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Your Community in Brief: Lake County events and news, starting July 19
Upcoming events in Lake County include the July 20 Christmas in July Toy Drive Outdoor Expo and Car Show hosted by the Groveland Police Department at Ace Hardware and the annual summer book sale at Cooper Memorial Library in Clermont July 26-27.
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The Plant Doctor: Giant plume ginger a wonderful surprise
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Restaurants, Food & Drink
![Namastay for ice cream! Enjoy a one-day Greenery Creamery-Donutste milkshake collaboration on Saturday, July 20, at both locations from open 'til sellout. Go early, supplies will be limited. (Photo: Christina Petsos; @somehowimnotfat) Namastay for ice cream! Enjoy a one-day Greenery Creamery-Donutste milkshake collaboration on Saturday, July 20, at both locations from open 'til sellout. Go early, supplies will be limited. (Photo: Christina Petsos; @somehowimnotfat)](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TOS-L-national-ice-cream-day-specials-2024-01.jpg?w=445)
Cool deals: July 21 is National Ice Cream Day, Orlando!
Check out some cool (and hot!) Orlando ice cream news and holiday specials to keep you cool this weekend.
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Darden acquiring Tex-Mex chain Chuy’s in $605 million deal
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3 Central Florida restaurants shut down last week
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Ten10 Brewing celebrates 9 years with a Saturday celebration
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Theater
![Six people (Alaina Rene Kizer, from left, Matt Horohoe, Jose Rivera, Pedro Ka'awaioa, Mandi-Jo John and Monica Long Tamborello) look for answers at a silent retreat in a pop-up production of "Small Mouth Sounds." (Courtesy Clark Levi) Six people (Alaina Rene Kizer, from left, Matt Horohoe, Jose Rivera, Pedro Ka'awaioa, Mandi-Jo John and Monica Long Tamborello) look for answers at a silent retreat in a pop-up production of "Small Mouth Sounds." (Courtesy Clark Levi)](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TOS-L-small-mouth-sounds-2-01.jpeg.jpg?w=620)
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Matthew J. Palm: ‘Small Mouth Sounds’ says something big about all of us
A pop-up production of "Small Mouth Sounds" curiously and humorously offers reflection on humanity, connection and communication.
Arts
![Crealdé School of Art’s main campus in Winter Park recently received a $425,000 expansion and renovation. (Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentinel) Crealdé School of Art’s main campus in Winter Park recently received a $425,000 expansion and renovation. (Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentinel)](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TOS-L-crealde-school-of-art-renovations-07.jpg?w=525)
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Crealdé School of Art chooses next executive director, Peter Schreyer to step down after nearly 30 years
After nearly three decades, Peter Schreyer will step down. Emily Bourmas-Fry, formerly of Orlando Museum of Art, will be executive director.
Home and Garden
![Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida such as caring for your ixora as well as coleus, tomatoes, St. Augustine, sedge, potting soil, lawn care and watermelon. Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida such as caring for your ixora as well as coleus, tomatoes, St. Augustine, sedge, potting soil, lawn care and watermelon.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_5893.jpg?w=467)
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Plant Doctor: Why ixora don’t grow and flower as well in some years
Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida such as caring for your ixora as well as coleus, tomatoes, St. Augustine, sedge, potting soil, lawn care and watermelon.
Theme Parks
![The longtime attraction has taken in 100 rescues, starting with Chester in 2002. The longtime attraction has taken in 100 rescues, starting with Chester in 2002.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TOS-L-gatorland_fame_0043f-T.jpg?w=601)
Gatorland salutes rescue animals with Walk of Fame
The longtime attraction has taken in 100 rescues, starting with Chester in 2002.
Travel
![From Amelia Island on the northeast tip of Florida to Alligator Reef in the Keys. From the pink sands of Eleuthera in the Bahamas to the slopes of Mount Scenery on the Dutch island of Saba in the Lesser Antilles. The May 2024 issue of our Explore Florida & the Caribbean takes you places – by land, sea and air. The new issue that will appear in digital format on Sunday, May 5, features stories on Florida’s lighthouses, cruise-line dining, a return to ultra-luxe Little Palm Island in the Keys, a camping trip to Peanut Island in Palm Beach County, a […] From Amelia Island on the northeast tip of Florida to Alligator Reef in the Keys. From the pink sands of Eleuthera in the Bahamas to the slopes of Mount Scenery on the Dutch island of Saba in the Lesser Antilles. The May 2024 issue of our Explore Florida & the Caribbean takes you places – by land, sea and air. The new issue that will appear in digital format on Sunday, May 5, features stories on Florida’s lighthouses, cruise-line dining, a return to ultra-luxe Little Palm Island in the Keys, a camping trip to Peanut Island in Palm Beach County, a […]](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Explore-Florida-cover-May-2024.jpg?w=620)
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New issue of ‘Explore Florida & the Caribbean’ is going places
From Amelia Island on the northeast tip of Florida to Alligator Reef in the Keys. From the pink sands of Eleuthera in the Bahamas to the slopes of Mount Scenery on the Dutch island of Saba in the Lesser Antilles....
Books
![A stock image of a woman reading a book and holding a mug A stock image of a woman reading a book and holding a mug](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1005735718.jpg?w=525)
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5 must-read crime novels offer thrills, chills and armchair globe-trotting
There's a world of trouble in five new thrillers, with locations ranging from rural England to blood-spattered Madrid and deceit-filled China.
Entertainment
![Before it was the food of the elite, say historians, caviar was the food of the fishermen. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel) Before it was the food of the elite, say historians, caviar was the food of the fishermen. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tos-l-caviar-day0850_9a5985.jpg?w=567)
Caviar’s luxe rep belies its approachability
Long considered a posh bite, caviar began its culinary history in a far humbler manner. At Bar Kada, they like to mix the high with the low and recommend folks try it at home.