On this episode of The Orlando Shine Show, host Brendan O’Connor sits down with Leah Nash, Executive Director of the Timucua Arts Foundation (Website), and Benoit Glazer, its Founder and Artistic Director, to mark the organization’s 25th anniversary.

Together they trace Timucua’s evolution from intimate house concerts with friends and neighbors to a nationally recognized hub for live performance and community arts, and discuss how its artist-first approach has reshaped Orlando’s music scene.

Listen in for stories about Benoit's Canadian roots, his education, the foundation’s beginnings, its one-of-a-kind venue, and its plans for the next 25 years of boundary-pushing programming in this special bonus episode.

Episode 15 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at City Beautiful Cafe (Website) with guest host Scottie Campbell.

Topics this week include a new ordinance in Clermont that does away with height restrictions for American flags (because, America), a 74-year old arrested for a real estate Ponzi scheme, a citrus wizard in DeLand, an expansion of the Maitland Art Center, Apopka pausing funding for its embatteld Main Street program (that was woefully underfunded anyway), and some big events happening this weekend, including a Tattoo Show at Osceola Heritage Park, a belly flop contest in Baldwin Park, the Booze and Bites Festival in The Milk District, and the Fall Plant Sale at Nehrling Gardens.

Holler at this week's sponsors, JustCallMoe.com, Orange County Library System, and Library Card Sign-up Month, Orlando Magazine an its "Peek Behind The Curtain" issue, and the 4Roots Harvest Festival on October 11.

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Episode 14 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at The Porch Winter Park(Website) with guest hosts Moses DeWitt of JustCallMoe (Website) and Don Almeida, That Mortgage Guy Don (Website).

Topics this week include an opening date for the long-awaited H Mart, the closing of multiple PDQ locations, Christina Hollerbach stepping away from Hollerbach's German Restaurant to start her own consulting firm and to run for mayor, the return of Nosferatu to the Renaissance Theatre Company, Enzian's lineup for this year's "13 Films of Halloween," an update to Apopka's Main Street mural hullabaloo, and the opening of a new secret pizza window in Audubon Park.

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Episode 13 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Moa Kai Hawaiian Diner (Website) in The Milk District, where they "make food that makes people happy," inspired by the people, culture, and flavors of Hawaii. Yes, they have spam.

Topics this week include the first episode of a new Radio Play series called "The Adventures of Ada Quark" (be sure to listen during the break or you'll miss it), drama in Apopka over a mural commissioned by a Main Street based on a design they didn't have approval for, Red Bull's upcoming tandem rollercoaster obstacle course event in Altamonte Springs, the leaders of Critical Mass walking away from the event because of the "wheelie kids," and Shaq's music career.

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Episode 12 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Beefy King (Website) in The Milk Distrcit, a third-generation family-owned restaurant that serves up steamed hot sandwiches and crowd-favorite tater tots.

Topics this week include a call for submissions for Orlando Magazine's 2026 Women of the Year awards, the recent removal of the Pulse Memorial Crosswalk by an overly zealous FDOT, police calls to Taco Bell Cantina, a call to fix the downtown movie theater space in The Plaza building, the upcoming Science Night Live, the ever-present, never-going-away construction fencing at City Hall that could be a great blank canvas for an art installation, and more.

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Episode 11 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Austin's Coffee (Website), a landmark alt coffee space in Winter Park that's been around for 22 years and has become known for hosting loal artists, live music, and more. They're facing eviction at the end of October 31, when their lease runs out and the City of Winter Park readies to knock down the building to expand Fairbanks Avenue. They're hosting a fundraising gala on September 7 at CityArts with tickets available by donation HERE.

Topics this week included an interview Brendan had with the Director of Nighttime Economy for the City of New Orleans about tips for how to handle downtown Orlando bar crowds, the return of an annual belly flop contest in Baldwin Park, a new Claw Machine Arcade, a brawl at Lake Winterset that's changing how people access the lake, the return of the Black Bear Hunt, and a makeover for Griffin Park.

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Episode 10 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Lobos Coffee Roasters (Website) with one of the co-owners, Pablo Sierra, who shared about the state of the current coffee market and their new location at A La Cart SoDo.

Topics this week included the latest Best of ORL results from Orlando Magazine, a $1 million state grant to help restore Indian River Lagoon, a price tag for weekend SunRail service, Disney buying the rights to WWE, an enrollment crisis at Florida Public Schools, a Golden Girls-themed pub crawl, a new MLK statue in Winter Park that's gotten some mixed reactions.

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Topics this week included an update on that "wonky" tree being knocked down in College Park, an audit of Visit Orlando that raised some questions on spending, a sinkhole in Kissimmee that's led to the closure of an apartment complex, the percentage of downtown Orlando used for parking, construction issues at the Winter Park Library, threats against Mayor Demings, and a research grant for Winter Park stories.

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