The Arts

Renaissance Reveling

Hear ye, Tallahassee!  You are invited to step into a world of jesters, knights, and bards as the North Florida Renaissance Faire returns for its second year, and its first year in Tallahassee proper. Equal parts medieval fantasy and modern festival, the…

Sweet Ink

Matthew Dudley, a tattoo artist at Carbon Ink Tattoo, loves to put food on people’s skin—and he’s not alone.   “Food is universal; everyone can connect to food in some way,” he says. “It’s also kind of silly to get…

Look Around

The Statue of Liberty. Venus di Milo. Abraham Lincoln, pensive in his chair. These are but a few of the statuary that draw millions each year—spectators moved by human figures crafted from metal and stone. The earliest known sculptures are…

Gather ’Round

This past October, accompanied by a cake-cutting ceremony and live music, Midtown Reader celebrated its ninth birthday. But this cake day was a special one, marked by the unveiling of a brand-new addition to the independent bookstore’s classic Thomasville Road…

Which Way To The Stage?

It’s long been said that expensive Broadway musicals lose up to 80% of their initial investment, alarming dedicated theater fans. Smaller productions don’t always gain the traction to become long-running hits. However, we here in Tallahassee are awash in wonderful…

Pulling Together

Music rises through the air at Cascades Park where vibrant fabrics, rhythmic drums, and smiling faces energize the space. This is the Harambee Festival, a Tallahassee tradition celebrating unity through African art and culture.   The festival is a warm…

Pressing On

Printmaker and photographer Mika Fowler’s 2,400-pound Vandercook 219 printing press has a new home: The Letterpress Studio on the grounds of LeMoyne Arts, now offering workshops for the public.  As soon as you walk inside the light-filled studio, the aroma…

Walk This Way

Tallahassee is known for a number of things: the Capitol, of course; the copious ancient oaks and Spanish moss bewitching the quiet streets; the wealth of educational (and sports-watching) opportunities; the endless summer weather … but Tallahassee is not typically…

A Chorus of Compassion

When the Tallahassee Area Threshold Singers gather, the energy in the room changes. The air slows and softens as their voices intertwine, singing in gentle harmony, not performing but offering. The songs are simple, repetitive, and tender, chosen to calm…

Gifted Writers

A book is something of a perfect gift: it expresses the taste of the giver, reflects the passions of the receiver, and loops in the perspective of the author, reminding us that the world is always bigger than we see.…