Polk County… it’s time to ROCK OUT!! This year’s Battle of the Bands High School Edition is coming to Union Hall with a lineup of...

Known as “The Man of a Thousand Faces,” Lon Chaney Sr.—silent film actor and pioneering makeup artist—is revered for his transformative...

The audiences who once gathered to witness live feats of escape and illusion, whether in grand theaters or intimate parlor rooms, were...

Nestled in the heart of Downtown Winter Haven, Tree Swallow Gallery is a pop-up art destination dedicated to celebrating the unique...

Time is one of the few variables with enough power to end, improve, inspire, and change the memory of love. Whatever its influence, we...

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) We spend most of our time looking either downward or directly ahead, splitting our focus between...

There is a capacity within the best-told stories on screen to become timeless in a way that connects people across generations, despite...

Named by French critics to describe films based on mid-20th-century crime fiction, noir features a style and language unique to itself....

I belong to the last generation with limited internet access, so I figure that I found “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974) because of...

Get your reading glasses and bookmarks ready – it’s time for the 2024 Lakeland Book Crawl! The annual bookish bash will take place April...

Fourteen-year-old Harlow Manning is a freshman at Harrison School for the Arts. The young Winter Haven native was bound to be creative,...

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...