“Spotlight” covers arts, culture, and entertainment from a Central Florida perspective. But, like the arts itself, “Spotlight” strains its boundaries and may even cross them if there’s a need! “Spotlight” aims to call attention to people and events that offer enrichment to its listeners. That enrichment comes in many forms: from a discussion about how art can take its audience on an emotional journey that creates empathy where none existed before…to news about a local theater or museum when its inner workings have outsized consequences…to a belly laugh from much-need comedic relief. “Spotlight” will also share performances from creators of all stripes and endeavor to amplify voices not often heard. It’s an engaging and exciting listen with a mind-broadening mission.
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For the 28th year, Southern Winds Theater is bringing the “One-Man ‘A Christmas Carol’” to the stage. Actor David McElroy plays all 37 characters in the story.
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The play makes its public debut in Orlando, with a costume contest for Orange County Public Schools students that will see the winning design hit the stage on Broadway.
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“Let the People Sing” is a documentary drama focused on Zora Neale Hurston and based on historical records, letters, and playbills found in Rollins archives.
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The LGBTQ Center of Orlando is holding its first-ever QFEST, a four-day theater and film festival focused around Central Florida’s queer artists, performers and stories.
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Cassadaga is the ghost-story capital of Central Florida, so what better place than the century-old hotel in the center of town for a Halloween haunted house?
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Central Florida is joining the 50th anniversary celebrations of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Orlando performer Jaimz Dillman has devised an unique cabaret-style show.
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The 21st annual Come Out With Pride parade and festival is this weekend in downtown Orlando. The theme is We The People, as the LGBTQ+ community faces some legislative changes.
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Orlando has a new poet laureate. Camara Gaither is an author, and an award-winning spoken word artist who works in the space between poetry and mental health.
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The 3rd annual Orlando Latino Fest is coming to town with a variety of music, food, art exhibits, and local small businesses to mark Hispanic Heritage Month.
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Orlando’s Victorian-style horror troupe Phantasmagoria has teamed up with the estate of the darkly whimsical author Edward Gorey to perform some of Gorey’s tales.
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Orlando’s Global Peace Film Festival has a new partner this year in UrbanFest 360. They both aim to cultivate connection and shared understanding through film.
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Opera Orlando is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a season of new twists on established favorites and performances that celebrate the future.