What’s happening this weekend — Group run, pet adoption and a rock band

Thursday

Food trucks take over Center Lake Park for the city’s monthly Food Truck Thursday event from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 at 299 Center Lake Lane, Oviedo. The food truck lineup is Atlanta Peach Wings, Chameleon Bowls, Rosario’s Kitchen, App’s Food Truck, Jour de Crepe, Asian Bros and The Knot by Rollin Dough. Get more information here or call 407-971-5590.

Get in an evening run with the Irish 3.1 Run Club from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 at Irish 31, 65 W. Mitchell Hammock Road, Oviedo. All running levels are welcome. No RSVP is necessary. Get more information. 

Friday

Black Hammock Adventures and Airboat Rides’ 23rd Anniversary Celebration starts at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28 at 2356 Black Hammock Road in Oviedo. Their Lazy Gator Bar will serve buy-one-get-one drinks from 5-8 p.m. and there will be a live DJ and live Blues music by Arnaud Temporel. Get more information. 

Saturday

Find a furry new friend at the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Adoption Event at PetSuites Winter Springs, happening from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 at 1201 S.R. 434 in Winter Springs. There will be a bounce house, food trucks, a professional photographer and vendor samples. Check out the animals for adoption ahead of time here. Get more information. 

The Little People’s Theater’s production of “Little Red Riding Hood” is from 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 at Penguin Point Productions, 1220 Oviedo Mall Blvd., Oviedo. Get more information. 

The next Oviedo Lions Girls Basketball game is at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 at Ocoee High School, 1925 Ocoee Crown Point Parkway, Ocoee. Get more information. 

Hear your favorite rock songs with an acoustic vibe by Will and Todd of local band Room 2 from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 at Rock & Brews, 7131 Red Bug Lake Road, Oviedo. Get more information. 

Future events

Live music, more than 60 local vendors selling crafts, plants, and fresh produce and ready-to-eat food will be at the Oviedo Farmers Market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Lawton House, 200 W. Broadway Street in Oviedo. Pets are welcomed. Tours of the Lawton House are available during market hours. Get more information here, visit oviedohistoricalsociety.com.

There will be a live reading with meet and greet with children’s author Charlie Griffin during the Oviedo Farmers Market from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Lawton House, 200 W. Broadway Street in Oviedo. Griffin is a local author who wrote “Indy and Jenny”. Get more information.

The City of Winter Springs’ Father-Daughter Dance is from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11 at the Winter Springs Senior Center, 400 N. Edgemon Ave. in Winter Springs. Tickets for residents are free and include a live DJ and dancing, a photo by a professional photographer, refreshments and prizes. Tickets for nonresidents cost $10 per couple and $5 for additional children. Get more information. 

The City of Oviedo’s Father-Daughter Dance is from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Oviedo Cultural Center, 357 Center Lake Lane, Oviedo. There will be a live DJ and dancing and a dinner and dessert buffet menu by Dominick’s restaurant. Tickets are $40 per couple and $10 for additional children. Get more information.  

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Megan is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Oviedo Community News, the only independent news source for Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs. She oversees editorial content, policy and staff. She attends meetings, sends out the e-newsletter and curates conversations in the community to understand the information gaps that OCN needs to fill. She also works to create partnerships that can strengthen the bond between community and newsroom.

She has served as an award-winning community journalist for more than 20 years, including as associate editor for the East Orlando Sun and a reporter for the Seminole Voice, the Winter Park-Maitland Observer and Orlando Magazine.

In 2024, Megan was named Editor of the Year by the Society for Professional Journalism. With the Central Florida Foundation and Central Florida Public Media, she co-found the News Collaborative of Central Florida, a collective of independent local news outlets and aligned partners working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida.

She served as treasurer for the Florida Press Club for seven years and has won awards from the Institute for Nonprofit News, the Florida Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalism. Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism (now called the Reed College of Media) at West Virginia University.

Megan also loves yoga, running and playing board games with her family.

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