When Rita Bornstein asked Harriett Lake for a donation to jump-start the proposed Orlando Performing Arts Center, Lake had one thing in mind.
It wasn't that Lake, a scrappy octogenarian from Longwood, was hesitant to give away her money: She is...
Walt Disney World will make a "significant" contribution toward building the proposed $389 million Orlando Performing Arts Center, Disney President Meg Crofton told community leaders on Thursday, but she would not reveal the dollar amount.
Jim Pugh...
Orlando -- Private funds for the Orlando Performing Arts Center are mounting with the announcement of a $1 million pledge from the Universal Orlando Foundation.
The pledge, confirmed by Jan Stratton, Universal's vice president of community and...
Look around. Our city's downtown skyline has doubled in size, and cranes dot the landscape. The next phase of this dramatic revitalization is the construction and renovation of our community's sports and entertainment venues. It is extremely...
After Dale Pyle criticized Oprah Winfrey and others in his letter to the editor published Wednesday, I got to wondering how many middle-class citizens in Central Florida "take care of their own." He was "disgusted" with philanthropists who give...
Proponents of a new performing-arts center, Magic arena and a remodeled Florida Citrus Bowl took their case to the black community Tuesday, assuring minority residents and business owners that they will make money from the public projects.
"We heard...
You'd expect most professional athletes to be excited about seeing themselves on a cereal box. But how about eating what's inside?
"Oh, yes," said the wife of one such athlete. "For a while, he ate them every day."
The player we're talking about is...
If you've lived in the Orlando area even a little while, you have surely heard Doc's name; it's on everything from a high school to the CineDome at the Orlando Science Center.
But you may not have known that in the years before World War II, it was...
Orlando -- Harvey and Carol Massey have given $1 million to the Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center. Their pledge brings to $46.5 million the amount raised so far to pay for the proposed performing-arts center.
The gift was announced New...
