Orlando venue The Plaza Live, owned by the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation, has agreed to pay a princely $5,000 to the state of Florida after nearly a year of pearl-clutching by the state after the venue hosted "A Drag Queen Christmas." According to reporting from the Orlando Sentinel, a settlement was reached over the state's complaint (up to and including floating the possibility of pulling the venue's liquor license) between the two entities back in August but was only publicly released this week. The  settlement's terms are that the Plaza Live will pay a fine to the tune of $5,000 — if they don't pay in singles, opportunity lost — to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations, along with giving somewhat abstract assurances that children will never be let into an event of this nature in the future.

Once again, the Courtesy Bar is staging "Miracle on Orange" with holiday trimmings and a Christmas-themed cocktail menu. The event will run through the final five weeks of the year culminating with a New Year's Eve celebration at the Winter Park cocktail bar ...