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April 23-25, 2027
Eric J. Lyman is a Rome-based journalist and writer who started his career in Tallahassee, where he graduated from FSU and worked at The Flambeau. In the many years since then, his work has been published by hundreds of publications ranging from Fortune Magazine, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal to The Hollywood Reporter […]
Born and raised in suburban Cleveland, Kenny Gilbert’s curiosity for the kitchen started young. His mom noticed how captivated her son was when she cooked or entertained, and so in an effort to harness it, began teaching him the basics. Kenny’s father, an avid BBQ man, schooled him in the ways of the grill, presenting him […]
Patience, also known as Lady P., is a 7 year old second grader born and raised in Tallahassee. Her favorite color is blue and her favorite hobbies include dancing, rapping, & having fun with her family. She is a TikTok and Instagram sensation after going viral for her dancing skills and her ability to achieve […]
Zariah Tucker was born in Tallahassee, Florida. Now 11 years old, she is known as the Motivational Rapper–Rapper Z! Rapper Z started her musical journey at the age of 4. She recorded her first single at age 7, with her hit AR Goal in 2019. Her second hit single was recorded in 2020 called No […]
Bishop Albert Harrison has been traveling and singing gospel music solo since the 1980s. When he was in the hospital in 2006, he took stock of his life and decided resolutely to start a group—The Gospel Tones. Harrison hails from the experimental planned black community of Soul City in Warren County, North Carolina, while The […]
Wes Singletary is the author of three books of non-fiction: The Right Time: John Henry “Pop” Lloyd and Black Baseball; Al Lopez: The Life of Baseball’s El Senor; and Florida’s First Big League Baseball Players: A Narrative. He is also a contributing author on The Pride of Smoketown: The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords. His first novel, […]
Alexandra Kleeman is the author of the novel Something New Under the Sun, Intimations, a short story collection, and the novel You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine, which was awarded the 2016 Bard Fiction Prize and was a New York Times Editor’s Choice. In 2020, she was awarded the Rome Prize and the […]
Fiddle player Doug Moody has been delighting audiences for decades with some of the country’s best musicians…blues great Popa Chubby, Celtic legend Kevin Mckrell, cosmic country rockers The Steam Donkeys and many others. Doug has toured both nationally and internationally for many years, bringing his unique style and interpretation to the many genres of music he […]