Author: Emma Witmer
Make A Statement
Transform your barren wall into your next conversation starter
Best of Tallahassee 2022
24th annual event celebrated outstanding businesses
Best of Tallahassee Results 2022
We salute the winners and runners-up of our annual readers poll — businesses that have earned the respect and support of their customers.
Christmases Past
A look at Tallahassee’s traditions through the years.
Glass Menagerie
St. John’s Episcopal Church houses one of the most prominent collections of traditional stained-glass windows in Northwest Florida. Large vertical displays line the chapel with imagery significant to the Christian faith.
The Spirit of Giving
We profile a cross-section of nonprofits in an effort to inspire giving.
Breathing Life Into the Past
Dorothy Inman-Johnson, a history maker in her own right, signed copies of her new book, Tallahassee Black History Firsts, Post-Reconstruction Era, at an event held Oct. 5 at the LeRoy Collins Public Library.
Destination Apalach
The quaint, disparate communities of the Forgotten Coast have long been one of North Florida’s best kept and most precious secrets. Among these charming coastal villages, tucked away among sprawling freshwater marshes, pine flat woods and oak hammocks, is Apalachicola.
SIGNING OFF
For generations, Gene Deckerhoff has been the broadcaster for Florida State University sports and the voice of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Bay Arts Alliance Paints the Town
Morgan Summers, a lettering artist and muralist inspired by the sign painters of the ’60s, is leaving brush strokes all over Panama City Beach as part of the Bay Arts Alliance’s mural project, an ongoing push to expand the presence of public art in the city.
Sharks and Mackerel and More
Each October, the Destin Harbor Boardwalk welcomes about 35,000 anglers who participate the Destin Fishing Rodeo in divisions based on age, gender, where you fish and what you fish for.
Health and Wellness
The Tallahassee Senior Center hosts a wide breadth of courses, classes, excursions, clubs and games that promote social engagement as well as physical and mental fitness.
Time Travels
Two years ago Ann Camp’s long-forgotten memories flooding in with vivid detail. In February of 2022, Camp reached out to a friend whose writing she admired, David Campbell. Together, with some advice from Big Bend Poet Laureate and longtime friend Mary Jane Ryals, Camp and Campbell collect the memories
What is WWOOF?
Tallahassee’s Ayavalla Land Company shares its eco-friendly expertise with volunteers from around the world
Garnet and Golden Years
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, or OLLI, as it’s known around town, is a membership-based program that offers dozens of classes, unique excursions, engaging club activities and international travel geared toward people ages 50 and up.
Dressing the Part
Bryan Mitchell is a caring teacher with flair as a part-time actor, budding director and full-time drama teacher at Apalachee Tapestry Magnet School of the Arts.
A More Resilient Tomorrow
Florida State University’s (FSU) Claude Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy houses some of the nation’s premier voices on aging who, through research and policy efforts, are working to better understand and address the issues facing America’s ever-growing elderly population.
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