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April 23-25, 2027
Her New Knife is a shoegaze/alternative band based out of Tallahassee, Florida. Its members include guitarist and vocalist Edgar Atencio and drummer, Elijah Ford. Collaborating on music since their freshman year of college, the duo is excited to finally form a single, cohesive project influenced by artists like Sasami, Elliot Smith, Bjork, DIIV, and Alex […]
Young Actors Theatre has been celebrating words and music through their youth theatre program since 1975. In 2022, YAT will take the stage at Word of South with scenes from shows in the current season, which includes an adaptation of the classic Little Women and the heartwarming story of Frozen Jr. […]
Tanya Grae is debut author of Undoll (YesYes Books), winner of the 2019 Julie Suk Award for Best Book of Poetry by a Literary Press and a 2019 Florida Book Award. A National Poetry Series finalist, she was selected for Best New Poets 2019 and is the recipient of two Academy of American Poets Prizes […]
Steve Stewart and his wife, Kathy, started Tallahassee Reports in 2009 as an investigative blog. Tallahassee Reports is now a project of Red Hills Journalism Foundation, a non-profit 501c (3), with the mission of providing independent, fact-based local journalism. Steve received his B.S. degree in engineering from Clemson University in 1984 and a M.S. degree […]
Elizabeth Stuckey-French is the author of two novels, The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady and Mermaids on the Moon, as well as a collection of short stories, The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa. Along with Janet Burroway and Ned Stuckey-French, she was a co-author of Writing Fiction: A Guide to the Narrative Craft. […]
William “Scotty” Barnhart is an American jazz trumpeter. A three-time Grammy winner, he has played since 1993 as a featured soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra, and in September 2013 became its director. He has multiple recordings with pianist Marcus Roberts as well as recordings with Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Ray Charles, and Tito Puente. […]
Hawktail is the instrumental acoustic quartet of fiddler Brittany Haas, bassist Paul Kowert, guitarist Jordan Tice, and mandolinist Dominick Leslie. Though at first glance it looks like an acoustic superpicker side-project, their all-original music is cohesive and unique, distinguishing them as an ensemble with a sound built from the ground up. Flush with orchestral sweeps […]
Grammy award-winning songwriter and musician Aoife O’Donovan is one of the most sought-after singers and songwriters of her generation. She has released 3 critically-acclaimed solo albums, is co-founder of the bands I’m With Her and Crooked Still, is the featured vocalist on The Goat Rodeo Sessions with Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris […]