Arts and culture — including the local museum, music, arts and food scenes — help give a unique spirit to Orlando and other cities.
Hoodline analyzed the city's past week on Twitter, focusing on accounts that are devoted to arts and culture issues. Our goal was to discover and share the things that inspired your social media conversations around those topics.
Music
If you want to keep up with the city's music community, Hoodline has you covered.
Orlando had approximately the same volume of Twitter conversations regarding music last week compared to the one previous.
One of them with the most local engagement was this tweet from @inlightenmg:
“Live for yourself and you will live in vain; live for others and and you will live again.” Bob Marley https://t.co/KU7g5x5bwm
— Inlightenmg (@inlightenmg)
That tweet racked up six local retweets, 12 local quotes and 51 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
On Thursday, @inlightenmg tweeted:
What do YOU think? #preservintheculture #hiphop #hiphopculture #PreserveTheCulture #hiphopnation #hiphophead #hiphopquotes https://t.co/dd16VQQ2Cr
— Inlightenmg (@inlightenmg)
As of this publication, the tweet had four local retweets, four local quotes and 16 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Another locally popular tweet was this, from @OverthinkerFL on Friday:
WERE BACK BABY https://t.co/Q2S5cfmrlL
— Overthinker (@OverthinkerFL)
That tweet racked up eight local retweets, two local quotes and 34 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Food and dining
Running the gamut from restaurants and sustainability to producers and security, tweets about food were a fixture of the city's Twitter timelines last week.
Orlando saw a drop in Twitter conversations regarding food last week — 15, compared with 29 the past week.
Yet some tweets proved popular. Here's an example, from @__klimmmm:
8oz NY Strip w/ garlic-herb butter and mushroom risotto and honey balsamic green beans. The risotto is from scratch and for my first attempt it’s delicious https://t.co/aJAyGbKOIg
— Kelly-A. (@__klimmmm)
In all, the tweet got nine local retweets, 12 local quotes and 88 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
There was also this Friday tweet from @TastyChomps:
Finally here in Orlando! Real soup dumplings (Shanghai dumplings on the menu) at Chuan Lu Garden (@Mills50 location) with some real good dim sum too. Try it soon @citybeautiful #soupdumplings #dimsum https://t.co/YTCd6atmsl
— Ricky Ly (@TastyChomps)
That tweet racked up 21 local retweets and 90 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
The arts
Be inspired by the top tweets of the past week from and about the city's arts scene.
Orlando experienced essentially the same volume of Twitter conversations regarding arts last week compared to the past week.
One with the most local engagement was this tweet from @matt_on_arts:
Intense 'Goat' raises uncomfortable questions https://t.co/wqy6mTteFR
— Matt Palm (@matt_on_arts)
As of this publication, the tweet had garnered six local retweets and 11 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Then there was this from @DrPhillipsCtr on Saturday:
Join us for Tony Award-winning @wecomefromaway and the Best Musical winner all across North America. #FAIRWINDSBway https://t.co/5DesuQfYsN
— Dr. Phillips Center (@DrPhillipsCtr)
That tweet racked up two local retweets and eight total retweets, quotes and favorites.
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