Opening in October, the Depot is transforming a long-vacant space into affordable art studios, galleries, and more.
Category: Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture
Notta Gallery Opening This September in Downtown Lakeland
Not Your Typical Gallery — Notta will be a quirky, approachable art space for all.
Posted inCrime / Justice
Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King Turns Hit Podcast ‘Bone Valley’ Into a Book
Gilbert King’s new book dives deeper into the 1987 murder case of Michelle Schofield and a decades-long fight for her husband’s exoneration.
Posted inDowntown
Lkld Lore: Wilda, a 39-Year-Old, Lives in a Lakeland Antique Store
She squawks, she dances, she bites toes — meet the sassy parrot who’s been ruling Lloyd’s of Lakeland since the ’90s.
Posted inHistory
69 Years Ago Today, Elvis Shook Lakeland
A 21-year-old Elvis Presley rocked the stage at Lakeland’s Polk Theatre, sparking teen frenzy, adult concern and a cultural moment still echoing.
Posted inSports
PPA Pickleball Tour Coming to Lakeland This November for First-Ever Veolia Lakeland Open
Lakeland’s Beerman Family Tennis Center will host pros and amateurs at the six-day PPA tournament, expected to draw 1,000 visitors and $800K in economic impact.
Posted inArts & Culture
‘It Was a Good Run’ — Polk County’s Only Local Talk Radio Show Canceled
Hall Communications replaced ‘Polk County Live’ with a nationally syndicated news program.
Posted inEvents
What Are The Details for Lakeland’s ‘Red White & Kaboom,’ on July 3?
Lakeland’s annual Independence Day Eve event starts with music at 6 p.m., then fireworks at 9 p.m., on the shores of Lake Mirror.
Posted inArts & Culture
FSC Appoints Dean for Its New School of Architecture
Florida Southern College has recruited Andrew Phillip Payne to lead a new school of architecture on its campus that comprises buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Posted inArts & Culture
AGB Museum Names Interim Director
Daryl Ward will lead the museum as it searches for a permanent leader.
