You can see the PBS American Masters documentary: Oliver Sacks: His Own Life on WFSU Friday, April 9th at 10pm ET.
National Learn About Butterflies Day on March 14 may not provide us with a day off of school or work, but according to the National Day Calendar website, it's something fun to do today. We love that idea...
The pillowcases are writhing. Everyone has been handed one, and some are moving more than others. Large scales show through the thin fabric, and in at least one pillowcase, a head is seeking a way out. It won’t have...
StoryCorps will be here in Tallahassee starting Nov. 18, 2021 for five weeks to record conversations with our community. They'll be headquartered at the LeRoy Collins Leon County Library. We explore how work, how COVID has changed their process,...
Just over a year after it dried down, I visit Lake Jackson and find it holding water- for now. Dr. Tom Sawicki is netting the lake edge, or what has recently become the lake edge again. After a year...
Sergeant Ernest Ivy "Boots Thomas Jr., who grew up in Monticello, Florida, was one of the men who helped raise the first American Flag at the top of Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima in World War...
Five decades of ballet
It is doubtful that way back in 1972, The Tallahassee Ballet founder Helen Salter had imagined that her new dance company, then known as the Tallahassee Civic Ballet, would one day celebrate it's 50th anniversary toward...
A Musical Memory Lane
When I was a kid, my school had a special assembly for my entire 4th grade. About 100 of us sat on the carpet in the atrium that also served as a multipurpose/performance area and...
Heading out on an Ecoadventure
“Whoa, Mr. Rob!” shouts Olivia, “there are some of those carnivorous plants!” Upon closer inspection, the reddish splotches by our feet are sticky little pink sundews. It’s the kind of moist area plant you might...
It took the death of an oak for me to start raising gulf fritillaries. My yard is small and much of it is paved, so I have limited garden space. I had been wanting to plant passionvine, but heard...
