Restoring Dignity

Restoring Dignity

Repurpose Art Studio has become a local haven for many homeless women, offering them a loving community and equipping them with essential skills to help launch them into a new life. For Jasmine Washington, 2017 was a year of renewal. To reflect this life change, The...
A City’s Giving Spirit

A City’s Giving Spirit

Many of us grow up with a child-like excitement of the many gifts and surprises the Christmas season could hold for us. As we enter adulthood, we begin to realize the purpose and joy that can be found in giving to others. If the city has caught onto anything through...
Sweet Summer Flavor

Sweet Summer Flavor

A Toast to Jam Photography by Tiffani Jones Hair by Kortne Fagundo Prop Styling by Lisa Malott Wardrobe Styling by Mercedes Grainger Model – Jess Stephens Making jam transports me back to the warm summer evenings of my childhood. As the sun set, my friends and I...
Tradition Reborn

Tradition Reborn

Rooted at home, Scarpa’s Italian gains national recognition photography by Jason Stephens Scarpa’s Italian, owned by Glenn and Ashley Scarpa, has deep Lakeland roots. Recently, I sat down with Ashley to learn a little about the past, present, and future of the...
201 Years

201 Years

Meet Doris and Glennie, two of Lakeland’s centenarians photography by Tiffani Jones special thanks to Ashley Metts-Miller at Volunteers in Service to the Elderly (VISTE) The past quietly observes us from the walls as 101-year-old Doris settles into her faded recliner....