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Orlando, hail your new Christmas music overlords: ’90s rock supergroup Ezra Ray Hart

The likes of Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé have been defrosted for their seasonal reign over radio stations. Yes, it must be the Yuletide season, but now some new players are ready to bring 1990s-style Christmas cheer.  Kevin Griffin, Better Than Ezra’s lead vocalist and one-third of festive supergroup Ezra Ray Hart, reveals his recipe for the perfectly baked Christmas hit to Orlando Weekly.

Welcoming the wild

The Winter Park Veterinary Hospital keeps its doors open for patients who need care, and not just house pets. The hospital receives wildlife patients periodically, WPVH’s Dr. Eric Los Kamp said in an interview. “After a hurricane is always the worst time for the wildlife because they can get washed out in places they’re not supposed to nest and get trampled by families, get separated, things like that,” Los Kamp said. 
WPVH, a family-owned practice, is open daily. Its wildlife patients include...

The kids are all right

School-organized after-school programs for the performing arts are commonly geared toward the classical arts: chorus, orchestra and band. Noticing a lack in support for modern music programs while seeing potential talents in her students, Holly Cordero paved a different outlet for young performers. 
“The stuff going on in terms of the arts being shut down and funding and grants being shut down has definitely put a little bit of a damper on most arts organizations,” Cordero said in an interview....