Wednesday, December 11, 2024
The LeMoyne Chain of Parks Annual Art Festival is celebrating its 23 rd year in downtown Tallahassee. The Saturday-Sunday festival consists of 3-D art, food trucks, live music by RAA Middle School steel drummers and others, “Going Green” organizations and art vendors from all over Florida. There also is a […]
Diversity, equity and inclusion programs open doors for people of different backgrounds to enable them to succeed and grow. University programs such as African American history and other minority studies could possibly be under threat in Florida if House Bill 999 is put into law. Some political figures are taking […]
The Frenchtown community has a rich history in Tallahassee dating back to the early 1800s. After the Civil War, newly freed slaves moved from plantations to nearby towns and neighborhoods such as Frenchtown. The area boomed with commerce, community and culture with businesses, schools and churches. Some of those businesses […]
In honor of Women’s History Month, Leon County employees, students and Tallahassee residents gathered at The Moon Thursday for the inaugural Black Women and the Fight for Equality event. “As a Black woman you must strategically play the hand that is dealt to you. We have the most power in […]
John Saul started growing mushrooms as a hobby eight years ago. It’s not a hobby anymore, as Saul now distributes mushrooms across the state of Florida. Saul, one of the owners of Play of Sunlight Mushrooms, is a strong advocate for the Tallahassee Farmers Market. “The Tallahassee Farmers Market is […]
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey near the city of Antakya near the border with Syria on Feb. 6. Earlier quakes in the region killed an estimated 44,000 people in Turkey and Syria with tens of thousands more left homeless. The earthquake was followed by a 5.8 aftershock three minutes […]
FAMU alumna and business owner Janelle Edwards began her business in 2006 after finding her passion. She has a mobile business called Crazyfunkystuff and sells a lot of her jewelry on Etsy. “I would tell anyone that it is all about perseverance and being able to step outside of your […]
The John G. Riley Center and Museum includes a visitors’ center where you can learn about the Atlantic slave trade and African artifacts. Next to the center is John G. Riley’s original house. It includes the original living room, an animatron of Riley and artifacts of what might have been […]
It started when Christopher Barnhart went to the art store and bought utensils with a scratch board. Within two weeks, he had sold two of his pieces. Barnhart takes razor blade art to another level with his business razor artwork. “I made a promise that if God continues to bless […]
“Be the change you wish to see in the world. Be the change you want to see happen. We must be the change we wish to see in the world” ~ Mahatma Gandhi Leann D. Watts-Williams lives by this quote every day. She was born and raised in Titusville and […]