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Epcot International Arts Festival is back at Walt Disney World. The event has many of the same artistic attractions as previous years, but during the opening weekend we spotted some tweaks and updates throughout the rounds. Here are some highlights from the festival, which will be held daily at the theme park until February 23rd. living room large lamp There’s something new, big and shiny outside the entrance to the “Once Upon a Stage: The Magic of Disney on Broadway” exhibition. And people are rubbing it in hopes of making a wish. It’s a big golden lamp in the style…

It’s truly wonderful to see the large theater at 54 W. Church St. filled with enthusiastic patrons once again. The former home of the Mad Cow Theater and Fringe Arts Space in the heart of downtown is buzzing again thanks to a lively production of the musical “Mean Girls.” That fan-favorite show is an adaptation of the 2004 film by Tina Fey. (If you’re wearing pink on Wednesdays, you may also remember that Fey, a Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock alum, brought the story, which was originally adapted into a stage musical, to a musical film in 2024, coming…

The Orange County Regional History Center’s newest exhibit might get your creative juices flowing and give you a wave of nostalgia. “Animationland” offers experiential art activities, and its sister production, “Drawing Magic: Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida,” is a return to homegrown work. Created by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, much of this space depicts a storyline featuring Turtleback Island’s pencil dog Tracy and her various friends. The exhibit features multiple stations where visitors can create animated sequences using these characters. Participants learn storyboarding and drawing techniques and can then move on to practicing stop-motion animation, creating sound…

“At Girl Scouts, we believe in the magic and scale of the cookie program,” says Citrus Girl Scouts Executive Director Jennifer Wilcox. As cookie season began earlier this month, so did legions of believers who started stocking up on boxes of their favorite Thin Mints and Trefoils. But wait a minute, Caramel Delites. Because new cookies are coming this year. Inspired by the flavors of Rocky Road ice cream, these chocolate sandwich cookies feature a fluffy marshmallow and toasted almond-flavored cream filling. It might become your new favorite? Maybe. But more importantly, the program behind these classic treats acts as…

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson said his office (FDACS) has shut down an illegal door-to-door pest control business targeting Florida residents, imposed a $36,000 fine, and prohibited it from any further sales or pest control operations in the state. The FDACS enforcement action resulted in a $36,000 fine against Mira Home LLC and a ban on Grit Marketing LLC from all pest control activities and sales in Florida for illegally soliciting more than 600 pest control contracts. Florida law prohibits pest control companies from using independent contractors to perform pest control activities and ensures that appropriate supervision, training, equipment, products,…

Brightline Florida, the nation’s only privately operated intercity passenger railroad, is under increasing financial pressure after its second bond payment was postponed in six months, raising new questions about whether private passenger railroads can remain financially viable in the United States without sustained public support. Second missed payment highlights growing stress Brightline Florida said this week that it has deferred interest payments on $1.2 billion of subordinated municipal bonds to Jan. 15 and asked bondholders to waive cash payment obligations. The move follows a missed payment in July and highlights the railroad’s deepening liquidity constraints. In exchange for the waiver,…

FORT LAUDERDALE – Back on the road. Returning home from a six-game road trip, the Florida Panthers lost their only home game to the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Monday at Amerant Bank Arena before heading north for a three-game road trip. The Panthers (53 points), who have a record of 25-20-3, are in second place in the wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, four points behind the Buffalo Sabers (57 points). “We have enough games to do our job, but we have to start now,” Matthew Tkachuk said after Monday’s loss. “We don’t want to go through the Olympic…

A Fast and Furious themed roller coaster is an ongoing project at the Universal Studios theme park in Florida. It replaces the Hollywood Rip Ride Rock-It, which closed in August. Universal Orlando announced Tuesday that its outdoor coaster Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift will open in 2027. Construction work has been underway for several months on the site, located between the former Blue Man Group building and Universal CityWalk. Universal also announced that the theme park’s Fast & Furious Supercharged attraction will close in 2027. The big-screen dark ride opened in 2018, taking over the Disaster Attraction space. According to…

When discussing workplace safety, our minds often go straight to hard hats, yellow tape, and “days since last accident” signs. We typically focus on preventing slips, trips, and falls, but in today’s industrial society, staying safe means more than just avoiding physical injury. To truly protect the modern workforce, we must look beyond the basics of equipment checks and field inspections. This includes addressing long-term health risks that are not always visible on a day-to-day basis. The goal for today’s industrial workers is to protect people from both visible risks, such as falling debris, and invisible risks, such as airborne…

Health systems rely heavily on assumed legitimacy. Most people believe that medical professionals are properly trained, prescriptions are genuine, and insurance plans will work when needed. However, recent reports indicate that this trust is increasingly under strain. Investigations have uncovered cases in which appearances mask critical oversight gaps in various parts of the health care system. These developments are not limited to one profession or one region. Rather, it points to a broader pattern of fake credentials, counterfeit products, and misleading reporting quietly infiltrating mainstream channels. A look at recent news in turn makes it clear how widespread this problem…