September/October 2025

Crossroads Swords

What do you get when you mix Renaissance combat manuals, dulled steel, and a crew of modern-day sword nerds? A full-body workout with edge.

Home State Run Club

How a personal battle turned into a community movement.

Horizon West Cars & Coffee

From classic rides to new friendships, community and nostalgia cruise side by side.

Ironmen of God

Building bonds beyond the pew.

Join the Club

Between work, family, and the endless scroll of obligations, the playground simplicity of “want to be friends?” feels like it belongs to another lifetime.

Striker Sports and Social

Whether you’re chasing goals or cold beers, Striker brings the fun—with cleats, costumes, and cornhole.

Silent Book Club

Silent reading, loud connections: Winter Garden finds a new way to bond over books.

Pokémon GO Club

What started as a viral mobile game is now a weekly tradition—where grownups chase pocket monsters, rack up XP, and build community one PokéStop at a time.

For Starters

Caleb Tapia-Jensen

I get lonely. Like, really lonely. That doesn’t mean I don’t love my solitude. I do. My books stacked on the nightstand, my perfectly brewed morning coffee, my little sacred routines — they feel like home...

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The Doctor Will Read to You Now

Dr. Ifeyinwa Umeh prescribes more than medicine—she’s healing hearts and growing minds, one story at a time.

Local Author

Oh, the Confidence You’ll Grow!

Dave Mugnaini’s The Kid with Confidence—a children’s book inspiring kids to believe in themselves and try something new.

Local Music

Where Rhythm Meets Healing

Shamanic Rootz uses music as both medicine and mission.

Market Watch

Cruise the Winter Garden Farmer’s Market and discover this local’s fave finds!

New

What’s new in Winter Garden.

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Drawn to Adventure

How Thomas Peterson turned late-night doodles into a thriving art career.

Ravings

Sean O’Neill, the man behind the area’s rowdiest Facebook groups, shares about South Lake.

Market Watch

Britt cruises the Clermont Farmer’s Market and shares her fave finds.

Rhetoric

The First Rule of Fit Club

Working out the mysteries of workout culture.

Tails

Doxies

Doxies | Dachshund

Oh, Well!

Real Men Wear Pink

From silent grief to bold action, 11 local men are showing what it really means to fight breast cancer—wearing pink with purpose and heart.

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The Breakfast Club

Five rising stars for your morning menu.

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