Orlando Chess Open: Hosted by the University Club of Winter Park. Co-organizers: Valencia Chess Club, Florida Junior Chess Club, Orlando Chess Association, Orlando Chess Club. $500 total prize money guaranteed for rated sections.
Proceeds will benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida’s Levy-Hughes Clubhouse. Tournament format: 5 rounds of 25-minute games with 5 seconds of delay. Chess sets are provided, but we are requesting players to bring their chess clocks if you have one.
9 a.m. Aug.
10, The University Club of Winter Park, 841 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, $25-$40, www.
orlandochessopen.org/. Citizen Civics “Examining the Bill of Rights” lecture: Valencia College Professor Tyler Branz will discuss the first amendments to the Constitution, what we call “The Bill of Rights.
” 1-2:30 p.m. Aug.
10, Winter Park Library, Edyth Bush Theatre, 1052 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park, free, 407-623-3300.
“Pop Up” Plant Clinic: Hosted by UF/IFAS Extension Orange County Master Gardener Volunteers for all of your plant care needs. 10:15 a.m.
-12:15 p.m. Aug.
10, Winter Garden branch of the Orange County Library System, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden, free, ocextension.
eventbrite.com, 407-254-9200. Hope for the Future, the Florida Brain Bank: A workshop on the efforts to help researchers diagnose, treat, and hopefully cure dementia-related illnesses, and how you can be a part of it.
Presented by the Alzheimer’s & Dementia Resource Center. Reservations required. 10 a.
m.-.