Several years ago, Macon-Bibb County and the Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority teamed up with other entities to create a master plan for downtown Macon. For almost a year, they set up work sessions with citizens, businesses and organizations to define and create an urban core plan that is now known as the Macon Action […]
Article · September 7, 2016 by Y-O Latimore
For the past 11 years, the annual Fired Works festival in Macon, Ga. has attracted folks from around Middle Georgia, as well as the Southeast and beyond. It was created as a regional ceramic exhibition and sale to raise money for the Macon Arts Alliance and has since become its main fundraiser. For the festival, […]
Article · April 6, 2016 by Y-O Latimore
Above: A film still from “Dope.” Sundance Film Forward–an initiative of the Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities–aims to spark a cultural dialogue by connecting filmmakers and audiences. The organization takes movies, and the people who make them, on the road. This month, it is stopping in Macon, Ga. […]
Article · March 28, 2016 by Y-O Latimore
Above: Tattnall Square Park in Macon, Ga. Photo courtesy of Ron Lemon. Often referred to as “a city within a park,” Macon, Ga. is home to an impressive amount of green space. In creating the blueprint for Macon in the early 1800s, the city’s official surveyor, James Webb, was heavily influenced by primeval Babylon–hence the […]
Article · March 14, 2016 by Y-O Latimore
Campers and coaches at the 2015 Otis Music Camp. Photo courtesy of Otis Redding Foundation. It’s been 48 years since Otis Redding Jr. passed away, but his legacy lives on. In 2007, his wife, Zelma Redding, founded the Otis Redding Foundation, a Knight Arts grantee. She was determined to follow through with her husband’s mission […]
Article · December 14, 2015 by Y-O Latimore
Photo: A performance at the Cox Capitol Theatre in Macon, Ga. Photo by Flickr user Nicole Kibert. Almost a century ago, the Capitol Theatre opened up in downtown Macon, Ga. to show movies on a big screen. For approximately six decades, the venue thrived, surrounded by retail stores and restaurants. There was no such thing […]
Article · November 23, 2015 by Y-O Latimore
Perseverance and philanthropy are just two of the topics that will be covered by Beverly Knight Olson–a Knight Foundation trustee and daughter of Knight Foundation co-founder James L. Knight–when she speaks at a Lunch ’n’ Learn event in Macon, Ga., on Thursday, Nov. 19. Both characteristics, she says, define the Knight family and their value system. […]
Article · November 17, 2015 by Y-O Latimore
Along with many other structures on Cherry Street between Second and Third Streets in Macon, Ga., the building that houses the 567 Center for Renewal sat vacant for quite a while. The only thriving business that consistently kept the beat on Cherry was the Rookery, a bar and restaurant that opened almost 40 years ago. […]
Article · November 2, 2015 by Y-O Latimore
The Tubman Museum. Photo via the Tubman Museum Facebook page. The Tubman Museum in Macon, Ga. is dedicated to educating people about African American history, art and culture. Based out of an expansive new 49,000-square-foot facility as of earlier this year, the museum–which has received more than $250,000 in funding from Knight Foundation through multiple […]
Article · October 30, 2015 by Y-O Latimore
Photo: A nighttime view of the tasting tent at Macon Octoberfest. Photo via festival website. A huge white tent, food vendors, a stage and, of course, barrels of brewed ale await patrons at Octoberfest in Macon, Ga.’s Tattnall Square Park. Scheduled to take place from Oct. 23-25, this year’s event marks the third annual Macon […]
Article · October 21, 2015 by Y-O Latimore
Skateboard art branding at Fresh Produce Records. Photo by Bud Howard, courtesy of Fresh Produce Records. In downtown Macon, Ga., the scene isn’t quite what it used to be. Lofts and restaurants are popping up everywhere, live entertainment has blossomed, and many venues–which used to favor traditional jazz and blues bands–have begun to cater to […]
Article · October 14, 2015 by Y-O Latimore