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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The Morse Museum is celebrating July 4th and America 250 with events that highlight arts accessibility, music and a special exhibition of some quintessentially American items. -
Caleb Wiles creates magic tricks from the ground up and performs them for audiences, as he's done on TV shows like “Penn & Teller’s Fool Us." He'll be at Magic Studio on I-Drive this weekend. -
A locally written musical set in New York during the 1920s Harlem Renaissance and centered on Langston Hughes' poetry is coming to Judson's Live, opening on Juneteenth. -
A new play from a Central Florida playwright examines trauma, grief and recovery through the eyes of a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting. -
Make Music Orange County is a Central Florida project that aims, for one day, to blanket the whole county in music performed by the community that’s free to the community. -
The Central Florida Public Media Tiny Desk Showcase is back, with live and local musical artists chosen by you. The five bands will perform Thursday, June 4th at the Beacham in downtown Orlando. -
A global play writing competition based in Orlando is seeking new works written in Spanish. Open Scene, the arts organization behind the competition, is accepting submissions until May 31st. -
The Central Florida Community Arts Choir is offering the classic cross-country road trip vibe without the gas prices or back-seat bickering at this weekend’s show, “Road Trip: USA.” -
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. -
For Central Floridians who relish a good pickle, the news is sweet, not sour, with Pickle Fest. It's an all-local event with bands, creators, and of course, special pickle dishes.
