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Category: A & E

Posted inA & E, People

Daryl Ward Named Executive Director of Polk Arts Alliance

by Stephanie Claytor February 14, 2022February 13, 2022

The Polk Arts Alliance has hired former Harrison School of the Arts Principal Daryl Ward to serve as the nonprofit organization’s next executive director.

Posted inA & E, Health

LkldNow Readers Favored Entertainment, Health News in 2021

by Barry Friedman December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Entertainment and health articles drew the largest audiences on LkldNow in 2021, reflecting both interest in COVID-19 prevention and perhaps ways to find respite from the pandemic.

Posted inA & E, Downtown

Lkld Live, a Spunky Arts Nonprofit, Folding at the End of 2021

by Barry Friedman December 15, 2021December 16, 2021

Lkld Live, a 6-year-old nonprofit arts organization that gave a platform to musicians and artists that they might not find at commercial venues, is folding at the end of December.

Meri Mass
Posted inA & E, People

Meri Mass Retiring as Polk Arts Alliance Executive Director

by Donna Renfroe December 10, 2021December 10, 2021

Like the Artists’ Hall of Fame she established with the Polk History Center, Meri Mass prepares to retire on a personal walk of fame leaving a trail of accomplishments as an arts advocate and collaborator for arts and sports tourism.

Jeremy Rosado
Posted inA & E, People

Former Lakeland Worship Singer Gets a Second Shot at Stardom on ‘The Voice’

by Stephanie Claytor October 25, 2021October 25, 2021

For Jeremy Rosado, a former Lakeland worship leader, 2021 has been a year of second chances. A few months after recovering from COVID-19, he found out he would be a contestant on NBC’s “The Voice.”

Posted inA & E

Lakeland Symphony, Polk Museum Pair Music With Visual Art

by Barry Friedman October 6, 2021September 1, 2022

A collaboration between the Lakeland Symphony Orchestra and the Polk Museum of Art resulted in an exhibition pairing musical pieces with related visual art, Bay News 9 reports. A related gallery concert has been sold out. MORE: The exhibition Source: Bay News 9

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Re-christened Lakeland Symphony Looks to New Season, With Changes

by Cary McMullen August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

In the wake of the chaos left by the Covid crisis, some nonprofit organizations emerged with new goals, names and plans. Polk County’s only professional orchestra is no exception. After being known for more than 30 years as the Imperial Symphony Orchestra, it will enter the 2021-2022 season as the Lakeland Symphony Orchestra, the name […]

Posted inA & E

Couple Shares Their Journeys with ‘Spirits’ Gallery at Polk Museum

by Cary McMullen July 23, 2021July 23, 2021

Dr. Alan “Rico” Rich points to his favorite object in the collection of African and Oceanic art that he and his wife, Linda, acquired over the years. It is an imposing 4-foot tall wooden figure, carved from a single piece of wood, painted and embellished with woven grass and shells, given to him by the […]

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Bookstore Owners Encouraged Following Covid’s Challenges

by Joel Carrier June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

The 16 months since COVID-19 struck have been hard for independent bookstores, but the owners of three Lakeland shops specializing in used books say they are are ready for a new chapter, eager to move forward and working hard to make Lakeland a destination for bibliophiles.

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Lineup Announced for Swan City Piano Festival

by Cary McMullen June 16, 2021June 12, 2021

The organizers of this weekend’s Swan City Piano Festival have announced the three-day event’s schedule, and piano enthusiasts can expect to hear everything from the classical repertoire to Gershwin to new works likely not heard before in Lakeland.

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