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11 ICYMI

Pulse memorial site reverts back to property owners, Orange County’s tenant bill of rights gutted, migrant workers and advocates issue legal challenge to new “transport” rule, and other news you may have missed.

Plus ‘This Modern World’

15 Whitewashed

What do Florida’s new Black history standards mean for the state of education? An interview with UCF Professor Robert Cassanello, who specializes in Florida’s civil rights history

17 Strip tease

A new law decriminalized test strips for fentanyl, but excludes the same drug-checking equipment for the animal sedative xylazine (also known as tranq), which is involved in a rising number of overdoses

ARTS

21 Live Active Cultures

Penguin Point Productions has been sold. But don’t worry, the space is in very good (and familiar) hands

FILM

23 Couchsurfing

What’s new on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video etc. this week

27 Existential brilliance — and a lot of fun

Come on, Barbie, let’s go party (talk about consumerism and conservative gender roles)

29 Fire from the gods

Oppenheimer does something all too rare in Hollywood — it trusts its audience

MUSIC

31 Rocksteady

Musician and organizer JER is an essential new voice of ska’s next generation

33 This Little Underground

Orlando label DCxPC’s Live & Dead series pairs full studio recordings with live sessions on one record — and the first volume spotlights underrated Orlando metal punks Moat Cobra

33 Four questions for Illuminated Paths’ Josh Rogers

Josh Rogers is known by many performing aliases — Noob Saibot, Black Wick, Broken Machine Films — but he’s best known as the guiding hand behind milestone-marking label Illuminated Paths

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Our picks of the best things to do and see this week, plus plenty of event listings

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BY CHLOE GREENBERG, MCKENNA SCHUELER AND THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

» OnePulse Foundation terminates lease with property owners, won’t oversee memorial

The OnePulse Foundation has terminated its lease for the nightclub’s interim memorial site, and will be handing it over to the property’s owners. The nonprofit foundation, established in the aftermath of the 2016 Pulse tragedy to honor victims and those affected, announced last week it can no longer legally operate the memorial because its temporary use permit for the site expired last year. In a letter to the site’s owners, OnePulse’s legal counsel says that operations of the site are to be handed off to the owners, Barbara and Rosario Poma and Mike Panaggio. The changes are to go into effect immediately. After launching the foundation in 2016, Barbara Poma is no longer part of OnePulse, having officially cut ties to the organization just a few months ago. The OnePulse Foundation said in a statement it “has no legal authority to manage the site, nor handle its day-today care and security.” The Pomas said in a statement that they found the move “disappointing,” adding, “We will evaluate the status of the property to determine the next steps.” In May, OnePulse also announced it was no longer planning to host a permanent memorial site at the location. There’s been controversy surrounding future plans for memorializing the tragedy, shooting survivors, and surviving loved ones. For now, the future of the interim memorial remains uncertain.

» Florida’s new industry-backed tenant law will immediately affect Orange County renters

Gov. Ron DeSantis last month signed into law an industry-backed bill (HB 1417) that wipes out certain tenant protections established by local governments in Florida, including two local laws established earlier this year by the Orange County government. Both aimed to strengthen renters’ rights and protect renters from some of the predatory practices of bad landlords (e.g., discriminating against renters who use a housing voucher to help cover part of their rent). The two local laws no longer enforceable in Orange County include a “tenant bill of rights” establishing certain rights for renters that aren’t granted under state law, as well as a fair notice ordinance requiring landlords to inform renters 60 days prior to a lease termination or rent increase of 5% or more. The new state law, preempting these and all other local regulations on residential tenancies to the state, was backed by the Florida GOP, the Florida Apartment Association and the Florida Realtors (two powerful landlord and real estate lobbying interests). Over 40 ordinances statewide were affected. But there are a few things that weren’t affected for tenant and landlords: Orange County’s new Office of Tenant Services will still remain open (if somewhat toothless); Orange County landlords still cannot discriminate against renters who plan to use a housing voucher (or any other lawful source of income) to cover rent; and local renters are also still protected by some basic state and federal fair housing protections. The kicker: State Sen. Linda Stewart (of Orlando) was the only Democrat to vote in favor of the new law gutting local tenant rights laws.

» Migrant workers and advocates challenge new Florida immigration law

Migrant workers and advocates have filed a federal lawsuit challenging part of a new Florida law that makes it a felony to transport undocumented immigrants into the state, arguing the law is vague and will lead to “unlawful arrest, prosecution and harassment.” The law, championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, is among a series of measures adopted by state Republican leaders in recent years targeting immigrants entering the country from Mexico. In part, the new law makes it a felony to transport into the state an individual “whom the person knows, or reasonably should know” has entered the country illegally. People can be charged with a second-degree felony for each violation of the law. The lawsuit filed earlier this month in Miami argued that what is known as “Section 10” of the law does not include a definition of certain terms, and thus is “hopelessly vague and incoherent.” Plaintiffs include the Farmworker Association of Florida and several migrant workers and advocates, who are identified by their initials. The law could prevent friends and family from visiting each other, hamper parents from seeking health care for their children, and keep church members from bringing fellow congregants to worship, the lawsuit said.

» Florida Dems in Congress commit to not intervene if UPS Teamsters strike Florida Democrats in Congress — including local U.S. House Reps. Maxwell Frost and Darren Soto — have committed not to intervene if UPS workers, represented by the Teamsters, go on strike in August. That is, if UPS workers strike, they won’t do anything to try and break up the strike or force workers to accept a labor agreement that their union has rejected. This move is seen as a signal

of support for the UPS workers, whose union is currently negotiating a new labor contract, covering 340,000 UPS package delivery drivers and warehouse workers nationwide. If the Teamsters don’t reach a tentative deal with UPS prior to Tuesday, Aug. 1 (one day after their current contract expires), workers have overwhelmingly voted to strike. It’d be the largest strike the U.S. has seen in decades. The major sticking points at this time, as the company and union negotiate a deal, are wages and working conditions for part-time UPS workers, who have historically been left behind during contract negotiations. But this time around, the union has new leadership. Some background on the Dems’ move: The Biden administration used its authority last year under the Railway Labor Act (covering rail and airline industries) to force railroad workers to accept a deal they didn’t like, in order to avoid a disruption to the supply chain. That move was viewed as an act of betrayal by some workers. The Teamsters president has called on Biden to stay out of their own labor dispute.

» Florida Education board approves new rules on bathroom use and preferred pronouns in schools

The State Board of Education last week approved a new rule meant to help carry out a controversial law that expands a prohibition on discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools (you know, that “Don’t Say Gay” law you may have heard something about?). The revised rule came after Gov. Ron DeSantis and lawmakers this spring approved a law that prohibits classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in pre-K through eighth grade. Previously such instruction was barred from kindergarten through third grade. The new law (HB 1069) also limits the way teachers and students can use preferred pronouns in schools. It bars teachers and other school staff from telling students their preferred pronouns, and prohibits teachers from asking students about their preferred pronouns. Educators could face suspension or revocation of their teaching certificates for violating the rule. The rule also is designed to carry out a new law that requires students to use bathrooms that align with their sex as assigned at birth.

Pulse memorial site reverts back to property owners, Orange County’s tenant bill of rights gutted, legal challenge to new migrant “transport” rule and other news you may have missed.

WHITEWASHED

What do Florida’s new Black history standards mean for the state of education? An interview with UCF Professor Robert Cassanello, who specializes in Florida’s civil rights history

BY MCKENNA SCHUELER

The Florida Board of Education last week approved new standards for the teaching of African American history in Florida schools, as well as other social sciences, that reflect what critics describe as a “whitewashing” of Black history.

The 216-page document detailing new academic guidelines for K-12 schools was approved at a board meeting in Orlando, but not before facing criticism by numerous educators, Democratic politicians, the statewide teachers union and the NAACP.

Critics argued the new standards “omit or rewrite key historical facts about the Black experience” and ignore state law about required instruction.

Already, the changes have garnered national attention — largely due to a section of the middle-school standards that would require instruction on “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

Vice President Kamala Harris, who paid a visit to Florida last week, strongly condemned the guidelines. At a conference for the Black sorority Delta Sigma Theta in Jacksonville on Thursday, Harris said bluntly,“They want to replace history with lies,” calling it an effort by extremist leaders to spread propaganda.

Moreover, new benchmarks for high school instruction would expose students to another hotly debated message: Lessons on white supremacist-led massacres against Black Americans — including, but not limited to the Rosewood massacre in 1923 and Ocoee massacre of 1920 — will include instruction on violence both “against and by African Americans.”

Members of the board, however, as well as the state Department of Education, defended the new standards. MaryLynn Magar, a DeSantisappointed member of the education board, said on Wednesday that “everything is there” in the new history standards and “the darkest parts of our history are addressed,” the Tallahassee Democrat reported.

Manny Diaz Jr., the state’s education commissioner (and a former Republican lawmaker who sponsored HB 7, also known as the “Stop WOKE Act” of 2022) also defended the changes.

“This is an in-depth, deep dive into African American history, which is clearly American history as Gov. DeSantis has said, and what Florida has done is expand it,” said Diaz.

In fact, the curriculum update was made necessary by HB 7, dubbed by DeSantis the “Stop Wrongs To Our Kids and Employees Act.”

The “Stop WOKE Act,” approved by the GOPdominated legislature in 2022, bans instruction that characterizes one race or gender as morally superior to another, and bars educators from teaching anything that could make students feel guilty for past discrimination by members of their race.

Or, that was the intent. The law has since been blocked.

In the wake of the newly adopted academic standards for Florida schools, Orlando Weekly spoke with Dr. Robert Cassanello, an associate professor of history at the University of Central Florida.

Cassanello, who also serves as president of the university’s full-time faculty union, has an educational background in Florida’s civil rights history, Jim Crow and labor. He is also a plaintiff in one of the first legal challenges to the “Stop WOKE Act.”

This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

Orlando Weekly: What is your understanding of what these new standards do?

Robert Cassanello: These standards continue a trend in Florida that goes back almost 20 years, at least 15, to sort of strip interpretation out of history, and really try to whitewash history in a lot of ways.

And when I say whitewash, I mean that literally. I took a look at the standards this morning, and shocks me how naked the attempt [is] to revise African American history to one that is something I don’t think most scholars recognize.

I think one teacher was quoted describing the new guidelines as presenting “only half the story and half the truth.” Do you think that’s fair?

Yeah, I think so. One of the other things that stood out to me is, they’re really trying to accommodate what they refer to as “white guilt.”

That concept that Chris Rufo and DeSantis — you know, the architects of the law against critical race theory, known as HB 7 — really tried to perpetuate is this notion that whites can’t [be made to] feel guilty for past inhumanity to other people. And we see this, I think, in the

standards when there is discussion of the international slave trade, specifically — the Atlantic slave trade.

So in that section of the standards, teachers are asked to discuss the origin of slavery in West Africa, slavery in Asia, slavery with the Barbary Pirates of North Africa, and slavery with the indigenous people of both North and South America, right? But nowhere in these criteria, in these bullet points, is there a discussion of slavery in British North America, or slavery with Europeans. It’s completely absent in the standards, as if slavery was really a non-European thing in its totality.

I think this goes into trying to explain or at least justify the notion that whites have no reason to be guilty for slavery, because white folks had no role in slavery. It’s really kind of … I mean, it’s beyond laughable, you know, it’s really almost offensive, I think.

You mentioned that this kind of change in instruction has been a trend over the past 15 to 20 years. Have we seen this kind of whitewashing before?

The whitewashing of the history curriculum goes back decades. In the 1960s, there was a group of scholars who began to question these celebratory histories of the United States. And this started a discussion that would bear fruit in the 1980s, when states began to include the lives of African Americans, the lives of Asian Americans, the lives of people from Latin America, and it became a much more diverse and inclusive curriculum.

And what we started hearing in response from conservative activists was this idea that the “real history” is no longer being taught — like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and such were being removed [and replaced with] the likes of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman — and things like this. And in Florida, in 2008, the state Legislature [decided] to change the history standards in Florida. They began to introduce things like the genius of the founding fathers into the history standards, promotion of free market capitalism, free enterprise.

I think HB 7 seizes upon that same movement, except it’s specifically directed at race. It muzzles professors so they can’t really speak about institutional, structural racism. In these new standards, the founders are referred

to as the “architects of liberty and equality” [as if] they were working feverishly to end slavery in America.

And of course, that really isn’t true.

So, what do you think is propelling the changes being made today, and within the last couple of years?

I think the changes are part of a conservative effort to manufacture a cultural war. What I mean by this is that there is a political benefit for people who are interested in manufacturing the “other,” and then manufacturing people who are “disunited.”

I think the standards represent a blueprint for conservative politicians and conservative activists to point to and say, “Look, this is what’s wrong with the way history is being taught, and here’s the way it should be taught.” And it’s being done in ways that enshrine it in legal pathways.

Like, what happens if you don’t teach this stuff, if you’re a K through 12 teacher? You’re in violation. Presumably, you’re in violation of your job as a public school teacher. Just yesterday, as a matter of fact, a high-school history teacher contacted me and said, “What am I going to do with these standards?” This person was panicking.

These standards fit in DeSantis’ broader education agenda by infusing this fear of critical race theory, institutional racism and structural racism. These are the pillars of DeSantis’ education policy in regards to the teaching of history and social studies.

Is there anything about the media coverage of these new standards so far that you think has been misconstrued?

Everything I’ve read so far, their characterizations seem to be what I read too in the standards. The only difference is there’s a lot more to substantiate those characterizations than we’ve read in the stories.

Right, yeah, it’s a 216-page document so there’s obviously a lot in there.

Right, and it’s kind of curious, because the section with the most revisions is the African American standards.

What’s fascinating is the way that in parts of that they’ve centered white history in African American history. It’s almost as if African Americans are secondary in the section that’s supposed to be about the history of African Americans in this country.

I hope that this wakes people up and makes them say, hey, perhaps lawmakers aren’t the best person to decide what history teachers should be teaching. Perhaps it should be the experts. There’s history and social studies teaching organizations that devote time and effort into all this. It doesn’t look like any of that stuff was consulted on these standards. And I think it’s time that we take this to the lawmakers and expect more out of them.

STRIP TEASE

BY MCKENNA SCHUELER

Florida lawmakers this spring passed a new law, recently approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis, that decriminalizes fentanyl test strips. Fentanyl test strips are an effective, cheap and easy-to-use tool that can detect fentanyl, a powerful opioid, in street drugs. They can’t detect the amount or potency, but experts say they can still save lives.

But there’s a catch with what the new law — celebrated by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle — does and does not do.

SB 164 does decriminalize those $2 paper strips for detecting fentanyl, but it leaves out testing tools capable of detecting other controlled substances.

That includes xylazine, a powerful veterinary tranquilizer with serious side effects that’s increasingly being laced into street drugs, such as fentanyl, unbeknownst to the person buying. Also known as “tranq” or “tranq dope,” xylazine is a non-opioid tranquilizer that’s not recommended for human use.

In humans, xylazine can cause dangerously low blood pressure, difficulty breathing, sedation, as well as serious skin wounds and necrosis — the rotting of skin tissue. Left untreated, necrotic skin ulcerations may require amputation. Mixed with fentanyl, the combination can be lethal.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges people who use street drugs to avoid using alone, advising that someone should be there in the event of an accidental overdose The federal agency also encourages testing street

drugs for xylazine and fentanyl.

Advocates for harm reduction say that testing recreational drugs for fentanyl or for xylazine can help users make an informed decision about whether to use a drug or abstain.

This is true not just for people with addiction, or the millions of Americans with a clinical substance use disorder, but for anyone who acquires drugs through less than legal means.

But finding tools to test drugs for xylazine in Florida isn’t so simple, or without risk.

Harm reduction tools are illegal

Tools for testing drugs, also known as drug-checking equipment, are illegal to possess, use or sell in Florida — as they are in a number of states.

That’s because they’re classified under decades-old state statutes as a form of illegal “drug paraphernalia.”

Under Florida law, drug paraphernalia refers to any item used to “plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain or conceal a controlled substance.”

Prior to July 1 of this year, that included fentanyl test strips.

Fentanyl remains the most common drug detected in Floridians who’ve died of a drug overdose, followed by cocaine and meth, according to state data for 2022.

Fentanyl is legally prescribed as a painkiller, but it’s also manufactured illegally, and it’s those

illicit forms of fentanyl that are responsible for the majority of U.S. fentanyl overdose deaths.

Unlike legal forms of fentanyl, illicit forms aren’t regulated. There’s no quality control.

Fentanyl is also super potent. It’s 50 times more powerful than heroin and can be deadly in small amounts for those who don’t use it frequently and chronically.

That’s a serious danger for people, including teens and young adults, who recreationally use drugs who take it by accident.

Fentanyl has been found in counterfeit pills sold on the street, as well as drugs like cocaine, meth and marijuana. It has permeated the supply of other illicit opioids like heroin.

It’s been on the radar of Florida lawmakers for years. And a spike in overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic only increased the urgency for lawmakers to take action.

Over 107,000 people in the U.S. died of drug overdose in 2022 alone — a record high. Twothirds of those deaths involved fentanyl and chemically similar substances known as analogs.

Opioid overdose deaths in Orange County, Florida slightly dipped last year, but local elected officials are reluctant to let their guard down and celebrate the downward trend just yet.

Fentanyl’s proliferation in the street drug supply is still a concern. Plus, other dangerous contaminants are entering the supply, too, like xylazine.

And unlike opioids, xylazine is not affected by naloxone — a drug also known as Narcan, that’s capable of reversing an opioid overdose.

A problem in Orange County

A study published last June found that xylazine has been detected in 36 states, including Florida.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference in June to raise awareness about the drug, and Florida state officials have also sounded the alarm.

“In 2021, xylazine was the 11th-most frequently identified drug in the FDLE crime labs,” said Eli Lawson, special agent of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, in April. “In 2023, so far, it is the sixth-most frequently present drug in processing drug-related evidence statewide.”

“Since 2021, our FDLE crime labs across the state have logged 1,090 cases of xylazine being present in processed evidence,” Lawson added. “This growing challenge is serious.”

Data from the state’s medical examiner’s office shows xylazine was involved in at least 218 deaths in Florida last year, up from 112 reported deaths in 2021.

Orange County sheriff John Mina shared in June that xylazine has been linked to at least three overdose deaths in Orange County so far this year, and two deaths last year.

“We can’t stress how important this is to let our residents and visitors know the dangerous effect of xylazine in our community,” said Mina.

The drug has generally been found in the form of a white, off-white, brown or purple powder, a FDLE spokesperson told Orlando Weekly

But Tim Santamour, director of the Florida Harm Reduction Collective, told Orlando Weekly that unless you have a way to test your drugs — with commercially available xylazine test strips, for example — there really aren’t any ways to know whether there’s xylazine in your drug supply.

If you’re buying street opioids, you might feel groggier or more sedated from opioids laced with xylazine, Santamour said. That’s because xylazine, like opioids, is a depressant.

But drug-checking tools for xylazine — including test strips, similar to those that test for fentanyl — aren’t widely available in Florida, as far as Santamour knows.

At least not for the general public.

Some law enforcement agencies do have access to tools, used in labs or at street stops, that can check for xylazine — for the prosecution of drug-related offenses.

Santamour says there’s not a lot of communication about their detection of drugs in local communities in real time.

“That information could be released to the public, or at least to the Department of Health, you know, immediately,” said Santamour.

“That would go a long way to informing people who use drugs what’s out there, and what they should be looking out for,” he added. “It would also help folks that are doing wound

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A new law decriminalized test strips for fentanyl, but excludes the same drug-checking equipment for the animal sedative xylazine (also known as tranq), which is involved in a rising number of overdoses

care in hospitals and emergency rooms, so they know what to expect ahead of time.”

A missed chance?

This year wasn’t the first time Florida lawmakers considered decriminalizing drug checking equipment, and an earlier effort would have gone further.

In 2022, Florida Democratic lawmakers launched a broader proposal to decriminalize all drug-testing equipment, including but not limited to fentanyl test strips.

Other lawmakers weren’t biting.

So, then-Democratic Rep. Andrew Learned filed an amendment to a separate controlled substances bill that would, like this year’s bill that passed, decriminalize fentanyl test strips only.

The GOP-controlled legislature, however, shot it down at the last minute. Critics worried that it could encourage drug use (a claim that’s not backed up by research).

“There’s a real philosophical question there, much like providing drug needles to addicts,” former Sen. Scott Plakon, a Republican, told the Sun Sentinel at the time. “It does give me heartburn.”

This year’s proposal was watered down to make it more palatable for skeptics. The bill’s language specified that only drug testing equipment for detecting fentanyl would be removed from the state’s legal definition of illegal “drug paraphernalia.”

Later, the bill language was amended to clarify that this only applied to testing tools that aren’t capable of identifying the “quantity, weight or potency” of a controlled substance.

Orlando Weekly reached out to the two Democratic lawmakers who sponsored this year’s measure — Florida Rep. Christine Hunschofsky and Florida Sen. Tina Polsky — to ask if they regretted not pushing for a broader decriminalization proposal.

Rep. Hunschofsky did not respond to two emailed requests for comment.

An aide for Sen. Polsky informed us that Polsky is out of the country for the rest of the month and wouldn’t be available for an interview.

But back in January, when Hunschofsky first filed her bill in the House, the lawmaker told Orlando Weekly that the narrowly tailored language was intended to increase the bill’s chance of passing.

She wasn’t wrong. Its eventual passage was a rare bipartisan victory this session, with Democrats and Republicans agreeing on little else of substance.

“Unfortunately when it comes to the supermajority Republican Legislature, working in an incremental way with harm reduction programs is the only way to get things through,” Orlando Rep. Anna V. Eskamani — who co-sponsored the fentanyl test strip bill — told Orlando Weekly over email. Decriminalizing other types of drug-checking equipment, she added,“should absolutely be a priority next legislative session.”

Florida isn’t the only state to tailor its language to only apply to fentanyl test strips. It’s also

not the only tool or strategy out there that can help address the problem of accidental overdose.

State lawmakers, particularly the GOP, have in recent years moved to further crack down on people who deal fentanyl by, for instance, enhancing criminal penalties for fentanyl trafficking.

Most illicit forms of fentanyl are smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico, through legal ports of entry.

Focusing on criminal penalties for trafficking, however, is a point of concern for some drug policy advocates, who see it as a perpetuation of the United States’“War on Drugs.”

It’s a “repeat of failed law enforcement practices of the past,” said Santamour.

“I think we saw that with the crack [cocaine] crisis that increased penalties did not stop, or did not curtail the availability of crack,” Santamour said. “That’s not going to stop fentanyl from entering the communities.”

What it’s going to do, he said, is punish low-level drug dealers — street-level drug dealers — who “have no idea of knowing” what’s all in the drugs they sell.

The Florida Harm Reduction Collective, he added, was “neutral” about the move to decriminalize fentanyl test strips.

It’ll be helpful for people who use drugs recreationally, particularly non-opioids, Santamour said.

But for people who use street opioids like heroin multiple times a day to stave off distressing withdrawal symptoms, the strips won’t be of much use.

Fentanyl has contaminated the street opioid supply in recent years. For many of those who chronically use street opioids, it’s already just assumed there will be some amount of fentanyl in them.

“We know it’s beneficial for some communities,” said Santamour, of the move to decriminalize fentanyl test strips. “But it wasn’t equally beneficial for all communities.”

Still, he adds that being able to do the bare minimum of checking drugs for xylazine without facing potential misdemeanor or felony charges under state law could be helpful moving forward.

“It allows folks to make different decisions around those substances,” he said. “And that could include not using, and seeking alternatives such as detox, treatment, MAT [medication-assisted treatment], you know? Something else besides continuing to use.”

The White House recently rolled out its own plan to address the “emerging threat” of xylazine mixed with fentanyl — a potentially lethal combination — on a federal level.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office, for their part, admits they don’t think the issues they’re seeing with fentanyl or xylazine are going to go away any time soon.

“It’s not a fad,” said OCSO Captain Darryl Blanford.“This is a growing trend that’s probably gonna be here for a few years.”

mschueler@orlandoweekly.com

Penguin

In the four years since James Brendlinger installed Penguin Point Productions inside a storefront at the Oviedo Mall, the small theater has grown into the anchor of an artistic empire that’s led a revitalization of the once-moribund marketplace. So when he announced the sale of Penguin Point — followed by the potential sale of neighboring record and vintage stores — there was naturally some concern for the artistic community that’s grown up around it. Recently, I sat down with Penguin Point’s new owners, executive director Sarah Fanok and theater director Steven Johnson, to learn about the space’s imminent transformation into Imagine Performing Arts Center, and walked away not only reassured that this valuable venue is in caring hands, but excited about the expansion of its mission.

Fanok and Imagine should already be familiar names to fans of Penguin Point, because she’s been running the Imagine Dance Academy attached to the complex since the start. A classically trained dancer from Sarasota, Fanok took a decade-long detour into corporate work and motherhood before returning to take a dance class; she was partnered with Johnson, a longtime Universal Orlando entertainer and then a ballet novice.

“We just became like the best of friends,” Fanok recalls. “We had such an awesome time dancing together, and we were offered teaching jobs at this other establishment at the same time. So we just kind of grew as dancers and teachers through that space.”

After befriending Fanok through a mutual acquaintance, Brendlinger offered to sublease her the space that became Imagine Dance

Academy ( imaginedanceacademy.net ) back when he first built out Penguin Point’s Oviedo home. Although she initially considered the idea of owning her own studio “crazy,” she created an LLC and “started with three students. Slowly the word got out and [now] we’re up to 75 students over the course of the last four years.” The school opened in August 2019, only about six months before the pandemic shutdown, but bounced back in 2022 with summer camps and has been “growing, growing, growing” ever since.

Over that time, the pair have also watched the Oviedo Mall transform to become (as Johnson puts it) “more about experiences than it is retail.”

Fanok praises the mall’s predominance of independently-owned small businesses, saying “there’s a couple of businesses that we just have gotten to be really good friends with the owners, and kind of have each other’s backs.” So when Brendlinger decided to focus again on teaching, the pair were eager to buy him out.

“Several years ago, I had said, ‘Just tell me where to sign and when to get a loan, I’ll do whatever you want with you,’” says Johnson. But after a failed attempt to secure a substantial loan — “They were like, ‘Eh, here’s $16,000,’” says Fanok; “that’s gonna do nothing for me”

— Fanok and her spouse (a banker turned free-diving instructor) dipped into their retirement funds to finance the purchase. In the end, she says it’s the perfect solution. “We were at a place where we needed to move; we were getting too big for our one room. So it worked out really well because our only other option was to move somewhere; try to get a loan to build out a

place, start over somewhere, [and] make a new place. For me personally, as the type of person I am, it was a much easier transition because I already felt at home here.”

Imagine is holding an open house on July 27, ahead of classes beginning on Aug. 7, and the takeover will be celebrated with a gala next month. But beyond the change of name above the door, much about Penguin Point will remain unchanged, at least initially. The Ensemble Company ( theensemblecompany. com ) and Wildfire Players ( facebook.com/ wildfireplayers) will continue to perform in residency in what will be known as the Barbara Lynn Johnson Theatre (renamed in honor of Steven’s late mother). They’ve also renovated the space in the lobby’s rear into a proper second theater with a sprung dance floor, and hope to continue hosting a diverse array of shows; Johnson himself wants to don the director’s hat and helm a new script by a New York playwright.

Most interestingly, as a pending 501(c)3 nonprofit, Imagine is also planning to greatly expand their educational and artistic offerings for neurodivergent children and adults.

“When we started the studio, one of my intentions was to serve the special needs community because it’s just always been something on my heart,” says Fanok, citing improv and tap classes that welcome typical and atypical students alike. “Our whole focus for this whole entire place is not just inclusivity, but it’s being non-exclusive; those seem like they’re the same thing, but they’re really not. … We want everyone [to] feel like you have a place here.”

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Point Productions has been sold. But don’t worry, the space is in very good (and familiar) hands

Penguin Point Productions isn’t going anywhere | Photo by Seth Kubersky

COUCHSURFING

BY STEVE SCHNEIDER

(NOTE: The striking writers and actors encourage you to keep watching their programs, to show the value of their work and keep the royalty checks coming. Talk about giving new meaning to “putting your two cents in.”)

Premieres Wednesday:

Baki Hanma: Season 2: The Tale of Pickle and the Pickle War Saga — The final season of the martial-arts anime gets underway, introducing to the story an ancient warrior found preserved in saline rock. An ancient warrior whose name just happens to be … Pickle. I’ve never had one preserved in rock before, but I bet it makes him less salty than if he had been found floating in brine. (Netflix)

The Great British Baking Show: The Professionals — Singer/TV personality Stacey Solomon replaces comedian Tom Allen as a co-presenter in Season 7. Baker Liam Charles is still in place as the other presenter, because what other job can a British pastry chef get? Taste tester to Paddington Bear? (Netflix)

The Hardy Boys Season 3 — The series comes to an end with 10 final episodes, just in time to introduce Bailee Madison as Drew Darrow, a spunky counterpart to Frank and Joe. And when I say “just in time,” I mean “just in time to get unfairly blamed for the show’s demise,” because that’s apparently always the chick’s job now. (Hulu)

Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case — Travel back to

the year 2000 and join the hunt for a 21-yearold British woman who disappeared after going on a paid date in Tokyo. It’s a good thing it didn’t happen today, because she’d be 44 and the only people trying to reach her would be Colonial Penn insurance reps staring down the barrel of their monthly quota (Netflix)

Premieres Thursday:

The Croods: Family Tree — Christ almighty, we’re up to Season 7 now. Haven’t we gotten to the French Revolution yet? (Peacock and Hulu)

Happiness for Beginners — The novel by Katherine Center becomes a film, with Ellie Kemper in the lead role of a newly divorced woman who decides to hike the Appalachian Trail. I’m betting her marriage fell apart because her ex was also “hiking the Appalachian Trail,” but you’ll have to tell me because I don’t read books. (Netflix)

Harley Quinn — Now that Harley has decided she doesn’t want to be a villain anymore, what’s left for her to get up to in Season 4? And how will it affect her relationship with Poison Ivy, who’s still on the side of evil? If George and Kelly-Anne Conway couldn’t make it work, it’s all uphill for these two. (Max)

The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders — The years 1998 to 2005 are covered in this documentary about Mexico’s first serial killer, who murdered dozens of elderly women and then defied expectations by turning out to

be a female former wrestler. But I mean, who could have seen that coming? Those luchadoras seem so docile. (Netflix)

Looney Tunes Cartoons — Get your fill of Bugs and the gang, because this sixth season is the show’s last. And since GQ has shown us what happens to publications that criticize David Zaslav, I’m prepared to put the blame squarely on Pete Puma. (Max)

Mother Undercover — The true-crime genre gets a twist as courageous mothers become secret agents to protect their children from the likes of religious cults and rogue judges. Seems pretty inspiring, until you ask them about mask mandates. (Hulu)

Paradise — German-made sci-fi explores the idea of a world in which you can pay off your debts by turning over entire years of your life — or decades, if need be. Hear that, everybody? The Germans have discovered the concept of American student loans. (Netflix)

Twisted Metal — Pop quiz: Is this action-comedy series starring Anthony Mackie as a postapocalyptic delivery driver an adaptation of the video game of the same name? Or is it a light reboot of the SNL short about a fictitious gritty Mario Kart show? I know, it’s hard to tell. One hint is that SNL probably has a higher budget. (Peacock)

The Witcher: Season 3 Volume 2 — The final four episodes of this season are the last we’re going to see of Henry Cavill. Then again, “This is the last we’re going to see of Henry Cavill” is something even Henry Cavill has heard so many times that he probably made it his password on Threads. (Netflix)

Premieres Friday:

The Beanie Bubble — Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan play the inventors of Beanie Babies in a comedy that explores how our society distinguishes between the precious and the disposable. There should be a movie like this about Funko Pops, but you’d have to rent out Pinewood Studios to re-create the world’s tallest landfill. (Apple TV+)

Captain Fall — Jason Ritter provides the voice of a befuddled ship’s captain who gets caught up in an international smuggling scheme. And if that’s your kind of animated comedy, I’m sure Adult Swim can work up something about human trafficking. (Netflix)

D.P. — Suk Bong’s suicide at the end of Season 1 apparently hasn’t done much to soften the culture of abuse among our cast of South Korean military inductees, because relentless bullying is still the morale-sullying norm in these new eight episodes. But it’s gotta be better than being in the Russian army,

because at least these guys haven’t fled their country. (Netflix)

Good Omens — A renegade angel turns up naked on Aziraphale’s doorstep in Season 2 of the show you can thank your lucky stars Moms for Liberty hasn’t tumbled to yet. Six episodes of resolute blasphemy, and it was even written by a Gai-man! (Prime Video)

How to Become a Cult Leader — Peter Dinklage narrates a six-episode docuseries that explains the psychic and emotional mechanics of mass manipulation, as presented in the form of a winking “how-to” guide. “Forget the winking, just get to the good stuff!” demands frustrated aspirant Ron DeSantis. (Netflix)

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, the Movie — The French property about kid superheroes gets a feature-length prequel movie. Remarks Les Fiches du cinéma: “The animation and the Paris from a postcard are still just as attractive, but the story loses a bit of its soul by flirting with Disney.” Hey, speaking of losing your soul by flirting, MAURICE CHEVALIER SANG FOR HITLER. (Netflix)

A Perfect Story — And here’s yet another runaway-bride fable, with a young Spanish woman finding love in an unlikely place after ditching her groom at the altar. Just once, I’d like to see one of these stories told from the perspective of the poor sap who got dumped. All we’d have to do is apply some de-aging technology to Bill Pullman. (Netflix)

The Slumber Party — It’s The Hangover for kids, as a little bit of birthday-party hypnosis turns an innocent sleepover into a morning-after guessing game. On second thought, it sounds more like that sequel to Sound of Freedom got fast-tracked quicker than anybody expected. (Disney+)

This Fool — Season 2 finds Julio and Luis looking to make a change in their personal and professional lives after everything fell apart at the end of Season 1. On the bright side, since they have experience counseling members of outlaw gangs, they could probably work in HR at a tech firm. (Hulu)

Tomorrow X Together: Our Lost Summer — Go behind the scenes of the K-pop group’s 2022 world tour. Particularly impressive for the genre, they were able to pull it off with only five members rather than the customary 110. (Disney+)

Transformers: EarthSpark — The last seven episodes of Season 1 cement the Terrans’ place alongside the so-called “Legacy Transformers.” But does anybody really need the help of a bunch of trust-funders who only got in because their parents were Transformers? (Paramount+)

The second season of Good Omens drops this week | Photo courtesy Amazon

Streaming premieres you won’t want to miss this week.

EXISTENTIAL BRILLIANCE — AND A LOT OF FUN

BY EILEEN G’SELL

We are living in difficult times. Girls’ self-harm and suicide rates are spiraling; women are more burned out than ever taking the second shift. Boys are slipping behind in school and struggling to graduate; men are more and more often the victims of deaths of despair.

Could Barbie be to blame?

It’s tempting to trace the troubles of both genders to the iconic blonde doll. After all, from the beginning, she has perpetuated impossible beauty standards, relentless consumption and the unrealistic expectation that female-identifying people never stop teeth-smiling. With her impressive résumé (astronaut, doctor, teacher, president), she’s also encouraged the “girls can be everything” mindset that backfires when girls and women realize, “Oh, we actually can’t. Or, at least most of us can’t.” Whether a regressive pin-up or a blown-out girlboss, Barbie can’t be the perfect role model. Gender ideals, past and present, have always been too fraught.

The excessively hyped Barbie movie knows all this, but also knows how much fun it is to both embrace these roles and mock them. Directed by Greta Gerwig and co-written with Noah Baumbach — best known for directing offbeat indie hits like Lady Bird and The Squid and the Whale — Barbie is not a movie for people who seek an evening of simple fuchsia escapism.

Nor is it a movie for kids (though, at the matinee I attended, little girls in sparkling crowns howled with laughter from the front row). It is a movie for those who can earnestly revel in the unabashedly femme — pastels, lipstick, sparkles! — but are also open to a startlingly sober exploration of gender inequality and late-capitalist dread.

“Thanks to Barbie, all problems of feminism have been solved,” says the voice-of-god narrator

(Helen Mirren) during an intro aerial shot of “Barbieland,” a relentlessly peppy matriarchy of plastic houses near a sunlit beach. From here, our heroine — dubbed “Stereotypical Barbie” (Margot Robbie), as she resembles the model invented by Mattel CEO Ruth Handler in 1959 — sets off on yet another perfect day in her perfect world.

All the women around her are also “Barbie,” and represent actual dolls sold in real life (with certain welcome exceptions; one Barbie is plussize and another is played by trans actress Hari Nef).

The Kens in Barbieland — also a range of races, though less so body type — are mostly a diversion. They hold no positions of power, and are mostly around to lift Stereotypical Barbie (henceforward called just Barbie) in the air at one of her nightly dance parties. “Stereotypical Ken” (Ryan Gosling) courts Barbie’s attention to his constant disappointment; Barbie doesn’t want to kiss him and prefers a “girl’s night” to a roll in the (plastic) hay.

Things go awry when Barbie suddenly has “thoughts of death” and her upper thighs display a faint ripple of cellulite. Something is wrong — very wrong!

Consulting “Weird Barbie” (Kate McKinnon), Barbie is advised to take a portal to the real world and confront the girl who’s playing with

her — the girl whose malaise and indignation are responsible for the doll’s dysfunction. Much of the humor in the “real world” comes from Barbie’s befuddlement that women don’t run it and Ken’s wild glee that, in fact, men do.

Crucially, Barbie is not a film that tries to convince its audience that the patriarchy is real and should be upended. It is a film that assumes we already know it’s real and can laugh (and cry) at all the ways it is absurd and hurts people of all gender identities.

In the film’s second half, a mother and daughter from the real world (America Ferrera and Ariana Greenblatt) help Barbie in her dual mission to No. 1, restore order in Barbieland, which has fallen apart in her absence, and No. 2, figure out her individual purpose once she realizes her blonde, perky cluelessness is terribly retrograde.

Robbie’s knack for physical comedy (and grace; see her lead turn in I, Tonya) is on full display, as is her impressive range of emotional expression. I can’t think of any other actor today who could both make you believe she is a plastic doll and gradually become so real and vulnerable that her former lack of substance becomes all the more unsettling. Robbie’s not going to get an Oscar nomination for this film, but she should.

Gerwig and Baumbach might very well get a nom for Best Screenplay, and they will deserve it. This is a film when, just as you ask, “What in the name of plastic stilettos is going on here?” a squad of suited Mattel execs (led by Will Ferrell) storm Venice Beach in neon rollerblades or a West Side Story -inspired dance battle erupts between dueling Kens. This is a film that delights in the absurdity of Barbie to expose the absurdity of gender in the world we live in.

“How did this movie get made?” my partner asked me around two-thirds through. Good question.

Gerwig and Baumbach fought to keep artistic freedom with the script, even when Mattel and Warner Bros. initially insisted on approval, and so what could come across as yet another nostalgic Hollywood cash-grab is instead a send-up of both consumerism and conservative gender roles.

Barbie ultimately asks what it means to be mortal, what it means to be alive — and it takes these questions seriously.

“If you’re celebrating all that is, you’re also celebrating everything that will come to an end,” Gerwig said at the New York premiere for Baumbach’s White Noise, in which she starred.

For the half-hour prior, I watched as my press colleagues posed question after question to her romantic and creative partner, until she artfully co-opted a query about the film’s buoyant take on death. The audience cheered — as did I.

No one will be surprised that Barbie will make a lot of money. What is shocking is that Gerwig didn’t sell her soul to make it. I’ll take that as some small progress.

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Come on, Barbie, let’s go party (talk about consumerism and conservative gender roles)

Barbie and Ken are prepared to journey into the heart of darkness — aka the real world |

Photo courtesy Warner Bros.

BARBIE rated PG-13

FIRE FROM THE GODS

does something all too rare in Hollywood — it trusts its audience

BY CLIFF FROEHLICH

Christopher Nolan bases his ambitious biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) on a Pulitzer Prize-winning account of his subject’s life, American Prometheus, and the physicist’s shaping hand in the creation of the atomic bomb undeniably qualifies as the modern equivalent of stealing fire from the gods. Although Oppenheimer is spared Prometheus’ physical punishment for that hubristic act — his liver remains safe from endlessly recurring consumption by an eagle — the film devotes much of its three-hour running time to the non-corporeal forms of retribution he suffers: the U.S. government’s Cold War-era accusations of Communist Party membership and possible Soviet spying, and his own escalating concern over the world-annihilating capacity of the weaponry he helped birth. American Prometheus’ subtitle is “The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” and Nolan places equal emphasis on both aspects, inextricably entwining them throughout the film.

Given Nolan’s persistent interest in the manipulation of time and space — it’s a central feature of several of his films — the director seemed almost fated to chronicle Oppenheimer’s

insights into theoretical physics and their eventual practical application in the A-bomb. Characteristically, Nolan chooses to tell his story in nonlinear fashion, relating the key events in Oppenheimer’s life largely (if not entirely) in chronological order but interweaving them with two other narrative strands — labeled “Fission” and “Fusion” — whose intimate connection is only slowly clarified.

The first concerns the 1954 hearing to determine the renewal of Oppenheimer’s security clearance, where the allegations of his “treasonous” behavior are aired. The second recounts his contentious relationship with Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr.), which begins when Strauss offers Oppenheimer the directorship of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study in 1947 and culminates in Strauss’ 1959 Senate confirmation hearing as commerce secretary. Nolan helps audiences negotiate this labyrinth by shooting the Strauss “Fusion” sequences in luminous

black-and-white, but still the film rivals Asteroid City in its daunting structural complexity.

In fact, what’s most remarkable about Oppenheimer, among an array of superlative achievements, is its refusal to simplify, its trust in the audience’s intelligence. That faith may ultimately prove misplaced — recent events amply demonstrate that the American public’s historical and scientific ignorance shouldn’t be underestimated — but I can’t help but admire the film’s bracing assumption of our collective knowledge of physics (or at least its basics), events in the Spanish Civil War and World War II, the Red Scare hysteria, and Cold War nuclear politics.

Partially constructed as a thriller focused on revelations about Oppenheimer’s postwar tribulations, the film nicely delivers on that superficial level, but it operates more as a rich psychological case study, exploring its subject’s interior thoughts. Nolan actually shows us occasional flashes of what the younger Oppenheimer sees in his mind’s eye: abstract swirls of cosmic matter that serve as precursors to the Trinity test’s disquietingly beautiful atomic detonation.

Later, after the U.S. government drops bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the film reflects Oppenheimer’s increasingly distressed viewpoint — what exactly has he wrought? — by having backgrounds sometimes subtly vibrate and threaten to fracture, and he twice sees

nightmarish visions of flesh melting.

Longtime Nolan collaborator Cillian Murphy exquisitely conveys the anxieties and complicated emotions of Oppenheimer, to whom he also bears an uncanny physical resemblance. Instead of the typical hagiographic treatment, the film and actor never heroicize or sanctify Oppenheimer — he always remains condescending, willful, capricious and self-sabotaging. At his first meeting with Oppenheimer, Manhattan Project Director Leslie Groves (a predictably terrific Matt Damon) offers a succinct and entirely accurate summation of his flaws, and Murphy bravely foregrounds rather than disguises those attributes. Because of Oppenheimer’s prickly behavior and often opaque motivations, we never warm to the character, but instead come to admire him only grudgingly.

Nolan takes a similarly sophisticated approach to the many other players in his drama: In a postwar Oval Office meeting, Oppenheimer confesses to President Harry Truman (an unrecognizable Gary Oldman) that he feels as though he has “blood on my hands,” but no one in Oppenheimer emerges entirely clean or sullied.

For example, the two principal women in the film — wife Kitty Oppenheimer (Emily Blunt) and lover Jean Tatlock (Emily Pugh) —- sometimes act erratically or irresponsibly, but they’re both accorded moments of grace and resolve. Blunt is particularly effective in Kitty’s security-clearance interview. And even the film’s least sympathetic figures — Strauss, security officer Boris Pash (Casey Affleck), interrogator Roger Robb (Jason Clarke), informer William Borden (David Dastmalchian) — largely avoid cartoon villainy: Their motives are scarcely pure, but patriotism (however misguided) and national interest at least partially inform their actions.

Oppenheimer adopts a similarly nonjudgmental attitude toward the knotty moral questions that it addresses with both thoughtfulness and thoroughness. Were Oppenheimer and his team wrong to build the bomb? Despite his fears of Nazi Germany’s own pursuit of nuclear weapons, physicist Isidor Rabi (David Krumholtz) refuses to participate fully in the project because of his ethical concerns, but he then appears at the Trinity test to lend support. Should both (or any) bombs have been dropped on Japan? The film allows Secretary of War Henry Stimson (James Remar) to make a persuasive case, but Oppenheimer seems of two minds: Hiroshima, yes; Nagasaki, no. Should the U.S. expand the arms race by developing the H-bomb? Oppenheimer adamantly opposes that escalation, but Edward Teller (Benny Safdie) and Strauss provide substantial counterweight.

Some will see the film’s avoidance of definitive conclusions as equivocation or both-sidesism, but it again reflects Nolan’s respect for his audience. Oppenheimer is the rare summer blockbuster that demands our active engagement, not our simple-minded acquiescence. And that’s a far more satisfying kind of thrill.

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‘Oppenheimer’

Benny Safdie as Edward Teller and Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer | Photo by Melinda Sue Gordon © Universal Pictures

OPPENHEIMER rated R

ROCKSTEADY

Musician and organizer JER is an essential new voice of ska’s next generation

BY IDA V. ESKAMANI

“There’s people who rely on us not doing anything to keep their power … you have everything to lose if you’re not taking a chance.”

JER — musician, composer, teacher and official Chief Executive Officer of Ska — is back in Gainesville after touring for seven straight weeks. The handful of days around the artist’s interview with Orlando Weekly are a rare opportunity for JER to decompress before their current run of Florida shows and new projects kick off … and marching band season begins. Marching band has been a part of JER’s musical career since high school, and for the better part of the last decade they’ve been teaching professional marching band and drum corps.

When you have a conversation with JER, it becomes abundantly

clear that this human is abundant. “If you do nothing,” they say, “then you guarantee that you’re not going to move forward.”

They are a sage in the ska scene, with a deep understanding of the foundations of the music they play and a talented musician with the ability to play just about any instrument in front of them. They’ve released solo music (debut album BOTHERED / UNBOTHERED out just last year on Bad Time Records) and are a member of ska-punks We Are the Union and collaborator on countless projects. They are a studied composer, teacher, freelancer and organizer, internationally known as the founder and creator of Skatune Network, a successful Youtube and TikTok channel with over 200,000 subscribers and millions of views. The channel’s ska covers, crafted by JER in their home studio,

JER

with 0 Miles Per Hour, Flowers for Emily, Overthinker

7 p.m. Sunday, July 30 Conduit

6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park conduitfl.com $20-$25

have played a big part in ska’s most recent revival.

JER never predicted their place in ska’s present or future. “I would have never made a bet that I would have become a ska influencer, what I was gonna do with my life. Even if you asked me when I formed Skatune Network, I didn’t think it was gonna become a thing that would actually be a main part of my life,” says JER.

JER’s own ska journey started here in the Sunshine State. They are (we are proud to say) a Floridian, born and raised in Broward County.“ I am definitely a Florida stan. A lot of people hate Florida, and I’m not one of those people.”

It was in middle school that JER discovered ska. “I didn’t know exactly what type of music I wanted to listen to, but I knew that I liked music from the Digimon movie, which is one of my favorite movies as a kid. And there was ska music in that movie.”

In high school, JER’s marching bandmates introduced them to Asian Man Records, the prolific DIY record label founded by ska stalwart Mike Park, which introduced the young musician to the likes of Skankin’ Pickle, the Aquabats and Streetlight Manifesto. JER would go on to study music composition for film, television and video games; the rest is history in the making.

JER could live anywhere, but they continue to call Florida home. “It’s a very special place… Florida is a place where people are just truly from across the board, it really is really hard to kind of be in your own little bubble.”

“When you talk to the average person, people have this idea of how Floridians are. They think everyone’s racist, and everyone’s horrible,” says JER. “That’s really not the representation of the state at all. You know, it just sucks that we have a leader and very few people from the state that make everyone think everyone’s like that.”

JER does not shy away from speaking unapologetically about their values. Their debut album BOTHERED / UNBOTHERED is evidence of that. Sonically, it’s a solid ska album, but it also speaks to JER’s diverse musical influences: There are hints of Afrobeat, hip-hop and punk mixed into an album about embracing the reality of a world on fire and the necessity to protect your peace and your people as you face the flames.

In addition to ska fans and music journalists, the record caught the attention of international progressive news network Democracy Now!, and led to a collaboration with Starbucks Workers United, the worker-led effort to unionize Starbucks.

JER is an artist who is always organizing, eager to leverage their platform for the greater good. Right before our interview, they were on the phone with Raise Up the South, dreaming up their next project.

A former Waffle House employee, JER saw on social media that the Union of Southern Service Workers was organizing Waffle House employees and wanted to help. “I just messaged them on Instagram and I was like, ‘Hi, I just did this with the Starbucks Workers Union. And I want to help you and use my platform to aid towards this fight.’”

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JER: musician, composer, teacher and official Chief Executive Officer of Ska |

Photo by Rae Mystic Productions

LOCAL RELEASES

DCxPC has been one of the more unique Orlando music labels to emerge in recent years. Launched during the pandemic when in-person concerts were on indefinite pause, the punk-centric imprint began by organizing band livestreams and recording them for vinyl and digital release. They’ve since gone on to specialize in live records, documenting the Orlando music scene on the very streets where it happens.

But DCxPC’s latest release debuts a fresh format and introduces a deluxe and dynamic product line for the pioneering label. Their new Live & Dead series now pairs full studio recordings on one side of the record with live sessions on the other.

For Volume 1, they’re spotlighting underrated Orlando metal punks Moat Cobra. Side A packs seven live tracks from an Uncle Lou’s show and Side B gathers seven studio cuts from Moat Cobra’s 2018 debut album Deimos, memorializing them on vinyl for the first time. Side A also features single “Devour,” a live peek at their first new material in five years.

One thing this face-to-face format inevitably highlights is the contrast between a band’s live and studio executions. To the credit of both the band and Danger Room Recording Services’ Joshua Dobbs, who recorded their set, Moat Cobra’s stage savagery lives, breathes and slays in these recordings.

DCxPC’s Live & Dead Vol. 1 Moat Cobra is available on limited-edition violet-colored vinyl on Bandcamp and DCxPC’s website (dcxpclive.com). It’s currently streaming only on Bandcamp and Soundcloud.

CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK

Deantoni Parks, Kurt Rambus, White Sands: NYC drummer Deantoni Parks was

FOUR PROBING QUESTIONS FOR ILLUMINATED PATHS’ JOSH ROGERS

Josh Rogers is known by many performing aliases — Noob Saibot, Black Wick, Broken Machine Films — but he’s best known as the guiding hand behind milestone-marking label Illuminated Paths.

Did you ever think that Illuminated Paths would last a decade?

Orlando label DCxPC’s Live & Dead series pairs full studio recordings with live sessions on one record; the first volume spotlights underrated Orlando metal punks

Moat Cobra

one of the first significant shows to be canceled at the onset of the pandemic in 2020. Now, at long last, it’s finally back on.

Parks packs a heavy portfolio that includes membership in the Mars Volta, KUDU and Bosnian Rainbows, as well as recording credits with John Cale, Flying Lotus, Omar RodríguezLópez and Meshell Ndegeocello. But none of that compares to his avant-garde solo work as Technoself, which merges live drumming and triggered samples in an innovative electro-percussive feat.

Local support will be equally forward-thinking, with DJ Nigel John’s dark alter ego Kurt Rambus and Steven Head’s abstract ambient act White Sands. (8 p.m. Thursday, July 27, Will’s Pub, $20-$25)

Round Eye, No Fraud, Caffiends, Tight Genes, Deficit of Dreams: This lineup is a Florida punk dream. With a decorated hardcore career dating back to the 1980s, No Fraud are a bona fide Florida legacy band. Although Shanghai-based, acclaimed experimental punk

band Round Eye have deep Orlando roots, and they’re returning for the first time since 2019. The rest of the bill is pure Orlando, featuring dirty garage punks Tight Genes, the farewell show by Caffiends, and Deficit of Dreams, a makeshift RunnAmucks cover band. And between many of the band members across the lineup, this event will represent an unofficial reunion of the gang behind Orlando punk label Ripping Records. It’ll be a lot of Orlando music history in one room. (8 p.m. Friday, July 28, Will’s Pub, $12)

Illuminated Paths’ 10th Anniversary Showcase: What Illuminated Paths has done over its decade of existence is something of a marvel. Not only has it thrived despite its incredibly niche aesthetic as a cassette label specializing primarily in vaporwave, it’s become a tent under which Orlando’s most illustrious freaks have coalesced. A wild constellation of underground stars from all over the sonic spectrum, the IP galaxy has become a mini scene unto itself, with shows that feature some of the most notable displays of left-field genius around.

Fittingly, an extravaganza will mark this big milestone. A full takeover of Uncle Lou’s and Grumpy’s, it’ll feature a cavalcade of outsider luminaries including Ohtwo, TTN, The Real Fritz, Byson, Ray Brazen, DJ D003Y, Tele & the Ghost of Our Lord, Snotnoze Saleem, Thump Connect, BOSEBY, PPS, ZayDoc DaChiefroc, Echo Beauty Terror, Amuleto Perez, ocho Mazi, Plymouth Lazer and MC Jimmy James. There will also be nearly a dozen other virtual guest appearances, as well as visuals and interactive projections by Broken Machine Films. (6 p.m. Friday, July 28, Uncle Lou’s and Grumpy’s, $16-$20)

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In my own personal experiences I’ve noticed that all great and influential things always come to an end eventually. Highs tend to not last as long as the lows. With my luck, I only assumed a few months? Maybe a couple years? Certainly not 10 years and over 900 releases on the label to date.

What is it about cassettes that makes it your preferred medium of expression?

Cassettes are like life, man. Finite. Fragile. They add an aesthetic layer that has been lost to the digital realm. The analog characteristic of existence.

The label is based in Melbourne, but it’s inextricably linked to the Orlando underground …

The label is based on the Space Coast, yes, but most of the shows I have done and attended over the years occurred in Orlando. My first real concert experience as a lad will always be the first time I “borrowed” my parents’ vehicle for the evening at the tender age of 15 to get my Orlando on and check out Scurvy the Clown with D Generation at Fairbanks Inn.

Are there any performers that you’d like to spotlight?

All the artists and performers involved deserve their kudos. All were chosen for very specific and personal reasons. But if I had to really enter some sort of answer, I would have to say I am most excited about Baron Von Yeti. Yes, to most of the Orlando crowd these days, he may not be that known, but this guy was one of the main artists in a huge hip-hop underground outfit called Prophets of Rage back in the early 1990s.

Moat Cobra | Photos by Morgan Siklos

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26

Sam

Smith

Grammy-winning British singer-songwriter Sam Smith, renowned for their powerful and soulful voice, is currently in the midst of a third world tour — GLORIA, the Tour. Armed with hits such as “Latch,” “Stay With Me,” “Lay Me Down” and Smith’s recent chart-topper with Kim Petras, “Unholy,” Smith starts the GLORIA jaunt with a North American leg taking in 27 cities. The tour kicked o Tuesday in Miami, and makes its way to Orlando Wednesday (bragging rights!). Fans can anticipate a setlist full of Smith’s earworm hits and heartfelt ballads, making this concert a must-see event for pop music aficionados. Canadian-Colombian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez is the touring opener. 8 p.m., Amway Center, 400 W. Church St., amwaycenter.com, $31-$145. — Sarah Castillo

FRIDAY, JULY 28

NF

This platinum-selling Michigan rapper, unafraid to dig deep into past traumas … no, not that MC … NF is bringing his “Hope” tour to Orlando Friday. Though NF (née Nathan Feuerstein) came to fame in Christian music, the rapper says he is neither a worship artist nor a Christian rapper — “I started out in the Christian space,” he said in an interview this year, “but I didn’t really like it … it’s not where I see myself today” — despite being signed to a Christian record label, and still counting many fans in that world. Contradictions like this often make for great music, and NF’s shelf-full of Grammy noms, healthy sales and Billboard chart-toppers attest to this. The august NME music mag praises NF’s latest album, Hope, as the artist documenting “his ongoing mental health journey with brutal, utterly unbridled honesty.” 7 p.m., Addition Financial Arena, 12777 N. Gemini Blvd., additionfiarena. com, $56-$66. — Matthew Moyer

Shecago: The Dragsical

A drag- and burlesque-filled tribute to the beloved Broadway musical Chicago struts its way into Orlando this weekend when Shecago: The Dragsical takes over the Abbey with a star-studded local lineup featuring

of the

hometown drag stars Mr. Ms. Adrien, Myki Meeks, Angelica Sanchez, Ivy Les Vixens and more. The tribute show sold out lightning-fast, so for those lucky enough to have grabbed tickets: Good for you. If not, that’s a drag. This event is age 18-plus because DeSantis. 6 p.m., The Abbey, 100 S Eola Drive, abbeyorlando.com, SOLD OUT. — Chloe Greenberg

SATURDAY, JULY 29

Jackson Browne

August singer-songwriter Jackson Browne is opening shows on his current tour with a Warren Zevon cover, “Don’t Let Us Get Sick.” It’s appropriate both as a loose nod to the last few years of (whatever) and also in that Browne has been covering Zevon songs and hyping the much-missed musician for decades. Browne has a reputation as a nice guy, neither as unpredictable as Neil Young or as cryptic as Bob Dylan, but he’s put in more than his share of time aiding and abetting mercurial artists on the fringe, from the aforementioned Zevon to Tim Buckley and Nico — which would give anyone license to hang out in the rafters wearing a cape in perpetuity. But Browne hewed a more direct path as a titan of the easygoing folk-rock scene of the 1970s, touring with Linda Ronstadt and e ortlessly penning folky hits. The man has staying power, both creatively with new album Downhill From Everywhere (released in 2021) and in terms of vigor; this tour sees Browne fronting a full band and tearing through hits like “Doctor My Eyes,” “These Days,” “Late for the Sky” and “The Pretender.” 8 p.m., Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., drphillipscenter.org, $49.50-$450. — MM

Tacos & Tequila

Our very own event Tacos & Tequila is back this weekend, bringing Orlando’s best taco-makers back together, paired with potent spirits. Jimmy Hula’s, Guacamole Mexican Grill, Gringos Locos, Bartaco, Birria 1983 and Kavas Tacos & Tequila are just a few of the local restos slinging their delicious wares; Cantera Negra, Desert Door, Hiatus and many more tequila brands are also on hand. Guests get the chance to vote for their favorites, granting bragging rights to chefs and great food to themselves.

Friday: NF at Addition Financial Arena

PHOTO BY JON SWEET

Early bird general admission and VIP tickets are available starting at $50; the latter gets you access to a private bar with full-sized cocktails and doorbuster admission an hour before the crowd. 1 p.m., Cheyenne Saloon and Opera House, 128 W. Church St., tacosandtequilaorlando.com, $50-$100. — OW Sta

SUNDAY, JULY 30

Big Time Rush

Big Time Rush “can’t get enough” of their dedicated fanbase in the City Beautiful — the Nickelodeon-famous boy band is currently headed straight for Orlando. BTR went on hiatus in 2014 and announced their return in 2021 with new music and a tour that sold out nearly every single date. Orlando has become a favored destination for the reunited group, with their mst recent engagement being a 2022 gig at Addition Financial Arena. This is the band’s second tour since their breakup, and fans are still steadfast and sticking with them, despite the hyperspeed nature of pop stardom in the 21st century. The group rose to fame through the Nickelodeon TV show Big Time Rush, a show based on four best friends who become a (yes) pop boy band. In real life, the group are indeed best friends and did sign a music deal with Columbia Records. This concert is the band’s only Florida show, so make sure you don’t miss it. 7 p.m., Amway Center, 400 W. Church St., amwaycenter.com, $19-$495. — Bellanee Plaza

LIVE MUSIC

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26

Candlelight: A Tribute to Queen 6:30 & 9 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $35-$55; 407-704-6261.

Esh Morgan 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

JazzPro Series Presents: Septessence 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-636-9951.

Kash’d Out 8 pm; Park Ave CDs, 2916 Corrine Drive; free; 407-447-7275.

Raspberry Pie, Oklahoma Stackhouse 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $10-$15.

Sam Smith, Jessie Reyez 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $31-$145; 800-745-3000.

THURSDAY, JULY 27

Cat Ridgeway and the Tourists, Kristopher James 6:30 pm; Tuffy’s Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford; $15.

Deantoni Parks as Technoself, DJ Kurt Rambus, White Sands 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $20.

Havok, Toxic Holocaust, I AM, Hammerhedd 6 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $25; 407-673-2712.

I Love R and B Concert Series: Zae France 7 pm; Level 13 Event Center/ Soundbar, 5043 Edgewater Drive; $30; 321-389-6120.

Kash’d Out 6 pm; Cafe DaVinci, 112 W. Georgia Ave., DeLand; $52; 386-873-2943.

Love and Theft 8 pm; Ole Red Orlando, 8417 International Drive; $25; 321-430-1200.

Rodell Duff 8 pm; The Tin Roof, 8371 International Drive; free.

Thursday Night Hang 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-636-9951.

FRIDAY, JULY 28

Alt-X 8 pm; Fredster’s, 1720 Fennell St., Maitland; free; 321-444-6331.

Bad Santa and The Angry Elves: Xmas in July Xtravaganza 7 pm; Embassy Suites Downtown Orlando, 191 E. Pine St.; $22-$35.

Buddy Crime, Klypi, Shania Pain, DJ Hotfix 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $12; 407-673-2712.

Cigano Swing 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $25-$35; 407-636-9951.

CNCO 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $65-$115; 407-934-2583.

Eyelight, Vestis, J. Matz. Product. Division. 8 pm; Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; $5; 407-623-3393.

Filth, Krendon, Love The Hate, Red Calling, Undead Crow 7:30 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $12-$15; 407-322-7475.

The Illuminated Paths 10th Anniversary Showcase 6 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $16-$20; 407-270-9104.

Sundown Sessions: Jay Rauchwarg

7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

NF 7 pm; Addition Financial Arena, 12777 N. Gemini Blvd.; $56-$66; 407-823-6006.

Orianthi 5:30, 6:45 & 8 pm; America Gardens Theatre, 1510 Avenue of the Stars, Lake Buena Vista; $109; 407-939-1289.

Round Eye, No Fraud, Caffiends, Tight Genes, Deficit of Dreams

8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $12.

SATURDAY, JULY 29

Between the Buried and Me, Thank You Scientist, Rivers of Nihil 5:30 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave; $25-$35; 407-648-8363.

Crobot 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $18; 407-673-2712.

Executive Producer: Joyboy, P1K, Jordan Arena, Golden Child, Fortuneswan 8 pm; Studio Maxxx, 7901 Kingspointe Parkway; $12-$15.

Gouge Away, Slow Fire Pistol, PeZ 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $17-$20.

Homages OCCO’S first concert of 2023, includes two new works by local composers: Jamie Wehr’s “Where Is John Galt,” featuring the dynamic

young pianist Caroline Owen, and rising star Jeremy Umlauf’s “Homage to Sisyphus.” Maestro Todd Craven conducts. 7 pm; Harriett’s Orlando Ballet Centre, 600 N. Lake Formosa Drive; $10-$30; 407-801-9412.

Jackson Browne 8 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $49.50-$450; 844-513-2014.

Jeff Rupert Quartet 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $25; 407-636-9951.

Kapil Sharma 8 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $39-$349; 800-745-3000.

Lauren Spencer-Smith, Geena Fontanella, Blake Rose 6:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $27.50-$70; 407-934-2583.

Max Styler 8 pm; Elixir, 9 W. Washington St.; free-$25; 407-985-3507.

Orianthi 5:30, 6:45 & 8 pm; America Gardens Theatre, 1510 Avenue of the Stars, Lake Buena Vista; $109; 407-939-1289.

Shadow Cabinet 8 pm; Fredster’s, 1720 Fennell St., Maitland; free; 321-444-6331.

Summer Spectacular Concert Series: Maddie and Tae 6 pm; SeaWorld Nautilus Theater, 7007 SeaWorld Drive; $135-$298.

Sundown Sessions: Tierney Tough, James Dreffen 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

United Groove 9 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

SUNDAY, JULY 30

The 91’s, Ease!, Loner., Category Five 6 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $15; 407-704-6261.

Big Time Rush, Max, Jax 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $19-$495; 800-745-3000.

For King + Country 5:30, 6:45 & 8 pm; America Gardens Theatre, 1510 Avenue of the Stars, Lake Buena Vista; $109; 407-939-1289.

Jayo 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

JER, 0 Miles Per Hour, Flowers for Emily, Overthinker 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-673-2712.

Sundown Sessions: Shay Butter 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Summer Spectacular Concert Series: Jesse McCartney 6 pm; SeaWorld Nautilus Theater, 7007 SeaWorld Drive; $135-$298.

Terry Myers Quartet 3 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $25-$35; 407-636-9951.

MONDAY, JULY 31

Abstract Citizen 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-636-9951.

For King + Country 5:30, 6:45 & 8 pm; America Gardens Theatre, 1510 Avenue of the Stars, Lake Buena Vista; $109; 407-939-1289.

Kaleigh Baker 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Mercury Man, DoXy, Suburban Misery, Serotonin, Joy Lane 8 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; 407-270-9104.

TUESDAY, AUG. 1

Post Malone 8 pm; MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa; 813-740-2446.

THEATER

54 A reimagination of the iconic 1970s nightclub with live music, dancing, and high-end cocktails. 8:45 pm Saturday; Renaissance Theatre Co., 415 E. Princeton St.; $40-$250; rentheatre.com.

Broadway on the Rocks presents the Broadway Bradshaws A special evening of cabaret in the Rocks Lounge with the Broadway Bradshaws, Jared Bradshaw (Jersey Boys) and Lindsay Northen (Wicked). Ticket includes light bites and welcome drink. 8 pm Thursday; Hyatt Regency Orlando, 9801 International Drive; $45$55; 407-284-1234.

Dreamgirls Meet the Dreams, three young and talented singers of color in the revolutionary 1960s. Through Aug. 6; Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden; $30-$59; 407-877-4736; gardentheatre.org.

Jimmy Buffet’s Escape to Margaritaville

The perfect mini-vacation for your tropical-lovin’ heart. Through Aug. 6; Athens Theatre, 124 N. Florida Ave., DeLand; $30-$35; 386-736-1500; athensdeland.com.

Shecago: The Dragsical 6 pm Friday; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $25; 407-704-6261; abbeyorlando.com.

Xanadu A struggling artist is searching for inspiration when a beautiful Greek muse descends from Mount Olympus and encourages him to build the world’s greatest creation — a roller disco! Through Aug. 6; Osceola Center for the Arts, 2411 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee; 407-846-6257; osceolaarts.org.

EVENTS

Blackbird Microcon Vendors, creators, comics, food. 11 am Saturday; Ten10 Brewing, 1010 Virginia Drive; free; 321-316-4296; ten10brewing.com.

The Caladium Festival Celebrates the beautiful plant with caladium exhibits, art competitions and vendors, bulb and plant sales, antique cars, and live entertainment. 9 am Friday-Saturday; Stuart Park, 131 E. Interlake Blvd., Lake Placid; free-$25; 863-465-4331; caladiumfestival.org.

The Great American Cookout Summer Foodie Festival Guests can enjoy gourmet versions of seasonal favorites, sampling flights of wine, spirits, and craft beers, live musical entertainment, and a ride on The Wheel. Noon Sunday; Icon Park, 8375 International Drive; $39.99; 407601-7907; iconparkorlando.com.

Skate Park at Barber Park Community Meeting Orange County Parks and Recreation and District 3 Commissioner Mayra Uribe invite you to a community meeting for the skate park at Barber Park. 6 pm Wednesday; UF/ IFAS Extension Education Center, 6021 S. Conway Road; 407-254-9200; tinyurl.com/ barberparkskatepark.

Tacos and Tequila Celebrates the city’s tastiest, most delectable delight: tacos. 1 pm Saturday; Cheyenne Saloon and Opera House, 128 W. Church St; $40-$90; 407-839-3000; cheyennesaloon.com.

Totally ’80s Sip and Shop Come groove at a food and wine stroll that will transport you back to the gnarly ’80s. 5:30 pm Thursday; Oviedo Mall, 1700 Oviedo Marketplace Blvd., Oviedo; myoviedomall.com.

Trot for Trans Lives Transgender ultramarathoner Cal Dobbs, in partnership with the National Center for Transgender Equality and the Pride Cup, hosts a fun, family-friendly 5K run to celebrate the end of his 2,700-mile TRANScontinental Run from California to Florida and show love and support for trans and intersex people. 8 am Saturday; Luminary Green Park, 437 N Terry Ave; $35; 813-732-4821.

ART

The 2023 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art

Each year the Orlando Museum of Art’s curatorial team surveys artists working throughout the state before inviting 10 of the most progressive to participate. Through Aug. 27; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $20; 407-896-4231; omart. org.

The 42nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Crealdé School of Art, 600 St. Andrews Blvd., Winter Park; 407-671-1886; crealde.org.

The Art of Stand-Up A solo exhibition featuring the works of British photographer Andy Hollingworth. Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona State College, Daytona Beach; free; 386506-4475; southeastmuseumofphotography.org.

ARTplay: Florida Sculptors Guild Artists escape reality and enter a world of colorful excitement. Through Aug. 8; Osceola Center for the Arts, 2411 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee; free; 407-846-6257; osceolaarts.org.

“Construct::Connect” New two- and threedimensional work by Shannon Rae Lindsey. Through Aug. 31; The Terrace Gallery at Orlando City Hall, 400 S. Orange Ave.; 407-246-4279.

Corrugated: Group Art Show Challenges artists to incorporate an element of cardboard into their work, whether through painted surfaces, constructed pieces, attachments, or even paintings of cardboard itself. Through July 28; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; 407-423-3060; facebook.com/thefalconbar.

An Elegy to Rosewood Tells the story of the Rosewood Massacre in Jim Crow-era 1923, when a white mob descended on the predominantly Black town of Rosewood. Through Aug. 26; Hannibal Square Heritage Center, 642 W. New England Ave., Winter Park; 407-539-2680; hannibalsquareheritagecenter.org.

Elsa María Meléndez: I Come from an Island of Confusion “Vengo de una isla de confusión” is a selection of three-dimensional constructions, soft textiles, and large-scale embroidered pieces. Rollins Museum of Art, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter

Park; free; 407-646-2526; rollins.edu/rma.

Emerge: New Works by Painting and Drawing Fellowship and Studio Artists

Crealdé School of Art, 600 St. Andrews Blvd., Winter Park; 407-671-1886; crealde.org.

Eugene Ofori Agyei: Where Is Home? Home Is Where I Belong Agyei’s multimedia practice focuses on the creation of sculptures and installations that coalesce notions of belonging, displacement, identity, memory and dislocation. Rollins Museum of Art, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; rollins.edu/rma.

George Nock: Breaking Barriers The artist, a former NFL running back, celebrated the excellence inherent in natural forms and the accomplishments of exceptional figures in their respective pursuits. Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, 633 Osceola Ave., Winter Park; $12; 407-647-6294; polasek.org.

In Our Eyes: Women’s, Nonbinary, and Transgender Perspectives from the Collection Highlights the unique experiences of female, transgender and gender-nonconforming artists by addressing issues such as racial and gender identity, sexuality, discrimination and violence. Rollins Museum of Art, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; rollins.edu/rma.

The Outwin: American Portraiture Today 42 portraits by contemporary artists as finalists of the 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, including first-prize winner Alison Elizabeth Taylor. Through Oct. 8; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave; $20; 407-896-4231; omart.org.

Petty: Ashley Taylor Eye-popping risograph prints by local UCF lecturer Ashley Taylor explore the malaise of the broke millennial, and other “unworthy” emotions. Through Aug. 26; Snap Downtown, 420 E. Church St; free; snaporlando. com.

Time: Past, Present, Future First-time curator Shree Chauhan selected pieces that reflects on the theme of past, present and future. Some contemplate time during the height of the pandemic, while others respond to the concept of time as a whole. CityArts, 39 S. Magnolia Ave; instagram. com/cityarts_orlando.

The Unreal Garden A fully immersive holographic experience divided into multiple acts. Visitors explore surreal landscapes, interact with a variety of animals, and complete puzzles and challenges. Boxi Park, 6877 Tavistock Lakes Blvd; $35; boxiparklakenona.com.

What’s New? Recent Acquisitions Includes works by artists Candida Hofer, Jonathan Lasker, Vik Muniz, José Clemente Orozco, and Lorna Simpson, among others. Rollins Museum of Art, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; rollins.edu/rma.

‘QUICKIES’

BY DAN SAVAGE

How much pineapple should I be eating?

Most commercial pineapple growers use a lot of pesticides and other agrochemicals in the production of this slow-growing fruit, which isn’t good for the environment or the health of agriculture workers. Furthermore, unless you live in South America, the pineapples you’re eating most likely travelled thousands of miles to get to you, which means their carbon footprints are huge. So, you should be eating only organic pineapple, if you’re eating any at all, and even then only as a special treat.

P.S. If this is about the taste of your cum — and in this column, pineapple questions are always about the taste of your cum — it doesn’t matter how many pineapples you eat, your cum will never taste like room-temp froyo.

Is licking ripe armpits bad for my health? My boys and I like to sniff and lick each other’s pits after sweaty workouts. Can that bacteria in there do evil things?

There’s a decent amount of bacteria in your boys’ armpits, but there’s way more bacteria in their mouths and yours — between six and 20 billion bacteria per mouth. Still, the 700plus species of bacteria found in your mouth and your boys’ armpits are mostly benign. The same can’t be said for the bacteria living all over the equipment at the gym where you work out. Wipe your gym equipment down before use!

I feel like a bit of an outlier in this, and maybe it’s just porn that makes me feel this way, but I won’t suck a dick after it’s been inside me. I also won’t take a dick if it’s just been in someone else. Am I a germophobe?

Do you kiss boys on the mouth? Do you suck their dicks? Do you go to the gym? If the answer to any of those questions is “yes,” then you’re not a germophobe. As for ATM (“ass to mouth”), you can ignore the messages porn is sending you: That shit definitely isn’t for everyone.

When should you reveal to a would-be partner that you’re not as thin as they think you might be? If you used to be thin, and their mental image of you is how you used to look, and they haven’t seen you lately, do you need to disclose that you are now, in fact, fat before anything happens? Or do you wait until they see you in person and let them see it for themselves?

Well, it depends on what kind of rejection you’re more comfortable risking here — and to be clear, I’m not saying you will be rejected because you’re not as skinny as you used to be. And I’m certainly not suggesting you should be rejected for that reason. But if being rejected because of your size when you meet face-to-face for the next time would be more painful than being rejected before that face-to-face meeting, you’re going to want to disclose that fact in advance. If you don’t say something and/or send some current pics, you will be tense when you arrive; after you’ve arrived, you’ll be so busy scrutinizing every look or statement for evidence that your size is a problem that you won’t be able to relax, enjoy yourself and be yourself. Tell them.

My boss is a pervert. How to fix him?

Do you mean “fix” like you might “fix” a dog? Well, you can’t do that — not unless he wants to get fixed like a dog. Or do you mean “fix” as in “help him heal”? You can’t do that either — that’s something he has to do for himself.

Pup play — are you into it?

Pup play isn’t something I’m into — but if the right 28-year-old Australian twink pop star who just released a catchy new dance track wanted to be my pup, I’d have Amazon Prime on my porch with a collar and a leash before the end of day.

I haven’t had sex in 10 years. Should I start trying again?

Are you sexless and content? Maybe not. Are you sexless and miserable? Maybe so.

How come sometimes there’s smegma under my foreskin and sometimes there isn’t? I clean my dick daily.

Smegma is comprised of oils, sweat and dead skin cells, and it can accumulate under the foreskin or in the folds of the labia — it’s not just a dick thing. And while your body sheds hundreds of millions of skin cells every day, your body doesn’t sweat or produce oils at a constant rate. So, some days you have a noticeable buildup, some days you don’t. (But keep washing every day.)

Quick question: How do you tell the difference between a crush, an infatuation, a romantic/ sexual obsession and actual love?

You fuck around and find out — eventually.

Is it “normal” for your boyfriend to want to be on Twitter sharing his naked self with the whole world? I told him I didn’t want people seeing his dick on OnlyFans and he got off. Then I asked him to stop showing his dick all over Twitter. He complied but he still won’t get off completely. I don’t understand the “why” of this. He says he doesn’t know why, he just likes doing it. Is he an exhibitionist? I can’t stand the idea of my boyfriend being ogled by thousands of men.

Your boyfriend enjoys being ogled by thousands of men — kind of textbook exhibitionistic behavior there (that’s the “why” of this) —

and you can’t stand the idea of your boyfriend being ogled. So, seeing as your boyfriend refuses to stop posting his ass where you (and thousands of others) can see it and almost certainly posting his dick to alt accounts where you can’t see it (but thousands of others can), I think he’s the wrong boyfriend for you. Don’t draw this out: You’re not compatible, and you should break up.

What are your thoughts on reusing sex toys from one relationship to the next? For instance, I have a strap-on attachment that I love and that has only ever been inside my vagina. I just ended a relationship. Is it weird to sanitize it and use with my next partner or must I dispose of it?

We don’t dispose of our genitals after a relationship ends — even though genitals can transmit sexual infections. A silicone dildo that’s been run through the dishwasher, by way of contrast, has never given someone HPV or herpes or even cooties. We don’t throw out mattresses after a relationship ends, we don’t cut off fingers or cut out tongues that were inside our exes, and there’s no reason to dispose of a sex toy that got some use in a past relationship either.

Why is it called the “taint”?

Because “Alito” was taken. (Actually, I looked it up: The vulgar meaning of “taint” is a contraction of “it ain’t.” As in, “it ain’t the butthole, and it ain’t the dick or the pussy.” Taint!)

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Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: August 15th, 2023 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 831 N. Park Avenue Apopka, FL 32712 (407) 450-0345 Flavien Falon Monet - Household Goods. Ajane Celestin, Boxes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to comlete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 1451 Rinehart Rd Sanford, FL 32771 (407) 915-4908 Rodric Curry-clothes and shoes ,Joel Rivera-boxes and personal items. Laura Bellanton- personal belongings. LaShalonda Robinson-furniture, clothes. Lashonda Rogers, Lashonda Tishale,Lashonda Tishale Rogers- household furniture. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

items, Zayra Valentin Household items

ALL ABOARD STORAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections: A83.801 - 83.809. All units are assumed to contain general household goods unless otherwise indicated. Viewing of photos will be available on www.lockerfox.com, up to 5 days prior to each scheduled sale. The owners or their agents reserve the right to bid on any unit and also to refuse any bid. All items or units may not be available on the day of sale. The Public Sale will take place via www.lockerfox.com on: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 2:00 p.m., or thereafter, at: Sanford Depot, All Aboard Storage 2728 W 25th Street, Sanford FL 32771 321363-1902 Donita Hines #1478, Jermaine Mcniel #1363, Shatara Cooper #1131, Josh Coppens #1242, Joshua Lee #1696, Scott Christensen #1433, Darby Shipp-Christensen #1166, Kimberly Johnson #1026, Larnell Fayson #1112, Chastity Diaz #1726, Sebastian Rolon #1590, Wilbert Mcfadden #1453, Breanna Carrington #1588, Kellie Moore #1647, Breauna Osborne #1369, Howard Carter #1427, Tiquiyante Fuller #1525, Shannon Sharrow #1540. The above Tenants have been given proper notice, fourteen days prior to the first publication of this Notice of Sale, that the Owner will enforce a statutory lien on the property located in their respective unit of the above-mentioned self-storage facilities. Ad to run: July 26th and August 2nd, 2023.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: August 15, 2023 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 610 Rinehart Rd. Lake Mary, FL 32746 (407) 333-4355 Cacao Bodiford-El-Household Goods, Giana MunizCouch and Household Merchandise, John Masotti-Boxes, Kirah Cosat-Bed, Couch, Table, 2 TV’s, Carmina Anderson- House Hold Items The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1001 Lee Road Orlando, FL 32810 (407) 489-3742, August 15th, 2023 @ 12:00 PM: Zurianne Alford: bags/totes-Clifton Dixon: household items- Sean Kirkland Jr: household items-Amber Johnston: fridge/furniture-Sheena Sparks: kid’s items-Amy Dinkins: household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: August 15th, 2023 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 2631 E Semoran Blvd. Apopka, FL 32703 (407) 408-7437 Darlene Randall-Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1420 North Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL, 32804 (407) 312- 8736, on 8/15/2023 @ 12:00PM: James Julien-2 bedroom Apt. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated August 15, 2023 at the time and location listed below. The personal goods

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: July 28, 2023 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 11920 W Colonial Dr. Ste 10 Ocoee, FL 34761 (407) 794-6970. Victoria Joy Laney-Household items. Teya Penrod- Furniture. Bronze Kingdom Museum/Rawlvan Bennett- artwork. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on August 11th, 2023 at the locations indicated: Store 1317: 5592 L B McLeod Rd Orlando, FL 32811, 407.720.2832 @ 2:00 PM: Arturo Zavarce- boxes and totes one bed room; Luzby Lopez Gonzalez- Toys, clothes, bed frames; Whitney Jolly- 2 30 gal containers, few suitcases; david garciaTools; Jovonne Sanders- Bedroom, office kitchen. Store 1333: 13125 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando FL. 32837, 407.516.7005 @ 10:00 AM: David Haenggi- Tool box and Boxes. Bianca Dieguez- Household items. Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando FL, 32811 407.5167751 @ 12:00PM: Aaron Bookard: household goods; Angela Collier: household goods; Cynthia Roman: household goods; Joumar Da Silva/Jou Flooring: Pressure washer, tools, materials; Maurice Hargrett: household items, bed, furniture, lawn equipment; Percy Jackson IV: household goods; Syed Raheem: household goods; Waldertrudis Diaz : Housegoods Store 1335: 1101 Marshall farms rd Orlando, Fl 34761 407.516.7221@ 12:00pm: Almeda McNeal-household items, Jason Todd Grace Jason Todd Grace-Household items, Ninoska Feliz-household items, Donna Brown-personal items, household items, Cyria Underwood-household goods, Store 8753: 540 Cypress Pky, Poinciana, FL 34759, 863.240.0879 @ 12:45 PM: Christopher Whitlock: Household items; Johnoi Sparling: Bed set, Boxes; Giovanni Ramirez: Household items; Tamoi Johnson: Furniture, clothes, kitchen appliances, washer, dryer; Jorge Rivera: Christmas supplies; Derek Gomez Hernandez: Boxes, totes; Rossana Sorrentino: Household Items; Stephanie Torres: Household Items;; Zay Gates: household

Store 7057: 13597 S. Orange Ave Orlando FL 32824, 407.910.2087 @ 10:30 AM: Nelson Clive- bags, misc items: Leonardo Alcazar: queen bed, crib, toddler bed, furniture. Store 7143: 6035 Sand Lake Vista Dr, Orlando FL 32819, 407.337.6665 @ 11:00 AM: Tamara Clark- Sofa, Loveseat, glass dining table, desk, 2 queen beds, headboards, dressers, patio table and 4 chairs, Kathy Baker- Clothes, boxes, Paperwork, Paul Contreras ChandlerFurniture, documents in boxes, personal items, Cesar Ayala- Boxes, Furniture, Angela Wilkins- 2 beds, boxes, kitchen items, Shannon Panchal- 10 boxes misc items, Joshua Daisley- Appliances, Boxes, Bins, Furniture Store 8460: 4390 Pleasant Hill Rd Kissimmee FL 34746 (407) 429-8867 @12:15 PM: Ed Diaz- Housegoods; John Cruz-Household items; Ileana Sosa –Beds; Ileana Sosa -Bed, Washer, Dryer, Sofa; Alexis Diaz-Tools Store 8136: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839 407.488.9093 @12:00PM: Larry

Burris- Household Goods:Clothes,Valerie

Eugene- Household Goods, Personal Items, Shaketa Henson-Clothes, KitchenWare, Boxes,Tables, Alexandra MoiseHousehold items, Brenda Reyes-Beds ,furniture,Boxes,Saprina Snell-Kitchen Apppliances,Personal Items, Household Appliances, Samuel Perez-Household Items, Tools,Chairs,Wilber Leonor-Tools,Household Items,Boxes ,Bins Store 8612: 1150 Brand Ln Kissimmee FL 34744, 407.414.5303@ 12:30PM: Decima Gaskinhousehold goods; Luis Araujo- household goods Store 8778: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321-270-3440 @ 1:00

pm: Adrian King-Bed, coffee table, few bags Jhon Baquero-boxes, bins Joseph Pierre- queen bed mattress, dresser Kiana Graham-7big boxes, table, TV, lamps

Shawn Bonds-Camping items, clothes, small items Store 8931: 3280 Vineland Rd Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 1:30

PM: Robert Spar Collectibles, Camilo Saa Furniture, Sadi Wilson Furniture, appliances, household supplies in boxes, Christopher Allen Totes, boxes w/personal items, Gabriel Marques I’ll put tools from my work, Caio Pingitori chairs, tables & sofa, Store 7590: 7360 Sandlake Rd Orlando FL, 32819, 407.634.4449 @ 11:45AM: Carol Chandler- furniture, bed several boxes, household items; Paul Contreras Chandler- boxes, electronics, bags, files; Gregory Milbrand- dresser, totes, vacuum cleaner, boxes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction.

Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Notice of Public Auction for monies due on storage units located at U-Haul company facilities. Storage locations are listed below. All goods are household contents or miscellaneous and recovered goods. All auctions are hold to satisfy owner’s lien for rent and fees in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self-Storage Act, Sections 83.806 and 83.807. The auction will start at 8:00 a.m. on August 3rd, 2023 and will continue until all locations are done. U-Haul Moving and Storage at Maitland Blvd, 7815 North Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32810; D58 Donna Hipp $448.40, AA3772A

RENEE SMITH $5,716.40, AA0952C JAY

STRANGE $1,144.50, C22 Shakira Scott

$567.45, O121 Gregory Jackson $882.80, U94 MAURICE MATTHEW $281.20, D19

Zyiah Godfrey $485.30, C43 Ashley Rogers

$715.80, D23 Sara SInger $593.90, C63

Ashley Houston $925.10, C08 Zyiah

Godfrey $604.70, U100 Naya Banks

$281.20, L70 Zyiah Godfrey $802.60, C54

Karen Nau $676.10 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Altamonte Springs, 598 West Highway 436, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714; AA2269G ANDREW ONJUKKA

$1,202.75, 829070Patrick Sullivan $2,451.27, 829070Cresta Pillsbury $1,202.75, 829070Michael Kachinski $828.50 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Semoran Blvd, 2055 State Rd 436, Winter Park, Fl 32792; 1070 Stephanie Follett $431.30, 1155

Brittany smith $398.24 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Longwood, 650 North Ronald Reagan Blvd, Longwood, FL 32750; B078 BEN MAGALDINO $750.62, B023 LADAJAH RENE $703.76, E012 Lincoln

Taylor $399.28, B035 Marcus Fisher

$432.20, B062 JENNIFER COATES $399.35, A074 madelyn perez $383.36, B068 Naiovi Rodriguez $549.60, E065 gregory mcmillan $455.15, E064 Kirk Sapp $484.48, A031 SHATOYA SMITH $703.76 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Lake Mary Blvd, 3851 S Orlando Drive, Sanford, Fl 32773; 1261 SHELTON JACOCKS $545.81, 2026 OLEANDER CSISKO $510.60, 1430 raejean Deloach $327.35, 1728 Kimberely Alley

$295.40, 1075 Anastacia Davis $591.05, 1405 Rondald Reinhardt $543.11 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Sanford, 3101 S Orlando Drive, Sanford, FL 32773; 1833 debra stallworth $504.05, AA4123G John Williams $439.25, 0129 FRANK MARTIN

$597.28, AB1319D Thomas Bryant $305.60, AA7935N Sandra Hudson $626.40, AB4700C Sandra Hudson $578.30, 1702 Damon Conner $436.56, 1285 Kimberly Taylor $264.41, 1190 Denise Green $264.41, AB6034A Thomas Bryant $385.80, AA3174D John Williams $439.25, AA8207K Chimere Bright $626.40, AB0436C Sandra Hudson $578.30, AA1848R Majorie James $364.40, 2006 SHANNON PALADINO

$276.88, AA6622H Oscar Hayes $706.70, 1996 Jaslynn Estrella $619.80, AB1247A Jami Rodriguez $451.00, 1767 Ronald Kelly $360.26, AA5250M Oscar Hayes $706.70, 1279 Georgina Hernandez $458.68, 0159 Kerry Davis $554.68, AA5924R Sandra Hudson $626.40 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Sanford on Rinehart Road, 1811 Rinehart Road, Sanford, Fl 32771; 3177 Sean Kirlew $836.12, 3037 Sarah Ammon $557.54.

Notice of Public Sale is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on August 11th, 2023 at 11:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 800 Greenway Professional Ct. Orlando, FL 32824 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. 1100 Julio Gomez 1711 Jose Rodriguez 2232 Cara Joy Pizarro 2460 Guilherme Delfino Silva Neves 2476 Cara Joy Pizarro. Run dates 7/26 and 8/2/2023.

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Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: August 16th, 2023 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following:

2:00PM Extra Space Storage 11971 Lake Underhill Rd, Orlando FL 32825, 4075167913: Courtney Lau home goods, Edward Lewis furniture, Jazme’n Burdette art supplies bags and totes, Brittany Hudson boxes and bags Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: August 17, 2023 at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:15AM Extra Space Storage at 5753 Hoffner Ave. Orlando FL 32822, 4072125890: Noljie Hernandez- luggage, toolboxes, tools, shelves, ladder, clothing. Sidney Newman- luggage, holiday décor, pictures, toolbox, boxes. Curtis Keithmonitors, printer, desk, shelves, clothing, boxes. Martin Lane- DVDs, clothes, shelves, boxes. Lauren Colson- sports equipment, dresser, mattress, clothes, boxes, desk, tools, boxes. Edgar Olmedadresser, dining set, bikes, tools, grille, fans, lamp, speakers. Angely Gonzalezcouch, table, washer, dryer, fridge, bikes, tools, toolbox, boxes. Chardeja Pattersonentertainment center, bed, TV, bike, shoes, toys, chair, clothes. Caonabo Santanasafe, lamp, dresser, bed, table, clothes, chair, boxes, totes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:45AM

Extra Space Storage at 6174 S Goldenrod Road Orlando Florida 32822, 407.955.4137: Patrick Watkins; entertainment center, bed, dresser, boxes. Blonide Jonathas; table, chairs, boxes and totes. Robert Rivera; House furniture and appliances. Stand

Up Survivor; Household Items. Jamese Robinson; Apartment furnishings, projector screen, air fryer. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:15AM

Extra Space Storage at 1305 Crawford Ave. St. Cloud FL 34769, 4075040833: Jessica Shaver; Sports goods, Kisti Pepperman; Household goods, William Mann; Household goods, Amber Rivera: Shevels, Marcos Rodriguez: Household goods, Jason Mixon: Ladder, compressor (motorcycles are not for sale) Hand tools, chairs, David Caran; Household goods, Victor Rodruguez; Gym Equipment, The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage

11071 University Blvd Orlando, FL 32817, 3213204055: Liselle StLouis bins, chairs, mini fridge, garbage bags with clothes, boxes, etc.; Angel Lopez mattress and clothing; Morris Spassov household items. Dominique Hunter: Home goods

The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage at 12915 Narcoossee rd. Orlando FL 32832, 4075015799: Ramon Gomez-Household goods, Mikel Andersen-Household goods, Karen Moreta-Household goods, Patricia Garcia-Household goods, Daniel Munoz-Household goods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 342 Woodland Lake Drive Orlando FL 32828, 3218004793: Marcy Rodriguez; mattress, cloths, small speaker, Household items. Rafael Castro Pena; bike ramps, oil pan, children’s toys, cloths, chair, shelves, shoes, and bags. Karen Whittlesey;

Household Items. Jennifer Betrand; Bed, Mattress, Couch, Cloths, Shoes, Blender, Fan, Skateboard. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45PM

Extra Space Storage 9847 Curry Ford Rd Orlando, FL 32825, (407) 495-9612: John Johnston: Household goods The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:15PM Extra Space Storage at 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando FL 32832, 4072807355: Timothy Lorenzo Bryant –Households goods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:30PM

Extra Space Storage, 10959 Lake Underhill Rd Orlando FL 32825, 4075020120: Kiara Cadiz, 2 bedrooms fully furnished; Walter Ingles, boxes, totes, dishes, misc items. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:00PM Extra Space Storage 12709 E Colonial Dr, Orlando FL 32826, 4076343990: Latoya Samuels: furniture, TV, totes, HHG, dolly; Latoya Samuels: Furniture, sporting goods, toys, totes, boxes, HHG; Michael Runyon: Tv, boxes, Sports equipment, furniture, motorcycle helmet, HHG; Jessica N Rosa: Sony speakers, sport equipment, sword, ladder, boxes, toes, clothes, baby items, back packs, HHG, trophies; Elizabeth Alicea: Boxes, Sofa, Mattresses, household items, clothes, chair, appliances. The personal goods stored therein by the following:

2:30PM Extra Space Storage 15551 Golden Isle Blvd Orlando, FL 32828, (407) 710-1020: Khalia Scarbrough: furniture, grill, décor, mattress, boxes, bags, Khalia Scarbrough: Artwork, TVs, Guitar The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION:

3/TYNAN CASE NO: DP22-271 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: A.T. DOB:

05/13/2022. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Keara Thompson (Address Unknown). A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before Honorable Circuit Judge Greg A. Tynan on August 23, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. The Hearing will be conducted in person. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 26th day of June, 2023. This summons has been issued at the request of: Stacy McDuffie, Esq., Florida Bar No.: 0056020 Senior Attorney for State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, Children’s Legal Services/ DCF Stacy.McDuffie@myflfamilies.com.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. DIVISION: 7/HIGBEE, CASE NO.: DP20-430 In the Interest of: J.S. DOB: 05/23/2018, S.S. DOB: 04/22/2019, minor children. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: DEMARIO SLAUGHTER, ADDRESS UNKNOWN

WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the abovereferenced children, you are hereby commanded to appear on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. before the Honorable Judge Heather Higbee, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 6, at the Orange County Juvenile Justice Courthouse, located at 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN).

IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE NAMED IN THIS NOTICE. WITNESS my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 5th day of July, 2023. This summons has been issued at the request of: Cynthia J. Rodriguez, Esquire, Florida Bar No. 1026123 Children’s Legal Services,400 West Robinson Street, Suite S192, Orlando, Florida 32801 Cell 407-353-2480, Office 407-563-2307 cynthia. rodriguez4@myflfamilies.com. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)

Notice is hereby given that Storage King USA at 4601 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32839 will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction to satisfy a lien placed on the contents (pursuant to Chapter 83 of the Florida Statutes). The sale will take place at the website StorageTreasures.com on August 16th, 2023, at 9:00 am. The sale will be conducted under the direction of Christopher Rosa (AU4167) and StorageTreasures.com on behalf of the facility’s management. Units will be available for viewing prior to the sale on StorageTreasures.com. Contents will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder. A 15% buyer’s premium will be charged as well as a $100 cleaning deposit per unit. All sales are final. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. The property to be sold is described as “general household items” unless otherwise noted. Lamar Woolbright - #0B002, Carlos Ferrer#0D051, Isiah Freeman - #0F026, 1994 Acura VIN #JH4DB7652RS011766, Stephanie Lero - #0G030, Deangelo Anderson – #0G037, Rafael Silva - #0H008, Alyssa Sanchez - #0H022, Wanda M. Chambliss –0I033, Audra McCray - #0J023

held online: www.storagetreasures.com

U-Haul 508 N Goldenrod Rd. Orlando Fl. 32807 08/23/2023: 522 Garry Raymond, 611 Marc Fox, 726 Lionel Batista, 420 Charles Conner, 1419 Ismail Allison, 334 Raymond Backwith. U-Haul 3500 S. Orange Ave Orlando Fl. 32806 08/23/2023: 1037 Erik Aquino, 1710 Lisnelia Moreta, 1822 Vronika Jones, 1802 Ryan Bethel, 1910 Thalia Baleshta, 1433 Rocio Medina, 1808 Suzan Guest, 1435 Annette Jarrett, 1054 Kasondree Helligar. U-Haul 11815 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32826 08/23/2023: 1205 Christy Young, 1515 Nadege Cherubin.

U-Haul 4001 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32803 08/23/2023: B196 Tiffany Frison, B146 Sergio Aggio, B119 Karolyn Morales, B197 Genoveva Myers, B208 James Meden.

Notice of Public Sale

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on August 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM for units located at: Compass Self Storage 3498 Canoe Creek Rd St. Cloud, FL 34772. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances, unless otherwise noted.

E135- Hollie Lucia B178- Yesenia Fonseca D105- Brittany Destefano D106- Andrew Reyes E107- Nicholas Rosen.

Notice of Public Sale

which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www.storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 08711, 3145 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826, (407) 613-2984 Time: 09:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

2030 - Terrell, Jerome; 2242 - Clayton, Kalen PUBLIC STORAGE # 08720, 1400 Alafaya Trail, Oviedo, FL 32765, (407) 4874695 Time: 09:45 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0122 - Rust, Cheyenne; 0218 - adubato, Wendie PUBLIC STORAGE # 08726, 4801 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32822, (407) 392-4546

Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on August 11, 2023, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 12:15 PM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www.storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 07030, 360 State Road 434 East, Longwood, FL 32750, (407) 392-1525

Time: 12:15 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com 3804 - Batten, Jayvon PUBLIC STORAGE # 20729, 1080 E Altamonte Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701, (407) 326-6338 Time: 12:30 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

B088 - Phillips, Dejuan; F008 - Flannigan, Emily PUBLIC STORAGE # 23118, 141 W State Road 434, Winter Springs, FL 32708, (407) 512-0425 Time: 12:45 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

L500 - Ozoa, George; M511 - Swearingen, Daniel PUBLIC STORAGE # 24328, 7190 S US Highway 17/92, Fern Park, FL 32730, (407) 258-3060 Time: 01:15 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

By: /s/ CLERK OF THE

CIRCUIT COURT, Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINOUSLY. Auction will be

Notice is hereby given that Value Store It 27 and Value Store It 36 – Celebration 2, will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction to satisfy a lien placed on the contents (pursuant to Chapter 83 of the Florida Statutes). The sales will take place on Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. The sale will be conducted under the direction of Christopher Rosa (AU4167) on behalf of the facilities management. Units will be available for viewing prior to the sale on www. storagetreasures.com. Contents will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder. A 10% buyer’s premium will be charged as well as a $50 cleaning deposit per unit. All sales are final. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. No one under 16 years old is permitted to bid. The property to be sold is described as “General Household Items” “Personal Property” unless otherwise noted. Unit # – Name – Description. Value Store It 27 at 1700 Celebration Blvd, Celebration, FL. 34747 will list storage units on www.storagetreasures.com at 9:00 AM: 1020-Marco Antonio Figeiredo Geraldes;2005-Raishawn Nicholson;4005-Megan Reeves/Megan Lyn Reeves;6079-Latonja Thompson/ Latonja Marie Thompson Value Store It 36 at 1480 Celebration Blvd, Celebration, FL 34747 will list storage units on www.storagetreasures.com at 5:00PM: 1003-Christopher C White;2001-Devon Clifton Manigault;2079-Lisa Harris/Lisa Marie Harris.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on August 10, 2023, the personal property in the below -listed units,

Time: 10:00 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 3005 - Ysabel, Ramon; 3031 - Chapman, Carol; 5020savadogo, Sanata; 7021 - Bustomante, Shaquetta; 7081 - sepulveda, Sebastian; 8183 - Marrero, Idalys PUBLIC STORAGE # 08765, 1851 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826, (407) 513-4445 Time: 10:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. 1032 - cruz, hector; 5008 - dashiell, Brian; 5164 - millien, wislin; 9054 - evano, Gucci PUBLIC STORAGE # 20179, 903 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32807, (407) 392-1549 Time: 10:45 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. C007Watkins, Jason; D058 - Elson, Laquetta; D184 - Batson, Tydricia PUBLIC STORAGE # 24105, 2275 N Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32807, (407) 545-2541 Time: 11:00 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. F348 - Williams, Willie; I657 - Martin, Sam PUBLIC STORAGE # 25781, 155 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, FL 32807, (321) 247-6790 Time: 11:15 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1770 -

Isales, Rosa PUBLIC STORAGE # 25851, 10280 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32817, (407) 901-2590 Time: 11:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

2112 - Mcclellan, Cherelle; 2315 - Agreda parker, Cheminique; 2345 - Diaz-Cales, Gerardo; 2683 - Sims, Trae PUBLIC STORAGE # 25897, 10053 Lake Underhill Rd, Orlando, FL 32825, (407) 901-6126 Time:

11:45 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0508 - Mckiver, david; 0515 - Wiewiora, Roberta; 2015 - Farrow, Tamera; 4075 - Stubbs, Marquis PUBLIC STORAGE # 25973, 250 N Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, FL 32807, (407) 901-7489 Time:

12:00 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. B317 - orsini, Angela; D454 - Wilson Helping Hands Hands, Wilson Helping; E505 - Cepeda Osorio, Luis Manuel; E537 - Defreece, Brianna

PUBLIC STORAGE # 25974, 1931 W State Rd 426, Oviedo, FL 32765, (407) 901-7497

Time: 12:15 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. C076 - johnson, Quadarius PUBLIC STORAGE # 28084, 2275 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32822, (407) 545-2547 Time: 12:30 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. B111 - Viering, Talisha; B134 - Rosa, Aysha Diaz; B173 - Campbell, Colin O; B186 - Codog, Marissa; C212E - Mctavish, Shanique. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue,

D444 - Smith, Michelle; G714 - rivera, Luis PUBLIC STORAGE # 25438, 2905 South Orlando Drive, Sanford, FL 32773, (407) 545-6715 Time: 01:30 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. A040Salomon-Goico, Tania; D031 - Lawson, Latoya; D034 - Suarez, Julia; D047 - Finley, Linda; D063 - Acosta, Eduardo Jorge; F024 - Giraulo, Tsanai; H045 - wilcox, maxwell PUBLIC STORAGE # 25455, 8226 S US Highway 17/92, Fern Park, FL 32730, (407) 258-3062 Time: 01:45 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. B296 - Makene, Malaika PUBLIC STORAGE # 25842, 51 Spring Vista Dr, Debary, FL 32713, (386) 202-2956 Time: 02:00 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. 00554 - Pruitt, Michael Ray PUBLIC STORAGE # 25893, 3725 W Lake Mary Blvd, Lake Mary, FL 32746, (407) 495-1274 Time: 02:15 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com 2043 - Venero, Jose; 2180 - green, shanice; 4011 - Lawrence, Nicole; 5060 - Shaw, Lyric. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on August 10, 2023, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 12:45 PM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www.storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE #

08714, 8149 Aircenter Court, Orlando, FL 32809, (407) 792-4965 Time: 12:45 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

2105 - Santiago, Shanell; 2257 - Allowitz, Tammi; 3014 - williams, Camaya PUBLIC STORAGE # 20477, 5900 Lakehurst Drive, Orlando, FL 32819, (407) 409-7284 Time: 01:15 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. C163 - Hanley, Emma; C170 - Velazquez, Mauricio; H076MENEZES, GABRIEL PUBLIC STORAGE #

20711, 1801 W Oak Ridge Road, Orlando, FL 32809, (407) 792-5808 Time: 01:30 PM

Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. F015 - Mazzola, Diana; H018

- Tellez, Elizabeth PUBLIC STORAGE # 24303, 1313 45th Street, Orlando, FL 32839, (407) 278-8737 Time: 01:45 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. B230

- Ishman, Hugh; B235 - Deetjen, Max; C392 - jones, Juqarius; H802 - Metayer, Prezandieu PUBLIC STORAGE # 25782, 2783 N John Young Parkway, Kissimmee, FL 34741, (321) 422-2079 Time: 02:15 PM

Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 11107 - Roland, Duena; 12113

- Smith, Cheryl; 12209 - Yezzyworldwide llc Blanc, Gabby PUBLIC STORAGE # 25846, 1051 Buenaventura Blvd, Kissimmee, FL 34743, (407) 258-3147 Time: 02:45 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. 01111 - Bocanegra, Sandra; 04116

- daniels, nicholas PUBLIC STORAGE # 25892, 1701 Dyer Blvd , Kissimmee , FL 34741, (407) 392-1169 Time: 03:15 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

0130 - Howes, Margaret; 8030 - Blake, William PUBLIC STORAGE # 28075, 4729 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32839, (407) 986-4867 Time: 03:45 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

0214 - Nazaire, Rebecca; 0238 - Brown, Lashawnda; 0247 - Fountain, Dimesha; 0810 - Ankrom, Stephanie; 0984 - Taylor, Cierra; 0996 - Francis, Janelle; 1124Donnatien, Tameya; 1185 - Chief Calhoun Enterprises LLC Calhoun, Henry; 1228 - barnes, Brandy; 1267 - Swagest Capital LLC Benjamin, Lex. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC. will sell at public lien sale on August 11, 2023, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www. storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 07029, 3150 N Hiawassee Rd, Hiawassee, FL 32818, (407) 392-0863 Time: 09:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

2807 - Wallace, Dexter PUBLIC STORAGE

# 08705, 455 S Hunt Club Blvd, Apopka, FL 32703, (407) 392-1542 Time: 10:00 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

4019 - Paige, Robert; 5043 - John, Star;

7006 - Cuyler, Chandra PUBLIC STORAGE # 24107, 4100 John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL 32804, (407) 930-4381 Time:

10:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. E018 - simon, leon; F618

- Pugh, Chasity; H803 - Gomer, Brenden

PUBLIC STORAGE # 25780, 8255 Silver Star Rd, Orlando, FL 32818, (321) 247-6799

Time: 10:45 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 2202 - Paniagua, Kevin PUBLIC STORAGE # 25813, 2308

N John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32804, (407) 603-0436 Time: 11:00 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. B093

- Brooks, Christopher ; D130 - Sanders, Sedira; E039 - Epps, Lashunda PUBLIC STORAGE # 25891, 108 W Main St , Apopka , FL 32703, (407) 542-9698 Time: 11:30

AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0309 - Jones, Lashawnda; 0419 - Heers, Brittney; 0421 - Cuyler, Chandra; 1108 - Heers, Brittney; 1453Allen, Brittany PUBLIC STORAGE # 25895, 2800 W State Road 434 , Longwood , FL 32779, (407) 392-0854 Time: 11:45 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

0506 - mitchell, patrick PUBLIC STORAGE # 28091, 2431 S Orange Blossom Trail, Apopka, FL 32703, (407) 279-3958 Time:

12:00 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1192 - Bhatti, Carlise; D076 - Fontaine, Rolande; H006 - Jones, Stephone L; H022 - Lawrence, Syriah. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Retail Sales, LLC., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

My Towing Company Will sell the following vehicles to the highest bidder on the following dates at 8:00AM 1800 N Forsyth Rd., Orlando FL 32807

8/12/2023

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2020 Toyota Corolla White

Term of the sale are cash. My Towing Company reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Vehicle sold as is, no warranty, no guarantee, no title.

Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www. storagetreasures.com ending on August 11th, 2023 at 11:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 14120 East Colonial Drive Orlando, Fl 32826 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances.

#2216- Makenzie Dieckman #1811- Jeremy Sharritt #1547- Elizabeth Joseph #1108- Marckly Joseph #1342- Ashanti Maddox #1346- John Wills.

Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on August 11, 2023 at 11:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 203 Neighborhood Market

Rd. Orlando, FL 32825 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. Unless Otherwise noted. 103- Joel J. Lugo Figueroa 1043- Maria Gonzalez 1106-1128Christian Segura aka Get Movin Ent. 1155-1174- Jose Diaz 1162-1167- Logan Keymont aka Venture Finds LLC 2016Narciso C. Melendez 2145- Samantha B. Torres 2263- Jermaine Smith 3030- Delphine Evans.

Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that Value Store It 29 – Ocoee will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction to satisfy a lien placed on the contents (pursuant to Chapter 83 of the Florida Statutes). The sales will take place on Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. The sale will be conducted under the direction of Christopher Rosa (AU4167) on behalf of the facilities management. Units will be available for viewing prior to the sale on www.storagetreasures.com. Contents will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder. A 10% buyer’s premium will be charged as well as a $50 cleaning deposit per unit. All sales are final. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. No one under 16 years old is permitted to bid. The property to be sold is described as “General Household Items” “Personal Property” unless otherwise noted. Unit # – Name – Description. Value Store It 29 at 1251 Fountains West Blvd, Ocoee, FL 34761 will list storage units on www.storagetreasures.com at 11:00

AM B010 Sarah Johnston;B214 Deborah Annalee Fennell;B215 Tayler Alexandria Moore;C060 Lazaro Lopez;C063 Reina Leighann Correa;C104 Gloria Rene Gilliam/ Gloria Gilliam;C146 Gloria Rene Gilliam/ Gloria Gilliam;C173 Antonette Kedisha Deacon;C183A Natasha Sheri Blakely/ Natasha Blakely;C267 Tressica Andrius Mincey;C268 Tressica Andrius Mincey.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that Mindful Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the following times and locations: August 16th, 2023 9:30am Mindful Storage facility: 900 Cypress Pkwy. Kissimmee, FL 34759 (321) 732-6032

The personal goods stored therein by the following: following: #2222-Business Goods, #2140-Boxes, #B106-Boxes, #2106-Households, #2021-Furniture, #A119-Households, #C141-Boxes, #1156-Furniture, #1096-Households. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Mindful Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Notice of Public Sale:

Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on August 4th, 2023 at 9:00 am, Riker’s Roadside Of Central Florida, INC, 630 E Landstreet Rd, Orlando, FL 32824, will sell the following vehicles and/or vessels. Seller reserves the right to

bid. Sold as is, no warranty. Seller guarantees no title, terms cash. Seller reserves the right to refuse any or all bids;

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2016 KIA

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2006 BMW.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

ADAM AYED ENTERPRISES LLC gives

Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on 8/11/2023, 09:00 am at 9712 RECYCLE CENTER RD ORLANDO, FL 32824- 8146, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. ADAM AYED ENTERPRISES LLC reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 08:00 am at 2603 OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY KISSIMMEE, FL 34744, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids.

AUGUST 11, 2023

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AUGUST 12, 2023

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AUGUST 14, 2023

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AUGUST 18, 2023

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 08:00 am at 10850 COSMONAUT BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32824, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids.

AUGUST 12, 2023

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2003 BMW

AUGUST 18, 2023

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2015 RAM

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2007 JEEP

AUGUST 20, 2023

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2002 HOND

Notice of Public Sale: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on August 11th, 2023 at 11:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 2435 W SR 426, Oviedo, FL 32765 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. 0551 – Mike Dorsey.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 5341 – 2310 W Carroll St, Kissimmee, FL 34741 to satisfy a lien on TUESDAY, August 8,2023 at approx. 11:00 am at www. storagetreasures.com: Thaidy Hernandez, Digna Acosta, Sajan Premajan, Milagros Navarro, Amanda Baker, Brandon Miguel Espada, Luis German Malave Arriaga, Kyle M Ambrocio,Lucien Fabian Bishop NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 6174 – 1004 North Hoagland Blvd. Kissimmee, Fl. 34741 to satisfy a lien on TUESDAY, August 8,2023 at approx. 11:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Curtis Roy Barrett Jr, Curtis Barrett, Melanie Monclova, Melanie Monclova DeJesus, Melanie Monclava, John Wesley Yale

Jr Eustace, Elizabeth Andre NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 6177 – 1830 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, Fl. 34744 to satisfy a lien on TUESDAY, August 8,2023 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Theresa Austin, Katrina Laura Adams, Christopher Plaza, Andria D Benedetto NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 0671 – 100 Mercantile Court, Ocoee, Fl 34761 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, August 9, 2023 at approx. 10:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Troy Allan Pendleton, Penny Leigh Brienza, Victoria Joy Laney, Emiahas Aheen Hadley, Ann Robinson

Wakefield, Jasmine Lee, Susan Addison

Stewart, Susan Stewart, Salvatore

Romano lll, Victoria Joy Laney NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 0693 – 1015 North Apopka Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32818 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, August 9, 2023 at approx. 11:00 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Guynsly Prevalus, Jasmine Francis, Lakeata Green, L Green, Arnold Pierce, AP, Rose

Petit Frere Stinfill, Kristine Sabillion, Kesha Holder, Diedre Danielle Bryant, D Bryant, DB, Lekeshia La Wanda Parker, L Parker, Khorian A Moore, Khorian Augustus Moore, Ashley Pugh, Ashley, Vincent Ramirez, VR, Davierre Thomas, Casey, Casey Evener Fenelon, Nashali Pinet Santiago, Malcolm Risquez , Frisnel Mauvais, EN, Cornicia Pinkins, CP, Collins Edwards NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 0420 –5301 N. Pine Hills Road, Orlando Fl 32808 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, August 9, 2023 at approx. 11:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Angela Harrison, Lachandra Campbell, Latony Ann Flint, Lisa Thomas, Deneshia Rhynes, Elizabeth Alejandro, Tekeavias Latherio Byrd, Eric Williams, Debbie Legrand, Keith Mckenzie, Shenice Surrency, Jubel Guerine, Rodnelder Mcwhorter, Kamaria Jackson, Patricia Ann Style NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 0430 –7400 West Colonial Dr, Orlando Fl 32818 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, August 9, 2023 at approx. 12:00 pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Doniel Richmond, Cedric Watkins, Cedric Lanier Watkins, Vivian Fair, Christopher C Madrid, Christopher Madrid, Christena S Taylor, Nancy Lewis, Kayla K Walters, Kayla Kandice Walters, Tyreek Neuton Powell NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 5868 –4752 Conroy Storage Lane, Orlando Fl 32835 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, August 10, 2023 at approx. 10:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Bri’ashia Ann Yania Pankey, Joshua Chirillo, Shamara Scott, Princess Bonilla, Alisia M Martinez, Jada Nicole Greene, Ramon Pinero, Lynnecia Christian, Deborah Kelly, Kia Jones NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 5961 – 1540 Sullivan Rd., Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, August 10, 2023 at approx. 12:00 pm at www.storagetreasures.com: John Jr Galati, Amanda Ellen Bentley Scott, Karina Soriano, Kevin Ray, Jacob Huess Songer, Clifton Frye, David Bradley, Kenard Daley, Antorya Harris. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 5694 – 7720 Osceola Polk Line Rd., Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, August 10, 2023 at approx. 12:00 pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Ashley Schaffer, Alejandro Jaramillo.

Legal, Public Notices

NOTICE OF SALE

Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates at 7AM. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale:

8/13/2023

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ISUZU 2013

8/14/2023

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DODG 2003

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CHEV 2016

8/16/2023

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KIA 2012

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MERZ 2008

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FORD 2013

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NISS 2018

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TOYT 1995

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CHEV 2017

8/17/2023

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TOYT 2010

2021 N. Main St., Kissimmee, FL 34744, Towlando Towing and Recovery

NOTICE OF SALE

Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty.

Seller gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates at 7AM. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale:

8/16/2023

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8/18/2023

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KIA 2014

8/19/2023

KM8SC83D71U117514

HYUN 2001

2720 13th St, Saint Cloud Fl. 34769, Towlando Towing and Recovery

NOTICE OF SALE

Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty.

Seller gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates at 8AM. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on

hand at time of sale:

8/17/2023

JTDBR32E542038231

TOYO 2004

JT4UD10D4S0004506

TOYO 1994

WBAKB8C57CC962546

BMW 2012

5XXGN4A71FG447477

KIA 2015

3N1AB7AP5DL631812

NISS 2013

KNADE123X86335031

KIA 2008

1C4PJLAK3CW116629

JEEP 2012 8/11/2023

5VGFW5025LL000443

KAUF 2020

Overtime Towing and Recovery, 11337 Rocket Blvd., Orlando, FL 32824

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: CORTES TOWING SERVICE gives notice that on 8/11/2023 at 10:00 AM the following vehicles(s) may be sold by public sale at 245 ORANGE AVE., LONGWOOD, FL 32750 to satisfy the lien for the amount owed on each vehicle for any recovery, towing, or storage services charges and administrative fees allowed pursuant to Florida statute 713.78.

YV1RS61T342367489

2004 VOLV

1N4AL2AP6BN417900

2011 NISS

WAU2GAFC3EN061300

2014 AUDI

1FA6P0H7XG5112993

2016 FORD

Employment

Tax Prep. needed for Nicholas J Cameron CPA, LLC., Celebration, FL: To mant. tax recs. & prep. tax rtrn., tax rel. schdl. & rep. Prep. local, st. & fed. retrns. to be sub. within spcf. deadlines. Anlyz. tax regs. to ens. all regs are met. Asst. CPAs w/filng. tax rets. using UltraTax, incl. U.S. & state inc. tax, sales & use & tang. prop., FIRPTA w/hold. cert.; Req. 2 yrs. exp in Acct. or rel. fld. & fed. inc. tax cert.; FT mail res to 1420 Celebration Blvd. # 200, Celebration, FL 34747

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