Author: Michael McLeod
50 Most Powerful: 41-50 & 10 to Watch
German, McGee, Webster, Maladecki, Sheehan, NeJame, Batchelor, West, Stuart, LaRoe, Hill, plus 10 to Watch
The Immortals
They show their age beautifully—and yet they are ageless. Orlando’s live oak trees have put down roots, spread out and thrived for centuries. And their magnificence continues to grow on us.
50 Most Powerful: 30-40
Maines, Miller, Simmons, Ramsberger, Siegel, Macnab, Whittall, Brown II, Bailey, Maxwell, German
A Fringe Sampler
The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival runs May 13-26, with most venues located in Orlando’s Loch Haven Park.
Rap Scholar
Baba Brinkman has the musical genre down to a science, with enlightened riffs on evolution and religion.
The Path of Kahn
Zurich, Paris, Los Angeles—Patrick Kahn has had many stops on his visual arts journey. Now he is bringing the works of master photographers to Orlando through his Snap! Space gallery and an annual festival.
Snap! You Are Here
The month-long festival will include exhibits at 20 Orlando-area locations, as well as sites in Tampa and Daytona Beach.
Soccer 101
Stumped by the terminology of “the beautiful game’’? We’re here to help.
Open House
A grassroots group keeps opera alive through the commitment of arts angels like Kathy Miller, whose living room has become a stage.
Is Sam Zell Digging the Sentinel’s Grave?
The maverick real estate investor earned his fortune—and the nickname “the Grave Dancer”—by capitalizing on corporate decay. In buying Tribune Company late last year, he saw another opportunity to find profit in a struggling business. But he didn’t see the black hole the newspaper industry was about to fall into, made deeper by the privatized company’s $13 billion of debt. For the Tribune-owned Sentinel, Zell’s ownership has come at a hefty price: drastic cuts in staff and content.
