Celebrating 40 Years of Memories and Transformation
Our publisher Brian Rowland looks back on 4 decades of magazines
Author: Brian Rowland
Let’s Work Together on Our Celebration of 40 Years
You might have seen the special 40th-anniversary edition of CBS Sunday Morning earlier this year. I found the show an impressive stroll through the past 40 years, a flip through the pages of a televised periodical. It got me thinking…
Hearts Shine Brightly In and Around Capital City
The only silver lining to devastation is the resilience of our community
Nick, Connie and Their Angel, Jill
Our publisher shares a story of dedication and compassion.
Best of Tallahassee Relief Efforts
A few words from our Publisher on the relief efforts at this years event.
Community Growth Requires Change and Adapting to It
With many new developments arising in Tallahassee, adaptation has become the inevitable.
Doin' the Stand-up Thing
Our staff accountant Jackie Burns, after leaving work one day, decided to drive by the golf course near her home. She stuck her arm out the window to feel the breeze and was startled when her wedding ring flew off.…
Self Expression: It's Your Right
Days after the Parkland, Florida, killings in February, thousands of young people descended on the Old Capitol in Tallahassee to demonstrate and to express their anger and disappointment about our nation’s gun laws and gun culture. Rallying around a hashtag…
The Changing of Our Creative Guard
As we celebrate the onset of spring, we also reflect on the change that the new season brings.
With Each Year We Launch, Nurture, and Adapt
Looking forward to the new year in business and the changes to come.
Success Story
Nineteen seasons ago, Opening Nights began as a seven-day performing arts festival that some dared hope would become an event of national prominence. That goal was realized. Today, Opening Nights has expanded to encompass seven months of performances, shows, films…
Great Capacity, Boundless Compassion
In this edition of Tallahassee Magazine, we profile two community projects. One is the product of heart. The other is the product of heft. Stories of refugees and their quest to escape oppression and ethnic cleansing have figured prominently in…
Women of Influence
Over the past three years, 15 prominent women, all leaders in their fields of endeavor, have honored my wife, Cherie, by agreeing to participate as speakers in the “Day of Dialogue: Women of Interest” series supported by 850 Magazine, hosted…
Next Time, I’ll Pass On the Strawberry
My wife Cherie and I count travel as one of our chief passions. Over the past 30 years, we have visited six continents and experienced many cultures, in the process learning a great deal about both others and ourselves. When…
Finding Happiness
Recently, I watched a show on HBO hosted by Bryant Gumbel, who was joined by an Ivy League psychologist. Jointly, the two men interviewed two accomplished individuals — a retired Navy SEAL and a former professional football player. The interviewees…
Make Time for Professional Courtesy
After 25 years in the advertising and marketing business, I am never surprised when a phone call goes unreturned. Rather than becoming offended on such occasions, I let them roll off me like water. Recently, however, I have found myself…
The Art of Giving
Giving opens many doors, creating new and numerous opportunities along our life paths. In my line of work, I interact with a wide range of people representing countless organizations, passions and fields of endeavor. For some, I have noticed, giving…
Burning the Hard Way
Having arrived in this world with the DNA of a Middle European, I have a quick and easy time of it when it comes to getting a sunburn. So it was that while in college I had to develop something…
