A 1000-foot waterslide was the talk of the town last Saturday. The most slippery event of the summer known as Slide The City came to Tallahassee to make a splash. Thousands of students, families and friends came out to see the slide that stretched from Duval Street to Macomb Street, […]
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FAMU Alumni Rob Hardy and Anika Rose collaborate for BET’s new series ‘The Yard’
BET’s new series “The Yard” is definitely a FAMUly affair. Florida A&M University alumnus Rob Hardy Jr. is a producer, screenwriter, and director of “The Yard” starring FAMU alumna and Tony Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose. Hardy said he’s especially excited to have her on the project because they were […]
History is made with 5 HBCU female presidents
Florida A&M University President Dr. Elmira Mangum invited five prominent female HBCU presidents to her second annual Extraordinary Reach event, held in FAMU’s Lee Hall Auditorium. The panel included North Carolina Central University Chancellor Debra Saunders-White; Florida Memorial University President Roslyn Artis; Alabama State University President Gwendolyn Boyd; Wilberforce University President Algeania Warren Freeman […]
Desserts with Deans meeting unites FAMU’s colleges
Florida A&M University held its second Desserts with Deans meeting Tuesday evening in the Grand Ballroom. The School of Journalism and Graphic Communications, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of the Environment, School of Allied Health Sciences and many others were in attendance; each college was represented by its […]
FAMU athletics invests in souls and champions
A celebration of Florida A&M University athletics Spring Festival gathered hundreds of Rattlers and community members for a gospel concert starring Marvin Sapp, J Moss, Tye Tribett and Tallahassee’s very own Royce Lovett. FAMU director of athletics Milton Overton spoke on the purpose of the event and what the athletics […]
Slide the City to Invade Tallahassee streets
Caption: Patron enjoys inflatable ball at very first Slid the City event. Photo Credit: Slide the City Tallahassee residents will soon have their own temporary water park stationed downtown. On Saturday Slide the City will convert downtown Tallahassee’s College Ave., between Duval and Macomb into an aquatic fun zone with […]
Local artist pays ode to Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy of LaDaniel Brinson Ahmad “Champagne Rivi” Rivera has been developing a series of paintings in honor of the late Jean-Michel Basquiat since July 2015. Rivi’s unique combination of extravagant and eye-opening colors earned mass visibility in Tallahassee this year. “Ode to Basquiat” is a series of 12 paintings […]
Music in the Cascades Park
Word of South hosted their second annual festival with a mixture of literature and music at Cascades Park. The festival began on Friday with a musical performance by Dawes, an American folk-rock band from Los Angeles and ended this Sunday. Mark Mustian, the founder of Word of South, wants patrons […]
Word of South
The 2nd annual Word of South festival was held at Cascades Park on Friday, April 15. What was originally launched in 2015 as a mixture of literature and music, returned for its second year with a musical performance by American folk-rock band Dawes and numerous of other artist. The three-day […]
FAMU Cheerleading Tryouts
Florida A&M University Cheerleading Squad The Florida A&M University cheerleading team will be hosting tryouts for the 2016-2017 season Friday, April 15 – Sunday, April 17 in Gaither Gymnasium. The process begins Friday with registration being held from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. The applicants will then be released and […]