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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Black Theatre Girl Magic is holding its 5th annual Juneteenth event Facets of Freedom. A small, socially-distanced COVID-era event in 2020 grew to this year’s full-blown festival. -
The CFCArts Symphony Orchestra's space-focused concert called Final Frontier covers space from pop culture to enduring classics to Central Florida’s role in space history. -
The Central Florida Public Media Tiny Desk Showcase is back for 2025, featuring live and local music chosen by you! This time, we had to get a bigger venue: the Beacham in downtown Orlando. -
As the arts are facing funding cuts at the federal, state, and local levels, artists at the Orlando Fringe take on one question: Why are the arts important? -
Orlando Gay Chorus is celebrating its 35th birthday with two performances this month. The show is “Choral Kaleidoscope” and features music from across the chorus’s history. -
Hundreds of people gathered outside Orlando City Hall Saturday for a Hands Off/50501 protest. Many causes were championed with one unifying principle: opposition to President Trump’s policies. -
An espionage-based exhibit lets visitors become secret agents and use real spy gadgets to crack a case and get a STEM lesson at the same time. -
The city of Orlando turns 150 years old in July and a celebration is underway in the form of an exhibit at the Orlando County Regional History Center, Orlando Collected. -
In the midst of arts and cultural funding cuts, we talk to the head of Chance2Dance, Florida's first sensory-friendly dance school, about serving special-needs students. -
The final weekend of the event takes over the Doctor Phillips Center for the Performing Arts with offerings from visual arts to traditional theater to tech-driven surprises.
