Ready to Rock

Rob Thomas shows no signs of slowing down as he returns to the spotlight with his fourth solo album and a new tour. When Rob Thomas first popped up on the music scene in the early ’90s as the frontman for Matchbox Twenty, the industry was in a much different place. Record stores were thriving as fans regularly lined up to purchase cassettes and CDs, MTV still played videos, online streaming didn’t exist and people couldn’t print their concert tickets at home. In today’s world, vehicles like YouTube, SoundCloud and more are helping create the new faces of popular music. Regardless of the...

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Best of the Best 2019

Each year, we like to take inventory of some of Orlando’s BESTS. From the best food to the best shops to the best places for pampering yourself to the best activities for family fun. After a number of years of packing our Best of the Best list with all this goodness, you’d think we’d have run out of recommendations by now? But as always, compiling this feature reminds us that there is always more to see and do in Central Florida. So, read on. Maybe you’ll be in agreement on some of our selections or maybe not, but hopefully you’ll discover something new to check out in the City Beautiful. FOOD...

Coveted Communities: Top Towns 2019

A look at Central Florida’s best towns and neighborhoods. Living in Central Florida is a blessing in itself in that there are so many communities here that provide everything a resident could be looking for: top-performing schools, walkability, beautiful parks—the list could go on and on. With that in mind, we decided to take a look around the ’hood to see how some of the Orlando area’s most coveted zip codes stack up against one another in home values, school graduation rates and median income. In addition, we’ve also brought you a snippet of what’s going on in your community from...