Violinst Matitiahu (Mati) Braun will hold a recital in the sanctuary of Winter Park Presbyterian Church, a 700-seat venue well-known for its traditional Spanish Mediterranean architecture, intricate stained glass windows, and high sound quality on Sunday, September 18th, 2016 at 3pm. Braun came to the United States from Israel inRead More →
Letty Cottin Pogrebin, founding editor of Ms. Magazine and renowned feminist author, will be at Rollins College on Monday, November 9, 2015 at 7 p.m in the Galloway Room at Mills Memorial Hall. Pogrebin will converse with former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder and Rollins President Emeritus Rita Bornstein about her newRead More →
Aloma Bowl celebrated their Grand Reopening in Winter Park on October 14th, 2015 after a year-long makeover to the bowling alley that included more than $500,000 in improvements and additions including: – A completely renovated interior – New signage – Twice as many arcade games – Lane improvements – UpdatedRead More →
Aloma Bowl will have its annual Community Day and Youth Safety Day on Saturday, August 15, 2015 from 9am-5pm. All attendees can enjoy two free games of bowling, along with a free shoe rental, from 9am to 5pm. Aloma Bowl recently completed a year-long renovation, making $450,000 in improvements and additions toRead More →
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Fractured Narratives Exhibit at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College you still have a few more days as the exhibit will be shown through January 4th, 2015. Admission is free. The exhibition features work by established and emerging artistsRead More →
Over the weekend, one of the employees at Costco at the Winter Park location on University Boulevard sang Christmas Carols as shoppers checked-out in line. It was a big hit for all of the shoppers as clapping and whistles followed the conclusion to each of his songs. It was aRead More →
The holidays are officially upon us and there are plenty of ways to celebrate Christmas in Orlando. Winter Park gets into the celebration as well with many of the city’s main holiday events happening this week. On Sunday, the city held it’s annual “Holiday Pops” concert in central park featuringRead More →
A new independent bookstore has opened in Winter Park caddy-corner to Cocina 214 just off Park Avenue called Writer’s Block Bookstore. Great to have a bookstore open back up in Winter Park after Border’s closed down in Winter Park Village a couple of years ago. Writer’s Block Bookstore is locatedRead More →
Frank & Steins is planning on opening a new restaurant in Winter Park in the old Shipyard Brew Pub space near Rollins College. See the picture below that we took and read more from the Orlando Business Journal. Also, Starbucks is building a new location on Aloma Avenue across the streetRead More →
Mellow Mushroom is celebrating their 40th Anniversary tonight in Winter Park with $2.50 small pizzas and $0.75 beers. The wait time around 5:30pm tonight is around three hours. Happy Anniversary! Update: Four hour wait at 6:30pm.Read More →
The Cornell Museum of Fine Arts will be having their CFAMily Day this Friday, August 8th, 2014 from 2pm until 6pm that will have hands-on activities for children as well as gallery tours. The event is free to attend and participate in and the Museum always has free admission on the campusRead More →
The Shake Shack restaurant sign in now visible in Winter Park in the same shopping plaza as Trader Joe’s. As you can see from the image below, the restaurant will have a lakefront view of Lake Killarney. This will be the first central Florida location for the restaurant as it isRead More →
When talking about density in Winter Park, the city and the residents need to have “common sense” in the type of projects and the density of the projects to be built. As a new resident of Winter Park, that has a lot of respect for the citizens that have livedRead More →
The Cady Way Pool in Winter Park, weather permitting, will be having a dive-in movie on Friday, June 20th, 2014 with Disney’s “Frozen” being shown (see flyer below). Families and children can bring pool floats and towels as they enjoy letting it go and watching the movie on a 17Read More →