble cocktail – suggested to be paired with Formula Sours from Confection’s Sour Laboratory. A perfect pairing to Geisha candy was “Manfish” a vodka, macadamia, toasted coconut, palm sugar, and pineapple concoction.

Eventually, she’d also like a cotton candy machine to create custom blends. “Freshly spun cotton candy is just incredibly visual, everything about it,” she said. “You can get bell pepper cotton candy – or any flavor.” She hopes to introduce patrons to these types of wild flavors, while also offering the classics.

It’s only fitting that Ivy Horn’s favorite candy movie is 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. “The original [Willy Wonka] is everything I want this to feel like,” she said. “The sense of wonder and global panic over candy, like with the Wonka Bars – that’s what I really love.”

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Florida Men Discuss Florida Man He chalks up the Florida Man obsession to unpredictability. Out of the 30+ episodes that have aired so far, his favorite is the one on the Barefoot Mailmen because it’s something that couldn’t happen anywhere else. These men had to traverse miles of beaches and swamps just to get mail from one place to the next, and much of this walking was done barefoot since getting sand and water in your shoes isn’t so pleasant.

“If it is your time, you will be Florida Man,” claimed Josh Mills when asked what makes Florida Man such a force to be reckoned with.

Mills cohosts the Florida Men on Florida Man podcast alongside Wayne McCarty and Cameron Hayes. Each week, the trio recounts moments from Florida history, either old or recent, making sure to include some crazy headlines along the way.

“The need for a barefoot mailman is dictated by Florida’s unique geography, which is what makes it so interesting to me,” he claims.

The three Florida men have been following creative endeavors together since their 20’s, starting out by touring together in a band. After settling down to have families, they still needed to have some sort of creative outlet. From this came the idea to make a podcast, but what topic to cover was still undecided.

Wayne believes that Florida Man is so well-known because of Florida’s Sunshine State law, which allows journalists to have access to police reports immediately. This means that stories are often composed of fresh information that may not be completely accurate and may require further information. This leads to bizarre headlines that might not exist if more investigation was done first. He also thinks that there now exists a trend to write Florida Man stories, given the popularity.

“We originally wanted to do stories from private school since we were all brought up in private schools,” said cohost Wayne, “but we worried that it wouldn’t be a sustainable topic.”

This is when Josh came up with the idea of Florida Man. Unlike private school stories, Florida Man stories come from a seemingly-endless well; new ones crop up several times a week, and old ones go back several-hundred years.

On top of that, Florida Man is known throughout all of the United States and even in other countries.

The current obsession with Florida Man is working out well for the trio, though. Their first episode aired in November 2018, and since then they have aired more than 30 episodes. By the third month of producing the show, the podcast had subscribers in every U.S. state. In March, their international subscriber count blew up.

“He’s kind of a mythical creature,” McCarty claims.

And subscribers have a lot to look forward to. The podcast recently started a series of Disney episodes that will air every few weeks. Listeners also get to hear guests from both Lakeland and other cities in Florida.

Sometimes referred to as “the Australia of the United States,” Florida has a reputation for being full of dangerous animals and crazy people. This reputation helps build a Florida Man mythology that people can’t get enough of. Many times, news stories from Florida go viral in the rest of the country simply because of this Florida Man obsession.

Josh hopes that this podcast will not only highlight Florida Man’s antics, but will also expose people to all of the great things that have come from the sunshine state, “we may actually make a small positive difference for Florida.”

“We’ve had Florida Man stories from every age and demographic that have the wildest scenarios that no one could make up,” says cohost Cameron, “and they all come from Florida.”

The Florida men air new episodes of FMoFM every Wednesday at midnight. Episodes can be found on Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and fmofm.com.

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WORDS Tara Crutchfield

JJ Grey & Mofro Coming to Jessie’ s “I am hopeful for where I’m goin’ But I belong in the South That was where I was born a po’ boy Livin’ life like there’s no end in sight Even so I’ve done without Brighter days where did they go” -JJ Grey

Between their runs up and down the east coast, playing big venues in the sunshine state like House of Blues Orlando and Jannus Live in St. Pete, they’ll be stopping in Winter Haven thanks to Loftus. “That’s another one that we’ve been trying to nail down for a few years and it finally happened for us – we’re excited about that,” he said.

Each of the past two JJ Grey & Mofro concerts saw over 1000 people flock from out of county to rock out downtown.

Throughout this jam-packed weekend, Loftus expects over 2000 people in attendance. These types of shows are an asset to the community, doing their part to make an economic impact says, Loftus. Folks come for the music and spend money at local stores, restaurants, and businesses while they’re here. Jessie’s currently has an application in with the county to allocate tourism dollars to help fund these pricey productions.

Several streets in Winter Haven will be shutting down for the bluesy swamp rock stylings of JJ Grey & Mofro on Saturday, September 7, followed by the 90’s inspired jams of Badfish a Tribute to Sublime with special guests, The Supervillains on September 8.

For years, Jessie’s Booking and Events Manager, Robbie Loftus tried to get JJ Grey & Mofro’s booking agent to take a chance on the venue. His tenacity paid off as this will be the band’s third time performing at the Winter Haven bar. Setting up events for swaths of people is something Loftus is quite familiar with. Coming from an event background on a pro wakeboard tour, booking and orchestrating gigs fits into his skill set perfectly. He enjoys what he does.

The ticketed events will be on Avenue A, facing Jessie’s with the surrounding intersections of Avenue A and 3rd Street closed off. Loftus says parking won’t be difficult to come by with plenty of surrounding on-street parking and the parking garage only a few blocks away. Loftus expects to have three food trucks over the weekend. Adler’s will be onsite serving up some of Winter Haven’s tastiest burgers and the other two food trucks have yet to be confirmed.

Known for his “blue-collared spirit over the bone-deep grooves of his compositions,” according to his website, JJ Grey has amassed millions of views on his performances on YouTube.

Loftus described Grey’s sound as a sort of “Florida southern swamp rock” and said it’s not rare to hear someone playing “Lochloosa” or “Brighter Days” on the jukebox at Jessie’s.

While you’re at the concert, be sure to check out Jessie’s brandnew sign – a neon double-sided Fender guitar sporting their name.

The Jacksonville native’s stage presence is said to be “something startling and immediate, at times a funk raveup, other times a sort of mass-absolution for the mortal weaknesses that make him and his audience human.” Videos of his live performances depict a soulful Grey crooning to an invested crowd of fans, immersed in the music.

November 16 will be another weekend to mark on the calendar.

Molly Hatchet and Someday Honey will be taking the stage at Jessie’s. The day prior to that show, Loftus would like to take advantage of the set up by holding a free-to-attend concert showcasing local bands. More information will be available closer to the date of the concert.

Badfish a Tribute to Sublime was another big catch, excuse the pun, for Jessie’s. A bio for the group reads, “What separates Badfish from other tribute bands is that they have replicated Sublime’s essence, developing a scene and dedicated following most commonly reserved for label-driven, mainstream acts.

Badfish makes their mark on the audience by playing with the spirit of Sublime. They perform not as Sublime would have, or did, but as Badfish does.”

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WORDS Tara Crutchfield

PHOTOGRAPH Amy Sexson

Honeycomb Bread Bakers Lakeland’s Benjamin Vickers thought he’d go to college for English Lit and become a “bookish academic” type. His hobby for home baking for his friends and family slowly took center stage. He called his parents one day and said, “I’m going to New York for culinary school, guys.”

He was accepted into the Culinary Institute of America in upstate New York for a slot opening three weeks later. “It was a whirlwind starting out, but I haven’t looked back since,” said Vickers. Benjamin did his externship at Manhattan bakery, Dominique Ansel. He was even part of the team that brought into being the popular croissant, donut hybrid – the cronut.

After graduation, he was invited to work at a high-end catering service in Ithaca, New York. The business catered many of the galas and banquets for nearby Cornell University. The company didn’t have a pastry or dessert program at the time Vickers joined them. Fresh out of culinary school he stepped up to help them build one from the ground up.

He catered many weddings and banquets at first. With an understanding that dessert and cake were the most in-demand pastry jobs, he knew he wanted to be a bread baker. He said, “The rest of my journey was kind of carving out that career.”

He thought, “How can I make bread relevant and monetize it so that it’s worth something to somebody?”

The next stop in his bread baking journey lay in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains at world-renowned Blackberry Farm in Maryville, TN. There, he was able to foray from desserts into bread. Benjamin remembered fondly, “We would bake bread all night and then we had these little golf carts and would go down these twisting paths through the farmlands to deliver to all the houses and restaurants. You’d see the sun rising over the mountains and all the sheep as you’re driving your little bread cart.”

Down to visit his parents and attend his brother-inlaw’s birthday party – Vickers got his next pastry gig by happenstance while out to dinner at Nineteen61. Chef Marcos needed a pastry chef, and there was Vickers. He became the pastry chef for Chef Marcos and worked about 2 and a half years. He started his cottage food business making bread, Honeycomb in February of 2018, though Honeycomb’s official birthday is October of that year. He joined Catapult and began selling at the Lakeland Downtown Farmers Curb Market a month later.

The baker is glad to be back home. He’s seen Lakeland transform since his high school years into something special.

He said, “There are so many interesting people that are really pushing, ‘how can we improve our town and how can reinvest in our city?’” He also couldn’t fathom living away from his parents who he loves dearly. He lives 10 minutes away from them. If he’s struggling with something he knows that he can say, “Mom, let’s go watch Jeopardy together,” he smiled. “I could talk forever and ever about my parents,” he said. “Their philosophy of parenting is ‘You stand on my shoulders so that you can reach higher than I can reach.’” No doubt that’s part of the reason for Vickers’ soaring baking career.

That also means he’s only ten minutes away from his sweet Millie, a 15-year-old Border Collie/ Spaniel mix. She might be the most popular member of Team Honeycomb according to Benjamin. In his weekly newsletter detailing his farmers market menu, he includes staff picks – things that are interesting to them that week. Millie always gets a staff pick right along with them.

“Our first day was one loaf of bread to Concord,” he remembers. Word spread, and Vickers began to realize just havenmagazines.com

how much of a need there was for quality bread from an honest source.

“That’s one of the things that I’m trying to cultivate – a brand on one hand that is really accessible because bread should humble, it shouldn’t be too expensive or unattainable. It should be easy to find and delicious and nutritious and fill your belly,” said Vickers. Bread should also come from a brand you trust and believe in. “When people see the little gold bee, it should have a resonance or a meaning.”

Even before he truly knew he wanted to be a baker, as a kid Benjamin Vickers envisioned a bakery called Honeycomb. “I’ve always had this kind of affinity with bees as a symbology, […] they kind of represent a place where the natural, wild world meets the more rigorous and architectural world which as an aesthetic, I’ve always really liked,” he said.

“With our bread, for example, I love the kind of wild and rustic – it is what it is, but also, we do a lot to make it have a beautiful ear and a nice golden crust and it’s a certain shape and everything is precisely measured. When those two things meet, I think that’s a nice sense of beauty,” he said. “Also, Honeycomb in bakery parlance, when you slice a loaf of bread and you see that kind of whirl pattern of air bubbles – bakers call that the honeycomb. Whenever it’s properly fermented it should be a nice open honeycomb.”

It was important to Vickers to pay homage to the tradition of bread baking. The version of bread that Honeycomb produces is only slightly modernized from the ancient Greeks according to Benjamin. “What I love about us being one tiny piece of that long timeline is that it’s not necessarily about reinventing the wheel,” he said. He isn’t looking for a gimmick, he simply wants to do his part to make the simple staples incrementally better over time – a blip in bread’s evolution.

Honeycomb’s most popular items are their Country Sourdough, followed by their Wild Maine Blueberry Muffin.

Among the many things that make his muffins stand out are the small Maine wild blueberries he uses. He said they grow wild in bushes on the sides of the road there. They are notably smaller than Florida’s plump blueberries that tend to hold more water. These berries offer a sweet, tart, “punch of flavor” says the baker. “We have to bend over backwards to get these berries, but it is so worth it.”

All of Lakeland is a-buzz about Honeycomb’s partnership with Jenna O’Brien, owner of Twenty Seven Creative. Vickers and O’Brien though with vastly different ventures seem to have found the perfect retail marriage. The two businesses will share a brick and mortar space at 213 E. Bay Street in Lakeland on the corner of Kentucky and Bay. A former stain glass window shop according to Vickers, the window elements are stunning, complemented by historic exposed brick wall. A beautiful second-floor mezzanine overlooking the downstairs will feature bistro seating for guests to enjoy a pick-me-up. With renovations underway, Vickers and O’Brien also plan for a garden/ patio area outside in the ally.

Though not set in stone, the two hope to stagger their openings in August.

O’Brien says she has always dreamt of a brick and mortar store. “I think there is such great value in meeting customers face to face. It’s wild that it’s happening. I thought it would be years down the road - but instead, it’s happening now!” She’s most excited to be there every day. “I am thrilled to be a fulltime art spot, meet my customers, and take care of the store every day!”

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Vickers said he and O’Brien came to the same career crossroads at the same time. “It was this kind of nice, serendipitous thing,” he said.

O’Brien remarked, “Benjamin said “yes” to me when we didn’t know each other very well, didn’t have much of a plan, and weren’t even sure we could get the space. He’s a big dreamer and I am too. When I took him to see the building, I watched the same hope appear in his eyes that I felt too. Now we’ve developed a friendship and I’m so excited to be working with him on the daily. We think my paper goods and his spectacular menu were just a perfect match for Lakeland.”

With the opening of the downtown storefront, Honeycomb will simultaneously be opening a second location purely dedicated to wholesale production. A side of the business that is spreading like wildfire, with clients from Concord, Hillcrest, Red Door, Cob & Pen, to Nutwood, and Mr. Fish, Benjamin needs to space to serve everyone in demand of his delicious goods.

Though he will be a busy bee running two locations, Vickers plans to continue selling at the farmers market saying, “Every one of our guests I have this sense of duty towards them I guess.

They really rely on us to provide them their weekly bread. I don’t want to let them down.”

To start, Honeycomb will offer hot and cold coffees and teas including a full-service option for both. Vickers says he is leaning more into the tea. His mother’s family is from England and across Europe, so he’s selecting tea brands that he grew up with like Harney & Sons and Twinings.

Also on the menu are all of his usual suspects and a substantial breakfast offering including the likes of quiche and gluten-free granola with Greek yogurt, local honey, and fresh fruit. Vickers plans to ease this largely continent breakfast menu into more brunch and lunch options later.

On the horizon, upon growing with this space, Vickers one day envisions a larger wholesale bakery and eventually a standalone flagship store serving European style bistro cuisine utilizing his breads.

Above all, Benjamin said, “My dream is to serve people, and fill their bellies, and make good bread.”

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Lillet Rosé Martini 2 ounces Lillet Rosé ½ ounce vodka ¾ ounce lemon juice ½ ounce St. Germaine ½ ounce simple syrup Lemon peel In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all ingredients except lemon peel. Shake well, and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Twist the lemon peel over the drink to release its oils, then discard peel.

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WORDS Tara Crutchfield

PHOTOGRAPH Amy Sexson

Union Hall Lakeland’s live entertainment is bursting at the seams and they have a new stage on which to belt a note or tell a joke.

Dan Signor, a noteworthy musician himself, conceptualized Dixieland’s Union Hall as a premier event space for the community and a stepping stone for local up and comers.

Signor moved to Lakeland from the Hudson Valley area of upstate New York fifteen years ago. He started playing at many of the local clubs and even some of the restaurants that at that time didn’t offer live entertainment. Over those 15 years, Signor saw the demand for live music grow. Moving on from local gigs, he began to take his act on the road. He traveled to play his music – even on cruise ships.

Union Hall is Born As a husband and a father to three, Signor found himself with the desire to exchange his travels for a more locally rooted music career. Signor and wife Raena most recently welcomed six-month-old son Hudson into the world. The pair also have two daughters, Aaralyn 9 and Doña 14. Their oldest attends Harrison School for the arts and has made quite a reputation for herself as a local singer according to her dad.

The father and daughter have performed together at LKLD Live. The duo now has a new stage to share – Union Hall.

“With a growing thirst for it and a growing need for it, there’s not really a platform for it here in Lakeland,” said Signor about Lakeland’s live music scene.

He applauded LKLD Live’s contribution to the local live entertainment, adding that he wanted a bit of a different vibe.

He envisioned a bar and lounge space with live music four to five nights a week. “I wanted to build the venue that wasn’t here when I was playing a lot. I wanted to build the venue that I never had basically,” he said.

From the initial concept to opening the doors took roughly 18 months. The space was previously a Truly Nolen Pest Control building. “We started with a shell and built it all out. When we pulled down the sheetrock and saw this exposed brick, we thought it would be perfect for that urban sort of environment,” said Signor. The exposed terracotta bricks were significant for more than the raw character and radiating warmth they add to the room. The bricks were built for a New York college in the 1920s, Cooper Union. The name Union Hall was only fitting.

The venue’s grand opening party was held on May 24th, earlier this year. The 3000 square foot entertainment space can host 125-150 people seated or 249 people standing.

The patio area, displaying their signature mural by Carroll Design Co., brilliant greenery, and picnic tables built around trees can hold an additional 80. Signor plans to further utilize their outdoor space which already has a PA system, by adding screens. Food trucks are on-site every day they are open so guests need not leave the party to grab a bite.

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Though the pulse of Union Hall is music, it is also an appealing option to rent out for your next event. “It’s a great space,” said Signor. “It lends itself well to any sort of reception, private function, business meeting, or whatever you want to do.”

The entire venue can be reserved or space can be sectioned off by curtains, and certain areas including the patio can be rented individually. Union Hall has a full liquor license and a preferred vendors list. “We can be a one-stop-shop for planning your whole party from the florist to a twelve-piece band,” said Signor.

Music at the Forefront It was important to Signor not only to spotlight the established talent but to also give a platform to those coming up. “I want to help catapult them to a point that took me a long time [to reach],” he said.

It took him a while to make a living from playing music. “If I can take the new artists and get them to that point quicker, time will be on their side,” he said. “I like to see people fly – spread their wings and go.”

Discussing Lakeland’s current music scene, the Union Hall founder mentioned Sheldon Benjamin, Anisette Mayer, and Sumner Curtis, saying, “It’s very soulful, folky, singer/ songwriter stuff that’s really quality. It needs to be brought to a different platform rather than in the corner of a bar somewhere where everyone’s talking and not listening to the music.”

Walking through the doors of Union Hall, the room shotguns directly to the stage, drawing your attention and holding it on the talent. Only time will tell what budding musicians came from “the corner of a bar somewhere” to have their metamorphosis on that stage.

Along with the emergence of this soulful folk music, the owner said that blues, funk, and rock have seemed to work well in their space.

Every Wednesday, Signor hosts their Open Mic Night. “Right now it’s a lot of fun. It’s a jam night – people come up, they play, we collaborate,” he said. Signor described it as having become somewhat of a music mecca where people come to meet other musicians and even form bands.

He said, “My vision for that is for it to become more of an artist spotlight than a regular open mic.” Signor would love to see it evolve into an organized spotlight, designating half-hour sets to artists who return week after week and resonate with the community.

Thursday’s are a bit of a mixed bag with events from Boozy Bingo, solo artists, game show night, or karaoke. The first Friday of every month has become their comedy series with bigger shows happening on the weekends.

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Not even a year old yet, Signor said he had no clue Union Hall was going to gain favor in Lakeland as quickly as it did. “I’m fortunate to have the supporters and followers that I’ve had just from playing who are also supporting me in this endeavor.

It has taken off exponentially better than I thought it would,” he said. “We’re still the shiny penny, the new kid on the block, but I think if I continue to bring more quality entertainment here, it will build and snowball into something and hopefully put Lakeland on the map for live entertainment.”

Union Hall Unionhallevents.com bookunionhall@gmail.com (863) 999-1013 FB @unionhallevents IG @unionhallevents A Look at August: Aug. 1 – Ani and the Flyboys Aug. 2 – TL Jentgens Aug. 3 – HoneyWhat Aug. 10 – Ari and the Alibis Aug. 16 – Selwyn Birchwood Aug. 17 – The Black Honkeys

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PHOTOGRAPH Jordan Weiland Photography

Loud Life Productions What does it mean to live loudly? Perhaps it’s using art to heal, or embracing the fact that you’ve “always been extra,” or using your film or photography to start a conversation. For husband and wife, Jamie and Natalya Clemens, living loudly meant starting an award-winning video production company to tell the stories of brands and people who are doing the same.

The pair started Loud Life Productions in January of 2016.

Jamie has been into video production since high school. “I remember thinking ‘This is a lot of fun – I can make things interesting and energetic and fun,’” he said. “It really engaged my mind. As soon as I got done shooting something, I just wanted to go and edit it.” A source of instant gratification, he liked creating something that others would enjoy.

His first job in video production was filming projects on-staff at a West Palm Beach construction company. His work in the industry extends beyond borders. Clemens has completed projects in Costa Rica with Natalya, as well as in the Dominican Republic and Cuba.

Jamie described Natalya has an avid reader and writer. A coowner of the company, she also plays the role of producer and director on many of their projects. “She’s actually more into story and storytelling than I am,” said Clemens, “When she grew up, all she wanted was a typewriter, so she could sit next to a window and write short stories.”

The family moved from West Palm Beach to Lakeland four months after starting LLP at the suggestion of good friend and fellow entrepreneur/ video maker, Andy McEntire.

McEntire, who owns Indie Atlantic Films and Concord Coffee, has been an encouraging force for Clemens. Indie Atlantic, NFocus Studios, and others in the industry locally have all been supportive. “That’s one thing about the video industry, especially in Lakeland is that everybody, for the most part, is super helpful,” He said. “While it is competitive, we’re all cheering each other on – it’s a great thing.”

As soon as they moved, Jamie and Natalya joined Catapult and set out to become plugged into the city. “Luckily, it’s a shallow pool, you can touch the bottom pretty quickly, which is great. We needed a city like that where, if you wanted to have coffee with your mayor, you could set it up,” said Jamie.

They have since plugged–in to Lakeland’s growing, tight-knit community – growing their business within it.

Helping Brands Become ‘The Guide’ The technical side of video can be uncomfortable, costly, and generally not enjoyable for a business. Loud Life set out with a simple mission, “Let’s make this enjoyable for everybody.”

Loud Life Productions has a portfolio boasting clients from CenterState Bank, Bank of Central Florida, Keller Williams, to Gate Arty, One More Child, and Catapult.

They started out doing B2B projects for small business, now working more with agencies and marketing teams. Though agencies and marketing directors may be more comfortable

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with the technical aspects than most, Clemens said, “We still want them to feel like that experience with Loud Life Productions they felt very communicated to, very catered to, and felt confident where they’re spending their money.”

An intentional focus of the production company currently is brand commercials. “What sparked my interest in brand commercials was a project we did last year for a realtor, Gate Arty,” said Jamie.

Arty hired LLP to produce a brand commercial for his team. The video went on to earn the production company a Golden ADDY Award from the American Advertising Federation. (Loud Life won a Silver ADDY the same year for their video “Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) | Join The Movement”).

“I realized taking someone whether they make coffee mugs or sell houses, you can still write a script and film them in such a way that doesn’t make them feel salesy and gimmicky,” said Clemens. “The best brands talk about their users – Subaru, Nike, Apple.”

Citing author and business owner Donald Miller and his book, “Building a StoryBrand,” Clemens explained, “You have a character who has a problem, who meets a guide, the guide gives them a plan, then calls them to action, then there’s a climactic point, and it either ends in success or failure.”

“That’s how a typical story arc goes and if you break that framework, oftentimes people don’t care to finish that story because that’s how you keep people intrigued.”

Helping brands to establish themselves as that guide to their audience is both challenging and fun according to the producer. To that end, consulting with clients is a large portion of the work they do. To get to the bottom of what message needs to be conveyed and how to achieve it through a video begins with a lot of questions. Loud Life uses the information they learn from consulting with a client – who their audience is, when and why they’re watching that video, and what they would ideally do with that information – to ask questions and simplify the message to find the most easily digestible and compelling way to communicate it.

Loud Life People Marketing and branding aren’t the sole focus of the production company. “We made the company Loud Life because we wanted to tell the stories of people who we felt live life loud,” said Jamie, discussing a series of artist spotlight videos they’ve produced.

Through the series called “Loud Life People”, LLP has artfully and impactfully told the stories of a few fascinating people.

They illuminated Josh ‘Bump’ Galletta’s story of turning to art after a traumatic accident and now using his creativity to make a living. Also featured was photographer Jordan Weiland and her show “Women in Beauty.” Her project was an extension of the conversation surrounding how beauty is defined, a

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reflection of beauty ideals and standards, and a call to all women to love themselves – flaws and all.

Lindsay Johnson is a gypsyesque fire dancer, performer, artist, and all-around “extra” person. The Clemens’s knew Johnson from West Palm Beach. “We felt like, here’s a woman who feels empowered to be her best self and doesn’t want to fit into a single mold and is going to make a living being who she is,” said Jamie, adding, “We wanted to tell her story and show off something really fun and cinematic.”

Another Loud Life People feature followed, Kevin and Teresa O’Brien. Kevin made the film joining the conversation between the church and the LGBTQ community titled “At the End of the Day.” Teresa, who worked with her husband on the film, has since become the newest member of the Loud Life Productions team as a producer. According to an LLP social media post, Teresa’s experience “specializes in coordinating large-scale events, producing digital streaming content and most recently a feature film.” The post went on to say that they couldn’t be more excited to have her join them.

What’s Next What does the future have in store for Loud Life Productions?

“We really value repeat clients. Mainly because the more you work with somebody, the more you understand them, their brand AND their audience. We also find that one video is rarely the key to their messaging; it needs constant attention,” said Clemens. “We want to work along clients long term as a part of their strategic planning in their overall marketing plan.”

Clements also recognizes the need for brands to put out a “message void of their brand” and would love the opportunity to partner with a brand “who tells in-depth stories about their audience” in a mini-doc format.

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PHOTO Black Skimmer by Adam Strang Bass

Adam Strang Bass A Florida Wildman in spirit (and Instagram handle), Adam Strang Bass captures timeless shots of old Florida in the name of preservation. His images are striking. Photographs that are in and of themselves an argument for protecting our wild state. Bass has a knack for capturing moments seldom seen or at least seldom appreciated by modern man – the speckled golden gaze of an alligator contrasted by it’s dark scaled armor, a black and white shot of sand, freshly slickened by a receding wave being watched over by a cascade of clouds bursting with sunlight, a pelican flying low, its reflection mirrored in the unbroken glassy ocean surface.

Bass was born and raised in Winter Haven. He, wife Kim and two children, six-year-old Max and three-and-half-year-old (going on fifteen, he joked) Haddie moved out to Lake Pierce about six months ago – an idyllic homestead for the hunter, fisher, nature photographer. “It’s awesome because now I’m right there where I want to be – I can walk out back and take pictures of wood ducks anytime I want,” he said.

His time not shooting wild Florida is spent helping farmers with crop insurance as an agent for Carden & Associates Insurance Agency in Winter Haven. A true outdoorsman, Adam enjoys boating, fishing, and duck hunting. “Usually I’ve got my sidekicks by my side. I enjoy taking my kids out and showing them the woods, showing them the water,” he said. One of his little sidekicks, son Max, has picked up his dad’s affinity for photography. “I gave him one of my old cameras,” said Bass.

“My son, I think just wants to be with Daddy all the time which I’m thrilled about.” Adam even started an Instagram for Max’s photography, @maxbass863.

An Outlet “I’ve always been into art. My mom got me into art when I was a kid – she’s very artistic,” said Bass. Growing up, Adam would draw and paint. He loved it so much he almost attended art school. His career trajectory turned following 9/11 when he decided to join the Marine Corps. Bass served in the Marine Corps from 2004 to 2012. His time in the service included two tours in Iraq, in the Al Anbar Province. “It was a good experience,” he said. “I made some great brothers over there and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

His first exposure to photography was the stark black and white landscapes of beaches, everglades, ancient cypress trees and Florida wilderness shot by Clyde Butcher. He had Butcher’s prints hanging up in his room growing up. Bass, influenced by Butcher’s work, said, “Clyde Butcher, in my opinion, is one of the best photographers of all time.”

Three or four years ago, Bass felt he needed an outlet – he wanted to get back into art. He discovered Paul Marcellini, another Florida wildscape photographer, who has since become one of his favorites. Seeing Marcellini’s work gave Bass the nudge he needed to pick up the camera.

“It’s an addiction for me now, I enjoy it – trying to capture that perfect shot,” he smiled. When he began his photography, Bass said, “I kind of went out and [shot] whatever I saw. Now, I’ve gotten much more methodical about it.” He went from “spray and pray” to finding that perfect image. He scouts places to photograph and sets up, waiting for the right lighting or for an animal to come along and complete the scene.

Spending so much time off the beaten path, he’s been witness to scenes akin to a religious experience. One such spot, which he described as “overwhelming nature” is Lake Marion Creek.

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spot.” His absolute favorite place to shoot his photography is right here in Polk County where he grew up, where he’s raising his family – where his heart is. He quotes Clyde Butcher, “I have always felt that your best photographs are taken in surroundings near to your heart.”

Lake Pierce, the Kissimmee River Valley, Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek, and Lake Hatchineha are also frequently visited areas for the photographer. The palm trees and salt marshes of Crystal River in Homosassa call to him as well. His more recent affinity for the sea turtle has him heading south for Jupiter and Fort Pierce. “Right now, I’m kind of fascinated with sea turtles,” he said. “I’m trying to get long exposure night shots of them while they’re laying their eggs.”

“Keep Florida Wild” In September, the public will have the opportunity to admire and purchase Bass’s work at his nature photography exhibit at the Lake Wales Arts Center. This will be his first showing at a formal gallery. In June he had a successful pop-up exhibit at Grove Roots Brewing Co. The exhibit, titled “Keep Florida Wild” will commence Lake Wales Arts Council’s 2019-2020 Exhibit Series. Executive Director of the Lake Wales Arts Council Andrew Allen was introduced to Bass’s photography through artist and, Blair Updike.

“Needless to say, I was BLOWN AWAY by his work. He’s a master photographer and I knew that his art would resonate with our community. Adam’s a natural fit for the Lake Wales Arts Council’s exhibit series,” said Allen. He described Adam’s photography as “visually stunning,” adding, “He has been able to capture the natural beauty of our local wildlife.”

The exhibit is themed around the conservation of Florida’s wild spaces. Bass said, “One thing I’m very passionate about is preserving our wild spaces here because they’re rapidly disappearing.” He humbly hopes that by showing off the grandeur of primordial Florida through his photography, people will be more inclined to protect it. “Not too many people have been that close to a wood stork,” he said, pointing to a large print on his office wall. “They might have seen them on a golf course, but they haven’t seen them out in a swamp in the Everglades Headwaters.”

“My work, I like to think maybe it’s going to help. I don’t know if that’s true or not,” he said, “but maybe [it will] just paint a picture for people that this is what’s out there and this is what’s worth protecting.” A reception for the exhibit will be held on September 19, 2019, from 5:30 – 7pm in the Michael Crews Gallery with an open bar and food available. Admission is free to the public. The exhibit will be on display from September 20 through November 8, 2019.

Conservation Adam doesn’t take photos to make money, but he is happy to sell his prints. To him, photography has become an intrinsic passion, an addiction. “It helps center me,” he said. His work will be available for sale at his LWAC exhibit as well as on his website. Conservation of the untamed beauty of the sunshine state is so important to the photographer that he donates 15% of the proceeds from each sale to The Florida Wildlife Corridor, a non-profit organization founded by another photographer he admires, Carlton Ward.

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and waters that supports wildlife and people. Using a sciencebased approach, on-the-ground knowledge of the Corridor, and the support of thousands of followers throughout the state and nation, the Florida Wildlife Corridor now embarks on its most important journey – to accelerate the rate of conservation in Florida by 10% annually in order to protect 300,000 acres within the Corridor by the end of 2020.”

They approach this goal in a number of ways says Bass, “Working with land acquisitions, with conservation easements with ranchers, farmers. I think they understand the complexities of Florida and I like their process and their goals.”

The photographer is assisting with another project, the “Share Your Heritage” campaign by the Florida Cattlemen’s Association this year. The initiative of Cattlemen’s President, Matt Pearce, Bass explained the campaign’s purpose is to, “help bring awareness to the lifestyle and stewardship of wildlands in Florida that cattle families have.” In a July 2019 monthly message regarding the campaign, Pearce wrote, “I encourage each and every member to promote their story by using the #showyourpassion hashtag to tell your family’s ranching heritage. The Florida ranching heritage is the longest in the United States starting 500 years ago when Ponce de Leon brought the first cattle to Florida.”

Bass hopes to continue shooting unique landscapes and wildlife photos that breathe life into old Florida. He also plans to continue doing his part to take care of wild Florida and hopes others will follow suit. “If we want to keep Florida, Florida, we have to grow smart,” he said. “It’s great to have population growth and the positive economic climate that comes from that, but there’s also a responsibility with that.

Everybody’s moving here because Florida’s amazing, but it won’t be amazing if we don’t do a better job of taking care of it.”

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Jeremy Gardner, Remember That Name He’s probably served you a beer at Grove Roots Brewing sometime in the past year, but don’t let his laidback vibe fool you.

This past April, the indie filmmaker premiered his latest film, Something Else at the Tribeca Film Festival. In July he was invited to the The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival in Switzerland. NIFFF is a Swiss film festival renowned internationally as one of the foremost film festivals in the world for genre cinema. He will be attending two more festivals around the world by the end of this year, and has had to say no to several more. He’s kind of a big deal...

Gardner was born and raised in Kissimmee. That’s where he met his best friend, Christian Stella and together they’ve been making movies since high school, “with just whatever we could,” Gardner said with a smile.

When Gardner was 23, he moved to Connecticut with Stella and his family because Stella’s dad had a new show on the Food Network. With the close proximity to NYC, Gardner used this opportunity to audition and focus more on his acting.

His friend Stella slowly became a very good photographer, shooting all of the photos for his dad’s cookbooks.

Not loving the emotional drain of the audition process, he realized he did love everything that went on behind the scenes.

He thought, why not do it himself? Gardner explained, “So I wrote a script about two people on the road during an apocalypse.” It’s called The Battery. “I convinced my buddy Christian to help shoot it. He was already taking photos, so I asked him, can you use that camera to shoot a movie?”

Needing funds, he made a plan. At the time, he was working at a bar and asked ten of his coworkers for $600 in exchange for a 5% stake in their movie. “We went with six grand and five people out into the woods. It was a surreal trip because we didn’t know a soul in the industry,” he laughed. They made a few rookie decisions and ended up signing with the first distributor that took their digital and world-wide rights. “But we didn’t know it was a bad thing at the time.”

When writing the screenplay for The Battery, Jeremy explained that since they didn’t know anybody in the business, they didn’t care about how others did it. “So The Battery is more of a tone poem. It’s like an elegiac, flowing, long moments without dialogue, big wide shots to just kind of show nature creeping back in after humanity. And what happens when two people are forced to live together, when they really don’t like each other that much but they have to rely on each other. And it’s a zombie movie.”

The Battery premiered at the Telluride Horror Festival in 2012.

After that, they didn’t get into another festival for another 4 or 5 months. Gardner said, “We figured we tried, we did our best.

And then we got into the Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam.

Because we got into that festival, it’s part of a network of genre festivals around the world, we started being asked by

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other festivals.” Before they knew it, they were getting letters from festivals all over the world saying they would waive the submission fee. “After awhile, we were invited to go without even submitting anything,” he explained.

investors could veto an idea, it wouldn’t be our movie anymore.

And the only thing that makes a movie about a guy and a monster and his romance-sadness interesting, is if there’s an ethereal voice behind it,” Gardner said.

Having never been to a festival before, they stayed at Imagine for the entire week. “We hobnobbed with everybody and then at the end of the week we had won the audience award. It made me realize that it’s all politics. If I hadn’t stayed for 6 days and shook hands and talked to everyone, we wouldn’t have won. There’s no way we would’ve beaten filmmakers like Danny Boyle or Wong Kar-wai,” Gardner said.

With investors to consider, it changes things. It makes you question everything. “It’s hard to make character driven ‘think pieces’ even if they have monsters or zombies. Once your start to get up in the budget range, then it’s scarier to make,” he said. “When it’s a $6000 movie, who cares if it’s really a think piece.” He laughed.

A week later they went to Scotland for the Dead by Dawn horror film festival, did the same thing and won the audience award again. It snowballed. Gardner said, “We ended up getting a DVD distribution deal in the states, got our worldwide rights back, and sold them through an international agency.” The Battery was being sold all over the country.

Jeremy started writing his next movie and it took awhile to finish. “I had been in this very long term relationship in Connecticut.” He continued, “I started writing this script about what it’s like to be in a long term relationship and what happens when one person sacrifices a part of who they are for the other person. It all started with this image of a couch in front of a door. I write so slow because I don’t start with a plot, I start with an inspiration that grabs me. I took that image and the idea of long term commitment and turned it into a monster movie with romance.”

The world premier of Something Else was at the Tribeca Film Festival this past April. “It was incredible and surreal. And now I’m back at the bar. It’s a weird, humbling up and down with this business.”

Something Else would end up costing quite a bit more money to make than The Battery.

Coincidentally, at the first festival in Amsterdam, they met Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead while touring with a movie called The Resolution. Gardner said, “They had made it for $20,000 and they seemed to have their shit together. We saw them again at a film festival in Brazil and became very close with them.” Over the next few years, Gardner was an actor in several of their movies that he has never auditioned for. He laughed because of going through all the auditions earlier and getting nothing, he was now getting parts avoiding the audition process all together.

Benson and Moorhead read the script for Something Else and loved it. They couldn’t make it though, because it was clearly Gardner’s passion. Benson and Moorhead had decided to form their own production company and they wanted Something Else to be the first movie under their new banner.

They got the money and fought for Gardner and Stella to have final cut rights. “They know how weird we are and if the

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Something Else has been sold, but details haven’t been released.

During those few months after Tribeca, requests for film festivals starting coming in. Now they are better prepared with a spreadsheet of all the festivals, contacts, places they’ve been, places they want to go to, etc. With more cooks in the kitchen this time, there are more people advising them on which festivals to go to, which ones to avoid. It was Justin and Aaron that suggested they go to NIFFF. “It’s been going for a long time and has a very good reputation. It’s one of the most amazing film festivals as you look out across this glacial lake at the Alps with other filmmakers and having breakfast, lunch and dinner served to you everyday,” Gardner said. “I created a piece of artwork that the regulars and so many nice people bought, giving me just enough money to go over there so I didn’t have to worry about missing bills, which was pretty humbling and crazy. And it really filled me with a lot of anxiety to come back behind the bar again serving after standing on a stage hamming it up and being the center of attention.”

Gardner and Stella have festivals coming up in September and October. He was bummed to talk about turning down trips to Vienna and Portugal simply because they can’t afford to be out of work for that long. Gardner thoughtfully said, “How much of my heart do I take out of writing and put more of my head in and try to craft something that will have a far wider audience just so I can take advantage of the contacts I’ve made and lessons I’ve learned? Do I be stubborn and make these small, personal movies while working a day job or take a crack at writing something that’s a little more mainstream? How do I craft something of quality that has a broad appeal? It’s like a puzzle.” We sat, he took a drink of his Cheerwine and said, “But you know, I’m a bartender, I work at the brewery. Joe and everyone here has been extremely supportive since I’ve started.

Joe will support people following their dreams. That’s why I was gone for six months last year, while shooting the movie.

That’s why they named a beer after me called, Where’s Jeremy because everyone kept asking where I was.”

Something Else will be released first quarter of 2020 on demand and in select cities, Orlando being one of them.

“And now I put my head down and start writing again,” Gardner said.

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1-4 SUMMER SHOP HOP When: Aug. 01 - Aug. 31, 2019 Where: Downtown Lakeland ldda.org/downtown-summer-shop-hop/ The more you shop, the more chances you get to win prizes! Every $10 that you spend with a participating retailer earns you one entry into a weekly drawing for $100 in gift certificates to downtown businesses. Return downtown to shop every week for new chances to win. All entries received during the summer will be entered into a grand prize drawing for $500 in gift certificates. The Grand Prize Winner will be chosen on September 6th.

FLORIDA RESIDENT MONTH When: Aug. 01 - Aug. 31, 2019 | 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Bok Tower Gardens

1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org 50% off Admission for Florida Residents, valid photo ID required. (863) 676-1408 “BUILDING AN ICON: BUILDING BOK TOWER SINGING CARILLON” BY BOK TOWER GARDENS When: Aug. 01 - Aug. 24, 2019 Where: Lake Wales Museum & Cultural Center

325 S Scenic Hwy, Lake Wales www.lakewalesfl.gov/774/Exhibits Creating an Icon features information about the ways that people worked on the Singing Tower from Edward Bok’s initial vision to its design and construction. Photographs, infographics, bios, and details from the builder’s journals tell the story of the Tower, from the foundation to its crowning herons. (863) 676-1759 FLASHBACK FEMALE: WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE 1980S AND 1990S FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION PART I When: Aug. 01 - 03, 2019 Where: Polk Museum of Art

800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland polkmuseumofart.org This two-gallery, two-part installation highlights the important contributions and strides female artists made in the art world of the 1980s and 1990s. Selected from the Museum’s permanent collection and situated adjacently in Gallery II and the Perkins Gallery, these thematically related exhibitions present an instructive visual dialogue with one another, allowing viewers to engage with art not merely from two decades but also through an exclusively female lens.

(863) 688-7743 VSA ARTS K-12 When: Aug. 01 - Sept. 01, 2019 Where: Polk Museum of Art

800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland polkmuseumofart.org Artwork by Polk County Students Grades K through 12. This exhibition is organized in collaboration with VSA Florida, whose mission is to provide, support and champion arts education and cultural experiences for and by people with disabilities.The museum hosts several exhibitions per year in the George Jenkins Gallery that feature artwork by the Polk County School District students. (863) 688-7743

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100 3rd St SW, Winter Haven An early evening block of acoustic tunes to get you ready for Friday!

NATURE’S FINEST YOGA CLASS When: Aug. 01, 2019 | 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve

945 Mackay Blvd, Lake Alfred mylakealfred.com Every Thursday evening, everyone is welcome. Bring a mat and an open heart. Donations will be accepted although the class is free.

FLASHBACK FEMALE: WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE 1980S AND 1990S FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION PART II When: Aug. 01 - 31, 2019 Where: Polk Museum of Art

800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland polkmuseumofart.org This two-gallery, two-part installation highlights the important contributions and strides female artists made in the art worlds of the 1980s and 1990s. Selected from the Museum’s permanent collection and situated adjacently in Gallery II and the Perkins Gallery, these thematically related exhibitions present an instructive visual dialogue with one another, allowing viewers to engage with art not merely from two decades but also through an exclusively female lens.

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SUMMER MOVIE SERIES: THE GOONIES When: Aug. 01, 2019 | 7 p.m.

Where: Grove Roots Brewing Co.

302 3rd St. SW, Winter Haven Price of admission: buy a beer! And as always, free popcorn!

The first 40 people receive one free hot dog. Doors open at 6:30, seating is first come, first serve. All minors must be accompanied and actively supervised by a parent or guardian at all times.

FOOTLOOSE (MUSICAL) When: Aug. 01 - 04, 2019 Where: Theatre Winter Haven

210 Cypress Gardens Blvd., Winter Haven www.theatrewinterhaven.com Life in small-town Bomont is peaceful until City boy, Ren, arrives. Breaking every taboo, Ren brings dance back to the heart of a town held back by the memory of a tragedy.

FOOTLOOSE explodes onto the stage with classic 80’s anthems including Holding Out For A Hero, Almost Paradise, Let’s Hear It For The Boy, and of course the title track, FOOTLOOSE! (863) 294-7469

PAUL FULLERTON: FORCES OF NATURE When: Aug. 01 - Nov. 10, 2019 Where: Polk Museum of Art

800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland polkmuseumofart.org Born in Minnesota and raised in Fort Myers, Paul Fullerton earned his bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Florida in 1967 under the late Hiram Williams. He received his master’s degree in painting, printmaking, and sculpture in 1969 from the University of Illinois. While serving as associate professor of sculpture at Wayne State University in Detroit, he developed the molding and casting process that is characteristic of a large and important body of his work — the cast metal reliefs that will be on view in the Polk Museum of Art Sculpture Garden this summer and fall. (863) 688-7743

ANI AND THE FLYBOYS When: Aug. 01, 2019 | 8-11 p.m.

Where: Union Hall

1023 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Anisette and her boys are back along with the Italian Scallion food truck cooking up all night. No cover! More info on FB @unionhallevents

A COLORED IMAGE OF THE SUN When: Aug. 01 - Nov. 10, 2019 Where: Polk Museum of Art

800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland polkmuseumofart.org A solo exhibition by artist, Kelly Sturhahn. Sturhahn’s work explores notions of the sublime in nature from a contemporary viewpoint, simultaneously considering experience, perception and transformation. Favoring process and experimentation, her practice combines the unconventional with the traditional, incorporating a range of tactile materials to create paintings on cut fabric, ink drawings, and large-scale installations comprised of textiles, such as hand-sewn sequins and painted lace. Kelly Sturhahn is an Associate Professor of Art and the Director of the Foundations Program at Florida Southern College.

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FREE DAY AT EXPLORATIONS V CHILDREN’S MUSEUM When: Aug. 02, 2019 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Explorations V Children’s Museum

109 N Kentucky Ave, Lakeland. explorationsv.com Every kid should beat the heat this summer and turn up the dial on fun! Thanks to the generosity and vision of the Iron Horse Family Foundation, this day will be FREE! (863) 687–3869 AUGUST 2ND FIRST FRIDAY: BACK TO SCHOOL, SPONSORED BY MIDFLORIDA CREDIT UNION When: Aug. 02, 2019 | 6-9 p.m.

Where: Downtown Lakeland

117 N. Kentucky Ave., Lakeland Downtownlkld.com Downtown shops and restaurants will be open late. Don’t miss the Makers Market, featuring local artists and creators, on North Kentucky Avenue and the Classy Car Show on Tennessee Avenue. Streets are closed to vehicles, so come

ADRIENNE RICHARDS When: Aug. 01, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Where: Jensen’s Corner Bar

prepared to walk about! First Friday is a family-friendly event held in the streets of Downtown Lakeland between Lemon Street and Oak Street along Kentucky and Tennessee Avenues. Parking in all permitted and metered locations is free after 5pm and all day on the weekends. Event parking is limited, so please carpool with friends and neighbors! Free valet on the corner of Lemon St. and Tennessee Ave. on First Fridays. For information on how to become an exhibitor, visit ldda.org LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS. FORT MYERS When: Aug. 02, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland. www.milb.com Minor League Baseball (863) 686-8075 SWAN CITY IMPROV When: Aug. 02, 2019 | 7:30-10:30 p.m.

Where: LkldTV Studio B

202 N Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland www.lkldlive.com Another first friday double bill of laughs and hilarity, all unscripted! Come and experience comedy made up from audience suggestions, all ages are welcome! 7:30pm show = $10 9:00pm show = $10 both shows = $15 TL JENTGENS When: Aug. 02, 2019 | 8-11 p.m.

Where: Union Hall, 1023 S Florida Ave, Lakeland TL Jentgens is coming to rock Union Hall! Italian Scallion will be cooking up all night. $10 online/$12 at the door! More info on FB @unionhalleventshttps://www.tljentgens.com SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: Polk State College - JD Alexander Center

152 E. Central Avenue, Lake Wales While supplies last, student must be present to receive supplies.

SUMMER FUN DAYS When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Lake Wales Museum & Cultural Center

325 S Scenic Hwy, Lake Wales www.lakewalesfl.gov Special guest speakers, hands-on demonstrations, artifact discovery, tours with the curator, art projects, storytelling, fun snacks, dress up activities for the whole family are offered throughout Saturdays in the summertime with all kinds of different history themes. Sponsored by Florida’s Natural Growers. Free to the public. (863) 676-1759 BLAST OFF BARTOW BACK TO SCHOOL BASH When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Carver Recreation Center

520 Idlewood Ave S, Bartow www.blastoffbartow.com Student attendees Pre-K to 12th grade will walk away with free school supplies and information for the upcoming school year. There will be vendors, food, fun, school supplies given away and so much more. Please register ahead of time as supplies will be first come first serve. Or sponsor a child for the 2019 school year. $25 Sponsorship includes: Free meal, Free backpack & Free Supplies. info@all-for1.comTel: (863) 409-5660

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KIDS SUMMER MOVIE ESCAPE When: Aug. 01, 2019 | 10 a.m.

Where: CMX Cinemas Lakeside

1650 Town Center Drive, Lakeland. http://cobbtheatres.com Bring the kids to Cobb Theater at Lakeside Village for a summer of FREE Movies. Same day ticketing, first come first serve, doors open at 9:30am. Movies subject to change.

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BACK TO SCHOOL BASH When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: Wilfred Smith Resource Center

135 Ave Y NE, Winter Haven. parksandrec.polk-county.net Free school supplies for kids K - 5th grade, first come, first serve. Music, crafts, games, etc. Parent must be present with child. (863) 298-7898 SUMMER PALOOZA When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: RP Funding Center

701 Lime Street, Lakeland www.summerpalooza.org Come out to this family-friendly FREE back-to-school event brought to you by New Beginnings High School.

This year you will be entertained by some of Polk County’s most talented youth in the Summer Palooza Performing Arts Showcase where all guests in attendance will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite performers.‚ FREE haircuts for anyone in need, GIVING AWAY groceries (1 box per family) and personal care items for 1,000 families, along with a hot dog, chips and drink (while supplies last).

They recommend you Pre-Register to speed up your check-in process on day of event. SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED AND STRICTLY ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. UIC OF NE POLK CO. 4TH ANNUAL BACK 2 SCHOOL BASH 2019 When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: Lake Eva Event Center

799 Johns Avenue, Haines City Hosted by Unity in the Community of NE Polk County.

This year they are planning to have free backpacks with supplies, Physicals, Haircuts, Face-painting, Balloon Artist, Magician, World Strongest Man, Fashion Show, and access to the WaterPark (with limited capacity) and so much more.

Register in advance online at www.uicpolk.org/events. If you have any questions, please call (863) 438-2758. Register today online at www.uicpolk.org/events-1/back-2-schoolbash-of-2019 ACCESS ART: SPECIAL NEEDS When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: Polk Museum of Art

800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland polkmuseumofart.org Participants will create and discuss art with specially trained educator, Tinia Clark. Clark is the Executive Director of Sidestreet Art Beat, Inc., an organization whose mission is to provide awareness for the healing power of the arts through engagement. This program invites individuals with special needs and varying exceptionalities to meet once a month at Polk Museum of Art to engage in viewing and discussing artwork that is exhibited. After the tour, the group meets at Kelly Rec. Center to make art inspired by the museum visit.

Registration preferred but not required. For registration or questions, please contact Tinia Clark at (863) 224-8557 or email at sidestreetartbeat@gmail.com.

LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS. FORT MYERS When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland. www.milb.com Minor League Baseball (863) 686-8075

scramble. The registration fee includes a $10 per player donation, 18 holes of golf, cart, range, lunch or dinner, and prizes.

THE WORLD’S LARGEST GOLF OUTING: CLUB AT EAGLEBROOKE When: Aug. 05, 2019 | 8:30 a.m.

Where: The Club at Eaglebrooke

1300 Eaglebrooke Blvd., Lakeland www.worldslargestgolfouting.com The World’s Largest Golf Outing (WLGO) is about having a great day of golf with friends, family and colleagues, while benefiting Fisher House Foundation (FHF), a non-profit best known for a network of comfort homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment.WLGO is an 18 hole four-person team scramble. The registration fee includes a $10 per player donation, 18 holes of golf, cart, range, lunch or dinner, and prizes.

AGAINST THE ELEMENT + CRUEL CURSES + COMIN’ HOME + MURDER THE CROW When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 7-11 p.m.

Where: LkldTV Studio B

202 N Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland www.lkldlive.com 4 great rock bands for only $7. Doors open at 7:00pm ASTRONOMY NIGHT When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 7 p.m.

Where: Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve

945 Mackay Blvd, Lake Alfred.

Watch a presentation on the Precision of the Equinoxes.

We know the Earth revolves around the Sun and it rotates, but that is not all. When will Vega be a North Star? Come and find out. Some telescopes available to look out into the galaxy. Rain or shine, the show goes on. Come join us. This event is free of charge. For more information, please contact the Parks and Recreation Department at (863) 291-5272 or aquinones@mylakealfred.com

WELCOME ENGINE 51 INTO SERVICE When: Aug. 05, 2019 | 9-10 a.m.

Where: Lakeland Fire Dept. Station 5

3101 Lakeland Highlands Rd., Lakeland Engine 51 is the first clean-cab concept fire engine of its kind in Lakeland. It is specially designed to protect firefighters from exposures to carcinogens. It is also the department’s first Pierce Velocity Pumper. You’ll get a chance to see it up close, meet firefighters, and enjoy some refreshments. There will be goodies for the little ones too. Visit and see your community resources in action.

THE WORLD’S LARGEST GOLF OUTING: WILLOWBROOK When: Aug. 04, 2019 | 7:30 a.m.

Where: Willowbrook Golf Course

4200 FL-544, Winter Haven www.worldslargestgolfouting.com The World’s Largest Golf Outing (WLGO) is about having a great day of golf with friends, family and colleagues, while benefiting Fisher House Foundation (FHF), a non-profit best known for a network of comfort homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment.WLGO is an 18 hole four-person team scramble. The registration fee includes a $10 per player donation, 18 Holes, Cart, Lunch, Range & Prizes.

LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS TAMPA When: Aug. 05, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland www.milb.com Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075 AUGUST LKLD CREATIVE MAKERS When: Aug. 05, 2019 | 7-8 p.m.

Where: Union Hall, 1023 S Florida Ave, Lakeland LKLD Creative Makers is a collective of amazing people that come together on the first Monday of every month to collab, celebrate, and network. Created in hopes of giving the artistic community of Lakeland a place to connect. Feel free to invite any and all that share in this creative passion. We welcome those that create visual art as their job, hobby, and/ or out of sheer enjoyment. Just show up! This month they talk with Bump Galletta and his new gig with West Elm.

LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS. FORT MYERS When: Aug. 04, 2019 | 1 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland. www.milb.com/lakeland/schedule/2019-08 Minor League Baseball (863) 686-8075 BOWL A RAMA When: Aug. 04, 2019 | 2 p.m.

Where: Cypress Lanes

2010 Dundee Rd, Winter Haven.

PolkNoKill.org Join the Humane Society of Polk County for a Sunday Funday Bowl-a-Rama at Cypress Lanes to raise money to save pets from homelessness and despair! For more information about the organization: PolkNoKill.org

VH-SWAN STORYTELLERS - “ALCATRAZ BADASS” ROBERT SCHIBLINE When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 5-6 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing, 115 W Pine St., Lakeland www.swanbrewing.com Life is a collection of great stories and VH-Swan Storytellers is our way of bringing those great stories to the Swan Stage.

For this first installment, meet Robert “Banker Bob” Schibline, Alcatraz inmate 1355, as he tells the story of his life, crime and his connection to the most infamous prison escape in American history. Join us afterwards for a special Johnny Cash tribute performance by Sandy Back Porch.

BACK 2 SCHOOL JAM When: Aug. 04, 2019 | 5-8 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven High School

600 6th St SE, Winter Haven The Back to School Jam is a FREE community event, for all students who attend any of Winter Haven’s local schools. We would like to feature a “Meet and Greet your Principal” as well. The purpose of this event is to unite the community and foster a sense of community pride.

The day will end with a celebrity basketball game, featuring Polk County’s finest staff members and current and former Polk County student athletes.

BACK TO SCHOOL FIESTA When: Aug. 03, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Where: Lake Alfred Public Library

245 N Seminole Ave, Lake Alfred Dress as you wish and as always, this is a free event for ALL ages! Join the fun and enjoy face painting, refreshments, cookie decorating, music and games and you can win school supplies!! In need of a backpack? Join in on the raffle and put your name in for a chance to win!! Limited space, must reserve through Facebook @lakealfredlibrary

THE WORLD’S LARGEST GOLF OUTING: COUNTRY CLUB OF WINTER HAVEN When: Aug. 05, 2019 | 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Country Club

4200 Country Club Road S, Winter Haven www.worldslargestgolfouting.com The World’s Largest Golf Outing (WLGO) is about having a great day of golf with friends, family and colleagues, while benefiting Fisher House Foundation (FHF), a non-profit best known for a network of comfort homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment.WLGO is an 18 hole four-person team

5-11 HIT IT AND QUIT IT DnD/ TABLETOP GAME NIGHT When: Aug. 05, 2019 | 7 p.m.

Where: Ritz Theatre

263 W Central Ave, Winter Haven onestopguildshop.com Come and play their unique style of Dungeons and Dragons or bring your favorite board game and grab a table. Bring your friends and general admission per party member gets you a table to play you campaign. Concessions available for purchase. More info online.

CAMEOS MEMOIRS WRITING CLASS When: Aug. 06, 2019 | 2-4 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven Write your own stories! Class meets the first Tuesday of each month. For more information, contact Beverly Lerner at (863) 294-6042 or bevlerner@aol.com.

LEGO CLUB When: Aug. 06, 2019 | 4-5 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven. www.mywinterhaven.com They supply the Lego blocks, you supply the imagination!

Creations will be displayed during the following week. Ages 6-12. (863) 291-5880 VERMICOMPOSTING 101 When: Aug. 06, 2019 | 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven 37

Learn about this unique and easy method of using worms to compost. Instructions on how to care for a worm farm, harvest castings, and how to use those castings in your garden. Workshop is presented by the UF/IFAS Extension Polk County Master Gardeners. Go to https://sfyl.ifas.ufl. edu/polk/ for more information. If you have any questions, please contact us at (863) 519-1041.

SALSA DANCING When: Aug. 06, 2019 | 6:30-9 p.m.

Where: Lake Mirror Theater

121 S Lake Ave, Lakeland. www.lakelandsalsa.com Lakeland Salsa & Swing partner with the City of Lakeland to host dance socials every Tuesday night at the Lake Mirror Complex. 6:30 - 7:30 PM — Group Lesson, 7:30 - 9:00 PM — Open Floor Dancing. General Admission — $5 (cash only please) LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS TAMPA When: Aug. 06, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland www.milb.com Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075 STUFF THE BUS WITH EMERGE LAKELAND When: Aug. 07, 2019 | 7-9 a.m.

Where: RP Funding Center

701 Lime Street, Lakeland emergelakeland.wildapricot.org Volunteer with other members of EMERGE and several local organizations that all come together to organize school supplies for children in need! You can simply drop by for 15 minutes or the whole time. This is all hands on deck and a fun event to volunteer alongside other EMERGE members.

Register online.

BIG ORIENTATION & TRAINING When: Aug. 07, 2019 | 5:30-7 p.m.

Where: Women’s Resource Center

165 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven bbbstampabay.org/be-a-big/ Join us as a defender of potential by becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister and together, we can change the world. All it takes is 4-8 hours a month, depending on the program, with a focus on being consistent and spending one-to-one quality time with your Little. Let’s clear a path to a child’s biggest possible future. The first step is to attend a Big Orientation & Training session where you’ll learn about our programs, commitments, expectations and our kids.

WRITERS @ LPL When: Aug. 07, 2019 | 6-8:30 p.m.

Where: Lakeland Public Library

100 Lake Morton Dr., Lakeland. lakelandpl.libcal.com/event/4833831 Writers @ LPL meets the first Wednesday of each month in the Meeting Room. Writers will now have two sessions in one evening. First Steps for New Writers (6 — 7pm) This first session will be geared towards new writers and will address topics for beginning writers.The Next Level for Intermediate Writers (7 — 8:50pm) will focus on topics and interests for intermediate writers. (863) 834-4276 LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS TAMPA When: Aug. 07, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland www.milb.com Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075 OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH DAN SIGNOR! When: Aug. 07, 2019 | 8 p.m.

Where: Union Hall, 1023 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Dan Signor, founder of Union Hall, will be leading Open Mic nights every Wednesday for the coming months! Come out and enjoy amazing food and drinks! Whether you’re a singer or a musician, come down and collaborate with local artists!

(863) 999-1013. Find them on FB@unionhallevents

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LUNCH & LEARN: GROWING HAPPY HOUSEPLANTS When: Aug. 08, 2019 | 12-1 p.m.

Where: Lake Wales Public Library

290 Cypress Garden Lane, Lake Wales Limited on yard space or just looking to add some plants to enjoy indoors? Learn how to care for your houseplants from the best lighting to tips on watering, fertilizing and more.

This is a free lunch and learn workshop and lunch is provided.

Space is limited and registration is required.Workshop is presented by the Lake Wales Public Library and the UF/IFAS Extension Polk County.Go to https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/polk/ for more information. If you have any questions, please contact us at (863) 519-1041.

CREATIVE WRITING CRITIQUE GROUP When: Aug. 08, 2019 | 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com This group meets on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month from 12:30 — 2:30 p.m. Attendees share and critique their writings. All aspiring writers are welcome.Questions? Send email to wekeig@gmail.com.

MUSIC ON THE TERRACE WITH THE BLUE ROOSTERS When: Aug. 08, 2019 | 5-7 p.m.

Where: Bok Tower Gardens

1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales boktowergardens.org Visit Bok Tower Gardens on the Cafe patio terrace for live music during the summer nights with free admission from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.(863) 676-1408 MONTHLY TEACHING KITCHEN When: Aug. 08, 2019 | 5:30-7 p.m.

Where: Central Florida Health Care, Inc.

201 Magnolia Ave SW, Winter Haven Central Florida Health Care invites you to our FREE monthly community Teaching Kitchen classes. Learn helpful lifestyle tips and how to make healthy meals the whole family will love -- because the more we know, the better we feel!

(866) 234-8534 LAKELAND FOOD TRUCK RALLY When: Aug. 08, 2019 | 6-9 p.m.

Where: Munn Park, Lakeland tampabayfoodtruckrally.com/lakeland-food-truck-rally-2 Monthly Food Truck Rally in Munn Park in Downtown Lakeland on the second Thursday of every month. Free Admission and Dog Friendly!

DOUG SHEEN When: Aug. 08, 2019 | 6-9 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing, 115 W Pine St., Lakeland www.swanbrewing.com You’ll hear the influence of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd as well as other Classic Rock Bands through his music. Always looking to surprise his fans, he strives to select a variety of forgotten hit songs that most other artists do not cover in order to provide a fresh alternative to the same old same old.

NATURE’S FINEST YOGA CLASS When: Aug. 08, 2019 | 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve

945 Mackay Blvd, Lake Alfred mylakealfred.com Every Thursday evening, everyone is welcome, just bring a mat and an open heart. Donations will be accepted although the class is free.

POINT OF VIEW GALLERY TALKS When: Aug. 09, 2019 | 12 p.m.

Where: Polk Museum of Art

800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland. polkmuseumofart.org Point of View Gallery talks are the second Friday of the month at noon. Space is limited, register online. (863) 688-7743 CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE PRESENTS: THE ROLLING STONES LET IT BLEED When: Aug. 09, 2019 | 8 p.m.

Where: RP Funding Center

701 Lime Street, Lakeland rpfundingcenter.com havenmagazines.com

Classic Albums Live takes classic rock albums and recreates them live, on stage - note for note, cut for cut.

paper help tell the story of the new style of painting which developed at the end of the nineteenth century — one that emphasized light and atmospheric conditions, rapid or loose brushstrokes, and a focus on brightly colored scenes from everyday life.

SUMMER SUNRISE WATERMELON RACE SERIES #3 When: Aug. 10, 2019 | 7 a.m.

Where: Lake Hollingsworth East of South Florida Ave. & West of Bartow Rd., Lakeland lakelandrunnersclub.org The series has become an established venue for competition and an annual celebration of fitness. It continues to be popular with both experienced and casual runners alike. The series is comprised of three 5K (3.1 mile) races, each race hotter than the last. All are run around Lake Hollingsworth, which is flat and conducive to fast times.

Your mission is to get faster with each race. So ask yourself: #CanYouBeatTheHeatThe Summer Watermelon 5k is run on a certified course (FL15070EBM). All races are chip timed.

Cumulative results from the three races are used to determine official results. Register online.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ORIENTATION & TRAINING When: Aug. 10, 2019 | 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: BBBS Polk Office

1231 E. Orange Street, Lakeland bbbstampabay.org/be-a-big/ Join us as a defender of potential by becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister and together, we can change the world. All it takes is 4-8 hours a month, depending on the program, with a focus on being consistent and spending one-to-one quality time with your Little. The first step is to attend a Big Orientation & Training session where you’ll learn about our programs, commitments, expectations and our kids.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON FAMILY MOVIE When: Aug. 10, 2019 | 2-4 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com Enjoy a family friendly movie on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month! Admission is FREE and food and drink are welcome.

LAKE WALES FARMERS MARKET When: Aug. 10, 2019 | 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: Downtown Market Place

20 N Market Place, Lake Wales www.lakewalesfl.gov 2nd and 4th Saturdays in downtown Lake Wales.

SUMMER FUN DAYS END OF SUMMER PARTY: WE LOVE THE 80S When: Aug. 10, 2019 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Lake Wales Museum & Cultural Center

325 S Scenic Hwy, Lake Wales www.lakewalesfl.gov Special guest speakers, hands-on demonstrations, artifact discovery, tours with the curator, art projects, storytelling, fun snacks, dress up activities for the whole family are offered throughout Saturdays in the summertime with all kinds of different history themes. Sponsored by Florida’s Natural Growers. Free to the public. (863) 676-1759

THE SECOND SATURDAY CRUISE IN When: Aug. 10, 2019 | 4-8 p.m.

Where: Downtown Auburndale SALSA DANCING When: Aug. 10, 2019 | 7-10 p.m.

Where: LkldTV Studio B

202 N Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland www.lakelandsalsa.com A Salsa Dance Social on the second Saturday of each month! 7:00 - 8:00 PM — GROUP LESSON, 8:00 - 10:00 PM — OPEN FLOOR DANCING. General Admission — $5 (cash, credit, venmo)

ALBERTA DINOSAUR STAMPEDE! When: Aug. 10, 2019 | 10-11 a.m.

Where: Polk State/Winter Haven

999 Avenue H N.E., Winter Haven A film from the Royal Tyrrell Museum about the dinosaurs of Eastern Alberta will be shown.The Canadian province of Alberta is famous for the Rocky Mountains and resorts like Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper. To the east of these mountains lie the Badlands where the remains of dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period have been preserved. Francois Therrien, Ph.D., Curator of Dinosaur Palaeoecology at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, discusses why dinosaur fossils are so abundant in eastern Alberta and showcases the important dinosaur discoveries of the past 140 years. The meeting will be held in Room 204 in the Learning Resources Building on the Winter Haven Campus of Polk State College. The lecture is open to the public with no charge for admission. PSC sponsor, Kathleen Riley (863-299-8430), invites everyone to attend.

LEGOLAND FIRE SAFETY WEEKEND When: Aug. 11, 2019 | 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Where: Legoland Florida

1 Legoland Way, Winter Haven. www.legoland.com Presented by the National Fire Protection Association, this entertaining and informative event teaches kids about fire safety with a variety of fun activities in the theme park, including a character experience with LEGO Max, a fire safety-themed scavenger hunt and a unique LEGO mosaic build. New this year, guests can snap a photo with LEGO City’s tallest firefighter!

12-18 HIT IT AND QUIT IT DnD/ TABLETOP GAME NIGHT When: Aug. 12, 2019 | 7 p.m.

Where: Ritz Theatre

263 W Central Ave, Winter Haven onestopguildshop.com Come and play their unique style of Dungeons and Dragons or bring your favorite board game and grab a table. Bring your friends and general admission per party member gets you a table to play you campaign. Concessions available for purchase. More info online.

LEGOLAND FIRE SAFETY WEEKEND When: Aug. 10, 2019 | 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Where: Legoland Florida

1 Legoland Way, Winter Haven www.legoland.com Presented by the National Fire Protection Association, this entertaining and informative event teaches kids about fire safety with a variety of fun activities in the theme park, including a character experience with LEGO Max, a fire safety-themed scavenger hunt and a unique LEGO mosaic build. New this year, guests can snap a photo with LEGO City’s tallest firefighter!

2019 ECONOMIC UPDATE PRESENTED BY CPS INVESTMENT ADVISORS When: Aug. 13, 2019 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Hollis Cancer Center

Campisi Family Auditorium

3525 Lakeland Hills Blvd, Lakeland lakelandchamber.com CPS Investment Advisors present the Economic Update Luncheon hosted by the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce.

The program will feature lunch and an in-depth keynote presentation by Sean Snaith, PhD., University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Competitiveness, a respected economist covering local and national perspectives. The majority of the 250 plus attendees are executives who run companies or have significant P&L responsibility. The financial industry and financial professionals are well represented this for mid-year Economic Update. Register online.

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC: AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM THROUGH THE FRENCH LENS When: Aug. 10 - Oct. 13, 2019 Where: Polk Museum of Art

800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland polkmuseumofart.org This extraordinary exhibition, drawn entirely from the collection of the Reading Public Museum, explores the path to Impressionism through the nineteenth century, and the complex relationship between French Impressionism of the 1870s and 80s, and the American interpretation of the style in the decades that followed. Paintings and works on 38

LEGO CLUB When: Aug. 13, 2019 | 4-5 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com They supply the Lego blocks, you supply the imagination!

Creations will be displayed during the following week.Ages 6-12. (863) 291-5880 POETRY CLUB When: Aug. 13, 2019 | 6-7 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven. www.mywinterhaven.com/event/poetry-club-2/2019-08-13/ Second Tuesday of the month in the Historical Conference Room. (863) 291-5880 SALSA DANCING When: Aug. 13, 2019 | 6:30-9 p.m.

Where: Lake Mirror Theater

121 S Lake Ave, Lakeland www.lakelandsalsa.com Lakeland Salsa & Swing partner with the City of Lakeland host dance socials every Tuesday night at the Lake Mirror Complex. 6:30 - 7:30 PM — Group Lesson, 7:30 - 9:00 PM — Open Floor Dancing. General Admission — $5 (cash only please) MORNING BOOK CLUB When: Aug. 14, 2019 | 10 a.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com This Club meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. in the Historical Conference Room. Titles include a variety of adult fiction, nonfiction and biographies. Aug 14: A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum. (863) 291-5880 EAT TO BEAT DIABETES When: Aug. 14, 2019 | 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Where: Lakeland Activity Center for Seniors

1510 Commercial Park Dr, Lakeland www.eventbrite.com Through games and activities learn from a registered dietitian how to fill a healthy plate at meals and fit in all the foods you love. The Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Program is dedicated to providing sciencebased information to empower individuals and families to make changes to improve their health and quality of life. Questions: Please contact Andrea Nikolai, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County, Family and Consumer Science Agent at andreanikolai@ufl.edu or (863) 519-1041 OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH DAN SIGNOR! When: Aug. 14, 2019 | 8 p.m.

Where: Union Hall, 1023 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Dan Signor, founder of Union Hall, will be leading Open Mic nights every Wednesday for the coming months! Come out and enjoy amazing food and drinks! Whether you’re a singer or a musician, come down and collaborate with local artists!

(863) 999-1013. Find them on FB@unionhallevents NATURE’S FINEST YOGA CLASS When: Aug. 15, 2019 | 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve

945 Mackay Blvd, Lake Alfred mylakealfred.com Every Thursday evening, everyone is welcome, just bring a mat and an open heart. Donations will be accepted although the class is free.

BUTTERFLY & OTHER POLLINATOR FRIENDLY PLANTS When: Aug. 16, 2019 | 9-10 a.m.

Where: The Historic Depot/Rotary Butterfly Garden

120 W. Park St., Auburndale Want to attract more pollinators to your garden? Join us to learn about which flowers to plant to get those bees, birds, butterflies, and other pollinators flying to your garden!

Workshop is presented by the City of Auburndale Parks and Recreation and the UF/IFAS Extension Polk County. Go to https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/polk/ for more information. If you have any questions, please contact us at (863) 519-1041

MINECRAFTERS When: Aug. 16, 2019 | 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com Minecrafters is a hands-on event for kids. Learn, play and share the world of Minecraft. This program occurs on the 3rd Friday of the month in the Library’s SEEDLab. (863) 291-5880 BEER FOR BULLIES When: Aug. 16, 2019 | 6-9 p.m.

Where: Cob & Pen, 1221 S. Florida Ave,, Lakeland Cheers to a No Kill Shelter for Polk County in 2025!! Come join us for drinks and help support our mission with the SPCA Florida to save Bully mixes and transport them out to our rescue partners in the North. We will have a 50/50 raffle and prizes to be won. Come have a drink with us and help change a life! Facebook @polkcountybullyproject LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS BRADENTON When: Aug. 16, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland www.milb.com Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075 REBEL SOUL When: Aug. 16, 2019 | 7-11 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing, 115 W Pine St., Lakeland www.swanbrewing.com Rebel Soul is a high-energy, country/rock, country dance band. Their repertoire includes current country, several originals, a sprinkling of classic rock, southern rock, R&B and more.

SELWYN BIRCHWOOD When: Aug. 16, 2019 | 8-10 p.m.

Where: Union Hall, 1023 S Florida Ave, Lakeland With his fiery guitar and lap steel playing, his trailblazing, instantly memorable songs and gritty, unvarnished vocals, Birchwood is among the most extraordinary young stars in the blues. Birchwood’s high-octane blues — at once deeply rooted, funky and up-to-the-minute — are played with passion and honest emotion. With his band feeding off his drive and exuberance, the striking 6’3” young man with his trademark Afro roams the stage (often barefoot), ripping out memorable guitar licks with ease, his soulful, rocks-andgravel vocals firing up the crowd. More info on FB @unionhallevents THE FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC TIME TRIAL SERIES When: Aug. 17, 2019 | 8 a.m.

Where: Florida Polytechnic University

4700 Research Way, Lakeland legacy.usacycling.org Come out and test yourself against the clock on one of the finest time trial courses in Central Florida! This unique time trial series will feature a structured warm up with pacing and a motivational talk with coach starting 1-hour before each time trial. Whether you have a time trial bike or road bike, this 8 mile course will also serve as a perfect 20 minute power test location. There will be an optional endurance-tempo group ride after all the riders have finished each time trial event. This will give you the ability to crush an 8 mile time trial and enjoy some good miles with a group after to make a morning out of it. Categories and Styles:-Open to ages 14-99-Time Trial Bike (Aero Style), Road Bike (Eddy Merckx Style), handcycles, and recumbents-In order to qualify for “Merckx” style, you may not use any of the following items: Disc wheel, Aero wheels greater than 51mm deep, Aero bars, Aero helmets, Shoe covers. You must declare yourself as “Aero” or “Merckx” either at online registration or in the staging area.

BOOK STORE 1/2 PRICE BOOK SALE When: Aug. 17, 2019 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Friends of the Winter Haven

Library Book Store

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com The Friends of the Library Book Store repeat their 1/2 price sale on the 3rd Saturday of every month.

CLEAR THE SHELTERS ADOPTION EVENT When: Aug. 17, 2019 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: The Humane Society of Polk County, Inc.

3195 Dundee Rd., Winter Haven polknokill.org NBC and Telemundo owned stations are teaming up with hundreds of shelters across the country to host Clear the Shelters, a nationwide pet adoption drive to help find loving homes for animals in need. The Humane Society of Polk County is participating in this national campaign and are being sponsored by GEICO. For this event the adopt fees will be discounted to $50 for puppies and kittens and $25 for adult dogs and cats. (863) 324-5227

various media; dance, song, and spoken word. AUG 18 - “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish” (PG). Following each performance will be a reception where featured artists’ works will be available for sale. Purchase tickets online.

19-25 HIT IT AND QUIT IT DnD/ TABLETOP GAME NIGHT When: Aug. 19, 2019 | 7 p.m.

Where: Ritz Theatre

263 W Central Ave, Winter Haven onestopguildshop.com Come and play their unique style of Dungeons and Dragons or bring your favorite board game and grab a table. Bring your friends and general admission per party member gets you a table to play you campaign. Concessions available for purchase. More info online.

ARCHITECTURAL TOUR When: Aug. 17, 2019 | 11 a.m.

Where: Polk County History Center

100 E Main St, Bartow www.polk-county.net An architectural tour of the History Center to learn about neoclassical architecture, the construction of the building and the stories behind the iconic Old Polk County Courthouse.

The free architectural tour is on the third Saturday of each month.

“LEAN IN” LUNCHEON SERIES CELEBRATING WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE When: Aug. 20, 2019 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Chamber

401 Ave B NW, Winter Haven web.winterhavenchamber.com When Sheryl Sanberg wrote the book “Lean In,”which has become a rallying phrase for working women, she wanted to redefine what “leaning in” meant. The key is not pushing harder. The key is being attentive, objective and focused on opportunities that emerge in life and work. It is about knowing your passions, being bold and taking calculated risks. And above all, it’s about not letting yourself be guided by pressure and fear. ”In the “Lean In” Luncheon series, we want to share with you the stories of women in the workforce — their struggles, their successes, their mistakes and their victories. . . and of course, the lessons learned along the way.

Our first speaker will be Anita Silwal, Senior Neighborhood Planner for the City of Winter Haven. Tickets are $25 for Chamber members, $35 for non-chamber members and include lunch.

CYPRESS GARDENS WATER SKI TEAM FREE SHOW When: Aug. 17, 2019 | 5-8 p.m.

Where: MLK Jr. Park

199 E Lake Silver Dr. NE, Winter Haven Free ski show! Bring chairs or a blanket, concessions available for purchase. Play the 50/50 raffle to support the ski team!

SLOW ROLL & SKI SHOW When: Aug. 17, 2019 | 5 p.m.

Where: The Bike Shop

249 3rd Street SW, Winter Haven THIS EVENT IS FREE! thanks to our sponsors Six/Ten, Bond Clinic, Wauchula State Bank, and Lynn Polston Allstate.

What is a Slow roll? Slow Roll will meet at the Bike Shop in Downtown Winter Haven the 3rd Saturday of every month. We will “Slow Roll” through the city of Winter Haven taking a path highlighting cities murals, parks, and new developments. We will then stop mid-roll at Lake Silver to take in the ski show. After the show we will Slow Roll back through town and end at Grove Roots Brewery (located across the street from the Bike Shop). More info on FB@ slowrollskishow

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP When: Aug. 20, 2019 | 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Where: Side Street Studios, Inc.

110 3rd St SW, Winter Haven www.alz.org/crf Support group is for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s or other dementia.

LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS BRADENTON When: Aug. 17, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland www.milb.com/lakeland/schedule/2019-08 Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075

TUESDAY BOOK CLUB When: Aug. 20, 2019 | 4 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com This Club meets on the Third Tuesday of every month at 4 p.m. in the Historical Conference Room. Titles include a variety of adult fiction, nonfiction and biographies. Aug 20: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. (863) 291-5880

TAPESTRY: LIVE TRIBUTE TO CAROLE KING + JONI MITCHELL TRIBUTE! When: Aug. 17, 2019 | 8 p.m.

Where: LkldTV Studio B

202 N Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland www.lkldlive.com We welcome Lakeland pianist/vocalist Nicole Celeste as she performs Carole King’s classic album Tapestry solo from start to finish. Courtney Plummer will open the show with a special tribute to Joni Mitchell.

LEGO CLUB When: Aug. 20, 2019 | 4-5 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com They supply the Lego blocks, you supply the imagination!

Creations will be displayed during the following week. Ages 6-12. (863) 291-5880

LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS BRADENTON When: Aug. 18, 2019 | 1 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland www.milb.com/lakeland/schedule/2019-08 Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075

ATHENA AWARDS When: Aug. 20, 2019 | 6-8:30 p.m.

Where: Haus 820

820 N Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland lakelandchamber.com The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce hosts its Inaugural ATHENA Awards Presented by the Junior League of Greater Lakeland. Join us for a VIP Cocktail Reception followed by an Awards Dinner Presentation to honor exceptional leaders and to inspire others to achieve excellence in their professional and personal lives. The ATHENA Award honors women who strive toward the highest levels of personal and professional accomplishment, who excel in their chosen field, devote time and energy to their community in a meaningful way, and forge paths of leadership for other women to follow.

Purchase tickets online.

ABSTRACT - A PERFORMING ART SERIES INSPIRED

BY TAPESTRIES LAKELAND When: Aug. 18, 2019 | 2:30-4 p.m.

Where: Florida Dance Theatre

305 W Main St., Lakeland www.eventbrite.com GRUBB Arts, LLC, in collaboration with Florida Dance Theatre and The Working Artist Studio and Gallery, presents “Abstract” - a 5 show Performing Art Series inspired by Tapestries Lakeland. Each General Admission show will have limited seating available and will feature different Tapestries Lakeland paintings paired with Performing Art in

SALSA DANCING When: Aug. 20, 2019 | 6:30-9 p.m.

Where: Lake Mirror Theater

121 S Lake Ave, Lakeland www.lakelandsalsa.com Lakeland Salsa & Swing partner with the City of Lakeland to host dance socials every Tuesday night at the Lake Mirror Complex.6:30 - 7:30 PM — Group Lesson, 7:30 - 9:00 PM — Open Floor Dancing. General Admission — $5 (cash only please) LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS JUPITER When: Aug. 20, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland www.milb.com Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075 THE BEST OF THEATRE WINTER HAVEN- TRIBUTE TUESDAY LIVE When: Aug. 20, 2019 | 8-10 p.m.

Where: Ritz Theatre

263 W Central Ave, Winter Haven centralfloridatix.com Season 49 comes to a close with a celebration of the best of Musical Theatre in our final Tribute Tuesday Live concert.

See, hear and experience the best songs and great talent from the Theatre Winter Haven stage. See the highlights from this and past seasons, PLUS, selections from shows to come. This is a night to celebrate the Best of Theatre Winter Haven! Musical Direction: Phil King. This performance will take place at the Ritz Theatre. It was moved from the Chain O’ Lakes Complex due to construction and upgrades to the building. (863) 294-7469 LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS JUPITER When: Aug. 21, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland www.milb.com Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075 COMEDY OPEN MIC NIGHT When: Aug. 21, 2019 | 7 p.m.

Where: LkldTV Studio B

202 N Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland Hosted by Comedy Maestro Nate Fleming (Swan City Improv, Lkld Food Tours).It’s FREE to attend, and FREE to participate, but remember LAUGHS don’t come for free, so be sure to bring your best material, and get the audience rolling in the aisles for a chance to be invited to participate in a special end of year comedy show in December.

OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH DAN SIGNOR! When: Aug. 21, 2019 | 8 p.m.

Where: Union Hall, 1023 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Dan Signor, founder of Union Hall, will be leading Open Mic nights every Wednesday for the coming months! Come out and enjoy amazing food and drinks! Whether you’re a singer or a musician, come down and collaborate with local artists!

(863) 999-1013 Find them on FB@unionhallevents CAREERSOURCE POLK’S 2019 ANNUAL MEETING & BEST PLACES TO WORK AWARDS BREAKFAST When: Aug. 22, 2019 | 8 a.m.

Where: RP Funding Center

701 Lime Street, Lakeland careersourcepolk.com/employers/best-places-work-awards/ Since 2003, CareerSource Polk has recognized the Best Places to Work in Polk County through a competitive application process that honors employers who exemplify best practices in their workplace and who are committed to improving the quality of life for their employees.

(863) 508-1100 CREATIVE WRITING CRITIQUE GROUP When: Aug. 22, 2019 | 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com This group meets on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month from 12:30 — 2:30 p.m. Attendees share and critique their writings. All aspiring writers are welcome.Questions? Send email to wekeig@gmail.com.

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CRYIN’ TOWEL 2019 When: Aug. 22, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Where: Bartow Civic Center

2250 S Floral Ave, Bartow Join Bartow Kiwanis as we award “the saddest coach” in Polk County HS football. This hilarious night features local coaches lamenting their upcoming season in side-splitting fashion. Enjoy a steak dinner, hors d’oeuvres, bottomless beer, raffles, a chest of cheer, and so much more! Get your tickets at Bartow Chamber of Commerce, CenterState Bank in Bartow, or your favorite Bartow Kiwanians. Proceeds of the event help support Bartow Kiwanis efforts to aid our local children and positively impact our community.

NATURE’S FINEST YOGA CLASS When: Aug. 22, 2019 | 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve

945 Mackay Blvd, Lake Alfred mylakealfred.com Every Thursday evening, everyone is welcome, just bring a mat and an open heart. Donations will be accepted although the class is free.

LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS JUPITER When: Aug. 22, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland www.milb.com Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075 LUNCH & LEARN: POLLINATORS AND THE FLOWERS THEY LOVE When: Aug. 23, 2019 | 12 p.m.

Where: Lakeland Electric

501 E Lemon St., Lakeland www.eventbrite.com Want to attract more pollinators to your garden? Join us to learn about which flowers to plant to get those bees, birds, butterflies, and other pollinators flying to your garden! This is a free lunch and learn workshop and lunch is provided.

Workshop is presented by the City of Lakeland Water Utilities and the UF/IFAS Extension Polk County. Register online.

REBEL SOUL When: Aug. 23, 2019 | 7-11 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing, 115 W Pine St., Lakeland www.swanbrewing.com Rebel Soul is a high-energy, country/rock, country dance band. Their repertoire includes current country, several originals, a sprinkling of classic rock, southern rock, R&B and more.

LAKE WALES FARMERS MARKET When: Aug. 24, 2019 | 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: Downtown Market Place

20 N Market Place, Lake Wales www.lakewalesfl.gov 2nd and 4th Saturdays in downtown Lake Wales.

FINE ART AT THE MAGNOLIA When: Aug. 24, 2019 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Magnolia Building

702 E Orange St., Lakeland Invitational Fine Art Show held annually in August in Lakeland, Florida. Showcasing 19 accomplished Fine Artists from across the state in a stunningly beautiful 2-day Fine Art Show held inside the lovely Historic Magnolia Building in downtown Lakeland’s garden & theater district. For more info please email Betsy Bohrer at betsy@thebohrergallery. com or find them on FB @FineArtMagnolia SATURDAY AFTERNOON FAMILY MOVIE When: Aug. 24, 2019 | 2-4 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com Enjoy a family friendly movie on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month! Admission is FREE and food and drink are welcome.

THE ART OF FILM: NO HOME MOVIE When: Aug. 24, 2019 | 6-8:30 p.m.

Where: Polk Museum of Art

800 E Palmetto St., Lakeland polkmuseumofart.org havenmagazines.com

With audience Q&A and talkback sessions with film directors and faculty from Florida Southern College following each screening, this unique Polk Museum series will entertain, engage, and educate audiences of all ages. Doors open at 6:00 pm, Introduction and Screening at 6:30 pm. The Art of Film is free to attend. Cash bar available. (863) 688-7743.

No Home Movie, 2015, Synopsis: Filmmaker Chantal Akerman documents the life of her mother Natalia Akerman, a Polish immigrant and survivor of Auschwitz.

CAST AND BLAST FLORIDA: THE LIVE SHOW When: Aug. 24, 2019 | 6-8:30 p.m.

Where: Grove Roots Brewing Co.

302 3rd St. SW, Winter Haven The first ever live recording of the show! Join them for a special night, presented by Backcountry Hunters and Anglers! Tickets are free, but required for entry! More info on FB @castandblastfl SWAN CITY IMPROV PRESENTS: MADE UP MUSICAL When: Aug. 24, 2019 | 7:30-10:30 p.m.

Where: LkldTV Studio B

202 N Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland www.lkldlive.com One night, 2 completely improvised musicals. Swan City Improv will be doing the impossible by taking your suggestions and making 2 musicals on the spot. One at 7:30PM and one at 9:00PM. Come out ready to laugh as we sing songs, dance and have an all out great time bringing your suggestions to life on stage! $10 for one show, or just $15 for both!

quality time with your Little. The first step is to attend a Big Orientation & Training session where you’ll learn about our programs, commitments, expectations and our kids.

Every Thursday evening, everyone is welcome, just bring a mat and an open heart. Donations will be accepted although the class is free.

DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S CLUB OF EAST POLK/ RIDGE When: Aug. 27, 2019 | 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: The R-place Eatery Restaurant

35523 Hwy 27, Haines City The Democratic Women’s Club of East Polk/Ridge meets every 4th Tuesday. All Democratic women are welcome to join the club, where we discuss shared political views and volunteer for activities that help elect fellow Democrats.

Contact: Anne Huffman, Club President (863-242-3230) and annehuffman01@gmail.com

CAMERAS FOR THE CAUSE When: August 30, 2019 | 6-8 p.m.

Where: Polk State WH Fine Arts Gallery

11th Street NE, Winter Haven, FL centralfloridatix.com Photography exhibit and auction by local doctors to benefit Hope Lodge Tampa. HLT provides a home away from home for cancer patients and their caregivers while in treatment.

At the reception enjoy entertainment and refreshments.

Presented by Bond Clinic, $30 tickets may be purchased at centralfloridatix.com. Exhibit runs until Sept. 5.

POLK STRIDES KICKOFF PARTY AND REAL MEN WEAR PINK REVEAL When: Aug. 27, 2019 | 6-8 p.m.

Where: LkldTV Studio B

202 N Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland makingstrideswalk.org/polk Please join us at LkldTV for a PINK party with a purpose to learn more about ways to get involved with American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Polk County. There will be hor d’oeuvres, wine available at a cash bar, and live entertainment! To attend, you MUST be interested in making a difference in the lives of those facing this awful disease. To RSVP, please email polkcountyflstrides@cancer.org or call (863) 225-4900

BREW HUB’S NIGHT MARKET When: Aug. 30, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Where: Brew Hub, 3900 Frontage Rd S,, Lakeland brewhub.com Features artists and makers selling handmade goods, jewelry, art, wood-work, gifts and so much more! This is a familyfriendly event with a food truck & live music.

SALSA DANCING When: Aug. 27, 2019 | 6:30-9 p.m.

Where: Lake Mirror Theater

121 S Lake Ave, Lakeland www.lakelandsalsa.com Lakeland Salsa & Swing partner with the City of Lakeland host dance socials every Tuesday night at the Lake Mirror Complex. 6:30 - 7:30 PM — Group Lesson, 7:30 - 9:00 PM — Open Floor Dancing. General Admission — $5 (cash only please)

AUGUST COMEDY NIGHT - CHRIS GORGES FEATURING TIFFANY BARBEE When: Aug. 24, 2019 | 8 p.m.

Where: Ritz Theatre

263 W Central Ave, Winter Haven centralfloridatix.com Adult Material - Viewer Discretion is Advised. Some people like to read books. Chris Gorges likes to read crowds. He has the ability to relate to his audience. His interactive style gets the crowd going and with his wide range of material, Chris never misses a beat. With a strong background in Improvisation, his act can be anything! He’s all about getting some serious laughs and brings tons of experience to the stage from every stage in his life. Chris studied improvisation under Richard Schaal, Co-Founder of the legendary Compass Theater Group and The Second City in Chicago.

High energy, honest and edgy comedy set the tone for a show that is never the same twice. Lots of interaction and improvisation make for a great comedy experience.

MOONLIGHT MARKET When: Aug. 28, 2019 | 7-9 p.m.

Where: Grove Roots Brewing Co.

302 3rd St. SW, Winter Haven Shop from some of the best makers and food vendors from Central Florida! Shop, sip & eat local!

OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH DAN SIGNOR! When: Aug. 28, 2019 | 8 p.m.

Where: Union Hall, 1023 S Florida Ave, Lakeland Dan Signor, founder of Union Hall, will be leading Open Mic nights every Wednesday for the coming months! Come out and enjoy amazing food and drinks! Whether you’re a singer or a musician, come down and collaborate with local artists!

(863) 999-1013 Find them on FB@unionhallevents

FINE ART AT THE MAGNOLIA When: Aug. 25, 2019 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Magnolia Building

702 E Orange St., Lakeland Invitational Fine Art Show held annually in August in Lakeland, Florida. Showcasing 19 accomplished Fine Artists from across the state in a stunningly beautiful 2-day Fine Art Show held inside the lovely Historic Magnolia Building in downtown Lakeland’s garden & theater district. For more info please email Betsy Bohrer at betsy@thebohrergallery. com or find them on FB @FineArtMagnolia

LADIES NIGHT DOWNTOWN When: Aug. 29, 2019 | 5:30 p.m.

Where: Downtown Winter Haven www.mainstreetwh.com Enjoy a night of shopping, dining, and cocktail specials in participating businesses Downtown Winter Haven. Register for your FREE map online and pick them up on the corner of Central Ave and 4th Street NW at 5:30PM on August 29th!

26-31 LEGO CLUB When: Aug. 27, 2019 | 4-5 p.m.

Where: Winter Haven Public Library

325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven www.mywinterhaven.com They supply the Lego blocks, you supply the imagination!

Creations will be displayed during the following week. Ages 6-12. (863) 291-5880

POLK EMERGING LEADERS AWARDS When: Aug. 29, 2019 | 6-8:30 p.m.

Where: Bartow Civic Center

2250 S Floral Ave, Bartow www.winterhavenchamber.com The Polk Emerging Leaders Awards annually recognizes five young professionals from across Polk County making significant contributions and commitment to our community.

In its 9th year, the awards are once again hosted by the three young professional groups in Polk County, celebrating collaboration across city borders. Bartow, Lakeland and the Winter Haven Chambers are involved.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ORIENTATION & TRAINING When: Aug. 27, 2019 | 5:30-7 p.m.

Where: BBBS Polk Office

1231 E. Orange Street, Lakeland bbbstampabay.org/be-a-big/ Join us as a defender of potential by becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister and together, we can change the world. All it takes is 4-8 hours a month, depending on the program, with a focus on being consistent and spending one-to-one

NATURE’S FINEST YOGA CLASS When: Aug. 29, 2019 | 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve

945 Mackay Blvd, Lake Alfred mylakealfred.com 40

LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS TAMPA When: Aug. 30, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075 SIXX L SIXX CLASSIC ROCK & BLUES When: Aug. 30, 2019 | 7 p.m.

Where: Swan Brewing, 115 W Pine St., Lakeland Classic Rock & Blues and amazing Brews. Stop by and help us “Rock the House!” Dancing, drinks, great people!! All the classics you love!

LIVE TRIBUTE TO TOM PETTY - BY THE GARY LOVE BAND When: Aug. 30, 2019 | 8-11 p.m.

Where: LkldTV Studio B

202 N Massachusetts Ave, Lakeland www.lkldlive.com Tribute Shows are BACK! The first part of the show will be all your favorite Tom Petty tunes, and after the intermission the band will play classic party rock hits from the 70s & 80s. Put on your dancing shoes , it’s going to be a night to remember..

Doors Open 7:30pm Show Starts 8:00pm VIP Table Seats $25 Row Seats $10 BAY STREET CLASSIC CAR SHOW When: Aug. 31, 2019 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Downtown Davenport www.mydavenport.org Vendors - 50/50 Raffle - BBQ - Contests. Registration Starts at 8:00 am. For more information please call (863) 419-3300 ext. 138 LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS VS TAMPA When: Aug. 31, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Where: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland Minor League Baseball. (863) 686-8075 LADY MOONBEAM AND CMPNY OF ANMLS When: Aug. 31, 2019 | 8 p.m.

Where: The Poor Porker

801 E Main St., Lakeland Lady Moonbeam is an ethereal soulful electronic pop band from Lakeland. CMPNY of ANMLS is a dreamy psychedelic space rock band from Lakeland.

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225 TAFT DR.....................................DAVENPORT.......... 6/21/2019........... $211,800 301 SANDY RIDGE DR.......................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019...........$213,900 933 ORCHID GROVE BLVD...............DAVENPORT..........6/19/2019.......... $216,000 125 SECLUDED OAK CT.....................DAVENPORT..........6/19/2019.......... $218,000 408 SILVER PALMS CIR.....................DAVENPORT......... 6/25/2019........... $222,100 468 BUCHANNAN DR......................DAVENPORT........... 6/4/2019.......... $222,700 125 BATTLEGROVE DR......................DAVENPORT.......... 6/21/2019..........$225,000 303 MARIVAL DR..............................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019......... $230,000 228 LUDISIA LOOP...........................DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019...........$231,800 732 CITRUS ISLE DR..........................DAVENPORT..........6/19/2019.......... $232,200 493 BUCHANNAN DR.......................DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019.......... $232,900 416 WINDSOR ESTATES DR..............DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019..........$233,000 790 BENJAMIN TRL...........................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019........... $237,100 251 TOMELLOSO WAY......................DAVENPORT......... 6/25/2019...........$237,500 641 CAMPO LN.................................DAVENPORT......... 6/24/2019.......... $237,600 3205 SERENDIPITY WAY...................DAVENPORT.......... 6/21/2019......... $242,000 3145 SERENDIPITY WAY...................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019......... $243,000 134 LANGHAM DR............................DAVENPORT........... 6/6/2019......... $245,000 153 PRESTON AVE.............................DAVENPORT.......... 6/21/2019......... $248,500 589 SARDINIA CIR............................DAVENPORT........... 6/2/2019......... $248,900 336 TANGLEWOOD DR....................DAVENPORT.......... 6/21/2019......... $249,000 782 BENJAMIN TRL...........................DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019......... $249,000 612 SPANISH PINE RD........................DAVENPORT.........6/30/2019......... $250,000 616 SPANISH PINE RD.......................DAVENPORT.........6/30/2019......... $250,000 624 SPANISH PINE RD.......................DAVENPORT.........6/30/2019......... $250,000 632 SPANISH PINE RD.......................DAVENPORT.........6/30/2019......... $250,000 668 SPANISH PINE RD......................DAVENPORT.........6/30/2019......... $250,000 3373 WELLBORN DR.........................DAVENPORT........... 6/6/2019......... $250,000 445 GLENEAGLES DR.......................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019......... $250,000 115 PANDA WAY.................................DAVENPORT.......... 6/21/2019.......... $252,500 129 SUNNY DAY WAY........................DAVENPORT.......... 6/21/2019..........$253,300 528 ARENA DR..................................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019..........$255,000 115 DILLON WAY................................DAVENPORT............7/8/2019..........$255,000 328 VIOLA DR...................................DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019......... $258,000 1230 YORKSHIRE CT.........................DAVENPORT......... 6/24/2019......... $264,900 5458 LOMA VISTA LOOP..................DAVENPORT........... 6/5/2019......... $268,000 201 DURANGO LOOP.......................DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019..........$270,000 477 BUCHANNAN DR.......................DAVENPORT........... 6/4/2019..........$270,000 697 OGELTHORPE DR......................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019..........$270,200 228 TAFT DR.....................................DAVENPORT..........6/19/2019..........$270,900 3149 SERENDIPITY WAY...................DAVENPORT.......... 6/21/2019..........$272,000 3119 SERENDIPITY WAY....................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019..........$273,000 310 ANNABELLE WAY.......................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019......... $280,400 314 ANNABELLE WAY.......................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019......... $280,400 318 ANNABELLE WAY........................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019......... $280,400 322 ANNABELLE WAY.......................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019......... $280,400 326 ANNABELLE WAY.......................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019......... $280,400 330 ANNABELLE WAY.......................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019......... $280,400 850 BENJAMIN TRL...........................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019......... $280,400

AUBURNDALE

160 TERRELL ST............................ AUBURNDALE........... 6/4/2019............ $87,500 512 WALNUT ST............................. AUBURNDALE......... 6/25/2019.......... $103,500 109 PEARL ST................................. AUBURNDALE........... 6/4/2019........... $119,900 636 DUNCAN CIR.......................... AUBURNDALE......... 6/20/2019.......... $130,000 122 DEEN BLVD............................... AUBURNDALE............6/7/2019.......... $135,000 715 ELIZABETH LN.......................... AUBURNDALE.......... 6/21/2019...........$137,000 611 ARIANA AVE............................. AUBURNDALE......... 6/20/2019.......... $152,000 4255 K VILLE AVE........................... AUBURNDALE............6/7/2019.......... $159,000 221 LAKEVIEW DR.......................... AUBURNDALE........... 6/5/2019..........$160,000 115 SIMS RD.................................... AUBURNDALE........... 6/5/2019.......... $169,900 1130 BERKLEY RIDGE LN................ AUBURNDALE......... 6/24/2019........... $170,100 220 EAGLE POINT LOOP................ AUBURNDALE........... 6/6/2019..........$180,000 1201 CAROL AVE............................ AUBURNDALE......... 6/24/2019..........$186,800 343 PINE SHADOW LN................... AUBURNDALE............6/7/2019.......... $213,000 5533 ORO VALLEY RD................... AUBURNDALE.......... 6/21/2019..........$222,000 1036 BETHPAGE RD....................... AUBURNDALE.......... 6/21/2019..........$225,000 142 LAKE MARIANA PL.................. AUBURNDALE.......... 6/21/2019.......... $227,600 2008 BRENTWOOD DR................. AUBURNDALE......... 6/20/2019......... $234,000 189 OAK CROSSING BLVD............. AUBURNDALE......... 6/24/2019..........$270,000 194 LAKE ARIETTA CT.................... AUBURNDALE......... 6/25/2019..........$274,000 596 SOMERSET DR........................ AUBURNDALE........... 6/3/2019......... $289,000 132 WALKERS POINT DR................ AUBURNDALE..........6/19/2019..........$289,500 101 VIOLA DR................................. AUBURNDALE.......... 6/21/2019..........$339,000

DAVENPORT

489 DISA DR.....................................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019............ $97,400 533 DISA DR......................................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019............ $97,400 50989 HIGHWAY 27 LOT 225...........DAVENPORT......... 6/24/2019.......... $105,300 347 DOE DR......................................DAVENPORT........... 6/4/2019..........$106,000 3030 HOLLY HILL CUTOFF RD..........DAVENPORT........... 6/5/2019..........$106,000 7 WESTRIDGE RD..............................DAVENPORT......... 6/24/2019........... $115,000 256 WHIRLAWAY DR.........................DAVENPORT..........6/19/2019.......... $129,800 392 SUMMER SQUALL RD................DAVENPORT..........6/19/2019.......... $129,800 1327 CALABRIA AVE..........................DAVENPORT........... 6/6/2019..........$140,000 2122 FAN PALM DR............................DAVENPORT......... 6/24/2019........... $151,000 450 ROBBINS REST CIR....................DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019.......... $166,000 417 SCRUB JAY WAY..........................DAVENPORT......... 6/24/2019...........$172,600 412 JESSAMINE DR............................DAVENPORT..........6/19/2019.......... $189,000 130 NICHOLSON DR.........................DAVENPORT........... 6/4/2019..........$190,000 351 SCRUB JAY WAY..........................DAVENPORT......... 6/25/2019.......... $196,500 18 SOUTH BLVD................................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019..........$198,000 620 ROLLINS DR...............................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019..........$198,000 402 SUNRIDGE WOODS BLVD.........DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019......... $203,000 110 HIGH RIDGE DR...........................DAVENPORT........... 6/6/2019......... $205,000 1012 SALAMANCA PL........................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019..........$205,700 290 ANNABELLE WAY.......................DAVENPORT........... 6/5/2019............$211,200

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983 BENJAMIN TRL...........................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019......... $280,400 168 FOREST VIEW DR.......................DAVENPORT......... 6/24/2019......... $285,000 1812 BENOIT TER...............................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019......... $288,600 711 BENJAMIN TRL.............................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019......... $289,600 521 WILMONT TER............................DAVENPORT..........6/19/2019..........$292,000 606 SAMUEL PL................................DAVENPORT........... 6/5/2019..........$292,300 820 CORVINA DR.............................DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019......... $293,000 545 OGELTHORPE DR......................DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019......... $306,000 209 MONTORO LN...........................DAVENPORT..........6/19/2019......... $309,000 292 WHIRLAWAY DR.........................DAVENPORT........... 6/5/2019.......... $314,200 560 WESTCHESTER CT.....................DAVENPORT......... 6/20/2019.......... $318,300 213 MONTORO LN............................DAVENPORT.......... 6/21/2019......... $328,400 438 BELFRY DR.................................DAVENPORT..........6/19/2019......... $340,000 403 HAMPTON DR...........................DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019..........$355,000 266 TOMELLOSO WAY.....................DAVENPORT......... 6/24/2019......... $356,400 5412 SOLTERRA CIR..........................DAVENPORT........... 6/4/2019......... $386,000 1584 CLUBHOUSE BLVD...................DAVENPORT......... 6/24/2019......... $390,000 6078 BROAD OAK DR......................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019.........$440,800 6070 BROAD OAK DR.......................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019......... $443,600 6086 BROAD OAK DR......................DAVENPORT............6/7/2019......... $463,800 331 PINECREST LOOP.......................DAVENPORT........... 6/3/2019......... $554,400 7008 OAKWOOD ST.........................DAVENPORT........... 6/5/2019..........$862,500

803 CHAMBERLAIN LOOP...............LAKE WALES..........6/19/2019.......... $148,300 124 SUNSHINE DR.............................LAKE WALES.......... 6/21/2019.......... $150,000 1155 CIRCLE DR.................................LAKE WALES........... 6/3/2019.......... $169,000 785 CHELSEA WAY............................LAKE WALES........... 6/6/2019.......... $174,000 325 JOHNSON AVE............................LAKE WALES............6/7/2019...........$178,500 2543 SUNSET CIR.............................LAKE WALES............6/7/2019...........$181,000 3000 TROON LN..............................LAKE WALES........... 6/3/2019.......... $185,000 4033 DUNMORE DR.........................LAKE WALES..........6/19/2019.......... $186,500 331 DINNER LAKE CT........................LAKE WALES........... 6/5/2019..........$205,900 4063 BIRKDALE DR..........................LAKE WALES........... 6/3/2019.......... $215,000 4323 GULLANE DR...........................LAKE WALES........... 6/3/2019..........$234,900 812 MASTERPIECE RD.......................LAKE WALES......... 6/24/2019......... $240,000 6309 AVOCADO DR.........................LAKE WALES........... 6/3/2019..........$253,000

LAKELAND

2015 W SOCRUM LOOP RD................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019............$75,000 2806 WILLIAM LN............................... LAKELAND......... 6/25/2019............. $77,100 1050 WATERSEDGE DR....................... LAKELAND..........6/19/2019........... $80,000 2205 MARJORIE RD............................ LAKELAND............6/7/2019............ $81,000 1100 LOWRY AVE UNIT 50.................. LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019............$87,000 4936 BOBBIE AVE............................... LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019..........$100,000 3423 KATHY CT.................................. LAKELAND........... 6/6/2019.......... $105,000 4036 SHEARWATER ST....................... LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019.......... $105,200 4069 PINE FOREST PL........................ LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019.......... $105,200 6380 EGRET DR APT 23...................... LAKELAND..........6/19/2019..........$108,000 3216 STONEWATER CT....................... LAKELAND........... 6/6/2019...........$110,000 2348 SEA ISLAND CIR......................... LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019........... $115,000 808 HENNESSEE ST............................ LAKELAND............6/7/2019........... $115,000 743 BUENA VISTA ST.......................... LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019........... $118,700 3511 LORI LN........................................ LAKELAND..........6/19/2019............$121,500 2875 MINE AND MILL RD.................... LAKELAND......... 6/25/2019.......... $124,000 919 BEECH AVE................................... LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019.......... $125,000 5382 QUARRY ROCK RD.................... LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019.......... $128,500 858 CONCORD LN.............................. LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019.......... $128,600 2426 VIEW WAY.................................. LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019........... $131,000 4044 WINDING VINE DR.................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019.......... $135,000 6494 SEDGEFORD DR........................ LAKELAND........... 6/6/2019.......... $138,000 212 W POINSETTIA ST......................... LAKELAND......... 6/20/2019.......... $142,000 315 INGRAHAM AVE........................... LAKELAND......... 6/28/2019..........$144,000 2911 CLEVELAND HEIGHTS BLVD........ LAKELAND..........6/19/2019.......... $145,000 816 CHANNING RD............................. LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019.......... $145,000 3367 MOUNT TABOR RD.................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019.......... $149,000 1530 HUNTINGTON ST....................... LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019.......... $149,900 708 JEFFERSON AVE........................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019.......... $150,000 8735 PINE TREE DR............................. LAKELAND......... 6/26/2019.......... $155,000 7655 REFLECTIONS LAKE DR............. LAKELAND............6/7/2019........... $157,500 1257 DREW ST..................................... LAKELAND..........6/19/2019.......... $159,000 3729 WOODBURY HILL LOOP............ LAKELAND............6/7/2019.......... $159,900 1619 SKINNER ST................................. LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019..........$160,000 505 PALMEDEN DR............................. LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019........... $161,000 2151 WINTERSET DR............................ LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019.......... $163,000 3209 PRAIRIE DUNES CIR................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019..........$164,000 1517 BANKS PL..................................... LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019.......... $165,000 2822 BANYAN LN................................ LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019.......... $165,000 6231 SWEETWATER DR....................... LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019.......... $165,000 2315 HONEY DR.................................. LAKELAND............6/7/2019.......... $165,000 2875 DELROSE DR.............................. LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019..........$168,000 4702 VALLEY HILL CT......................... LAKELAND..........6/19/2019.......... $170,000 308 HIGH VIEW LN............................. LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019.......... $170,000 1803 BEDIVERE................................... LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019.......... $170,000 3563 RAINTREE CIR............................ LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019........... $171,000 6490 SEDGEFORD DR........................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019...........$173,500 2532 CREWS LAKE HILLS LOOP.......... LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019............$175,100 122 BEACON RD.................................. LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019..........$180,000 136 W BEACON RD.............................. LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019..........$180,000 7937 ASHLEY POINTE DR................... LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019..........$180,000

HAINES CITY

41 N 20TH ST APT 24........................ HAINES CITY..........6/27/2019............$75,000 7005 HEMINGWAY CIR.................... HAINES CITY............6/7/2019........... $99,000 423 ROOKS LOOP........................... HAINES CITY........... 6/5/2019..........$106,000 424 ROOKS LOOP........................... HAINES CITY........... 6/5/2019..........$106,000 700 PINNACLE DR........................... HAINES CITY......... 6/24/2019.......... $145,000 9 CANTERBURY DR......................... HAINES CITY........... 6/5/2019.......... $172,000 238 HIDDEN LAKE LOOP................. HAINES CITY..........6/19/2019......... $200,000 229 HIDDEN LAKE LOOP................. HAINES CITY........... 6/5/2019......... $200,000 405 ASHLEY PL................................ HAINES CITY........... 6/6/2019......... $200,000 437 STILLWATER LN......................... HAINES CITY........... 6/5/2019......... $209,000 1021 SUFFRAGETTE CIR................... HAINES CITY........... 6/4/2019........... $217,000 380 ROOKS LOOP........................... HAINES CITY.......... 6/21/2019.......... $218,000 982 CHANLER DR............................ HAINES CITY.......... 6/21/2019.......... $218,000 501 KIMBREL CT.............................. HAINES CITY.......... 6/21/2019.......... $220,700 417 MCKAY DR................................. HAINES CITY........... 6/4/2019..........$235,000 517 KIMBREL CT............................... HAINES CITY............6/7/2019..........$236,600 203 MILESTONE DR......................... HAINES CITY..........6/19/2019......... $244,500 242 HIDDEN LAKE LOOP................. HAINES CITY........... 6/5/2019......... $246,000 656 MEADOW POINTE DR............... HAINES CITY......... 6/24/2019..........$252,600 1100 ALTA VISTA DR......................... HAINES CITY......... 6/20/2019.......... $267,000 625 MEADOW POINTE DR............... HAINES CITY.......... 6/21/2019.......... $267,200 384 VILLA SORRENTO CIR.............. HAINES CITY........... 6/5/2019......... $289,000 30105 HWY 27................................. HAINES CITY........... 6/5/2019......... $650,000

LAKE ALFRED

720 S LAKE SHORE WAY................. LAKE ALFRED..........6/19/2019........... $90,000 324 SIERRA MIKE BLVD.................. LAKE ALFRED........... 6/3/2019.......... $146,600 505 S WINONA AVE........................ LAKE ALFRED........... 6/6/2019...........$157,000 131 SANDHILL CRANE LN................ LAKE ALFRED............6/7/2019..........$209,200 222 CATTAIL WAY........................... LAKE ALFRED........... 6/4/2019..........$220,500 409 YELLOW PERCH LN................. LAKE ALFRED............6/7/2019.......... $232,900 285 S GLENCRUITEN AVE............... LAKE ALFRED.......... 6/21/2019......... $308,000

LAKE WALES

19456 E STATE ROAD 60...................LAKE WALES........... 6/4/2019............$75,000 3008 HARBOR POINT DR.................LAKE WALES......... 6/22/2019........... $80,000 1303 CARLTON AVE..........................LAKE WALES........... 6/3/2019........... $82,000 19478 E STATE ROAD 60...................LAKE WALES............6/7/2019........... $84,300 116 LA CASA CONDOS......................LAKE WALES.......... 6/21/2019........... $88,500 2941 FAST TROT TRL........................LAKE WALES............6/7/2019........... $90,000 843 BRENTWOOD AVE.....................LAKE WALES............6/7/2019.......... $120,000 1068 SUNSET DR..............................LAKE WALES........... 6/3/2019.......... $130,000 415 SCENIC HWY..............................LAKE WALES......... 6/25/2019.......... $145,000 havenmagazines.com

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1135 VIEWPOINTE WAY....................... LAKELAND......... 6/25/2019..........$232,000 3240 SUMMIT LN............................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019..........$234,900 1304 MERLYN ST................................. LAKELAND............6/7/2019..........$235,000 307 INGRAHAM AVE.......................... LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019......... $240,000 152 WOODSIDE DR............................. LAKELAND......... 6/25/2019......... $240,000 2667 CANYON CREST DR................... LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019......... $243,800 3803 ALAMANDA HILLS LN................ LAKELAND......... 6/20/2019......... $245,000 8275 WILDER LOOP............................ LAKELAND......... 6/25/2019.......... $247,300 5044 LOCHINVAR.............................. LAKELAND..........6/19/2019......... $250,000 4325 CINDY RD................................... LAKELAND......... 6/20/2019......... $250,000 4688 LATHLOA LOOP........................ LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019..........$252,400 3755 PEREGRINE WAY........................ LAKELAND............6/7/2019......... $254,400 6023 SUNSET VISTA DR..................... LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019.......... $254,700 1352 EVERGREEN PARK CIR................ LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019......... $258,400 728 HUNTERS RUN BLVD................... LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019..........$259,000 2157 BLUE HIGHLANDS DR................. LAKELAND........... 6/6/2019..........$259,900 7124 MORNING DOVE LOOP.............. LAKELAND......... 6/20/2019.......... $267,000 2435 TORRENS DR............................. LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019......... $268,000 4128 PRIMA LAGO CIR........................ LAKELAND........... 6/6/2019..........$270,000 3590 JIM KASEY LN............................. LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019..........$270,500 4173 PRIMA LAGO CIR........................ LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019..........$272,000 3009 HWY 540A................................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019..........$274,000 2863 VINTAGE VIEW LOOP................ LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019.......... $275,500 2379 SEBAGO DR................................ LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019......... $280,000 2325 BELLA LUNA CIR......................... LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019......... $289,000 1201 EVERGREEN PARK CIR................ LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019.......... $302,100 4046 SOLAMOR ST............................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019......... $304,000 4048 SOLAMOR ST............................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019......... $304,000 4052 SOLAMOR ST............................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019......... $304,000 4054 SOLAMOR ST............................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019......... $304,000 4058 SOLAMOR ST............................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019......... $304,000 4060 SOLAMOR ST............................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019......... $304,000

4009 TIMBERWOOD DR.................... LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019..........$180,000 1141 WATERFALL LN............................ LAKELAND........... 6/6/2019...........$181,000 2022 BUCKTHORN LN........................ LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019.......... $183,000 2154 LONGLEAF CIR........................... LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019.......... $185,000 2926 EWELL RD.................................. LAKELAND......... 6/25/2019.......... $185,000 1506 HALLAM CT................................ LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019.......... $185,000 1220 GREENVIEW DR.......................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019.......... $186,500 2717 GRACE MANOR DR..................... LAKELAND........... 6/6/2019...........$187,000 8535 CHERRY HILL DR........................ LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019...........$187,800 1779 HOLTON RD................................ LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019..........$198,000 3911 SERENADE LN.............................. LAKELAND......... 6/20/2019.......... $199,000 1034 PARAKEET TRL........................... LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019.......... $201,000 2238 CASPIAN DR............................... LAKELAND......... 6/25/2019...........$201,200 5340 SONG SPARROW CT.................. LAKELAND..........6/19/2019......... $204,000 1130 SUCCESS AVE.............................. LAKELAND........... 6/6/2019......... $204,400 8032 SUGAR PINE BLVD..................... LAKELAND......... 6/20/2019......... $205,000 7204 REGENT DR................................ LAKELAND............6/7/2019......... $205,000 7609 N MATHER RD............................ LAKELAND........... 6/6/2019.......... $207,500 8174 OAKHURST BLVD....................... LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019.......... $215,000 5821 MAGGIORE BLVD........................ LAKELAND......... 6/25/2019........... $217,000 2313 HAMLET CIR............................... LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019.......... $219,000 1747 DAVID CRUM CT......................... LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019...........$219,900 5847 COLONY PLACE DR................... LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019...........$219,900 4942 HIDDEN HILLS DR...................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019......... $220,000 8344 ADELE RD.................................. LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019..........$225,000 4039 BUTTONBUSH CIR.................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019..........$225,000 3814 CARROLWOOD DR.................... LAKELAND......... 6/24/2019..........$225,400 7305 KESHISHIAN CT......................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019..........$226,000 707 LAUREL POINTE CT..................... LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019........... $227,286 3523 CREEKMUR LN........................... LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019..........$228,000 6579 FOX TREE LN.............................. LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019..........$228,000 6059 CONDOR DR............................. LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019..........$229,000 5409 WEBER PL.................................. LAKELAND............6/7/2019..........$229,900

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4063 SOLAMOR ST............................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019......... $304,000 4065 SOLAMOR ST............................ LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019......... $304,000 4810 BRIDLE PATH DR........................ LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019.......... $310,000 1512 YORKSHIRE TRL.......................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019.......... $310,000 6038 STONEY CREEK PL.................... LAKELAND......... 6/25/2019...........$312,500 2430 WINNIPEG DR............................ LAKELAND......... 6/20/2019..........$325,000 2465 LAUREL GLEN DR....................... LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019......... $340,000 1674 VIA LAGO DR.............................. LAKELAND......... 6/26/2019..........$359,300 505 MARTIN L KING JR AVE................ LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019.......... $361,000 1750 VIA LAGO DR.............................. LAKELAND..........6/19/2019..........$373,000 202 WOODSIDE DR............................ LAKELAND..........6/19/2019......... $390,000 5009 HANOVER LN............................ LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019..........$410,000 5908 LAKE VICTORIA DR................... LAKELAND........... 6/5/2019......... $425,000 3969 AQUILLA DR.............................. LAKELAND........... 6/4/2019......... $430,000 3925 AQUILLA DR.............................. LAKELAND.......... 6/21/2019..........$453,500 6357 ASHLEY DR................................ LAKELAND......... 6/20/2019..........$599,900 855 WHISPER WOODS DR.................. LAKELAND........... 6/3/2019..........$610,000 2673 BELLERIVE DR............................ LAKELAND............6/7/2019......... $670,000 7240 KATHLEEN RD............................ LAKELAND............6/7/2019..........$775,000 1 KATHLEEN RD.................................. LAKELAND............6/7/2019......... $850,000 3610 DEESON RD................................ LAKELAND............6/7/2019......... $850,000 5404 KATHLEEN RD........................... LAKELAND............6/7/2019.......$1,030,000

148 SOLIS DR...............................WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019........... $191,600 4540 PALMETTO.........................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/24/2019.......... $193,000 6538 CRESCENT LOOP................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/24/2019..........$194,000 2912 WHISPERING TRAILS DR.....WINTER HAVEN........... 6/5/2019.......... $195,000 1511 AVENUE G.............................WINTER HAVEN............6/7/2019.......... $195,000 432 HONEY BELL RD...................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/4/2019.......... $195,500 1230 SOPHIA BLVD......................WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019...........$197,000 1658 TRESSEL CT.........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019.......... $198,500 190 FALL GLO RD.........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019.......... $199,000 2268 ROSE BLVD.........................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019.......... $199,000 3117 ROYAL TERN DR...................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/5/2019......... $203,000 413 DURRELL CIR.........................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/26/2019......... $205,000 450 HONEY BELL RD...................WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019......... $206,000 272 24TH ST.................................WINTER HAVEN..........6/19/2019..........$207,000 950 SUMMER GLEN DR...............WINTER HAVEN......... 6/20/2019..........$207,000 105 SANDBURG LN......................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019..........$207,000 127 MORNING GLORY CIR...........WINTER HAVEN..........6/19/2019.......... $207,500 232 TERRANOVA BLVD................WINTER HAVEN..........6/27/2019.......... $207,500 184 SOLIS DR...............................WINTER HAVEN............6/7/2019.......... $210,000 213 MAJESTIC GARDENS LN.........WINTER HAVEN........... 6/4/2019.......... $210,500 1410 GREY EAGLE LN...................WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019.......... $214,200 901 TURNSTONE LN....................WINTER HAVEN..........6/19/2019.......... $215,000 953 SUMMER GLEN DR................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/20/2019.......... $215,000 1453 EAGLE CREST BLVD.............WINTER HAVEN........... 6/5/2019.......... $215,400 4077 GREAT EGRET DR...............WINTER HAVEN......... 6/24/2019........... $217,000 408 SUNFISH DR.........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019............$217,700 1127 NORMANDY HEIGHTS CIR...WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019..........$225,000 2410 SALZBURG LOOP................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019..........$226,500 28 BREVARD DR..........................WINTER HAVEN..........6/19/2019..........$229,900 3705 HUNTINGTON LN...............WINTER HAVEN......... 6/20/2019...........$231,900 126 WHITTIER LN.........................WINTER HAVEN..........6/19/2019..........$235,000 2393 TWIN LAKE VIEW RD..........WINTER HAVEN............6/7/2019..........$236,300 4336 DUNMORE DR....................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/5/2019..........$242,300 5032 PEBBLE BEACH BLVD..........WINTER HAVEN............6/7/2019..........$242,500 3148 COUNTRY CLUB CIR..........WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019.......... $253,700 201 LOMA DR...............................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/5/2019.......... $257,000 802 HART LAKE ST......................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/24/2019..........$270,000 337 TOWHEE RD..........................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/5/2019..........$275,000 2124 CLERMONT ST.....................WINTER HAVEN............6/7/2019..........$275,000 3029 COUNTRY CLUB CIR..........WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019........... $277,700 3037 COUNTRY CLUB CIR..........WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019........... $277,700 3041 COUNTRY CLUB CIR..........WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019........... $277,700 3045 COUNTRY CLUB CIR..........WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019........... $277,700 3049 COUNTRY CLUB CIR.........WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019........... $277,700 3168 COUNTRY CLUB CIR...........WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019........... $277,700 3460 RECKER HWY.....................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/20/2019......... $280,000 109 LAKE OTIS RD........................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/24/2019..........$282,000 514 ARCHAIC DR.........................WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019.......... $283,700 1620 17TH ST................................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019......... $300,000 3820 GAINES DR..........................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/4/2019......... $305,000 1025 S LAKE MARIAM DR.............WINTER HAVEN........... 6/5/2019......... $305,000 7343 BENT GRASS DR..................WINTER HAVEN..........6/19/2019......... $320,000 560 E LAKE ELBERT DR................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/20/2019......... $320,000 815 N LAKE HOWARD DR.............WINTER HAVEN..........6/19/2019..........$320,500 2502 PARTRIDGE DR...................WINTER HAVEN..........6/19/2019.......... $412,500 1433 LAKE HOWARD DR..............WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019.......... $415,000 9452 WATERFORD OAKS DR.......WINTER HAVEN............6/7/2019.......... $512,600 4065 GREAT EGRET DR...............WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019.......... $729,200 2060 HELENA RD........................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019.........$800,000 1105 CYPRESS GARDENS BLVD....WINTER HAVEN......... 6/20/2019.......$1,200,000 232 LAKE SMART CIR...................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019...... $2,482,000 516 LAKE SMART BLVD................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019....... $2,524,857 1200 LAKE SILVER DR..................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019......$6,000,000

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124 6TH ST...................................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019............$78,300 3231 TIMBERLINE RD...................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019........... $80,000 1372 EAGLE CREST BLVD..............WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019........... $83,000 2375 TWIN LAKE VIEW RD...........WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019........... $83,000 434 RED HAWK LOOP.................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/4/2019........... $88,300 161 DUVAL RD..............................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/25/2019........... $95,000 930 26TH ST................................WINTER HAVEN..........6/19/2019............$95,300 2500 NW 21ST ST APT 32.............WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019............$95,500 1181 HAINES DR............................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/26/2019..........$100,000 1217 HAINES DR............................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/26/2019..........$100,000 1247 HAINES DR...........................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/26/2019..........$100,000 711 LUCERNE BLVD.......................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/26/2019..........$100,000 2500 21ST ST APT 5......................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/26/2019.......... $109,500 1905 16TH ST...............................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019...........$110,000 862 KILLEARN BLVD....................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/20/2019........... $118,500 3357 DEXTER DELL......................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019...........$122,500 1717 31ST ST..................................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019........... $123,700 612 SWEET BAY CIR......................WINTER HAVEN............6/7/2019........... $127,000 2800 AVENUE M..........................WINTER HAVEN............6/7/2019.......... $129,000 5023 QUERCUS LOOP.................WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019.......... $130,000 1505 AVENUE D...........................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/24/2019.......... $130,000 4410 GLENNS LNDG....................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019.......... $130,000 2348 ISLE ROYALE CT..................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/4/2019.......... $130,000 104 5TH ST JPV.............................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019...........$135,500 1123 BOWLINE ST.........................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/24/2019........... $138,100 815 E LAKE MARTHA DR..............WINTER HAVEN.......... 6/21/2019..........$140,000 118 WHITTIER LN..........................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/20/2019.......... $140,500 2422 SALZBURG LOOP................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/25/2019........... $142,100 1105 LAKE ELBERT DR..................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019.......... $143,000 503 TAYLOR BLVD.......................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019.......... $144,900 2355 GERBER DAIRY RD..............WINTER HAVEN......... 6/24/2019.......... $155,000 122 BEVERLY DR...........................WINTER HAVEN............6/7/2019.......... $155,000 1403 GRAND CAYMAN CIR..........WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019........... $157,900 130 CITRUS DR............................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/24/2019.......... $158,000 226 LAKE ELOISE POINTE BLVD...WINTER HAVEN........... 6/3/2019...........$167,000 118 BROWNING CIR......................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019.......... $170,000 3745 RECKER HWY......................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/24/2019.......... $175,000 938 DEMING DR..........................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/5/2019.......... $175,000 1849 WALLACE MANOR LN.........WINTER HAVEN......... 6/25/2019...........$175,900 693 LUCERNE BLVD.....................WINTER HAVEN........... 6/6/2019........... $183,100 208 CHAUCER LN........................WINTER HAVEN......... 6/20/2019...........$187,000 3873 OSPREY POINTE CIR...........WINTER HAVEN......... 6/26/2019..........$190,000 havenmagazines.com

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Upcoming Shows

• GATOR LAGER Lager, German Pale 5.0% ABV

• CHILLIN’ ON A DECK Imperial Lager 7.0% ABV

• BEACH ME UP Shandy, Grapefruit 4.5% ABV

• FLOATIN’ ON A RIVER Lager, Orange Citrus 4.5% ABV

• TFB AMBER Amber Lager, American 5.2% ABV

• KRIEKIN’ IT SIMPLE Belgian Lambic 4.5% ABV

• POLAR PILSENER Pilsener, International Style 4.5% ABV

• SHE’S GOT CURVES Marzen 6.2% ABV

8/2 – Southern Legacy Duo 8/3 – SPF 60 8/9 – Michael Ridgeway 8/10 – Southbound 75 8/16 – John Frinzi 8/17 – Southern Legacy 8/23 – Scott Hooker 8/24 – Aggie Road 8/30 – Neal & Prey 8/31 – Blackbird Anthem

• GATOR WITH A BITE Lager, American 6.0% ABV

• ESPRESSYO SELF Lager, Coffee 5.2% ABV

• SPOOK HILL VANILLA Dunkel, Vanilla 5.2% ABV

• 2 SEAS IPL India Pale Lager 7.0% ABV

Fri: 5:30-10:30pm • Sat: 2:00-10:30pm 202 Gandy Rd., Auburndale

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