Publix announced the next chapter of its growth: a huge expansion that will generate about 700 new jobs in Lakeland. With its first store opening in Winter Haven in 1930, Publix has since established itself as the largest employee-owned chain in the country. Their...
The creators of Giftful give us their top tech recommendations to add to your wishlist The season of gift giving is among us — t-minus 95 days until Christmas, but who’s counting? We get that gift giving, though a joyous experience, can also be a difficult task to...
A mysteriously rediscovered painting on Florida Southern’s campus is the centerpiece of the Polk Museum of Art’s current exhibition In September 2016, Dr. Alex Rich was sitting in Florida Southern President Anne Kerr’s office when Kerr asked, “Alex, have you heard...
As an avid reader, self-proclaimed rom-com enthusiast, and Asian American, you can imagine the look of horror on my friends’ faces when they asked me if I’d be interested in seeing Crazy Rich Asians this past weekend and I proceeded to respond, “What’s...
PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOHN KAZAKLIS ART/ifact’s recent exhibition “Ceaseless Stream” gives new cultural perspective through atypical art forms by Cuban-born exiles. ART AND EMPATHY Can art help people develop cultural empathy? Art and its ability to evoke empathy...
