Books

🗯 The super-local with a super-new comic

Getting O-town cues from the local writer and cartoonist, Jaylen Christie for his new comic series release for Black History Month.  By: Kit Mohr Finish it up, Friday! To cap off this week in style, today we are sitting across from local creator Jaylen Christie. This talented man has got a handful of solid advice […]

/ February 24, 2023

Locals to Know: Lisa Mercer

Meet the community driven, Pulptown go-getter showcasing the best of what optimism can bring to our city. Hi Lisa! Tell our readers: Who are you? What do you do? I’m a Destin, Florida native; however, after twenty years of living in O-town, I could call myself a local now officially. I’ve been in advertising and […]

/ January 30, 2023

🛍 90+ ideas for shopping local in Orlando this holiday season

It’s the most wonderful time of the year … to shop local! As someone who grew up in Small Town, Alabama, with a grandfather who owned a hardware store and a mom who ran a gift shop, there wasn’t a day in my childhood that I don’t recall the importance of shopping small. But it […]

/ November 24, 2021

📚 9 Central Florida bookstores to ring in Indie Bookstore Day

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” – Haruki Murakami 📸: @pulptown The last Saturday in April is Indie Bookstore Day, y’all, an annual event to recognize all the indie bookstores across the country. Some locations celebrate the occasion with exclusive books […]

/ April 27, 2021

🎁 Pulptown’s Very Merry 2020 Gift Guide (Extended)

Explore 51 (and counting) of our favorite local gift ideas, from cookies to art to coloring books — and these gifts aren’t just for the holiday season.

/ December 8, 2020

101 Things We Love About The Library

Pick up your library card today (📸: OCLS) Produced for the Orange County Library System by The Pulptown Creative Studio 📚 Learn. Grow. Connect. The Orange County Library System is the public library system serving 1.2 million residents of Orange County. Sign up or replace your library card today   We are excited to launch a […]

/ June 22, 2020

13 ways to use your stimulus check to support Orlando— if you can spare it

Give back to the city that you love. (📸: Pulptown file photo) Stimulus payments started arriving last week and more are expected this week — you may have received yours already. And what Orlandoans do with that money really matters as local businesses struggle with the economic impacts of this pandemic.  According to economists, every […]

/ April 29, 2020

Page 15 gives young Parramore writers a stage

THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Parramore THE PLACE: Page 15 is a non-profit for young aspiring writers in Parramore of all skill and age levels. They meet after school to express their creativity through storytelling, poetry, journalism, and creative writing. In the Downtown Recreation Center on Parramore Avenue, the group presents its work on a small stage and […]

/ April 15, 2019