Airtime Tallahassee
Original print date: Winter 1982 Tallahassee may not be the biggest media market in the state (Nielson ranks it 135th in the nation), but it still has a variety of radio and TV stations to entertain and inform its residents.…
The Beauty and Tradition of "The Front Porch"
Porches remained popular through the latter 20th century as evidenced by photo, taken in 1968. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory Original print date: Sept/Oct 1994 For many Southerners, their “front rooms” are places for end-of-the-day discussion, those stolen…
The Buzz: Summer Shop Hop, hosted by John and Jane Marks
Welcome to The Buzz, Tallahassee Magazine’s column created to share who’s where and what they’re doing. While we try to flit around with all of Tallahassee’s social butterflies, the Buzz can’t be everywhere. Send the skinny on your next soiree…
Let’s Get to Worth
When I first met Joseph Kuciauskas eight years ago, he was able to operate the joy stick on his wheelchair and, surrounding a pencil with a fist, he could, painstakingly, produce a legible script. His muscular dystrophy had contorted his…
How Midtown Became An Urban Dreamscape
Original print date: Jan/Feb 2005 In our search for an ideal community, there’s no need to go to the drawing board. In the heart of Tallahassee, the area now called Midtown is what urban planners strive to create: a living,…
Names of Downtown Parks Reflect City’s History
Original print date: Spring 1983 Can you name all seven of Tallahassee’s downtown parks? If so, you’re unusual. Many people don’t realize that there are seven parks, or that each is named for an individual. Originally the strip that encompasses…
Bradfordville Through the Eyes of Yesterday
Original print date: Fall 1987From cotton to quail to upscale living — each of these in turn has typified Bradfordville, the north Leon county community where 150 years of history lie just beneath the surface of daily life. Not much…
Rowland Publishing Thanksgiving Blood Drive
We are entering upon the season of giving and thanksgiving. Especially at this time of year, we pause to give thanks for family, friends, jobs, good health — the list goes on. But even if you consciously reflect on important…
Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival Celebrates 20 Years
Thomasville, Georgia’s Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival has become one of Fall’s favorite highlights in the Red Hills region. It is a weeklong celebration that calls for cocktail dresses and cowboy boots, bourbon bars and bird dog sculptures, global sporting artists…
Museum of Florida History Reopens with New Exhibit
The grand tapestry of 308 years of early Florida history is now being displayed in spectacular fashion, thanks to the completion of “Forever Changed: La Florida 1513-1821,” a new permanent exhibit at the Museum of Florida History. Phase 1 of…
Tallahassee Comes Together to Support Deserving Women
Think back to your last job interview. You organized your resume and work samples and very carefully and thoughtfully picked out what you wanted to wear. You wanted to look professional, intelligent and personable. You took the time to do…
Zoobilee Excites Community with Food and Fun
The Tallahassee Museum’s most popular “fun-raiser,“ Zoobilee, is set for Friday, Nov. 6, and will feature, appropriately enough, a James Bond theme — the latest Bond film, Spectre, is due out on the same day as the event. James Bond…
Entrepreneurship Month Kicks off with Power Forward Series
November is Entrepreneurship Month and the FSU College of Business and First Commerce Credit Union are kicking off the month with the third annual Power Forward Speaker Series event. This year’s speaker will be Randi Zuckerberg of the Facebook start-up…
Bay Breeze Patio to Host Second Annual “Eggs on the Beach”
“The Big Green Egg”. No, we’re not talking about eggs you eat. We’re talking about the egg shaped portable grills that will fill the green at Seascape Resort in Miramar Beach on September 26. The EggFest BBQ Competition will take…
A Rockin Good Time at FLAUNT 2015
Want to rock and roll all night? You can do so at FLAUNT 2015: Rock On! presented by the Thomasville Center for the Arts. The opening night party celebrates the history of 70’s rock and roll with larger than life…
Bluebird 5K Draws Large Flight of Runners
Dick Stephens, one of 80 volunteers who contributed to the success of the inaugural Bluebird 5K Run for Brookie B on Labor Day, turned to me and said, “I think I am going to declare victory.” Not without good reason.…
A Piney Zgret, an Icebreaking Bass and Whoa!
Midges, I suppose they were. Thousands of them in a patch of high grass along the path to the canoe/kayak launch at Piney Z Lake. Disturb the grass and you would find yourself momentarily enveloped in a cloud of bugs.…
The New Leaders of FSU and FAMU Look to the Future
We’re sitting down with President John Thrasher of Florida State University and President Elmira Mangum of Florida A&M University to catch up after their first year on the job.
We’ve Come Up with Another One
One of the absolutely great parts of doing our jobs is the opportunity to collaborate as a team to come up with new ideas and bring them to fruition. Ideas may come in the form of an innovative story concept;…
Tallahassee Hotels and Homes Became Hospitals During the Civil War
How Tallahassee reacted during the Civil War.
