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The moon is cool.
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What Orlando is talking about
Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary since astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon and there are lots of ways to celebrate around town.
You can start by putting on your best space gear and heading to the downtown library for One Giant Leap: A 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Moon Landing. They partnered with WUCF and the Orange County Regional History Center to commemorate the anniversary and have a slew of family activities, guest speakers and virtual reality opportunities planned.
There’s also a two-day Moon Fest happening at Orlando Science Center tomorrow and Sunday full of live shows, space-themed experiments and astronaut-like experiences. You can create your own galactic tee at The Hive, dance along to The Beatles and Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, and Saturday only, stick around for Science After Sundown with telescope viewings from the terrace.
Or you could drive over to Kennedy Space Center where the real magic happened and relive the experience of the Apollo 11 flight.
Wherever you go this weekend, get in the moo(n)d with this lunar-themed playlist.
Also, how cool is it to have had all this in our backyard all this time?
In other news…
Orlando will make national news this weekend but it won’t be pretty. The horrific 2015 rape and murder of Sasha Samsudean will be the subject of Saturday’s “HLN’s Lies, Crimes & Video”. (Orlando Weekly)
The city of Orlando will discontinue Amazon’s high-tech facial recognition program due to a lack of resources. The city has used Amazon’s Rekognition since December 2017 and local citizens weren’t thrilled. (Orlando Sentinel)
And in tasty news…
Plant-based chef Mary Westfall of Winter Park Biscuit Co. fame is looking to develop her own vegan version of a Pub-Sub and YOU can help her make it happen. (Orlando Weekly)
You can now go on a proper hot pot tour of Orlando, thanks to these recommendations on the Tasty Chomps blog. (Tasty Chomps)
Or switch it up and “eat around the world” at these globally diverse restaurants on I-Drive. (Orlando Date Night Guide)
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Let's get creative together ...
We’ve recently teamed up with local freelance creative collective, Jolly Roger, to give small business owners and entrepreneurs what we think could be a contest of a lifetime.
After a longtime history of working in ad agencies around Central Florida, freelance creative director, Brandy Gill, and his business partner, Mark Robertson, left the corporate world to start their own thing. That’s when Jolly Roger was formed. Then a month ago, Gill approached us about an idea he and Robertson had.
In an effort to pay it forward, they’re offering their expert services for free to one small business who needs their help with branding, marketing or advertising and they’re hoping our Pulptown readers might know the perfect someone.
Are you that somebody? Or know someone who needs a new logo, an updated website, or help with their story? All you have to do is fill out this form then team Jolly Roger and team Pulptown will narrow the search down to three finalists. Once we’ve chosen our top three entrants, we’ll leave it up to you, our readers, to vote on the winner.
The catch? Jolly Roger has the final say in the creative, meaning the winner of the free work will own it but they have to accept it as is. At that point, they can decide not to use it if they want (they won’t) but if they do use it, they can’t tweak it or change it.
That’s it.
Nominate yourselves or someone you know here. You’ve got until Friday, August 2. Let’s get creative, Orlando.
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Our Partner Events
🗣 Tuesday, July 23 Meet us at Starter Studio for Pitch Night where local entrepreneurs and startups will pitch their big ideas to us. (Downtown)
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In and around town 🆕
Today
🛍️ Shop local makers at the Evening Exchange at East End Market (Audubon Park)
☮️ Namaste for the beer (SoDo)
🛍️ Don’t miss Paper Goat Post’s VIP Summer Sale (Ivanhoe)
🎙️ Belt your Mamma Mia-loving hearts out (Thornton Park)
🎭 Shakespeare fans, unite (Loch Haven Park)
☮️ Practice your yoga flow to some 80s jams (Thornton Park)
Saturday
🖌 Check out a Pulptown member’s portrait pop-up (Downtown)
🌝 Celebrate 50 years since landing on the moon (Downtown)
⚽ Root for Orlando City Soccer (Parramore)
🔀 Get your shuffleboard on (SODO)
🎊 Praise the crazy 80’s on this pub crawl (Downtown)
🌮 Sample city’s tastiest, creative culinary creation: TACOS (Downtown)
🌭 Sanford’s Battle of the food trucks is back (Sanford)
Sunday
🍦 Sprinkle some ice cream into your life (Audubon)
🏊 Dare to bare it all, free of judgment and stereotypes (Downtown)
🍹 Sip on refreshing summer beverages with your pups. (Loch Haven Park)
⚽ Cheer on Orlando City Soccer to win against the New York Red Bulls (Parramore)
Monday
🌿 Absorb art inspired by indigenous, native plants (Thornton Park)
🚌 Donate school supplies at the Stuff the Bus event (Waterford Lakes)
🚗 Marvel at the Minis at the Mini Cooper meet up (Downtown)
Tuesday
🤑 Inform yourself on this business funding source (Downtown)
📄 Learn everything you need to know about the American Labor Movement (Audubon)
🌃 Stretch on one of your favorite Orlando rooftops (Orlando)
🍫 Indulge in some female faves at Boca (Winter Park)
Going to one of these? Take us with you! Tag @pulptown on Instagram or email a pic to hello@pulp.town.
One last thing
We’re also celebrating National Ice Cream Day this weekend (space ice cream, anyone?) Head to The Greenery Creamery downtown, Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream in Audubon Park and Delaney, or Lake Nona for an ice cream social pop-up on Sunday to end your weekend on a sweet note.
We’ll see you out there, Orlando.
— Pulptown