Nicole Darden Creston
All Things Considered Host & ReporterNicole came to Central Florida to attend Rollins College and started working for Orlando’s ABC News Radio affiliate shortly after graduation. She joined Central Florida Public Media in 2010. As a field reporter, news anchor and radio show host in the City Beautiful, she has covered everything from local arts to national elections, from extraordinary hurricanes to historic space flights, from the people and procedures of Florida’s justice system to the changing face of the state’s economy. When local issues have received international attention, Nicole has reported worldwide for TV news outlets such as CNN, HLN, ABC, Fox News Channel, and BBC News 24.
When she’s off duty, Nicole can often be found performing with one of Central Florida’s many theatre companies, or taking in local arts, culture and music.
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Marilyn Monroe, Captain Jack Sparrow, Britney Spears, and Austin Powers walk into a bar. No, that's not the setup for a joke, it’s a few of the personalities seen at the Sunburst Convention of Celebrity Impersonators. -
Downtown Orlando gets a glow-up this weekend, as the Orlando Mural Festival comes to paint the town red (and other colors, too). You can watch 15 artists create new large-scale murals across downtown. -
A commemoration of 25 years since 9/11 at Rollins College will feature former U.S. Poet Laureate and author Billy Collins reading his poem, “The Names.” -
The play “The Guys” was written by journalist Anne Nelson. It’s based on her true story of helping a bereaved fire captain write eulogies for the firefighters he’d lost on 9/11. -
The 3rd annual Orlando Out Fest runs September 10 -13. It’s a weekend-long performing arts and film festival featuring local LGBTQ+ stories, artists and history. -
"Swamp Legends" is the theme of this weekend's History After Dark event, featuring drinks, games and a hunt for the elusive Florida cryptid called the Skunk Ape. -
Sometimes you find art in unexpected places. Orlando's Hourglass Brewing is one. You could say it’s growing from an Artistic Acorn, the nom de guerre of curator Alex Ramirez. -
Yezdan Givci's physical-slash-digital – or phygital – book is called “Journey,” a narrative coloring book for kids and adults with original music accompanying every page. -
Orlando Story Club is holding a live storytelling competition the evening of August 5. What storytellers say and how they say it is up to each participant. -
This year, Palm Bay will see its first celebration of Emancipation Day, when Caribbean nations were freed from British imperial slavery in 1833. Guyanese chef Hollis Barclay tells the story through food.
