Polk County is fortunate to have so many wonderful arts festivals. From the Swan City Jazz Festival to the Lake Wales Arts Festival, to...

Bartow Ford has been giving away a truck during the fall for as long as Bartow Ford President Benny Robles Jr. can remember. He noticed...

The art of drag has a long history. It is nothing new to society, dating back centuries when men often dressed as women for entertainment...

The Polk Museum of Art is thrilled to announce its 51st annual Citizens Bank & Trust Mayfaire by-the-Lake festival, to be held along the...

Black History Month began as a way of remembering important people and events in African communities across the world. The United States...

In honor of Black History Month, the Lakeland Public Library is hosting a Special Edition Stories and Stones Tour of Tiger Flowers...

“Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past. Therefore, we need enlightenment. We need more light about each...

On the heels of their full-house summer “Abbey Road” show, Classic Rock Legacy Presents is back at the Ritz with a cut-by-cut live...

“The Earth is what we all have in common.” – Wendell Berry Have you ever wandered the boardwalk at Alligator Alley in Circle B Bar...

Alongside the azaleas and calla lilies, an artistic partnership blossomed this spring. Like a beach sunflower, the creative collaboration...

Winter Haven’s historic Ritz Theatre will get an otherworldly dose of dream pop from Spirit and the Cosmic Heart later this month. The...

Since starting the Polk County Bully Project (PCBP), Co-directors Shannon Medina and Angie Lorio and their now 30 active volunteers have...

My family grew oranges in a grove next to a little wild lake in Polk County for four generations. The grove yielded its sweet crop and...

“Some of the best modern Southern rock around today.” - RIFF Magazine “After 20 years, they still make songs that make you want to boogie...

Even with your head in the books, it would be hard not to appreciate the art on the walls of Downtown Lakeland’s independent bookstore,...

It’s that time of year again and what better way to celebrate the delicious decadence of spooky season than by combining two of our...

Independent bookstore and coffee shop, Pressed had their grand opening on July 29. The page-turning proprietors, Christina and Paul...

In May of this year, St. Louis, Missouri native and twenty-year Lakeland resident Derrick McBride released his debut selfpublished novel,...

This morning my beautiful little blue-eyed angel (aka JackJack Doppelgänger) elected to start his engine at 5 am. He was wide awake and...

Get all the hecks and fricks out while you can. A new ordinance is taking place in the City of Lakeland that will ban profanity and...

Streaking – we’ve all done it, right? In small towns like ours across the country, it’s a right of passage. How does one streak? Remove...

Haven Opts for Office Drive-Thru It has been over two years since Haven has had a permanent office space. Since then, we’ve worked in our...

Grammy-nominated saxophonist and Director of the Jazz Studies Program at the University of South Florida, Jack Wilkins has cultivated an...

Described as radiant, encouraging, one-of-a-kind, Betsye Kay Finch left an impression on everyone she met. Perhaps most important were...