Orlando Weekly - September 13, 2023

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VIEWS

7 ICYMI Worrell vows reinstatement one way or another, Florida Supremes hear arguments on abortion and more. Plus ‘This Modern World’

9 For the lulz

Seemingly vandalized Morgan & Morgan billboards have been spotted in Orlando

FILM+ MUSIC

25 Couchsurfing

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

27 Dr. Doom (Singer)

Chris Farren is learning to play with others

29 This Little Underground

With the release of Moments, Terry Caudill has made a pivot that indulges his long-simmering pop muse

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30 The Week

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

35 Free Will Astrology

Horoscopes to plan your week around

36 Savage Love

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

» Worrell asks Florida Supreme Court to reverse her suspension by DeSantis

Suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell, from the Orlando area, last Wednesday asked the Florida Supreme Court to overturn Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision last month to oust her, saying he had no legal basis for the move. “To the extent the governor disagrees with how Ms. Worrell is lawfully exercising her prosecutorial discretion, such a disagreement does not constitute a basis for suspension from elected office,” Worrell’s lawyers wrote in a 46-page petition seeking to restore her to the job. Worrell, who was elected by a vote of 66% in 2020 as state attorney in the 9th Judicial Circuit in Orange and Osceola counties, disputed a series of arguments raised in DeSantis’ Aug. 9 executive order suspending her. Her petition argues the governor’s order “fails to allege any facts relating to Ms. Worrell’s own conduct (either acts or omissions) that would constitute neglect of duty or incompetence.” DeSantis appointed Andrew Bain, a member of the conservative Federalist Society who recently briefly served as an Orange County judge, to replace Worrell as state attorney. Worrell’s suspension came a little more than a year after DeSantis suspended twice-elected Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren after he signed a pledge not to prosecute people who obtained or provided abortions or gender-affirming care. Critics describe the suspensions as political attacks. Worrell and Warren are Democrats, while the governor is a Republican. Moving forward, Worrell has already launched a campaign to seek reelection to the State Attorney’s Office for the 9th Judicial Circuit.

» Florida Supreme Court hears arguments in challenge to 15-week abortion ban

In a case that could have a dramatic impact on national abortion rights, the Florida Supreme Court on Friday heard arguments in a constitutional challenge to a 2022 state law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The court’s ruling in the case, which could take months, also will affect a law passed this year that would bar abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include seven abortion clinics and a doctor who performs abortions. Much of the first day’s arguments centered on whether Supreme Court justices should overturn decades of legal precedent affirming that a privacy clause in the state Constitution protects abortion rights. Five out of seven of the justices were appointed by DeSantis, and one — Justice Charles Canady — is married to the sponsor of the six-week ban. Canady has refused to recuse himself from the case. DeSantis has said he was “proud” to sign the six-week ban into law although at this time, pregnancy is still legal in Florida up to 15 weeks. Most abortion-rights supporters are bracing for a loss at the conservative Florida court. The court during the past four years has reversed legal precedents in other cases. In anticipation of this, a coalition of pro-choice groups is urging Floridians to support an initiative to get abortion rights on the 2024 statewide ballot. If successful, the initiative would extend Florida’s abortion limit to fetal viability, or about 24-28 weeks of pregnancy.

» Disney’s First Amendment lawsuit against DeSantis moves forward

After U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor found a procedural problem with an earlier attempt, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts on Thursday filed a narrowed lawsuit that alleges the company’s First Amendment rights were violated by the state for voicing opposition to a 2022 law, known as “Don’t Say Gay,” which restricted instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. Disney attorneys filed a motion last week seeking approval to amend a lawsuit filed this spring against defendants including Gov. Ron DeSantis. But Winsor denied the motion because the company did not follow a procedural rule that required it to first confer with attorneys from the state. Disney moved forward with the amended lawsuit Thursday, and Winsor ordered the defendants to respond by Sept. 21, according to a court docket. The lawsuit came after DeSantis and Republican lawmakers this year approved a bill that replaced the longstanding Reedy Creek Improvement District with the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. Disney was closely aligned with the Reedy Creek district, while the bill gave DeSantis power to appoint members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board. Disney alleges that the change was retaliatory in violation of the First Amendment and should be blocked.

» Orange County Animal Services turns away new dogs due to contagious virus

A contagious virus has reached Orlando County Animal Services, leaving the acceptance of strays and surrenders at a temporary standstill. The pause in sheltering new pups, effective immediately

as of Sept. 8, came after canine pneumovirus was found in one animal at OCAS. The highly contagious virus is a respiratory disease that can cause dogs to sneeze, cough, have a runny nose or fever, and, more severely, experience trouble breathing. OCAS shared on Facebook that one case of the virus has been reported, but the shelter suspects several other dogs have fallen victim to the illness. The presence of the disease, commonly known as “kennel cough,” leaves the shelter with no choice but to limit contact between its animals. While there will be no new dogs entering the shelter, adoptions will take place as usual. The adoption fee for “ready to go” animals will be waived. “We recommend keeping a new adopted dog separate from a resident dog, to give it time to acclimate to the home, as well as to monitor for any possible health issues,” OCAS shared.

» Hurricane Idalia estimated losses top $120 million

Estimated insured losses from Hurricane Idalia have topped $120 million as Florida residents and businesses continue to file claims. Data on the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation website showed $120.7 million in estimated insured losses, as of last Wednesday, based on 14,244 claims. That was up from $97.7 million in losses estimated just one day prior, based on 12,308 claims. Of the claims reported, 9,827 involved residential property. Other types included claims for such things as auto damage. The data showed 850 claims had been closed with payments, while 896 had been closed without payments. The Category 3 hurricane made landfall Aug. 30 in the Keaton Beach area of Taylor County before continuing through parts of North Florida into Georgia. The Central Florida region, under a tropical storm warning by the time Idalia hit, was largely unaffected by the hurricane beyond some stormy weather, although local governments did set up sandbag stations for residents, just in case.

Worrell vows reinstatement one way or another, Florida Supremes hear arguments on statewide abortion restrictions, OCAS turns away new dogs and other news you may have missed.

FOR THE LULZ

Seemingly vandalized Morgan & Morgan billboards have been spotted in Orlando and Pensacola, and outside Florida in Memphis, Pittsburgh, Boston and other cities

BY MCKENNA SCHUELER

Billboards for the prominent injury law firm Morgan & Morgan have again been vandalized — but it’s unclear exactly by whom.

Some variations of the latest signs, which first showed up about a month or so ago, contain phrases like “[For the] Fool,” “Chase the People” and “[For the] Money” spray-painted over Morgan & Morgan’s signature tagline “For the People.” On one sign, a clown wig and bulbous red nose is spray-painted onto founder John Morgan, a gray-haired attorney and Kentucky native in his upper 60s.

While the vandals — who are amazingly well-organized, widely traveled and possessed of an incredibly consistent painting style — have yet to claim credit, Orlando Weekly is already familiar with the gimmick. Morgan has admitted to “defacing” his own billboards before as part of his own creative marketing campaign.

Morgan, himself a resident of Central Florida, told the Tampa Bay Times in 2015, for instance, that the first “vandalized” billboard he set up was in Orlando, themed around the Orlando City soccer team.

“People were backing up traffic because they were stopping to take pictures of it. TV news stations came out and did stories about it. People were posting on social media about it,” Morgan told the Times. “We thought it was great. It was the best money I’ve ever spent.”

Morgan referred to the massive signs, posted above I-4 and other spots throughout Central Florida and the U.S., as his own “purple cow,” explaining to the Times, “Say you’re driving down the road and see cows in a field. You can see thousands of cows but if you see a purple cow, that is the one you’re going to remember.”

Another billboard “defaced” in Jacksonville in 2015, ostensibly promoting the Jacksonville Jaguars football team, also earned a

good-humored response from the multimillionaire at the time: “Well go Jacksonville Jaguars!! #ForthePeople” Morgan shared on Facebook.

Like Morgan & Morgan’s totally-not-a-dick-joke “Size Matters” billboards, which half his marketing department later got fired over — for taking issue with the crass campaign, not for creating it — the faux-vandalized signs are memorable. (Hopefully they won’t also lead to bizarre layoffs — or “restructuring,” as the workers fired for objecting to the dick joke were told.)

As usual, the billboards appear to make fun of the insanely wealthy attorney and his legal practice, which is headquartered in Orlando, but these don’t poke the gentle fun of the others. On some signs, the “For the People” tagline is vandalized to read “For the Money” or “Fool the People.”

They’re not just in the Orlando area, either. According to Reddit users, the graffiti’d signs have also been spotted in Pensacola, and outside of Florida in Pittsburgh; Boston; Louisville, Kentucky; Memphis; and Marietta, Georgia.

Similar Morgan & Morgan billboards were also spotted in Savannah, Georgia, according to WJCL 22 News, an ABC affiliate.

But when WJCL managed to reach the firm for comment on the “vandalism,” Morgan didn’t cop to it.

A spokesperson for Morgan & Morgan reportedly told the ABC affiliate, “We take this very seriously, are investigating and exploring all of our options.”

Interestingly, the Florida Bar has rules for what lawyers can and can’t say in advertisements, including a rule that bars “deceptive and inherently misleading language.” It’s unclear whether the firm submitted a new billboard design for the bar association’s review, and if so, whether they approved it. The Florida Bar did not respond to Orlando Weekly’s request for comment.

The Morgan & Morgan law firm, which touts itself as “America’s Largest Personal Injury Firm,” boasts 800 attorneys on staff, with 3,000 support team staffers spread across the United States.

The founder himself, a prominent personal injury lawyer, is known for more than just his legal work. The multimillionaire funded a successful ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in Florida in 2016 (71% of voters supported the idea) and bankrolled another winning ballot initiative campaign in 2020 to increase Florida’s minimum wage to $15 per hour (submitting his political committee paperwork one month before he actually moved to raise his own employees’ pay to a $15 minimum hourly rate).

Morgan, who comes from a working-class background, today is a deep-pocketed, somewhat controversial figure in Florida. He has a sense of humor — up to a point —and has donated generously to Democratic politicians running for office (as well as the Republican Party of Florida, in recent years).

Back in 2019, however, Orlando Weekly reported that his firm reportedly relied on cheap labor at the same time he was pushing for the $15 minimum wage initiative. And he’s made powerful enemies. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, a state affiliate of the National Restaurant Association industry group that opposed the $15 minimum wage push, said in 2019 the group was deeply offended by Morgan’s comparison of the state’s minimum wage of $8.46 at the time to “slave wages.”

Early in his life, when his family relocated from Kentucky to Orlando, Morgan worked at Disney World and, 20 years ago, said he “hung out in union halls, drank beer and threw darts with plumbers, pipe fitters, electrical workers.”

During his time as a public figure, he’s also had his strange moments. At one point in 2018, the rumored candidate for Florida Governor connected school shootings to prescription drugs and vaccines in a quickly deleted social media post that Orlando Weekly snagged a screenshot of.

Former employees in 2021 described the Morgan & Morgan Brooklyn office to Orlando Weekly using terms including “frat-like,” “dictatorship,” “hostile” and detailing a work environment with “great pay” but high turnover and low diversity.

“All in all, Morgan & Morgan has established itself as one of the most well-known advertisers in the Central Florida area through its willingness to strategize and not take itself too seriously,” wrote Nicole Wills, content chair of the American Advertising Federation’s Orlando Communications & Creative Committee, in a 2021 blog post about Morgan’s controversial ads.

After this story was first published on Orlando Weekly’s website last week, Morgan tweeted out his own theory about the “vandalized” billboards, claiming they’d identified a new culprit: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

“We now know who did it!” Morgan shared on X, formerly known as Twitter.“We have pictures of @RonDeSantis on a ladder with a paint brush. #ForThePeople”

No such photos of the presidential candidate have yet been shared publicly.

Later Tuesday afternoon, in a response to Orlando Weekly’s requests for comment, Morgan further doubled down on his deflection of culpability … sort of.

“Only a true genius would deface his own billboards so that tv stations would do news stories about it and newspapers would write about it and hundreds of thousands of people would take pictures of them and post them on social media so that millions of people would see and share and ultimately end up on the front page of Reddit, resulting in tens of millions of dollars in free media,” Morgan wrote in an emailed statement to Orlando Weekly.

“I wish I was that genius so I could take full credit,” he added. “We are convinced it’s Desantis. Or Allstate insurance.”

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A ‘defaced’ billboard near University Blvd., one of many photos sent to us by readers | Photo by Corey Thomas

DOCS FOR FREEDOM

Florida doctors speak out against abortion restrictions days before state Supreme Court hears case on 15-week ban

BY MCKENNA SCHUELER

Doctors across the state of Florida joined together for a virtual press conference last Wednesday to speak out about the harms of abortion bans.

This occurred just two days before the Florida Supreme Court was scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case that could decide the fate of abortion access in Florida and across the Southern United States.

“There is no reason for politicians and judges with no medical training or expertise to be making health care decisions for Floridians,” said Dr. Frederick Southwick, a practicing internist and infectious disease specialist of 30 years from Gainesville.

The press conference was organized by the Committee to Protect Health Care, a national mobilization of medical professionals in support of “pro-patient care.”

Several Florida doctors who are members of the group, including Southwick, joined the virtual call to warn of the dangers of abortion restrictions and to voice support for a statewide campaign launched in May to expand abortion rights in Florida.

As of last July, abortion in Florida is currently legal up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. Before that, the limit was 24 weeks. A more restrictive six-week limit on abortion procedures was signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in April, but whether that goes into effect is dependent upon a legal challenge to the 15-week ban. That hearing by Florida Supreme Court justices started last Friday.

The seven-member Florida Supreme Court, packed with five justices appointed by DeSantis, is hearing arguments from both plaintiffs and defendants to determine whether the 15-week limit violates a right to privacy within Florida’s state constitution.

That provision of the constitution has previously been interpreted by the courts to include abortion.

But advocates for abortion rights, including healthcare professionals caring for pregnant patients on the frontlines, warn that previous interpretations may not be upheld.

As the Tampa Bay Times points out, Florida’s highest court is “reliably conservative,” and if justices determine the 15-week ban is not unconstitutional, the six-week ban will go into effect 30 days after the determination.

“We hope that the justices will rule in favor of Floridians’ privacy and personal freedoms and to make their own medical decisions,” said Dr. Nancy Staats, a retired anesthesiologist and critical care physician in Jacksonville.

But, with the majority of justices being DeSantis appointees, “we must be prepared,” she added, for the opposite. “We must do all we can to protect Floridians’ freedom to access abortion and health care providers’ ability to offer the care our patients need without governmental interference.”

Thousands of Florida residents are already on board. In May, a coalition of groups in support of abortion rights launched a multimillion-dollar ballot initiative campaign, dubbed Floridians Protecting Freedom, to expand abortion access in Florida from its current 15-week limit to medical fetal viability, which is about 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Over 200 local, state and national organizations are involved

with the campaign, which needs to gather 891,523 verified signatures by Feb. 1 to get the initiative on the 2024 statewide ballot. Last month, the campaign announced they’d already gathered more than 600,000 signatures from Floridians through a bootson-the-ground petition-gathering effort, using both volunteers and paid staff.

So far, about half of those signatures have been verified, according to the state Division of Elections Office, meaning they’ve gathered enough to trigger a state Supreme Court review of their proposed ballot language.

“Nobody should be forced to put their life at risk because of some politician’s extremist beliefs,” said Dr. Cecilia Grande, an OB-GYN from Miami, on Wednesday. “This is why doctors are carefully watching our Supreme Court, and that’s why we’re also calling on Floridians to help put abortion on the ballot.”

Lauren Brenzel, executive director of the Floridians Protecting Freedom campaign, says they’re confident they’ll reach their goal. “At this point, even with record heat this summer, we’re ahead of schedule to ensure we hit all of our required benchmarks by the end of the calendar year,” Brenzel told Orlando Weekly in an emailed statement.

And that includes more than just voters from Democraticleaning strongholds, such as Orlando, St. Petersburg and Miami (although even many Democratic areas have trended redder in recent years, a shift in part attributed to a pandemic-era migration to the Sun Belt).

The number of signatures gathered for the proposal must include signatures from voters in at least half of the congressional districts of the state, under the Florida Constitution.

As of last year, when a red wave swept through Florida, easily securing DeSantis a second term as governor, the state’s been characterized as a red state conquered by Republicans, no longer the “purple” swing state that went for Democrats like former President Barack Obama not just once, but twice.

Brenzel, however, contends that support for abortion access has consistently remained strong among Florida voters, including registered Republicans.

“This simply isn’t a partisan issue among real Floridians, across the political spectrum,” argued Brenzel. “We’ve talked with our petition-gatherers, including in red areas, and they largely report that as soon as most people hear what the petition is, they sign it.”

Staats, the physician from Jacksonville, similarly pointed to examples of voters in several other states reaffirming their support for abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal constitutional right to abortion last June. Not just traditionally blue states, but states like Kansas, Kentucky, and Montana as well.

The dangers of maintaining a 15-week abortion ban in Florida, or a stricter six-week ban, are clear, said Staats. According to data from state health regulators, more than 90 percent of abortions in Florida occur within the first 13 weeks of pregnancy as it is.

Of the small percentage performed after 15 weeks, “many of them occur under the most tragic of circumstances,” Staats emphasized.

For example, if a pregnant person’s water breaks early — after 15 weeks but before fetal viability — this could put them at risk for infection, said Southwick, the infectious disease specialist.

The high court, which is packed with conservative justices, must verify that the proposal includes only a single subject and would not mislead voters.

If it does make it onto the ballot, the initiative would still need over 60% of voters in support to pass, under Florida law. Similar progressive policies such as a minimum wage increase, restoring felon voting rights, and the legalization of medical marijuana have also passed through ballot initiatives in Florida over the last decade.

According to ballot language submitted by Floridians Protecting Freedom, the abortion rights initiative, if approved, would amend the state’s constitution to clarify that “no law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.”

More than 100 healthcare providers have already signed onto a letter in support.

Under Florida’s current law, doctors must be able to prove a patient’s life is in jeopardy in order to perform an abortion after 15 weeks, but that may sometimes result in doctors sending patients home to await a worsening condition, risking life-threatening complications, before they’re able to legally intervene.

This is having an effect not just on patient care, but their healthcare providers as well. A large number of obstetrics and gynecology doctors and nurses are leaving the state of Florida, he said, “because they cannot practice under these circumstances.”

“Women’s health is being endangered not only because of the law, but because of a reduction in OB-GYN[s],” he added.

Staats, the Jacksonville doctor, is hopeful that regardless of what comes out of the Florida Supreme Court, there’s a path forward for reestablishing stronger abortion protections.

“We need to be prepared, and we need to try and get this initiative on the ballot and let Florida’s citizens decide.”

mschueler@orlandoweekly.com

“Nobody should be forced to put their life at risk because of some politician’s extremist beliefs.”

‘PEACE IS NOT THE OPPOSITE OF WAR’

Orlando’s Global Peace Film Festival returns for its 21st year, inspiring change and action

BY MCKENNA SCHUELER

The Global Peace Film Festival, an annual event, is returning to Orlando this month for its 21st year (there’s a legal drinking age joke in there somewhere), featuring a diverse, carefully curated lineup of 38 films chosen to help serve as “catalysts for change.”

With thousands of attendees each year, according to Streich, the festival is a popular event among local film enthusiasts, particularly those who appreciate or even favor films that explore topical social and political themes, in addition to historically grounded fights for racial justice and civil rights for marginalized groups.

This year’s lineup of films tackles everything from immigration to addiction, global conflicts, gender identity, life post-incarceration, grappling with a life of “survivor’s guilt” as a post-war veteran, and multiracial unity in Florida during the Civil Rights Era.

For film attendees, “the excitement is when the lights go down and people are getting ready to see a new film,” says Nina Streich, the Global Peace Film Festival’s founder and director. “For us, the excitement is even more so when the lights come back up and people are sitting a little taller in their seats, wondering, ‘Gosh, I wish there was something I could do about that.’”

The festival runs Monday, Sept. 18, through Saturday, Sept. 23. Films will be shown at multiple venues in the downtown Orlando and Winter Park areas, including CityArts, Enzian Theater, the Timucua Arts Foundation, the Winter Park Library and Events Center, and the Bush Auditorium and Galloway Room on the Rollins College campus. A virtual pass is also available for purchase, for a virtual festival held the week after the IRL one, for anyone unable to make it out to a local venue.

The annual festival, always held in Orlando, first kicked off in 2003, the same year that the United States went to war with Iraq. In the backdrop of a global anti-war movement, Streich told Orlando Weekly, she wanted the festival to look beyond the concept of “anti-war,” to offer a more positive, actionable vision for how to achieve a more peaceful world.

The term “peace” gets a bad rap, Streich says, because it’s often viewed as a bit hokey, reminiscent of hippies, or just too passive.

People have told her she’d get more attendees if the nonprofit scrapped “peace” from the festival’s title. But Streich’s conceptualization of peace, a critical component of the nonprofit’s overarching mission, is different.

“Peace is not the opposite of war,” Streich muses, conjuring the spirit of American composer and playwright Jonathan Larson (RIP) somewhere. “Peace is so much more than that

and should be something that everybody aspires to, whatever their own interpretation of that means.”

Inspiring action

Although this isn’t pertinent to every film they show, Streich argues that the festival isn’t just a passive affair, it’s also a call to action.

“A lot of people feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of problems in the world,” says Streich. It can make someone feel as though there’s little they can do as just one person.

The festival, and the panels hosted directly after, offer not just insight into the film or its subject matter, says Streich, but also opportunities to take action as an individual or plug into collective efforts.

For instance, joining a river cleanup group or a social or political advocacy organization. Writing to legislators, signing petitions, or gathering petitions for causes you’re passionate about, like abortion rights or ending police violence.

It’s not just a marketing pitch. Streich offered several examples of former attendees she’s heard from who went on to develop advocacy groups and campaigns, or change areas of study or careers because of a film they saw at the festival.

The nonprofit also tries to make sure the festival isn’t closed off to people due to cost barriers or other obstacles to access. They donate tickets to youth organizations.

One year, a media teacher at Jones High School, a school in Parramore with a majority-Black student population, asked if she could bring some students to see a film. Streich responded, extending an invitation for them to view a film at Rollins College — an affluent, private liberal arts school — called War Dance, which documented children from a refugee camp in war-ravaged Northern Uganda as they prepare for a national dance competition.

Later, Streich heard from the teacher over email that the experience was “life-changing” for the students.

“The email made me cry,” Streich recalls. “Really, that’s like, what you want to achieve with a screening.”

A local angle

Film submissions for the festival come in from everywhere, but the nonprofit does look for films with Central Florida ties. This year is no different.

One film, titled Lyra, explores the life and death of Irish freelance journalist Lyra McKee, who is honored through a mural on Mills Avenue that was recently defaced, but quickly restored by members of the Orlando community.

McKee, 29, was fatally struck by a bullet during

a riot while on assignment in 2014. The mural, located near Orlando’s Zebra Youth center, was dedicated to McKee, herself a lesbian, after she visited Orlando in 2017. It was one year after the Pulse nightclub shooting, and McKee made an impact on local activists with her ability to bridge divides.

Another film, Marching Forward, is co-directed by UCF history professor Robert Cassanello, who has spoken out about the DeSantis administration’s whitewashing of African American history. Cassanello, whose work we’ve covered in previous stories, joined a lawsuit against the state of Florida over HB 7 (2022), known as the “Stop WOKE” Act, which restricts discussion of race and other protected categories in schools and workplace trainings.

Marching Forward follows two Orlando band directors — one Black, one white — who brought two high-school student bands together to perform at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City.

Evan Ever After explores the journey of former Orlando high school student Evan Bialosuknia, who was crowned Florida’s first transgender homecoming queen at MetroWest’s Olympia High School in 2021. “It’s just a really lovely film that will really make you feel good,” says Streich.

Other films with local ties at this year’s festival, says Streich, include Crosses in the Dust, a film about obstacles immigrants face along the Arizona-Mexico border produced by UCF employees; Jerry’s Last Mission, which explores the life of fighter pilot and World War II veteran Jerry Yellin, who developed post-traumatic stress disorder and was forced later in life to reckon with the dark repercussions of post-war trauma and survivor’s guilt; and several short films from the “Healing Perspectives” program, including Overdose and Oppression and Shattering the Gender Matrix. (Evan Ever After is also part of this program.)

Several people featured in those films and/ or their loved ones will be speaking as panelists after the films. That includes Evan Bialosuknia, Lyra McKee’s partner and one of Jerry Yellin’s sons.

Bringing it all together

Streich, who formerly served as head honcho over the festival’s affairs, stepped down from her leadership role this year, welcoming businessman and Central Florida Community Arts board member David Wheeler into the fold as Global Peace Film Festival CEO.

While still serving as the festival’s director, Streich — who lives in New York — says it’s helpful to have someone on the ground in Orlando who can help the festival continue to grow.

Today, the festival comprises more than just film screenings. There’s also a kindergarten-through-12th grade Peace Art Exhibit, and a separate photographic exhibit this year at CityArts highlighting the works of photojournalist Peter Morey, who photographed South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela in the last years of Mandela’s life. But film is where it all started.

Streich says the nonprofit receives 250 to 300 film submissions each year through an open call process, although just a fraction of those end up being selected.

Factors like subject matter and relevancy to the mission of the annual event are major considerations. They also often feature new works by festival alumni.

Consistency is a key part of what they see themselves bringing to Orlando each year, says Wheeler, who — albeit new to his role in the nonprofit’s leadership — is no stranger to Central Florida’s arts scene.

That’s true even amid Florida’s turbulent political landscape, where restrictions on classroom discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation, racism, and limitations on drag performances threaten individual freedoms and complicate the community’s culture of inclusivity.

“Obviously we have to consider the political environment in terms of our programming,” Streich admits. But that doesn’t change their overarching mission.

“When the festival started, I really wanted it to be able to speak across the aisle,” she shares. “I still think that’s incredibly important.”

mschueler@orlandoweekly.com

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23/24 Seasonnow on sale single tickets

upcoming concerts

Young People’s Concerts:

Symphony in Space

Walt Disney Theater

Sept 20, 27 & Oct 4

Pictures at an Exhibition

Steinmetz Hall

Sept 30 & Oct 1

Seeking Answers

First United Methodist Church of Orlando

Oct 16

Spooky Serenades

Oct 21 & 22

The Rite of Spring & Emanuel Ax

Steinmetz Hall

Nov 4 & 5

Latin Explorations by Magos

First United Methodist Church of Orlando

Nov 13

Home for the Holidays

Steinmetz Hall | Nov 25

FOSSILIZED

Kathleen Thum’s Covering Carbon at UCF brings the physical mysteries of coal, oil and plastic into unsettling focus

BY RICHARD THOMAS REEP

This season, University of Central Florida’s art gallery squeezed the pump handle before anyone else did. Kathleen Thum’s Covering Carbon opened in August, and it’s a fitting solo exhibit now, what with gas prices and an uneasy self-awareness rising together.

Thum has plumbed the depths of fossil fuel production for some time, and this mature work combines her black-and-white drawings with large, colorful papercuts, using titles like “Petroscape,” “Blowdown Stack” and “Offshore 2” to make clear what these are about.

They’re about coal and oil — specifically, how we suck them from the planet for our pleasure, like so much bubble tea from a plastic cup.

Her stark, black-and-white “Carbon Series” drawings pull the viewer into irregular, fractured edges of large black shapes, which stubbornly

stand out against subtle ink washes. This is coal, she seems to be saying. This is you.

The UCF gallery exhibition features her huge, multi-hued paper cutouts, and some smaller ones too. “Petroscape” is an epic, pin-supported installation glowing with fiery reflections against the gallery’s white walls. Lyrically looping yellow and black lines occupy the fascinating space between rational grid-like geometry and organic, freeform shapes. They converge from two vanishing points into a central crescendo of writhing knots with irresistible movement and mass.

The work implies immensity without grandeur, intimacy without affection, and yet has a strange beauty all its own.

Near the back of the gallery two pieces are, in some ways, the most interesting and disturbing of the show. “Residuum” and “Causation” continue

the motifs of “Petroscape” using graphite on mylar (ahem, both hydrocarbon products).

From afar these soft, tall images suggest extralarge structures. Moving closer in, however, they morph into organic, almost biological, living tissue helplessly entangled in crazed capillaries. They get under your skin with highly discomforting implications.

Thum brings the physical mysteries of what Wall Street fondly calls “the fossil fuel industry” into concrete reality.

She’ll be in the gallery in person on the show’s closing day at 6 p.m. to give an artist’s talk. If you’ve recently considered your own love-hate relationship with gasoline, coal, plastic and just about everything manufactured nowadays, this exhibit gives you a lot of questions to ask. arts@orlandoweekly.com

“Blowdown Stack” | Kathleen Thum

“Petroscape” by Kathleen Thum, from her Covering Carbon show | Photo courtesy UCF Art Gallery

Halloween is now to Orlando what Mardi Gras is to New Orleans, so we scouted out Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights and its competitor, SeaWorld’s Howl-OScream

The traditional throngs of summertime tourists who once drove Central Florida’s economy failed to materialize this past summer, melting away with the record heat and torrential rains, but Halloween is now to Orlando what Mardi Gras is to New Orleans, thanks in no small part to Universal Orlando’s three-decade dominance of our area’s crowded haunted house market. After watching countless challengers to Halloween Horror Nights’ crown rise and fall, I openly cheered when SeaWorld Orlando entered the fray, and predicted last year that Howl-O-Scream’s sophomore success might spur HHN to shake up their increasingly stale formula.

After attending both of 2023’s big theme park haunt events on back-to-back nights, I’m happy to predict that I was at least half-right, because after a couple of half-hearted postCOVID installments, Universal’s Horror Nights has returned to form with the most satisfying lineup in five years. I’ve still got issues with the black-clad ops employees awkwardly infesting the mazes, but the artistic designs and special effects are once again second to none, and I noted marked improvements in prosthetic makeup and masks. Most importantly, they’ve gone back to having an iconic host whose iconography ties the event together: Dr. Oddfellow, the Dust Bowl carnival barker behind the creation of Jack the Clown, Universal’s most popular past icon.

As an old-school Islands of Adventure fan, it’s easy to peg Dueling Dragons: Choose Thy Fate as my favorite maze of the year, but the campy Yeti: Campground Kills comes in a close second — just beware the bear! Bloodmoon: Dark Offerings offers gorgeous gore within its

towering colonial walls, and I also appreciated the bluesy atmosphere and illuminated costumes in the Robert Johnson-inspired Darkest Deal. Ironically, Dr. Oddfellow’s Twisted Origins left me twisting in the wind, seducing me into the sideshow tent and then blowing me off without delivering on its implied promise to showcase Jack’s genesis.

Beyond the original concepts, this year’s intellectual property-inspired attractions were also an overall improvement. I’ve never played The Last of Us, but the scale and detail of its house made me want to buy a PS5, and Stranger Things 4 is an upgrade after the previous underwhelming version (although it needs 300% more Kate Bush). Universal Monsters: Unmasked is a dream mashup for horror-loving musical theater nerds, starring the Phantom and Hunchback (with killer blacklight cameos by the Invisible Man), but The Exorcist: Believer is most memorable for its fantastic village facade and foul fecal aroma. Chucky: Ultimate Kill Count fell completely flat for me with its ill-articulated puppets.

Outside of the headliner houses, the highlight of my HHN 32 was the re-energized Nightmare Fuel pyrotechnic dance show, with this year’s “Revenge Dream” version being the best yet by far. The vanishing bed illusion returns again for the opener, but that quickly gives way to an explosion of all-new high-energy acts that flow sinuously into each other. And although I’m sorry the lagoon fountain show hasn’t returned, I’m happy that the scarezones have pulled back on being glorified selfie stations; I enjoyed some particularly groovy interactions with the fanged inhabitants of Vamp ’69, a pitch-perfect Woodstock-style music festival.

Finally, complaining about crowds at HHN has practically become an Olympic sport, with lots of opening weekend griping online about slow Express queues. However, as an annual passholder attending last Thursday evening, I checked into the New York “stay & scream” holding pen around 4 p.m., waited in line a little over an hour for Stranger Things to open, and completed that house and four others before 7:15 p.m. (just 45 minutes after the official opening time) using only standby queues. Seeing all 10 houses and the show took me until midnight, and I never encountered the hyped M3GAN horde or SNL’s David S. Pumpkins, but I also never waited more than 45 minutes in line,

and repeated half the houses during the final hour with little to no waiting.

After heaping praise on Universal, I’d love to do the same for SeaWorld, but while I enjoyed my hosted media visit on Howl-O-Scream’s opening night, it’s clear they’ve ignored my encouragement to keep ambitiously challenging Halloween Horror Nights, instead settling for a distant second place. Rather than expand last year’s roster of five houses, they’ve made minor modifications to some of last year’s mazes, and the three “new” headliners share major elements with the houses they replaced. The best of the bunch is D3LER1UM666 Laboratories, which features a fake elevator preshow and a dizzying spinning tunnel finale, but like many HOS mazes, it felt unsatisfying, short and understaffed with actors. Beneath the Ice has been a favorite of mine since its debut in 2021, though its Meltdown makeover didn’t add much beyond unconvincing fire effects, and Dead Vines: Nawlins Nightmare is mostly the same ghoul-filled greenhouse with a little gumbo seasoning, though it includes a great bungee stunt. Captain’s Revenge made a welcome return with a reversed pathway, but Blood Beckoning didn’t impress as much the second time around.

Scarezones still benefit from SeaWorld’s confusing, underlit pathways, but feel more sparsely decorated and populated; and the thematic integration between houses, scarezones and snack stands seems less cohesive. As for operations, I applaud pulsing smaller groups of guests into mazes instead of sending through a continuous conga line, but I would have been driven mad by the unexplained multi-minute pauses we encountered entering nearly every house, if not for my complimentary Quick Queue pass.

In fact, the only headlining HOS element that I’d say returned as good or better than last year is Monster Stomp, the Jack the Ripper musical from Imagination House that weds VarieTease’s Blue Star’s choreography with E-Ticket production values. Since its tickets sell for significantly cheaper than Universal’s, and pandemic-era upstarts like Haunted Road and Scream ’n’ Stream haven’t announced 2023 dates, there’s definitely space for SeaWorld’s mid-grade event to survive and thrive in the shadow of HHN’s goliath, even if Howl-O-Scream isn’t slinging rocks at its rival quite as hard this season. skubersky@orlandoweekly.com

One of the frightful ghouls you’ll encounter this fall | Photo by Seth Kubersky

TEX-MAX

Kavas Tacos + Tequila delivers both the Tex and the Mex to Pointe Orlando in style

BY BAO LE-HUU

Kavas Tacos + Tequila is the latest venture by the team behind International Drive restaurants Taverna Opa and Tapa Toro, and the slick pop panache of those spots continues in this new run for the border. While their previous successes were rooted in European flavors, the New World focus of Kavas is on Tex-Mex classics and Mexican street food. If the cultural and culinary verve of Greece and Spain were rich wells to tap for a merry experience, then the vibrant pulse of Mexico is a no-brainer to try and capture for a good time.

Located at Pointe Orlando like sister eatery Taverna Opa, Kavas is a casual but spirited place. The decor is a burst of color and, between the room-captivating birthday song routines and nightly entertainment, the energy ranges from festive to boisterous.

Between their Mexican and Tex-Mex offerings, the kitchen at Kavas handles both sides of the border with equal assurance. The list of appetizers, though, skews Mexican and the combination antojitos platter ($28) is a good sampling of the more traditional options that includes chicken flautas, black bean empanadas and Kavas queso. The flautas are decent corn tortilla cigars stuffed with seasoned pulled chicken and sporting the Mexican national colors with toppings of avocado sauce, pico de gallo, crema

and cotija cheese. The queso is a standard but tasty white cheese dip. But the standouts of the sampler are the lovely empanadas, which pack a flavorful medley of black beans, corn and red peppers inside the airiest white-corn crust I’ve ever had in an empanada.

The grilled street corn ($9) here is a respectable take on the Mexican street treat, featuring three cob sections of elotes coated in aioli, cotija cheese crumbles and a nice zesty sprinkle of Tajín.

One note about the starters is that, unlike many Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants over here, the chips and salsa ($3) aren’t complimentary, but they’re priced nominally.

The diverse array of main dishes at Kavas spans both sides of the Rio Grande pretty comprehensively, from com mon classics (fajitas, burritos, enchiladas, quesadillas, chile rel leno, chimichanga) to street tacos (carnitas, carne asada, quesabirria, Baja fish, chicken, shrimp, vegetarian) to grilled selections (steak, salmon, chicken, parrillada).

KAVAS

+ TEQUILA

On the Tejano side, the fajitas come in steak ($29), chicken ($25), shrimp ($27), vegetable ($18) or a combo of any two of those options ($29). We tried the steak and the chicken, and both were well-marinated and tender. On the steak, they actually honored my request for medium rare, so hat tip to the kitchen there. For a splurge, there’s even a grand surf & turf fajita platter ($49) featuring filet mignon and lobster tail that’s flamed tableside with tequila.

On the Mexican side, we went with the luscious quesabirria tacos ($22). Kavas’ version of the Tijuana street favorite features three melty, griddle-crisp corn tortillas filled with cheese, tasty beef brisket, onion and cilantro. While not red-hot sexy like some others, the birria consommé here has more fresh onion and herb accents and was dunking-delicious nonetheless. Mexican rice and black beans come on the side.

With no shortage of good Mexican and TexMex spots in Orlando, there are probably better individual examples of your favorite dishes elsewhere. But few offer the gamut with as much festivity and flair as Kavas. For all the tourist dining traps formulated primarily to net vacationers’ dollars in the I-Drive corridor, Kavas Tacos at least delivers its flash with some authentic flavor and fun.

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OPENINGS and CLOSINGS:

Some big noodle news to announce: KungFu Kitchen, the famed NYC restaurant known for its hand-pulled noodles and soup dumplings, has opened an outpost in the Vista Center Shoppes at 8466 Palm Parkway. Over in Mills 50, Zaru, the udon noodle house by James Beard Awardnominated restaurateurs Johnny and Jimmy Tung, opens this week at 1114 E. Colonial Drive. Expect hot and cold udon, with and without broths and with plenty of customizable options, as well as additional dishes curated by William Shen (Sorekara) like miso-grilled eggplant, marinated okra, chicken chashu and warabi mochi … After 27 years of serving homestyle cooking from its Winter Park location, Johnny’s Diner has reopened in its new location at 10169 University Blvd. BUT WAIT!

Johnny’s Diner will also open a new location in the former home of 8-8 Panda Chinese Restaurant at 500 State Road 436 in Casselberry sometime next month. Siblings Johnny Krasniqi, who operates Johnny’s Diner in East Orlando, and his sister Linda Prekaj, who runs Johnny’s Diner of Casselberry, clearly have diner coffee in their veins … Juan Rios, owner of local Tex-Mex chain Agave Azul, will open a live-fire Mexican restaurant in the old Armstrong Lock & Security building in Mills 50 early next year. Rios says the yet-to-be-named “indigenous cocina with a contemporary approach” will be inspired by the jungles of Tulum and offer a seafood-leaning menu … Leafy Hotpot & BBQ has opened in the old Chai Thai space at 2447 S. Orange Ave. in SoDo … Look for South Florida-based Night Owl Cookies, a late-night cookie destination, to open its first Orlando-area location near UCF at 11325 University Blvd. this Friday … Nearby, creampuffery Light on the Sugar will open its third area location in Waterford Lakes Town Center in March 2024. The other two are in Winter Park … Less than eight months after opening Chicharron Grill by Roberto Trevino in the Marketplace at Avalon Park, the Puerto Rican-inspired joint has closed. Look for Resto Urban Kitchen, specializing in Argentine cuisine, to debut at the faraway food hall later this month.

NEWS and EVENTS:

Orlando Taco Week runs Sept. 13-27 with a host of taquerias, food trucks and restaurants offering $7 taco specials. Visit orlandotacoweek.com for vendors and menus … In July, we told you that a note on the door of City Pub in the North Quarter read, “We are closed for the summer, we will see you in the fall!” Needless to say, that wasn’t a good sign (pun intended) as they’ve since been hit with an eviction notice for owing $38,421.58 in unpaid rent and other charges. Pour one out for City Pub.

PHOTO BY ROB BARTLETT

Loaded birria fries at Kavas | Photos by Rob Bartlett

COUCHSURFING

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

BY STEVE SCHNEIDER

(NOTE: All premiere dates remain subject to change as long as the streamers continue to display the self-preservation instincts of Sylvia Plath drunk-texting Kurt Cobain. I’m sorry, “as long as the strikes continue.”)

Premieres Wednesday:

Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory — The National Geographic cinematographer traverses the globe to capture footage of exotic animals doing incredible things we don’t always hear about. Hope he got some shots of Mitch McConnell finishing a complete sentence. (Disney+)

Class Act — This dramatized biography of French phenomenon Bernard Tapie cops to playing fast and loose with the details of his careers in business, sports, entertainment and government. But given that Tapie ended up doing time for various illegal practices, playing fast and loose is probably the way to go. It’s almost meta. (Netflix)

The Other Black Girl — The mystery novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris becomes a full-fledged series, spotlighting an editorial assistant whose elation at no longer being the only Black woman at her company turns to suspicion of the new hire’s agenda. The first worrisome sign: Tim Scott stickers all over her cubicle. (Hulu)

Wrestlers — Plenty of in-ring action enlivens this docuseries about the behind-the-scenes battles to keep Kentucky’s debt-ridden Ohio Valley Wrestling operation afloat. But are there really creditors who are willing to risk a submission hold? (Netflix)

Premieres Thursday:

Dragons: The Nine Realms — Season 7 finds our heroes trying to snatch the Book of Dragons away from Buzzsaw to save the life of everyone in Rakke town. If they want to cut off his access to books, they should just enroll him in a Florida school. (Hulu and Peacock)

Premieres Friday:

The Club — Season 2 climaxed with nationalist rioting in the streets of Istanbul, but Matilda nonetheless turned down an opportunity to flee to the United States. And that was pretty good foresight for the heroine of a show set in the 1950s. I mean, have you seen this place lately? (Netflix)

El Conde — Chilean filmmaker Pablo Lorrain revisits the subject of Augusto Pinochet for the fourth time in his career, but this time with a twist: In Lorrain’s new film, Pinochet is a literal vampire who has been draining the blood of humanity for over two centuries. Speaking of which, I’ve always thought it shows gross disregard for our national security that we don’t have somebody shoot the corpse of Richard Nixon with a silver bullet every full moon, just to be safe. (Netflix)

Elevator Game — Here’s an indie horror flick based on the online pursuit that purportedly teaches followers how to take an elevator to another dimension. This would have been a movie about the Tide Pod Challenge, but all the main characters would be dead by the second act. (Shudder)

Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons — Season 7 takes us to houses of incarceration on the Solomon Islands and in Finland, the Czech

Republic and Indonesia. Hey, if you really want to know how it feels to be trapped in an establishment that doesn’t care about your basic human needs or dignity, I know this place that serves $15 hot dogs. (Netflix)

Lang Lang Plays Disney — Chinese pianist Lang Lang takes to the stage of the Royal Albert Hall to delight the audience with renditions of everything from “When You Wish Upon a Star” to “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” Speaking of things we don’t talk about, don’t ask about the time I hauled my pianist onto the stage of the Royal Albert Hall. (Disney+)

Love at First Sight — Haley Lu Richardson (White Lotus) and Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody) play young enamoreds who meet on an international flight and then struggle to find each other again. At MCO, they’d be too busy struggling to find their luggage. (Netflix)

A Million Miles Away — Michael Peña inhabits the role of José Hernández, the real-life migrant farmworker turned NASA flight engineer whose personal path took him from rural Mexico to the International Space Station. “Seems pretty involved, when you can just bus ’em to Cape Cod.” — Randy Fine. (Prime Video)

Wilderness — A vacation tour of national parks gives a married woman (Jenna Coleman) the ideal opportunity to get back at her husband (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) for his infidelity. Remember, Yogi, it has to look like an accident. (Prime Video)

Premieres Sunday:

The Gold — High Bonneville and Dominic Cooper star in a series dramatization of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery, in which £26 million worth of gold, diamonds and cash was liberated from a warehouse near Heathrow Airport. At the time, it was considered the biggest ripoff in history, but only because Solarbabies hadn’t come out yet. (Paramount+)

Premieres Monday:

My Little Pony: Make Your Mark — Chapter 5 introduces us to a species of tiny winged ponies called the Breezies. I remember I had a case of that once, before I cut out Cuban food. (Netflix)

Premieres Tuesday:

The Saint of Second Chances — This documentary serves as a redemption lap for baseball owner/promoter Mike Veeck, whose career almost ended due to his participation in his father’s 1979 anti-disco promotion at Comiskey Park that turned into a full-scale riot. See, this is why I’m a Mets fan. The only thing we set fire to is our season prospects. (Netflix)

Will OVW go down for the real-life 1-2-3? Find out in Wrestlers | photo courtesy of Netflix

DR. DOOM (SINGER)

Chris Farren is learning to play with others

BY IDA V. ESKAMANI

“On tour, inevitably you have those dark moments of like, ‘What am I doing with my life?’ But when you have another person that you’re dragging down with you, it makes it so much more of a pleasurable experience … there’s way, way, way less darkness.”

“Chris Daddy’’ is waiting to enter the Zoom room, and learning to play with others. The larger-than-life power-punk singer Chris Farren is currently in his new bandmate’s apartment, preparing for tour.

“OK, right now. We just got back from a 10- day U.K. tour yesterday. We’re in New York right now. My best friend and drummer Frankie is sitting

right here. She’s putting gaff tape on her little drum pad thing. We’re in her apartment. It is like 150 degrees outside in Queens, New York. We both feel crazy, because we are jetlagged.”

That Frankie is Frankie Impastato of Long Island’s Macseal, and the newest recruit to the Chris Farren multiverse.

Chris Farren and The Chris Farren Band have, until now, been one and the same: a one-man act releasing solo records that sound as if they were made by a 12-piece, and putting on full-scale popup productions across the world of what Farren lovingly calls “my little trinkets and doohickeys and bells and whistles.”

The artist is notorious for mythmaking merch,

door-busting and oft-haunted promos (featuring explosions and ghouls), and a gleefully dark sarcasm. (Speaking on merch cuts and corporate monopolies, he says, “I love when these guys come to me and take all my money from me. It’s kinda my kink.”) After chatting for a whirlwind 20 minutes, we can report that Chris Farren is assuredly Chris Farren. But with the release of Farren’s fifth album, Doom Singer, on Polyvinyl Records, produced by Jay Som’s Melina Duterte and created alongside his new bandmate Impastato, the way Farren plays has changed.

We asked him about his shift from solitude toward collaboration.

“I wouldn’t always be like a dark solitary crow

looming in the shadows,” he laughs. But the pandemic left him a lot of time to reflect on his journey as a musician and performer. “I think everybody had a version of this,” he says. “There was a point where I was like, ‘OK, when shit gets back to, whatever, am I going to be doing the same thing?’ Am I happy with what I’ve been doing? And do I want to keep doing it the exact same way? Or do I want to figure out exactly what I actually want to be doing, and not hiding behind anything?’”

Speaking of previous solo tours, Farren shared the loneliness of the road: “It sucks that I have no one to share this with … no one to high-five at the end of the night. You can only be so proud of yourself.”

On record production, Farren shared similar sentiments. “When I make this record, I don’t want to just be like tinkering away and just going ‘No, no, no.’ I want to be tinkering away — with somebody else going, ‘No, no, yes! That’s cool.’ And then I go, ‘Oh, that’s cool.’”

Farren doubled down on that point with sincerity, sharing how hypercritical he is of himself to an unproductive degree and how much easier it is to celebrate his latest record because it is a project built in collaboration with artists he admires so deeply.“It is nice to not just personally be alone all the time,” says Farren. “But to talk about Doom Singer is easier because I’m proud of what we all did. It’s easier to celebrate that, than to just be like, ‘Yeah, I’m a genius. I made this record and look how cool I am.’ Nothing could be more boring to me.”

Doom Singer is a lot of things, but boring isn’t one of them. It is a rollercoaster of sound. Alongside some epic merch [we were promised huge, giant totes], Farren vowed a similar show for Orlandoans.

“We’ve got a giant projector screen and we’re running two or three projectors every night and kind of an immersive visual experience, as well as the musical experience with Frankie on the drums and me on guitar, and all sorts of backing tracks going off,” Farren says.“I’m probably going to jump into the crowd at some point. All sorts of stuff like that. Climb, gonna climb over all sorts of stuff. I want to roll around on the floor. It’s gonna be pretty gross. But it’s gonna be nice.”

We also asked Farren if he had any Orlando memories that haunt him. Florida-grown, he’s got quite a few, but in Orlando it was feathery foes that stood out. “There were those sandhill cranes,” he shudders. But darkest fears be damned, Farren knows that showtime is nigh and recovers quickly: “Hey, I love Orlando. And I’ll see you at the gig, baby.”

music@orlandoweekly.com

Chris Farren: The best? | Photo by Kat Nijmeddin

On this work, Caudill shows revelatory range. What makes Moments most convincing, though, is that he never sounds like a tourist. The result is a fresh sonic kaleidoscope that’s all anchored by Caudill’s unfailingly tender melodicism. Moments now streams everywhere.

CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK

Blue Bamboo Jazz Festival 2023: The annual festival by local jazz bastion the Blue Bamboo is back and even bigger this year as a four-day extravaganza. It launches Thursday with a free kickoff event featuring two sets, the first one by Chris Cortez and Friends and the second from the Alain Bradette Quartet. From there, the double-feature concerts extend through the weekend.

Friday’s lineup commences with pianist John Redfield and concludes with Septessence, a fresh new group featuring members of UCF’s Flying Horse Big Band. On Saturday, Blue Bamboo boss Chris Cortez returns to usher in a bluesy turn when he opens solo to prime the way for headliner Blues Beatles, the Brazilian band who reinterpret the Fab Four’s hits through the floor-stomping lens of Chicago blues. The festival wraps with a Sunday matinee show featuring the full big-band splendor of Greg Parnell’s Orlando Jazz Orchestra.

In addition to the music, the festival this year will also display From Ella to Coltrane: The Jazz Photography of Roger Kallins, a career-spanning exhibition of the star-studded work of the late British jazz photographer.

LOCAL RELEASES

Over the past decade plus, Orlando musician Terry Caudill has built a sterling reputation as a songwriter across a variety of styles like the soaring indie rock of Waxed and the fuzz-punk of the excellent Flashlights, a band that was notably signed to Hard Rock Records and put out a national record produced by Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison and Andy Monaghan. While most of the acts he’s led have been rooted in rock, there’s always been one latent but distinct vein in Caudill’s songs, and that’s keen pop intuition.

These days, Caudill’s main vehicle is fledgling solo project 3D Boy. With the recent release of 3D Boy’s debut LP, Moments, he’s made a head-turning pivot that now fully indulges his long-simmering pop muse and channels his open melodies in the purest, most diverse way of his entire career. Like, by far.

Album opener “I Love You” rings warmly familiar with Caudill’s huge, swooning signature. The rest of the songs, however, stretch the

palette in ways both unexpected and remarkable. It’s an indie-pop prism that goes from folky pop (“In My Head,” “Big Eyes”) and bedroom balladry (“Moments”) on out to utterly novel ground for Caudill that dives headlong into dreamy soul (“Hang Up”) and futuristic R&B (“It’s Magic”).

More than simply another return of an annual tradition, let this year’s edition be a reminder of why Blue Bamboo is so vital to our cultural fabric and why you should support them. Especially now when they’re in the throes of an urgent drive to raise funds to stay alive in the face of a major upcoming rent hike that could force them to either completely uproot or, gulp, close altogether. (Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 14-17, Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, $16-$45)

Matt and Kim, Babe Haven: Don’t let the guileless exuberance of these indie-pop heroes fool you; the astonishingly physical Matt and Kim go hard on stage. Both members have sustained well-documented performance injuries throughout their career. Drummer Kim Schifino has torn her ACL multiple times during concerts and singer-keyboardist Matt Johnson actually threw out his back at an Orlando show in the late 2000s.

But the revelation of this bill may very well be North Carolina openers Babe Haven, an all-female queer band who pack a heavy punk sound that seethes and roars with raw, righteous anger. They’re the searing quintessence of the next generation of femme punks, emerging right now as a new tide rising to finally right a broken ship that’s been listing in the wrong direction for too long. Come early and see the near future.

(6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, The Beacham, $25-$50) baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com

Terry Caudill, aka 3D Boy | Courtesy photo

With the release of 3D Boy’s debut LP, Moments, Terry Caudill has made a pivot that indulges his longsimmering pop muse and channels his melodies in the purest, most diverse way of his entire career

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15

Alok

Poet, public speaker and artist Alok Vaid-Menon is blessing Orlando with their presence on Wednesday — and the only thing we aren’t 100 percent on board with is the location of this crucial event. Nothing against the Improv, you understand, nor even a quibble with Alok’s choice to identify their speaking engagements as “comedy”; transfused with humor they certainly are, but “sermons” seems a more apropos moniker to us. The “radically hopeful” trans activist reaches millions on their Instagram feed (@alokvmenon), sharing poetry, history, political analysis and fierce looks with equal aplomb, working to #degenderfashion and getting provocatively vulnerable. Like Alok themself, this evening will resist categorization while making categories seem so last millennium. 9:45 p.m., Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive, theimprovorlando. com, $32-$128. — Jessica Bryce Young

THURSDAY, SEPT. 14

Rock N’ Roe 2

It’s 2023, and abortion rights in Florida — and across the country — are under attack. What do we do? On Thursday night, we rock out and scream about it (but really, if you aren’t already, you can also get involved in abortion rights advocacy, too … maybe on Friday). Lace up your boots for another Rock N’ Roe benefit concert at Will’s Pub, this time with proceeds going to Stand With Abortion Now, a volunteer organization that escorts patients into Orlando’s local abortion clinic and creatively distracts anti-abortion protesters outside. Last year, Will’s hosted a similar Rock + Roe benefit show for Florida Access Network, a statewide abortion fund. With a $10 minimum donation, Thursday’s lineup features M.A.C.E. (feminist punk band), Surf Witch (indie-pop), Paperback Romance (indie-pop) and Praying Mantease. 8 p.m., Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave., willspub.org, $10. — McKenna Schueler

FRIDAY, SEPT. 15

Nosferatu

In its own spooky way, Halloween has a particular set of traditions and diversions like those “other” holidays, and

of the

we’re happy to see a local one make a welcome return. This week, the Renaissance Theatre Co. brings back Nosferatu, the vampire-centric live performance and immersive experience, running through Nov. 5. Nosferatu originally premiered in 2021 and returned the following year with mostly sold-out shows. Nosferatu 2023 has been completely revamped, so both returning and new guests will get a unique set of thrills and frights. This year’s show will also feature original and live music. The Ren’s 15,468-squarefoot warehouse in the Ivanhoe Village neighborhood has been converted into an interactive maze of shadowy scenes for the audience to get lost in and explore. Come check out the children of the night, daywalker. You might like the sweet music they make. Various times, Renaissance Theatre Co., 415 E. Princeton St., rentheatre.com/nosferatu, $40-$275.

— Matthew Moyer

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16

Cold Cave, Riki

We’ve missed Wes Eisold and his dark-dance project Cold Cave’s semi-regular visits to brave the Florida heat in an elegantly tailored black trenchcoat, so hey thanks for that! We’ve also missed having involuntary tears stream down our faces when Cold Cave swoon through impossibly romantic electronic anthems like “Confetti” and “Youth and Lust” — but maybe no thanks for that! We are, sadly, uglycriers. Cold Cave are an immersive atmosphere, sound and experience of doomed romance, sunglasses, sharp angles and white light-white heat. Which makes it even better that Riki are the touring openers. Riki, to our bat ears, is a star in the making with a sound that hybridizes lush gothic, 1980s new romantic and even Sade smolder. In sum, Riki makes immaculate and ornate dancefloor synth-pop for the lonely and the lustful. Quite a night. 7 p.m., Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, conduitfl.com, $25. — MM

Red Bull Double or Nothing

World-renowned wakeboarders are sure to get an enthusiastic welcome at Lake Ivanhoe for this weekend’s Red Bull Double or Nothing competition. In return, the best-of-the-best wakeboarders will test their mental and physical boundaries to share never-before-seen tricks with the Orlando community. Florida native and event founder

Thursday:

M.A.C.E. play Rock N’ Roe 2 at Will’s Pub

PHOTO BY JIM LEATHERMAN

Parks Bonifay has curated a roster of 14 wave-riding wakeboarders to turn up the already impressive Orlando heat at 9 a.m. sharp. (Don’t worry, we’re certain there will be plenty of the titular energy drink on hand to perk you up.) Not a wakeboard watcher? The all-day competition will also o er up family-friendly activities and games from local vendors that all lead up to the event’s grand finale: an afterparty at The Yard that you won’t want to miss. 9 a.m., Gaston Edwards Park, 1236 N. Orange Ave., redbull. com, free. — Grayson Keglovic

SUNDAY, SEPT. 17

Almost Fall Fest

Third time’s the charm for Orlando’s third annual Almost Fall Fest. Held in front of the Quantum Leap Winery, the event will showcase a plethora of local vendors providing food, cocktails, art, live music and more. Indulge in specialty cocktails by The Guesthouse, beer by Ten10 Brewing, and wine and cider by Quantum Leap, while roaming around vendor booths or checking out sets from Bithlo Possum Revival and Jordan Foley & Tyler Hood. If you’re lucky, you might hear a song or two from Foley’s latest album, Jordan Foley & The Wheelhouse, as you delight in bites from Cholo Dogs, Let’s Dough It Pizza and Red Panda Noodle. The free Sunday a air is open to the entire community, so bring the kids and/or pups to feel the fall vibes before the weather changes. (Maybe.) 1 p.m., Quantum Leap Winery, 1312 Wilfred Drive, facebook.com/ quantumleapwinery, free. — GK

CONCERTS

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13

Candlelight: A Tribute to Coldplay

6:30 & 9 pm; The Abbey, 100 S.

Eola Drive; $35-$55; 407-704-6261.

Dance Gavin Dance, SiM, Rain City Drive, Within Destruction 7 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $36.50-$47; 407-351-5483.

Dreamcatcher 7:30 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; 844-513-2014.

Lele and the Bloodspitters, The Speed Spirits, Doxy 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $8.

Synthesis Rave: Bumblebee, Punkal0id, Baddiebae, Fortune Swan, Lunar Symphony 9 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $7-$10; 407-270-9104.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 14

Blue Bamboo Jazz Festival 2023 Kickoff Party 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-636-9951.

Candlelight: 100 Years of Warner Bros. 6:30 & 9 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $35-$45; 407-704-6261.

Dream 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $31-$86; 407-934-2583.

Rock N’ Roe 2: Reproductive Rights Benefit Concert 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $10.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 15

Big Night Out: Brian G and Jahari 6:30 pm; Formaggio and Friends, 4745 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-420-8220.

Blue Bamboo Jazz Festival: John Redfield and Septessence 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $20-$30; 407-636-9951.

Chris Farren, Diners 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $16.

Cowboy Bebop Live 7:30 pm; Ritz Theater at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia Ave., Sanford; $28-$35; 407-321-8111.

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

Please Understand: Polar Boys, Argenis Santos, Psychic Fiction, Rowdy Ruff Boys, Plurbal 9 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free.

Reign of Blood, Intoxicated, Rhythm of Fear ; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $15-$20; 407-673-2712.

Revolutions Music Presents: House Burgoo 8 pm; Barley and Vine Biergarten, 2406 E. Washington St.; free; 646-320-0368.

Wave To Earth 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $41.50-$82; 407-934-2583.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16

Blue Bamboo Jazz Festival: Chris Cortez and Blues Beatles 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $30-$45; 407-636-9951.

Calussa 9 pm; Elixir, 9 W. Washington St.; $10; 407-985-3507.

Cold Cave, Riki 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $25; 407-673-2712.

Flash and the River Rats 9 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Flux Pavilion, Doctor P, Funtcase, Lost in Beijing 10 pm; The Vanguard, 578 N. Orange Ave.; $19.99-$54.99; 570-592-0034.

Lakeview 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $15-$20.

Music in the Library: La Calle Band 3 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323.

Pabllo Vittar 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $35-$85; 407-934-2583.

Piso 21 8 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $57; 407-351-5483.

The Rotten Stitches, Call the Cops, Free Fall, TV Generation, The Horribles, The Rottens 6 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $10; 407-270-9104.

Slippery When Wet 8 pm; Tuffy’s

Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford; $25-$200.

Spencer Crandall 8 pm; Tuffy’s Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford; $15.

Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, Nate Smith 7:30 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $25-$125; 800-745-3000.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 17

Blue Bamboo Jazz Festival Presents the Orlando Jazz Orchestra 3 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $30-$45; 407-636-9951.

Elder, Rezn, Lord Buffalo 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $20-$25; 407-673-2712.

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

Keep Flying, Petty Thefts, Bay Street, Flowers for Emily, Ease! 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $15-$18.

Matt and Kim 6 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $25-$50; 407-648-8363.

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

MONDAY, SEPT. 18

Dropout Kings, Outline in Color, VRSTY, Fatal Frames, The High Ground 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $18-$23; 407-673-2712.

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

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

TUESDAY, SEPT. 19

Corey Taylor, Luna Aura 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $45-$85.75; 407-934-2583.

Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $10-$12.50; 407-6290054; enzian.org.

Christine 40th Anniversary Good car, bad car, cool car, sad car. 7 pm Wednesday; various theaters, various theaters; $14-$15; fathomevents.com.

Craft Movie Night: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. 8 pm Thursday; Framework Craft Coffee House, 1201 N. Mills Ave.; 321-270-7410.

Rain Man 35th Anniversary Charlie (Tom Cruise) just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) and is taking him on the ride of his life. 3 & 7 pm Sunday; various theaters; $14.91-$16.05; fathomevents.com.

COMEDY

Alex Ortiz 6 pm Sunday; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $20; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.

ALOK 9:15 pm Wednesday; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $32; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.

Eric Eaton 6:30 pm Wednesday; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $32; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.

Rich Guzzi 6 pm Tuesday; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $19; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.

Ron Feingold Comedy Series: Philly Plowden Philly has been described as “deep as a well and dark as a cave.” 8 pm Saturday; The Clermont Performing Arts Center, 3700 S. Highway 27, Clermont; $25; 352-394-4800.

Second Annual JustCallMoe. com Comedy Jam Rauce Padgett (“The Jim Colbert Show”), Sabrina Ambra (“The News Junkie”), Kevin Deane (MrKevin407 on Instagram), Aimee LeCours, Captain Wright, with Ross McCoy hosting. 8 pm Friday; Tuffy’s Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford; $15; 321-3634647; tuffyscider.com.

Shane Gillis 7 pm Friday; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $40-$50; 844-5132014; drphillipscenter.org.

Shit Sandwich Amplifying Orlando’s top comedic talent and nurturing the city’s comedy scene. 9 pm Saturday; Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St.; free; 407896-7546; bullandbushorlando. com.

Wednesday; Grand Bohemian Hotel, 325 S. Orange Ave.; $15-$25; 407-313-9000.

Mixology Series for a Cause Features a selection of special edition craft cocktails and a silent auction with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando. 6:30 pm Thursday; The Edison, 1570 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista; $85; 407-5609288; theedisonfla.com.

Munich Oktoberfest Kick-off Tapping the ceremonial first keg of Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier. 6 pm Saturday; Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Cafe, 205 E. First St., Sanford; 407-321-2204.

Orlando Literary Expo Connect in-person with Orlando-area literary organizations. Learn what they do, the resources available to local writers, and how you can get more involved in our local literary community. 2 pm Sunday; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info/ litexpo.

Parrot Heads of Central Florida Monthly Phlocking Celebrate the life of Jimmy Buffett. 5 pm Friday; The Porch, 643 N. Orange Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-234-6886; phcf.com.

Drifting Roots, Lion Heights 7 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $10; 407-322-7475.

Scowl, Militarie Gun, MS PAINT 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; 407-673-2712.

FILM

The 21st Annual Global Peace Film Festival A selection of feature length and short films will be presented in person at locations in Winter Park and Orlando. These films highlight themes such as civil rights, environmental justice, ethics, human rights, immigration, LGBTQ+, music, social justice, voting, wellness and wildlife. Sept. 18-23; various local venues; $10$150; peacefilmfest.org.

CatVideoFest Who run the world? Cats. 11 am Saturday; Enzian

Heather McMahan “The Comeback Tour.” 7:30 pm Thursday; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $39.75-$89.75; 407-351-5483; hardrock.com/live.

Marcus Wiley Wiley offers family-friendly jokes and anecdotes. The show coincides with the Hope Church’s 40th anniversary celebration. 7 pm Sunday; The Hope Church, 3032 Monte Carlo Trail; $25; 407-291-4673.

The Mills 50 Comedy Show 8 pm Thursday; Pour Choice Taphouse, 1225 N Mills Ave.; $10; pourchoicetaproom.com.

Nick Swardson Multiple shows Friday-Saturday; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $42-$52; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando. com.

Smokes N’ Jokes Comedy Jam Spunky Robinson, Kyle Baker, Kermit Gonzales, and Johhni P. 7 pm Saturday; Perfecto’s Lounge, 5250 International Drive; $15; 407602-8810; onemicent.com.

Wine Drunk Comedy Featuring an all-star lineup of Florida’s finest comedians and surprise drop-ins from talented performers nationwide. 8 pm Sunday; The Imperial at Washburn Imports, 1800 N. Orange Ave.; $10; 407-228-4992.

EVENTS

Fantasm Paranormal and horror convention. Friday-Sunday; Universal DoubleTree Resort, 5780 Major Blvd.; $30-$120; 407-3511000; fantasmofficial.com.

From the Heart: Annual State of the City District Main Street

This annual gathering celebrates the vibrant community we’ve built together and offers an exciting glimpse into the future of downtown Orlando. 6 pm

Selfismo and Kevin Selfismo Jr. Gallery installation of paintings by Enrique Hernandez and Kevin Gonzalez with live performance. 6 pm Friday; The Space Station, 2539 Coolidge Ave.; free-$20.

Sidetoberfest Annual celebration of Oktoberfest and the release of festbier, Sausage Fingers, special food menu full of German fare and a double can drop. Noon Saturday; Sideward Brewing, 210 N. Bumby Ave.; 407-866-2195.

UCF College of Arts and Humanities Alumni Eclectic Knights XV Brings art and music to downtown Orlando to celebrate UCF alumni, faculty, staff and student artists. Stroll through the pop-up exhibit while enjoying music, food, art activities and conversations with friends old and new. 7 pm Thursday; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; 407-896-4231; foundation.ucf.edu/ eclecticknightsxv.

Friday: Nosferatu opens at the Renaissance Theatre Co.

PHOTO BY MIKE DUNN

BY ROB BREZSNY

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Virgo writer Caskie Stinnett lived on Hamloaf, a small island off the coast of Maine. He exulted in the fact that it looked “the same as it did a thousand years ago.” Many of the stories he published in newspapers featured this cherished home ground. But he also wandered all over the world and wrote about those experiences. “I travel a lot,” he said. “I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” You Virgos will make me happy in the coming weeks if you cultivate a similar duality: deepening and refining your love for your home and locale, even as you refuse to let your life be disrupted by routine.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My hitchhiking adventures are finished. They were fun while I was young, but I don’t foresee myself ever again trying to snag a free ride from a stranger in a passing car. Here’s a key lesson I learned from hitchhiking: Position myself in a place that’s near a good spot for a car to stop. Make it easy for a potential benefactor to offer me a ride. Let’s apply this principle to your life, Libra. I advise you to eliminate any obstacles that could interfere with you getting what you want. Make it easy for potential benefactors to be generous and kind. Help them see precisely what it is you need.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In your history of togetherness, how lucky and skillful have you been in synergizing love and friendship? Have the people you adored also been good buddies? Have you enjoyed excellent sex with people you like and respect? According to my analysis of the astrological omens, these will be crucial themes in the coming months. I hope you will rise to new heights and penetrate to new depths of affectionate lust, spicy companionship and playful sensuality. The coming weeks will be a good time to get this extravaganza underway.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Is it ever morally permissible to be greedily needy? Are there ever times when we deserve total freedom to feel and express our voracious longings? I say yes. I believe we should all enjoy periodic phases of indulgence — chapters of our lives when we have the right, even the sacred duty, to tune into the full range of our quest for fulfillment. In my astrological estimation, Sagittarius, you are beginning such a time now. Please enjoy it to the max! Here’s a tip: For best results, never impose your primal urges on anyone; never manipulate allies into giving you what you yearn for. Instead, let your longings be beautiful, radiant, magnetic beacons that attract potential collaborators.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Here’s a Malagasy proverb: “Our love is like the misty rain that

falls softly but floods the river.” Do you want that kind of love, Capricorn? Or do you imagine that a more boisterous version would be more interesting — like a tempestuous downpour that turns the river into a torrential surge? Personally, I encourage you to opt for the misty rain model. In the long run, you will be glad for its gentle, manageable overflow.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to the Bible’s book of Matthew, Jesus thought it was difficult for wealthy people to get into heaven. If they wanted to improve their chances, he said they should sell their possessions and give to the poor. So Jesus might not agree with my current oracle for you. I’m here to tell you that every now and then, cultivating spiritual riches dovetails well with pursuing material riches. And now is such a time for you, Aquarius. Can you generate money by seeking enlightenment or doing God’s work? Might your increased wealth enable you to better serve people in need? Should you plan a pilgrimage to a sacred sanctuary that will inspire you to raise your income? Consider all the above, and dream up other possibilities, too.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean author

Art Kleiner teaches the art of writing to non-writers. He says this: No. 1, tell your listeners the image you want them to see first. No. 2, give them one paragraph that encapsulates your most important points. No. 3, ask yourself, “What tune do you want your audience to be humming when they leave?” No. 4, provide a paragraph that sums up all the audience needs to know but is not interesting enough to put at the beginning. I am offering you Kleiner’s ideas, Pisces, to feed your power to tell interesting stories. Now is an excellent time to take inventory of how you communicate and make any enhancements that will boost your impact and influence. Why not aspire to be as entertaining as possible?

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries photographer Wynn Bullock had a simple, effective way of dealing with his problems and suffering. He said, “Whenever I have found myself stuck in the ways I relate to things, I return to nature. It is my principal teacher, and I try to open my whole being to what it has to say.” I highly recommend you experiment with his approach in the coming weeks. You are primed to develop a more intimate bond with the flora and fauna in your locale. Mysterious shifts now unfolding in your deep psyche are making it likely you can discover new sources of soulful nourishment in natural places — even those you’re familiar with. Now is the best time ever to hug trees, spy omens in the

clouds, converse with ravens, dance in the mud and make love in the grass.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Creativity expert Roger von Oech says businesspeople tend to be less successful as they mature because they become fixated on solving problems rather than recognizing opportunities. Of course, it’s possible to do both — untangle problems and be alert for opportunities — and I’d love you to do that in the coming weeks. Whether or not you’re a businessperson, don’t let your skill at decoding riddles distract you from tuning into the new possibilities that will come floating into view.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini author Fernando Pessoa wrote books and articles under 75 aliases. He was an essayist, literary critic, translator, publisher, philosopher and one of the great poets of the Portuguese language. A consummate chameleon, he constantly contradicted himself and changed his mind. Whenever I read him, I’m highly entertained but sometimes unsure of what the hell he means. He once wrote, “I am no one. I don’t know how to feel, how to think, how to love. I am a character in an unwritten novel.” And yet Pessoa expressed himself with great verve and had a wide array of interests. I propose you look to him as an inspirational role model in the coming weeks, Gemini. Be as intriguingly paradoxical as you dare. Have fun being unfathomable. Celebrate your kaleidoscopic nature.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” Cancerian author Henry David Thoreau said that. I don’t necessarily agree. Many of us might prefer love to truth. Plus, there’s the inconvenient fact that if we don’t have enough money to meet our basic needs, it’s hard to make truth a priority. The good news is that I don’t believe you will have to make a tough choice between love and truth anytime soon. You can have them both! There may also be more money available than usual. And if so, you won’t have to forgo love and truth to get it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Before she got married, Leo musician Tori Amos told the men she dated, “You have to accept that I like ice cream. I know it shows up on my hips, but if you can’t accept that, then leave. Go away. It is non-negotiable.” I endorse her approach for your use in the coming weeks. It’s always crucial to avoid apologizing for who you really are, but it’s especially critical in the coming weeks. And the good news is that you now have the power to become even more resolute in this commitment. You can dramatically bolster your capacity to love and celebrate your authentic self exactly as you are.

“QUICKIES”

BY DAN SAVAGE

I’m a fisting top and I always ask my bottoms to make sure they’re cleaned out. What is the proper etiquette when brown liquid explodes out of a bottom, covering me, the bed, the walls and the floor?

Get out of bed, shower off, get dressed, put the bottom in an Uber, exit the apartment, lock the door behind you, go to the airport, fly to a new city, don’t leave a forwarding address.

My BF of 10 years is 53. I’m 43. Things have cooled off in the bedroom as he has age-related issues like indigestion, back pain and headaches — all the usual age stuff. How do we spice it back up? How do I get him back into his kinky gear for some kinky fun? He was kinkier when he was younger, so I know it’s in him. Any tips?

Instead of trying to get him back into the exact same kinky stuff he enjoyed doing 10 years ago — and felt physically capable of doing 10 years ago — work on identifying some new kinky stuff that vibes with the themes of the kinks he used to enjoy and that aren’t as physically taxing. For instance, you could substitute simpler easy-in/easy-out bondage for long, elaborate bondage sessions or you could ask him to watch while you do whatever he orders you to with your favorite insertion toys. (I’m guessing at your kinks here — but you get the idea.)

My university-aged cisgendered heterosexual daughter now identifies as asexual. Which is all good. But what does that mean? Not getting any? Doesn’t want any? I don’t want to bother her about it if she isn’t into chatting about it but I would like to know what’s going on.

Some asexuals aren’t getting any and don’t want any. Some asexuals get some but don’t want much. Some asexuals get lots and want more. Asexuality, like so much else, is a vast and broad spectrum. You can learn about all the different points (and all the different pride flags) along that vast and broad spectrum at the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network. But only your daughter knows where she falls — at least for now —along that spectrum.

I’m a 40-something straight man who only gets off to gangbang porn. It has to has to be focused on female pleasure; I don’t enjoy anything violent or rough. I’ve never even had a threesome, and honestly when it’s over — right after I come — I’m not into the idea anymore. What’s going on?

Don’t mistake post-nut indifference for postnut clarity — meaning, your sudden disinterest in gangbang porn right after you come watching gangbang porn isn’t a sign that

there’s something wrong with you or with the gangbang porn (provided, of course, that it’s ethically produced gangbang porn, which does exist). Like all men, you’re less “into the idea” of whatever turns you on right after you come. Losing interest as you crash into your refractory period doesn’t mean your kinks are shameful — it means you have a little time to think about something else.

Why has caging become so popular in gay porn?

Interestingly, cock cages — male chastity devices — were being used by straight men in cuckold relationships long before gay men embraced them, making cock cages one of the rare kinks that jumped from straight kinksters to gay ones. That usually works the other way around, i.e., gay men beta-test some new perversion and straight people pretend to be revolted for a decent interval before coopting the kink. I think cages are popular in gay porn because popular gay porn stars like Caged Jock and Devin Franco popularized them.

Isn’t sex only sex when there’s an erection and penetration involved?

If sex is only sex when an erection and penetration is involved, then mutual masturbation isn’t sex, fingering isn’t sex, scissoring isn’t sex, cunnilingus isn’t sex, pegging isn’t sex, two bottoms jamming on a double-ended dildo while their cocks are caged isn’t sex. And if you walked in on your wife scissoring with one woman while another woman ate

her ass and yet another woman pegged the woman eating your wife’s ass … and two gay bottom boys in cock cages jammed on a double-ended dildo on the other side of the room … you wouldn’t think, “No erections, no penetration, nothing to see here!”

Can you test positive for weed after you eating pussy while the receiver is high?

People have tested positive for weed and other substances after drinking the urine of someone who was high — but vaginal secretions aren’t urine, i.e., a woman’s body doesn’t eliminate waste through vaginal secretions. So, I think it’s unlikely a sober person would test positive after eating the pussy of a woman who was high — but that’s a semi-informed guess, not a guarantee.

No-longer-used sex toys. What to do with them? Landfill?

I had a friend who used to wash her old sex toys, place them in a Easter basket with a bow on it, and then leave the basket a busy corner in the nightlife district with a note that said, “Gently used, lovingly cleaned and sterilized, and looking for a good home.” Most probably wound up in landfills, but one or two may have been saved.

Is it safe to have anal sex right after a colonoscopy? I mean, my ass will never be cleaner.

So long as you didn’t have any polyps snipped out, you’re good to go.

How can I, a 41-year-old woman, tell my wonderful new Dom, a 39-year-old man, that I need to be warmed up before impact play and

that I prefer more consistent rhythmic strokes to get into sub space? Any resources?

The resource you need can be found under your nose and above your chin: open your mouth, use your words. If can’t bring yourself to talk about your limits, boundaries, needs and how certain kinds of play work best for you, you’re not ready for a D/s relationship. If this man has convinced you “real” subs aren’t allowed to have limits or boundaries or preferences — and a slow build during impact play is a perfectly legitimate preference — then at best he’s a bad Dom, at worst he’s an abusive Dom.

My nesting partner is demi and reciprosexual and had some SA trauma in his past, whereas I am mega and have a very high drive. I’d like to initiate more since he’ll likely reciprocate my advances, and only having sex with him once a week is pretty rough for me. However, I have severe RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria) and am terrified of triggering him and being rejected. We’ve talked it out and he gave me his ongoing consent to make moves on him, but I’m still scared. Any suggestions?

Take “yes” for an answer — you have your nesting partner’s OK/yes to ask for sex — and then constantly remind yourself that he’s not rejecting you when passes on sex, he’s passing sex at this time. In a sense, you never get a “no” from your partner. Sometimes his answer is “yes,” and sometimes his answer is “ask me again later,” but he never says “no” to you. It’s not rejection, it’s delayed gratification.

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RIGHTS To: Akiyama, Makayla, Hernandez, Shareem. TO: all other persons claiming to be the mother or father of the children, the legal guardians of the children, or relatives of the children. You are hereby notified that there has been filed in the above-entitled court a petition seeking the termination of parental rights over the above-named children, and that the petition has been set for hearing before this court in Clark County, on October 03, 2023 at 9:00 AM, in Courtroom RJC Courtroom 03H located at: 200 Lewis Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89101. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BE PRESENT AT THIS HEARING IF YOU DESIRE TO OPPOSE THE PETITION. STEVEN D. GRIERSON, CEO/ Clerk of the Court By: /s/ Vineta Mamea Deputy Clerk of the Court.

Extra Space Storage Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321-270-3440 on 09/29/2023 @ 1:00pm Eduardo Pena Sofa sectional (gray) Coffee table (dark brown)

Two bar stools (brown/beige cushion)/ Kaesiona Brown camping and fishing gear/tent/bow n arrow/ Archibald Green king bed set, 3 couches, clothes/ Robert Montgomery household goods/ LaTonya Walker 2 bdrm apt/ Jack McNair Boxes/ Catherine Wesley household items/ Harry Gadson bedding/ Jackie White Holidays decorations. 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: 408 N. Primrose Dr. Orlando, FL 32803 (321) 285-5021 on September 29th, 2023 12:15PM - Patricia Orphanidis: Personal belongings; Douglas McDowell: Household items; Benjamin Allen: 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.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: September 29, 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. Katie Buckland- household items. Kenneth Smith- household items, furniture. Tina Jordan-Nelson- 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:3501 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32839 on September 29, 2023 at 12:00PM. Hector Mercado -Home Appliances,Boxes,Totes: Laura Matthews- Household Items, Boxes

,Mattress:Totes:Joy Rosario-Totes, Sporting Goods, Home Appliances, Boxes

:,Clothes: Karen Null-Personal Items, Boxes,Totes:Tanesha Jackson-Personal Items,Totes,Boxes,Apppliances: Mina Setordepour-Appliances, Furniture, Gym Equipment :Lashaunda Royal - Houseware ,clothes,Boxes,Entertainment Center. 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 IN RE: The Marriage of JAROD STEVENS, Petitioner, -vs- SUSAN PALMER STEVENS, Respondent. CASE NO.: 2023-DR- 4955. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE TO: SUSAN PALMER STEVENS 2315 E. Crystal Lake Ave. Orlando, FL 32806 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for dissolution of marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on JAROD STEVENS C/O Lorraine De Young, Esq. whose address is 1238 E. Concord St., Orlando, FL 32803 on or before 10/12/2023 and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 425 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. There is no real property to be divided. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the address(es) on record at the clerk’s office. WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of

documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. Dated: 8/17/2023 TIFFANY MOORE RUSSELL CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Juan Vazquez (clerk stamp)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 3/TYNAN CASE DP19-190 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: S.L. DOB: 03/26/2008. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Regina Lil Faye Wells (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 October 2, 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 16th day of August, 2023. This summons has been issued at the request of: Jennifer McCarthy, Esq., Florida Bar No.: 0086793 Senior Attorney for State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, Children’s Legal Services/DCF Jennifer.McCarthy@myflfamilies.com By: /s/ CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 05/LATIMORE CASE NO.: DP15-158 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: Z.T. DOB: 12/22/2022 SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. STATE OF FLORIDA

To: Kayla Selph 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 the Honorable Judge Alicia Latimore on October 11, 2023, at 3:00 p.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: FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY 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 11th day of August, 2023. This summons has been issued at the request of: George Lytle, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 985465 Orlando, FL 32801 George.Lytle@ myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, By: /s/ 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 held online: www.storagetreasures.com

U-Haul Hunter Creek Ctr 13301 S. Orange Blossom Trl. Orlando Fl. 32837 10/03/2023: 1004 Jessica Royapen, 3245 Andes Gonzalez, 1505 Ernesto Bermudez, 3088 Aaron Barkley, 1702 Demetria Jones, 2027 Anthony Bowman, 2082 Dallis Johnston, 2062 Ali Quinones, 1504 Edward Meyer, 1723 Carol King, 3117 Pecchio Lorena, 2601 Renee Stansell, 1720 Dallis Johnston, 2261 Troy Mcgraw,2251 Shaton Ray, 1240 Ann Francis, 3125 Anthony Bowman.

U-Haul Lake Nona Ctr 7800 Narcoossee Rd Orlando Fl 32822 10/03/2023: 2036 Emanuel de Jesus, 1220 Eric Rogers, 1270 Gilbert Gonzalez, 1126 Jada Wright , 1129 Dayerling Maldonado, 3417 Ian Seideman, 1177 Gustavo Ramos, 1415 Scotty Jones, 1227 Monique Aki, 2158

Steven Bross, 3095 Masud Mcneal, 1304 David Moy, 1061 Wanda Adorno, 1159 Irma Crawford, 1104 Kristina Otero, 1407 Maya Suid. U-Haul Gatorland Ctr 14651 Gatorland Dr. Orlando Fl. 32837 10/03/2023: 316 Jeff Zellerkraut, 381 Jose Guttriez, 527 Michael Zurita, 368 John Eustance, 434 Angela Pierson, 1101 Carlos Rodriguez, 418 Mary Jones, 324 Michael Martolano, 275 Lydiaris Morales, 964 Eduardo Padilla, 214 Juan Martinez Vellegas. U-Haul St. Cloud Ctr. 2629 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial HWy Kissimmee Fl 34744 10/03/2023: 2094

Trevor Keels, 1320 Lori Degwert, 3080 Jonathan Perez, 1351 Pered Lopez, 2144 Julie Johnson, 2220 Wilna Octelus, 1308 Diamond Gaither.

Notice Of Public Sale

Personal property of the following tenants will be sold for cash to satisfy rental liens in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self Storage Facility Act, Sections 83-806 and 83-807. Contents may include kitchen, household items, bedding, toys, games, boxes, barrels, packed cartons, furniture, trucks, cars, etc. There is no title for vehicles sold at lien sale. Owners reserve the right to bid on units. Lien sale to be held online ending Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at times indicated below. Viewing and bidding will only be available online at www. storagetreasures.com beginning at least 5 days prior to the scheduled sale date and time! Also visit www.personalministorage.com/Orlando-FL-storage-units/ for more info. Michigan Mini-200 W Michigan St Orlando, FL 32806-at 10:30am: 21 Jeanbertho Isaac 30 Jason Levy 55 David Tyrone Hill 130 Scott Zubarik 143 Jacob Soley Personal Mini Storage Forsyth-2875 Forsyth Rd Winter Park FL, 32792-at 10:00 am: 74 Jose Ruiz 234 Kayla Roberson 244

Javorris Cannon 250 Eugene Wright JR

360 Donovan Taylor 440 Kitanoumi Williams 446 Mark Richard 469 Jamar Meeker 529 Martin Diaz-Rios 560 Talib Muhammad 584 Talib Muhammad Personal Mini Storage West-4600 Old Winter Garden Rd Orlando, FL 32811-at 11:30 am: 21 Charles Rein Jr Todman 46 Julius Young 73 Kristin

Christopher 74 Regina Stephens Ellis 105

Antonie Nicolae 121 Darius Simpson 136

Theodis Lewis 140 Shawn Elizabeth Ware 208 Gabrielle Taylor 212 Quanisha Valerin

283 Chandra Elaine Cuyler 284 Adrian

Collins 330 Loretta Delores Jenkins 350

Marie Desir 386 Jean Sergeline 413 Greg

Remado Thomas 414 Rodriguez Anderson

416 Robert Greene 421 Nivaldo Reboucas

427 Nadege Jourdan 439 Dave Malave

499 Vanessa Sims 522 Timothy Lee Dukes

535 Lenise Banks 590 Wildel Decias 591

Shyrl Denise WIlliams 625 Lakim Williams

640 Alvin Dean 643 Francisco Nina Per-

sonal Mini Storage Lake Fairview-4252

N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL

32804-at 11:00 am: 19 Travis Cochran 55

Devon Hamilton 65 Bryant Williams 180

Shawn Ivy 190 Brenda Sama 242 Sacella

Steele 261 Francisco Velez Gonzalez

302 Joni Feacher 336 Calvin Nelson 603

Angellia Walker Personal Mini Storage

Edgewater-6325 Edgewater Dr Orlando, FL 32810-at 11:30 am: 229 Byron Walker

Jr. 406 Venus Mcknight 409 Easter Gibson

427 Jacorey Bush 440 Rose Marie Trem-

blay 520 Ramon Spignolio, Project Design

Innovations 529 William Jacobe 723

Richard Hosmer 818 Angela Nicole Bush

915 James Owens 937 Michelle S Rosales

1006 Rose Marie Temblay 1013 Veronica

Hooks 1220 Edward Lee Pitts 1522 Avalon

Brown 1630 Robin Oelerich 2107 Sedia

Plata Miro, VIN 1FDKE30G9LHB75857 2313

Krystle Renae Tanner, VIN 1G1BN69H8GX101111 2322 Kenneth Marson, VIN 16VDX1425K3052129 Personal Mini

Storage Forest City Rd-6550 Forest City Rd Orlando, FL 32810-at 12:00 pm: 1019

Daquan Smith 1030 Jamale Omar Ruise

1038 Altravious Hollinger 1043 Patricia

Frett 2074 Zoeann Green 3183 Syandra

Prescod 4022 Shannon Lowe 5053 Destiny Huertas 6038 Robin Character.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

TAYLOR AUTO & TOWING gives notice that the following vehicles(s) may be sold by public sale at 526 RING RD, ORLANDO, FL 32811 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.

9/23/2023

1997 INTL.

1HTMGABM0VH464792

9/29/2023

2012 CHEV.

2GNALDEK8C6228716

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on September 22, 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. 1104 - Dryburgh, Joshua; 1112 - Biomat USA Inc. Gordon, Amanda; 1313 - Ellington, Jaronte; 1320 - Delcampo, Breanna; 1505Upchurch, Blake; 2223 - Oser, Daniel; 2503

- Newsome, Christy; 2509 - Herbert-Erlacher, Heaven; 2511 - Florence, Jr, Lester; 2619 - Walker, Jackee; 2709 - Tyson, Jackill; 2718 - Williams, Alyssa; 3116sheets, gregory; 3124 - Brown, Clara; 3125 - Shannon, Alda; 3207 - Marlette, Marleen; 3524 - Austin, Jeffrey; 3721 - wheeler,

Jonas 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

B053 - Purrazzi, Vincent; B058 - Church, Luthrell; B063 - Daniel, Cathy; B074Buchert, Jo Anne; B076 - Harris, Paige; B126 - Williams Jr, Lura; B137 - Mendez, David; B176 - Whitely, Shenell; B177Rockemore, Monica; C018 - Viverito, Frank; C042 - ii, Arthur young; C044 - miller, precious; C072 - Bennett, Mergele; C091 - Davis, Cassandra; D042 - Taylor, Arielle; D066 - Robinson, Wortford; D071 - Jones, Kia; D074 - Kulik, Melissa; D089 - Jackson, Devine; F008 - Flannigan, Emily; F020Perkins, Allyson; F026 - Rodriguez, Edgar 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

A001 - Lagasse, Stephen; A005 - Morales, Jenny; A028 - churchill, nicholas; A030Newsholme, Christina; A037 - Jennings, Raymond; C112 - Woodley, Jeffery; D141 - Alsept, Robert; F181 - Borger, Joseph; H227 - Grant, Rachelle; H230 - Grimsley, Orenthius; H247 - Montanez, William; I264 - Dearlove, Lurline; J289 - Waters, Cedric; J336 - Livingston, Natasha; J340 - Eiermann, Mark; K447 - Mostro Home Remodeling LLC Castro, Amy; S580 - Roseboro, Marilyn PUBLIC STORAGE # 24326, 570 N US Highway 17 92, Longwood, FL 32750, (407) 505-7649

Time: 01:00 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com

A137 - Williams, Brandon J; C337 - fletcher, Gary; C351Prenn, Derrick; C355 - Sued, Miguel; E018 - Rumble, Gina; E031 - Reese, Jeff; E102 - Martinez, Daniel; F608 - Wright, Phillip; F612 - Sampson, Michael; F617 - Tafoya, Marsha; F634 - Remy, Guerdy; F639 - Trent, Talon; F640 - Freeman, Jeanne; F652 - Hill, Darien; F667 - Stokes, Lawrence; G001Woodmore, Keyera; G028 - Aviles, Fabian; H811 - Prenn, Derrick; H834 - buchanan, Jeffrey 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. A118

- Shelley Simonazzi Hair WEATHERHOLTZ, SHELLEY; A125 - Rivers, Shomorice; B225 - Wilson, Amirah; B226 - Barnes, Keona; B235 - Gelsey, Shanerria; B238 - Ford, Valarie; C305 - Feagin, Arthur; C316 - Viverito, Frank; D404 - Williams, Narcissus; D411 - BRAVO INVESTMENTS OF FLORIDA BRAVO, ANDREINA; D425 - King, Lateska; D442 - Jackson, Sophia; D446 - Davis, DEVORIA; D462 - Matney, Diana; E506 - Ruiz, Denise; E527 - Dice, Tradaija; F602 - Felton, Regina; F610 - Tiana, Myrick; G709 - Murray, Rodney; G745Rott, Tyler; G753 - Martinez, Viviana; K013 - Gourdeau, Breanna 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. A004 - BROOKE, BRANTLEY; A009 - RAGHUNANAN, SHAWN; A034Smith, Shauntae; A039 - mitchell, Lazarus; A042 - Palombo, Richard; A044 - Coleman, Gloria; A050 - Daniels, Natasha; C003 - Lester, Mark; C009 - Noble, Kenneth; C011 - Maya, Carlos; C029 - Brown, Tara; C051 - Turner, Castalavet; D007 - Lawson, Mi’Quan; D010 - Chaponot, Zachary; D026 - Smith, Katrina; D061Davis-James, Carmen; D062 - Bryan, Nikki; D071 - santiago, christian; D080 - Morris, Jylannie; D090 - Black, Kevin; D091 - Davis, Mary; D092 - Kelley, Daniel; E018 - grant, jessica; E019 - Ireland-Baker, Jennifer; E022 - Foster, Roshonda; E024 - Bedford, Tanika; E030 - Koohyar, Jill; E074 - melendez, Brian; E089 - Nunez, Joel; F004 - Rousseau, Marjorie; G001 -

Simoneaux, Dana; G014 - Franklin, Deven; H041 - Raye, Tim; I004 - Wansley, Lavar; I017 - Howell, Karen; J107 - thomas, Floyd; J209 - Mitchell, Shelbi; J217 - Rivera, Carmen; J411 - Smith, April; J413 - Smith Iii, Milton; J423 - Rodriguez, Ricardo; J425Santos, Alberto; J501 - Champion, Jayson; J507 - Townsend, Mary Jo; J518 - Lopez, Freddy; J523 - Eason, Timothy; J611 - We Provoke Thought Abdul-Karim, Raashid; J613 - Fuentes, Danay; J707 - Correa, Anthony; J801 - Peterson, Tinasha; P057Smith, Vennis 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

A108 - Mcduffie, Janet; A109 - Bowers, Christopher; A124 - Roux, Ronald; A148

- Macdonald, Andrew; A155 - Kenning, Deborah; A187 - Madderom, Loren; B205

- Mott, Robert; B234 - phillips, Tarez; B255

- Perkins, James; B270 - Valentine, Sean; B282 - Stone, Jamie; C307 - Woodham, Kimberly; C314 - Woodham, Kimberly; C319 - Lopez, Mateo; C379 - Butler, Rahem; D435 - Sagadraca, William; D476

- Haley, Austin; D477 - Harfield, Kevin; D485 - Valdez, Ludwig; E527 - Miranda, Antori; E528 - Martinez, Keisha; E546

- Siler, Michael; E575 - Toure, Alma; F630Paris, Christopher; F661 - Silva, Elisabete; G716 - Morrison, Amber; G736 - Green, Kenon; G750 - lewis, Tanya; H832 - goff, alexis 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. 00103

- Hawkins, Steve; 00203 - Blekicki, Kim; 00209 - Velez, Jessica; 00243 - Callwood, David; 00427 - David, Brian; 00443 - gray, Samoya Hall; 00511 - Vangorden, Ruth; 00563 - Burns, Tiffany; 00593 - Flitter, Mark; 00594 - Bryant, Ronald; 00612Coleman, Lawrence; 00629 - Lorenzana, Marc; 00720 - Buchanan, Josie; 00722 - Singleton, King; 00748 - Kilponen, Dawn; 00782 - Colon, Ronald; 00784 - Osborne, Mary; 00786 - Walker, Chris; 00794 - Rios, Marisol 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.

1004 - Gines, Ida; 1014 - Bradley, Kevin; 1032 - Kilic, Ebru; 1047 - Torres, Reyven; 1059 - Hopkins, Dolores; 1098 - Williams, Barri; 1159 - Smith, Dawn; 2019 - Dixon, Climistina; 2073 - Theodore, Jean; 4005 - Redwine, Keith; 4017 - Hepburn, Oco; 4020 - Green, John; 4029 - Black, Brian; 5015 - Ramos, Jazmine; 5035 - Williams, Georgette; 5077 - Brown-Samuels, Gabrielle; 5091 - Brasiliano, Roseli; 5104Reano, Sier; 5110 - Matthews, Holly; 7006 - Stiles, Nelson; 7012 - Ebron, Sherita; 7036 - Hepburn, Oco; 7106 - Harris, Derrilyn; 7108 - Smith, Morris; 7146 - Hepburn, Oco; 9010 - Schlawiedt, BrittAny. 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 September 21, 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 # 08711, 3145 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826, (407) 613-2984 Time: 09:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com.

1025 - Burke, Ryan; 1105 - Phillips, Andre; 1129 - Oquendo, Sonia; 2009 - Ortiz, Michelle; 2016 - Smith, Connie; 2024 - Jagtiani, Neeraj; 2042 - Anderson, Sean; 2107 - Newton, Daelin; 2174 - Hughley, Brezhet; 2191 - Shetty, Priyanka; 2234 - Fuller-Francis, Tiffaney; 2239 - hernandez, Jonathan; 2243 - Sankey, Althia; 2292 - Cox, Kevonte; 2353 - Ramos, Aleika; 2363 - Roberson, Jeremy; 4012 - hall, britnie; 4020 - Beamon, Stephen; 4141 - Reyes, Ivan; 4148Halle, Lisa; 4156 - Hall, Shanndora; 4162DWJ

Specialties Jones, Koretell; 5021 - Burke, Brennain; 5118 - Llewellyn, Ricky E

PUBLIC STORAGE # 08720, 1400 Alafaya Trail, Oviedo, FL 32765, (407) 487-4695

Time: 09:45 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 0218 - adubato, Wendie; 0308 - Gump, Donna; 0357 - Alexander, Loretta; 3041 - brittain, Michael; 5008 - Danish, Henry; 6019 - Owens, John; 7023 - Thakur, Diana; 7060 - Gaudet, Jazmine M; 7077 - Figueroa, Alexis; 7086

- Scheibe, Samantha; 9012 - Gholston, Jeremiah PUBLIC STORAGE # 08726, 4801 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32822, (407)

392-4546 Time: 10:00 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0150

- Larribeau, Annelle; 0165 - Areizaga, Alfredo; 0167 - Freeman, Diane; 0222Benitez, Ashley; 0227 - torres, Jose; 0245

- Marquez, Ruben; 0249 - Loggins, Tamara; 0255 - navedo, Desiree; 0293 - Vasquez, Prisilla; 1023 - Morris, Agnola; 2019Johnson, Eugene; 3001 - Sana’s African Hair Braiding And Bea LLC Savadogo, Sanata; 3036 - Ortiz, Meglana; 3074 - Maquivar, Madian; 4022 - Galmore Jr, Ricky Elvis; 5014 - Sana’s African Hair Braiding And Bea LLC Savadogo, Sanata; 6016

- Mcdaniel, Michael; 7010 - Sanchez, Jorge; 7012 - Moon, Jessica; 7019 - Ruiz, Cynthia; 7021 - Bustomante, Shaquetta; 7025 - Francois, Francine; 7061 - McDaniel, Jasmine; 7107 - Alvarez, Gebriel; 7129

- Allende, Carmen; 8019 - Alfaro, Burkard; 8028 - Auguste, Kerzen; 8156 - Alicea, Miguel; 8170 - Boynes, Kenyetta PUBLIC

STORAGE # 08729, 5215 Red Bug Lake Road, Winter Springs, FL 32708, (407)

6043 - Reid, Micheal; 8017 - colon, Lynette; 9014 - SHRERELL, MIQUISHA; 9051Flood, Miguel 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. B002 - Bones, Sol; B003 - Gatson, Nina; B011

- Curry, Michael; B029 - Barker, Leigh; C004 - Medina, Tania; C009 - Figueroa, Yaiza; C010 - ferrer, Iraseliz; C022 - maxnelven, jean; C043 - Patterson, Damoun; C055 - Joachin, Marc; C075 - Watson, Jeanell; C086 - Downie, Lynda; D027Halstead, John; D038 - Brown, Tori; D055 - Powell, Markeyth; D069 - Howard, Pamela; D071 - Edwards, Destiny; D072 - Duran, Yinet; D083 - Cummings, Barbara A; D146 - Pena, Maria; D156 - Perez, Rodolfo; D199 - Suarez, Pedro; D204 - guzman, jesus; D223 - ojeda, nelson; E012McFarlane, Wendy; E028 - Alvarado, Cesar; E070 - Lopez, David; E079 - Furlow, Carlos; E082 - Bones, Sol; E111 - JKP Analysts LLC Conley, Diane 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. 1034 - Daniels, Anita; 1264 - Shealy, Courtney; 1265 - Torres, Samantha; 1279 - goodwin, jacob; 1287 - Sanchez, Brianna; 1326 - Arroyo, Tanya; 2001 - Navarro, Marcela; 2112 - Lee, Terry; 2163 - Concepcion, Jessie; 2327 - Hayes, Kari; 2408 - Moore, Payton; 3102 - Theus, Wanisha; 3148 - Mendez, Betsy; 3209 - Stapleton, Francine; 3280Moreno, Meliza; 3301 - Pascal, Cilian; 3326 - Stringfield, Desere; 3360 - Dervil, Serena; 3399 - Pierrelus, Nandee; F409 - Rogers, Teresa; F422 - DC Projects & Servies Cruz, Daniel; F445 - Gillett, Brian; G533Heart and Vascular Care Hunbeby, David; H553 - Bradshaw, Tierra; H570 - Shock, John; H572 - Stanley, DeAndre; H627 - Pledger, Kinnis; I684 - Pledger, Kinnis; J726 - DC Projects & Servies Cruz, Daniel 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. 1119

- Nieves, Jose; 1129 - Martinez, Rafael; 1212 - Neal, Kareem; 1218 - Cintron, Kelly; 1259 - Acevedo, Norma; 1277 - Bradley, Ronald; 1289 - Francois, Destiny; 1319

- Blanks, jonte; 0200 - colon, Kristine; 0364 - Santiago, Gretchen; 0366 - Dei Aryee, Deborah; 0420 - Quinones, Yolanda; 0478 - Musculus, Quinn; 0481 - Harris, Derrick; 0483 - Haire, Jacquelyn; 0486 - Lucas, Bonnie; 2010 - haire, Paul; 2018 - Petsinger, Jayson; 2020 - FORTUNE, GABRIELLE; 3006 - Gonzalez, Griselle; 3008 - Paul, Brian; 3030 - Stockard, Lester; 3031 - Chiquito, yvonne; 3053 - Melendez, Osvaldo; 3108 - Celli, Adam; 3121 - paulino, Fidelio; 4036 - Stone, Cisco; 4050 - Rodriguez, Jerameel; 4059 - Starks, Sertrone; 5022 - Bourne, Brian; 5024 - Kinerson, Leonard; 6011 - Phillips, Andre; 6024 - Hernandez, Abigail 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. A010 - Lattimore, Cederia; A021 - Granadales, Ninoska; A026 - De La Cruz, Fidel; A042 - Virgil, Tynesha; A062 - Corsino, Lizbeth; A063 - Smith, Devonte; A079 - Warren, Donish; A083 - Jones, Tynia; A107 - Ortiz, Sheila; A114 - Lureano, Geneveive; A134 - Perez, Arnica; A164 - Dunn, Shar-Dai; A166 - Moore, Kimberly; A174 - Martinez, Lisanette; A182 - Linzy-Richardson, Jaelyn; A198 - Lozada, Maria; A211 - Desensi, Viva N; A213 - Diaz, Rafael Roberto; A217 - Santos, Evan; A233 - montcourt, iralish; A247 - Orero, Rosalind; A256 - Briceno, Maryori; B319 - Jr, William Shoaff; C390 - Barthelmy, Jalissa; D399 - Prado-Guadalupe, Daniel; D416 - Rachel, Lourietta; D489 - Cruz, Michelle; E502 - rotundo, Brittany; F564 - Gelphi, Wilmari; F565 - Molina, Eddie; F570 - Birchard, Travis 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. C105

- Rosario, Reinaldo; C128 - Hester, Callie; C152 - Agostini, Lined; D390 - Tumlin, Elaine; D460 - Colon, Deanna; F539 - Tumlin, Elaine; F540 - Hall, Mark; F545 - Moseley, TJ 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. A124

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Time: 10:15 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0126

- Bradley, Deserie; 0370 - Olson Jr, Charles; 0497 - Roush, Jason; 0524Thomas, Anthony; 1018 - Grann, Steven; 2041 - Early, Paul; 2052 - Hall, Lisa; 2055

- Cestero, Rey F; 2108 - Johnson, Ray; 3006

- Sheppard, Joseph; 3015 - Gay, Dawn

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. 0035 - COOPER, BRICENDA; 0041 - houston, Minnielle; 0056 - Delgado, Andy; 0060 - Johnson, Letarius; 0151 - Alexander, Devin; 1015

- HENDRICKSON, EDWIN; 1018 - Gallagher, William; 1023 - Green, Alexia; 2066thomas, Khiana; 2091 - Cartagena, Ely; 2116 - yorkie, myles; 2141 - Alcinord, John; 4022 - Luminar Technologies Shook, Tara; 4027 - Banks, Keith; 4071 - Concepcion, Suheilly; 5011 - Michel, Dominique; 5012 - Rivers, Rochelle; 5013 - Howard, Moesha; 5014 - Long, Timothy; 5034 - Reid, Micheal; 5163 - Miller, Gary; 6007 - mcelhanon, Alex; 6021 - Sierra, Joel; 6026thomas, Khiana; 6038 - Fontil, Matthew;

- Banner, Taquanna; 1339 - J, Tanisha; 1375 - Dominguez, Nestor; 1382 - Soussou, Nadim; 1401 - Rodriguez, Elsa; 1404 - Navarro, Elias; 1429 - Pacheco, Ricardo; 1430 - Bowles, Barry; 1439 - Alegria, Achly; 1705 - Andrews, Crystal; 1737 - Rosario, Crystal; 1744 - Roblero, Sonia; 2000 - Harriell, Jerrelle; 2013 - V, Mario; 2058 - Autry, Lamar; 2099 - Stealey, Kristen; 2203 - Hernandez, Heydi; 2291 - Rosario, Lina; 2422 - Fisher, Derrick; 2448 - Pacheco, Boris; 2460 - gonzalez, David; 2466Brookson, Raymond; 2618 - Holland, Angela 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. 1000

- Boggiano, Nancy; 1207 - Dennis, Lorenso F; 2028 - King, Genevieve; 2062 - Lemons, Shenae; 2070 - Johnson, Destiny; 2111 - Davis, Tatiana; 2112 - Mcclellan, Cherelle; 2123 - White, Tatyana; 2254Schaffner, Elizabeth R; 2268 - Johnson, Jamel; 2344 - Adorno, Jorge; 2405 - Fletcher, Sherry; 2529C - COOPER, BRICENDA; 2563 - Brown, Nathan; 2575 - Dunn, Cheyenne; 2582 - Martinez, Cecilia; 2590 - Barrow, Lia; 2664 - DeJesus, Efrain 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. 0111

- Joseph, Stavany; 0118 - Burnett, Kimberly; 0133 - Salermo, Gabriel; 0144

- Castillo, Ryan; B103 - Corrao, Terri; B112 - ONeal, Vernon; B149 - Klemme, Timo; B157 - Thomas, Diccarla; B158 - Ivanov, Tala; B191 - Whitner, Antonio; B228 - Rodriguez, Emilia; C103 - Gil, Manuel; C105Frith, Des; C109 - Gainey, Rush; C175Wakefield, Altwan; C211E - Rosa, Maria; C212D - Jackson, Mariah; C227G - Rivera, yvette; C227H - Cleveland, Tyshon; C230B - Torres, Jennifer. 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.

Brittney; 1111 - Bradford, Michael; 1114

- Codner, Scherifa; 1222 - Stay, Cleetha; 1306 - Maldonado-Hernandez, Luis; 1310

- Rose, Marcus; 1347 - mcmath, Shakera; 1363 - Trammell, Heather; 1373 - Lamphere, Phillip; 1471 - Deleon, Carmen; 1511

- Griggs, Marvin; 1712 - Jones Bishop, Saundra; 1780 - Kendall, Kimberley

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. 0285

- Wilcox, Vanessa; 0305 - Tanzer, Betty; 0308 - Rogers, Tricia; 0335 - cromwell, Kimberly; 0361 - Montero, Gabriel; 0432

- Dunn, Aivry; 0475 - Richardson, Elizabeth; 0503 - Caballero, Eugene; 0506

- mitchell, patrick; 0541 - Mora, Ada; 0562

- Olorunfemi, Deborah Lynn; 0575 - Cruz, Eloi; 0631 - Harrell, Anthony; 0766 - Holley, Antonio; 0777 - Miller, Donna; 0823 - Barr, Teresa; 0834 - Conwell, Jennifer; 0858

- Cooper, Catherine; 0898 - Ferguson, Steven; 0923 - Mormon, Gregory 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. 1030

- Cooks, Michelle; 1033 - Rivers, Jakayla; 1069 - Rashid, Nadder; 1161 - Gaines, Deborah; 1163 - hogaboom, Jonathan; 1170 - Sanchez, Daniel; 1202 - Pollard, Tanisha; 1249 - Woods, Sherie; 1254Chavez, Susan; 1259 - Hermanns, Veronique; 1292 - white, Phashia; 1296 - Robinson, Moushaumi; 1315 - Irizarry, Jeremy; 1353 - Harris, Quiana; 1370 - DELANE, CATRESIA; 1388 - Jensen, Harrison; B010 - Julien, Charline; B037 - Bernhagen, Marlisa; C032 - Viola, Tammy; D005 - Silva, Cisa; D011 - criado, Amanda; D050 - Williams, Stephanie; D055 - Israel, Faith Baht; D061 - Baldwin, Shirley; D079 - Taylor, Michael; D080 - Roberts, Lauren; D085 - Joseph, Basten; F003 - Martinez, Mariely; F021 - Brooks, Tyrone; G007Butts, Tommie; H004 - McCoy, Lakisha; H010 - Baker, Gwendalyn; H026 - Martin, Ambra; H046 - Spencer, James; H056 - Rivera, Gresette; NA05 - Branch-Keever, Kathryn; NA14 - Lomax, Tambriel; NB04 - Holmes, Tonya; NB05 - Burks, Aspen; NB06 - Forrest, Tarvega; NB09 - Rankin, Richard; NB10 - Casper, Angel; NB22character, tiana; S004 - Cooks, Mesha; S010 - Shorter, Khan; T016 - Cancel, Keila; T018 - Griffin, Marcia; U019 - Rios, Daisy; U032 - Vasquez, Gabriel; W011 - Glasgow, Patrick; W018 - Bracey, Elizabeth; X012 - Tom, Sylvia. 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 Extra Space

Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on September 29,2023 at the location indicated: Store 1333: 13125

S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando FL. 32837, 407.516.7005 @ 10:00 AM: Urbina Maria

Home items, Paul Mitchell home items, Monika Penson household items. Store 7057: 13597 S. Orange Ave Orlando FL 32824, 407.910.2087 @ 10:30 AM: Shelia

Melendez-Household Furniture/items, boxes, clothes, toys; Anne M GarciaBags, boxes, Christmas tree/decor, peg

board, wood Store 7143: 6035 Sand Lake Vista Dr, Orlando FL 32819, 407.337.6665 @ 11:00 AM: Ashley Bianchi: Clothes/Shoes; Catina Phillips: boxes, chairs; Rhonda

Myhand: Twin beds, love seat king bed, dining room table, boxes; Roya Izadjou: King bed, TV Stand, Mirrors, Coffee Table, Couch Store 7590: 7360 Sandlake Rd Orlando FL, 32819 , 407.634.4449 @ 11:45AM: Haran Yarborough- blankets, clothes; Javier Vladimir- clothes, decor, photography equipment; Martha Bargo- boxes, vintage items, luggage, wall art; Joseph Liverpool- bags, chairs, headboard, bicycle, wall art; George Petree- clothes, home goods; Lauren Matthews- totes, TV boxes, dog cage, mattress, chairs, linens, table frame, bed frame, boxes Store 7420: 800 Beard Rd Winter Garden FL, 34787, 407.551.6985 @ 12.00pm: Vincenza Curry: clothing, household items- Matthew Bogue: clothes, bedding bedroom/ housing décor. Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando FL, 32811 407.5167751 @ 12:00PM: Dana Bell: household items: Dylan Carrillo: household goods: Harry Gadson: household goods: Harry Gadson: household goods: Ingrid Charry: household goods: Marc Bouchard: two bdrm furnishings: Oslyn Purnell: boxes: Sonja Hawkins: boxes, clothes: William Roberts:

tools: Yzmunda Nord: queen mattress, 5 boxes, shelf, nightstand Store 1335: 1101 Marshall farms rd Orlando, Fl 34761 407.516.7221@ 12:00pm: Rocky Cruz- Hand tools, totes. Ron Valdivia-Wood sheets. Courtland Carter-bags, household items Store 8612: 1150 Brand Ln Kissimmee FL 34744, 407.414.5303@ 12:30PM: Ivette Marrero-Edwards-Household items; James Korona-Household Items, Furniture, Dirt Bike; Timothy Mcmiller-one bedroom home; Diana Indarte-Household Items; Oscar Marin- household goods, personal items; Alexander Torres-house hold goods. Store 8753: 540 Cypress Pky, Poinciana, FL 34759, 863.240.0879 @ 12:45 PM: Vergison Internation Inenstments

Incorporated: Household Items; Alvin James: Chair, Tv, Bags, Boxes, Pictures, Sports Equipment, Totes; Danna Braswell: Bags, Boxes, Clothes, Totes, TV, Totes; Zuriel Castillo: Suitcase, Cooler, Pressure Cleaner, Books, Boxes, Dryer, Washer; Denise Moya: Tv, Boxes, Dresser, Table, Chair, Totes; Shaunequa Walters: Household Items; Carol Bliss: Chest, TV, Books, Bed, Chair, Dresser, Mattress, Table, Totes Store 8931: 3280 Vineland Rd Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 1:30 PM: Erik Mosher House contents, Keishla Sanchez furniture, 3 beds, 3 tv’s & bins, Kia Phillips furniture, LaToya Towns Thomas 2 sofas & twin bed, Elijah Ellis household items, Reniya Laird Household items and boxes Store 1317: 5592 L B McLeod Rd Orlando, FL 32811, 407.720.2832 @ 2:00 PM: eduardo benidez- tools bike, Brittni Baez- 1 BR, entertainment center, Sharonda Hampton- Furniture, Cleana Lovett- Personal household items, clothes, plastic crates and 10 bins. Boxes, SS International Distributors LLC ; Madeline Silva- Wine, Gia McQueen- House Hold Goods. 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 Sale: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on September 22nd, 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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Notice of Public Sale:

Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on September 29th, 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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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

ADAM AYED ENTERPRISES LLC gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on 9/29/2023, 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: CORTES TOWING SERVICE gives notice that on 9/29/2023 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.

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2020 KIA