The Orlando Life

12/11/2024

In the past 30ish years, there are two women who have worked incredibly hard to bring musical acts to Orlando. From Shayni Rae in the 90's, to today, Kate Clodfelter. Kate brings in acts to The Social and The Beacham, a venue that's been around for 103yrs, in a city that's only 149yrs old.

Her story and commitment to Orlando and our diverse culture made her the perfect candidate for our recent spotlight 💙

Kate Clodfelter sees Orlando's music scene flourishing, expanding, and providing more opportunities for diverse artists.

11/22/2024

We had the chance to visit Inspire of Central Florida this week and learn about how they're helping special needs adults find independence. Their fulfillment program allows local businesses to partner with them which in turn supports their work.

Learn more at https://theorlandolife.com/non-profit-helps-special-needs-adults-prepare-for-independence/

Thank you to Lilly for the guided tour and opportunity to learn about Inspire!

09/19/2024

We're still buzzing about last night's artist event! ✨

09/12/2024

There are two great events coming up in Orlando, each hosted by two amazing humans! One for local artists and another for growth-minded professionals. Both events are uniquely designed for their audiences.

The Orlando Life Creatives:
🎟 RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/orlando-life-creatives-a-visual-arts-meet-up-tickets-1002312913907
📍 The Garden Tiger
Hosted by Caris Baker, this event is for Artists of various disciplines. The event will feature a socially creative activation at the start followed by an opportunity to strengthen connections with other artists.

The Orlando Life Social:
🎟 RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/orlando-life-social-happy-hour-tickets-1014464339147
📍 The Great Southern Box Company Food Hall & Bar
Hosted by Caleb Paull and The VIP Co., this is a happy hour event for growth-minded individuals in various industries who are interested in growing their professional network through authentic connections in a casual atmosphere.

08/29/2024

It’s been amazing to see how Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship has grown and the impact its made since it started. this week we asked Michelle Hill from EA - Electronic Arts, to share her thoughts on the group.

08/11/2024

The Orlando Life Social was full of great energy and an amazing people! See the gallery from our recent event at Ivanhoe Park Lager House

See our Gallery from the Orlando Life Social event hosted by Caleb Paull and Dave Vanz at Ivanhoe Park Lager House

08/02/2024

is still a thing? We found some old photos from Dec 7, 2012 of the old arena demolition to make way for Creative Village Of course this also was a time where we all abused Instagram filters…Last photo is of Kyle Morrand and Dave Vanz on Aug 24, 2023 at Creative Village getting ready to talk on camera about Orlando leading up to MetaCenter Global Week.

07/06/2024

We have been trying to share an incredible story from Mark Tremonti, lead guitarist for Creed and Alter Bridge, but Facebook continues to flag the post as spam and removes it with no option to argue. After numerous attempts over the last week to share it, we're just going to invite you to visit www.theorlandolife.com to read/watch it. Hope you enjoy!

06/26/2024

Met so many great people at Monday's networking event. Check out our gallery from the night and stay tuned for the next one!

See our Gallery from the Orlando Life Social event hosted by The VIP Co at American Social Bar and Kitchen in Dr Phillips

05/21/2024

Summer vacation starts this week for thousands of kids across Central Florida. With so many things to do around Orlando we figured we’d dive into the free and cheap isle of activities for parents. Here’s 5 things to do with your kids around Orlando

With Summer vacation starting this week, here are 5 things you can do with your kids in Orlando that are cheap or free!

05/02/2024

Dave Vanz from The Orlando Life sat down with Mark Tremonti, Lead Guitarist for Creed, to find out what’s changed with the band and more about their ties to Orlando. Mark Tremonti is one of the best to ever do it and we're looking forward to sharing more of his story in the coming months.

04/26/2024

Onto the next chapter!

04/22/2024

One of the perks of living the Orlando Life is being able to get out and be active year round! One of our favorite spots to be active and meet others who share that same interest is at the Y.

04/16/2024

Orlando Native and CEO of AVALON, Sean Pinnock shares what he's building and his thoughts on Orlando. AVALON announced this week they secured a cool $10m to build out their MMO.

More at https://theorlandolife.com/avalon-secures-10-million-to-launch-ambitious-mmo-game

03/29/2024

Starting over in a new state and a new community can be hard. For Beau Bennett, he moved here from Utah 4 months ago to help bring RevRoad to Florida and to be with his fiancée. Since the move he's been taking purposeful steps to connect within the Orlando community both personally and professionally.

Learn more about Beau and what's been working for him at our website

03/12/2024

Great experience for anyone in Central Florida to get out, enjoy our beautiful outdoors and learn about keeping our waterways healthy.

Learn about our amazing local waterways here in Central Florida followed by a paddle experience at Wekiva River