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Top 10 in the 478: June/July 2025

Sen. Warnock (left) and Muscogee (Creek) citizen and Director of Advocacy for ONPPI Tracie Revis (right) climb the Great Temple Mound in November 2023. Photo by MM Staff.

Community Voices Sought to Shape Vision for Georgia’s First National Park and Preserve

Top 10 in the 478: February – March 2025

5 Under 40:
Randy Heart

Artist Spotlight: Kris Davis

Remembering Steven Fulbright

Macon Film Fest 2024

“Why do they love us so much?” Documentary directors Neil Diamond and Catherine Bainbridge discuss “Red Fever” ahead of its premiere at Macon Film Festival.

Pride in the Park. Photo by Melessa Mims, courtesy of Macon

Top 10 in the 478: August – September 2024

Juneteenth 2024: why and how Maconites commemorate Freedom Day

Top 10 in the 478: June – July 2024

NewTown Macon wins the 2024 Great American Main Street Award (GAMSA) award

Now in Congress: a bipartisan Ocmulgee Mounds bill to create Georgia’s first national park

How One Woman Made Downtown Macon A Kimchi Destination

Top 10 in the 478: April – May 2024

Heroes Among Us: Alvin Copeland

People & Pets: Unleashing Healthcare

Tailgate traditions: Our teams and the tastes that bring us together

Macon Love on and off the rugby field

Heroes among us: Dr. Veronica L. Womack

Cory Jones: Central Georgia’s cookie ambassador

Guap Records

10 tips for eating and sourcing locally

La Bella Morelia: Food, familia, and faith

Soul food roots: West Africa in Central Georgia kitchens

Sihao He. Photo by Daniel Delang

Sihao He to join Tianjin Julliard School and the Shanghai Quartet; Sydney Lee and Brannon Cho to join Robert McDuffie Center for Strings faculty

Macon Music Live: Origins

Comfort in the Cold

Michelin gives the South its flowers

Seasoned in Service
Jimmie Scott
63 years, dining room supervisor,
S&S Cafeteria, Bloomfield Village Dr.

Seasoned in Service:
Chelsea Hughes
22 years, four years as owner of Kinjo Kitchen and Cocktails, plus the new Black Cat Liquor and Libations

Showtime Nathaniel Johnson a dishwasher at the Rookery in Macon GA for 15 years. Service industry workers in Georgia

Seasoned in Service:
Nathaniel “Showtime” Johnson
20 years, 15 as a dishwasher at Rookery

Seasoned in Service:
Carolyn Stubbs
30 years, 28 as pastry chef at Natalia’s

Seasoned in Service:
Michael Brunner
17 years, 13 as a bartender at The Hummingbird

Seasoned in Service:
Chris Barroso
15 years, two as a general manager of Jim Shaw’s Seafood Grill

Seasoned in Service:
Mark Robinson
22 years, nine as a culinary arts instructor at Hutchings College and Career Academy

Seasoned in Service:
Natasha Phillips
34 years, 16 as owner of FOJ

Seasoned in Service:
Felicia Howard
10 years as owner of Felicia’s Cake Factory

Top 10 in the 478: February – March 2024

Vietnam veteran and Perry, Georgia resident Randall Pettyjohn on an April 2019 MGHF Mission. Photo courtesy of MGHF.

Middle Georgia Honor Flight Mission 15: Righting a 50-Year Wrong

Fighting food insecurity

Places of Peace

All-local gift guide 2023

DIY Honeycomb Ornaments with MD Exchange

Pam Pinkston of Southern Queer Folk Hikes leads a trek at Selma Irwin Nature Trail

Take a hike!

Leaping into the future

Breaking barriers and breaking news

Heroes among us: Kimberly Barton

Preserving our past, protecting our present, planning for the future

MCN Ambassador Jonodev Chaudhuri at the Historic Muscogee (Creek) Nation Council House in downtown Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

Reclaiming the right to diplomacy

The Enslaved People Project

Mayor’s Literacy Alliance to hold month-long series of events

Leaders in literacy

Keeping the fires burning in Downtown Macon 

kwame and drum fun at juneteenth

Macon Makes Juneteenth Bigger Than Ever

Artistic collaboration plus love for Macon means a tailor-made bicentennial anthem

Macon’s Reimagining the Civic Commons team surveying the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail.

Macon on your mind? Here’s why it should be.

The Museum of Arts & Science’s annual Fulldome Festival returns for its fifth year

Photo provided by Otis Redding Foundation https://www.instagram.com/otisreddingfoundation/

Otis Redding Foundation makes Macon proud

Three things with Mimi, Macon Magazine mentee

Two businesses share tips and ideas to thrive in uncertain times

Fitness: It’s Time to Change the Game

Quarantinis

Choosing Macon: Sara Tinsley Parker

Where are they now?

Get to know Judge Verda Colvin, recently appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals

Good Doers In Action

Hay Lore

Through Their Lens

Good Doers: Gay Brown

Class in Quarantine

Macon Joins National Effort to Radically Reimagine Public Spaces

Macon Home Receives Statewide Preservation Award

Shannon Says: Where’s the Opportunity?

Live Well 2019-2020

From Poverty to Paying it Forward 

The Good-Doers

Choose people. Not statues.

Good Doers: Mask Makers

Get to Know Ivy

Float your Boat, So to Speak, with Ocmulgee Outdoor Expeditions 

Women, We Shine 

Win at healthy choices 

Women in Business 2020: James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP Attorneys

Women in Business 2020: James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP Attorneys

Women in Business 2020: James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP CPAs

Women in Business 2020: James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP

Women in Business 2020: Wimberly Treadwell

Women in Business 2020: Andrea Williford

Women in Business 2020: Christy Kovac

Women in Business 2020: Persons Banking Company

Women in Business 2020: Historic Macon Foundation

Women in Business 2020: Joanna Jones

Women in Business 2020: Jones Cork, LLP

Women in Business 2020: Sydney Redding Floyd

Women in Business 2020: Breanna Bassett

Women in Business 2020: Ellen J. Terrell

Women in Business 2020: Orangetheory Fitness

Women in Business 2020: NewTown Macon

Women in Business 2020: Lynn Johnson

Women in Business 2020: ArrKeicha Danzie

Women in Business 2020: Sandra Austin

Women in Business 2020: Dr. Ninfa Saunders

Women in Business 2020: Gwen Collins

Women in Business 2020: Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce

Women in Business 2020: Susan Bankston

Women in Business 2020: Rachel Bunn

Women in Business 2020: Barb Williams

Women in Business 2020: Betsy Fitzgerald

Good Doers: Goodwill

Good Doers: The Jazz Association of Macon

Good Doers: Stratford Academy

Community Foundation Report to the Community

Joy Harjo to Serve Second Term as U.S. Poet Laureate

Get to Know Katie

Get to Know Meghan

Making a Home with Tina Dickson of Ingleside Village Pizza

Where are they now?

Choosing Macon: Alice Bailey

Grand Tales

Ghosts of the past come rushing back 

Searching for Soul 

Hold Steady in Our Unity

Let your Inner Creativity Blossom

New Passage

Hot glass & hops 

Wood and strings and love  

A COVID-19 Note From Our Publisher & Team

Punching Up: Macon-Bibb United Boxing Club Teaches Strength, Discipline and Resilience

Choosing Macon: Benn Dunn

Building Community

Making a home with Rose Lane Leavell  

Celebrating the Community + Cherry Blossom Issue

Shannon Says: Keep Your Goal Success in Sight

‘I got a bike and got a life back’

Macon-Inspired Valentine’s Day Date Night Ideas

Hay Lore 

Get to know Joy Harjo, the first Native American Poet Laureate

Forward we Flourish

Demystifying Menstruation

Iconic Spaces New Faces

Women in Business January Winter Session

Meet and Eat

OneMacon 2.0 to build on the success of first five years

Life’s Too Short for Beige Walls

Hay Lore

Choosing Macon: Kelley Dixson

Shannon Says: You Hold the Keys to a Life Well Lived

Deep Roots, Deeper Mission

Get to Know Dr. Renée Haynes

From Pigskin to Palette

Women in Business November Fall Session

Rooted Revival

Hay Lore

Choosing Macon: Weston Stroud

What’s Inside: Andrew Eck

Shannon Says: Grumbly Hateful or Humbly Grateful?

Mystery Drinker: The Gin Gimlet

The Accidental YouTube Chef

Women in Business October Fall Session

A Night of Celebrating Philanthropy, the Good Life and Our Stories

Uniquely United

Southern Seoul

Look Forward, Give Back

Our Legacy: Knowing Better, Doing Better

Act Two, Scene Two

Heart and Soul Food

Hay Lore

Keeping it Casual

Go Native! Choose Plants to Attract Pollinators to Your Garden

From the Bottom to the Top

Shannon Says: Can You Stress Less?

Get to Know Lynn Farmer, Director of Leadership Macon

Inspiration and Impact

Mystery Drinker: Dovetail

Choosing Macon: Rachelle Wilson

Local Libraries Reach Beyond the Stacks

Dorm Decor Tips from Local Experts

Give Back During Black Philanthropy Month

5 Under 40: Geneva West

5 Under 40: G. Boone Smith IV

5 Under 40: Erin Keller

5 Under 40: Leila Regan-Porter

5 Under 40: Nicholas Farley

Macon Film Fest Features Femme Focus

Our Annual 5 Under 40 Young Leaders

Behind the Great Story of the Good Life

Jim David Reflects on 22 Years as Superintendent of Ocmulgee Mounds

Garden Plans Help to Green Up East Macon Arts Village

Trailblazers Adopt-a-School Initiative Builds Bridge Between Schools and Community

‘An Opportunity We Better Not Miss’

What’s Inside: Leila Regan-Porter

Saranya Makes it Look Easy

Give the Hostess the Mostest

Mill Hill Bakers Collective Opens with Central City Bake Off

Joyful Oasis

Style to Bragg About

Kirby Godsey: Architect of Change

Freedom School: Empowering Excellence in Youth

Day Trippin’

Hay Lore

Something’s Sizzling in Macon

Find Fresh-Picked Peach Perfection at Dickey Farms

From Soapbox Cars to River Trails

A Bond Over Bacon

In the Spirit

Hay Lore

Attendance is Up, Discipline is Down and Bibb County Students are Leading the Way

Take A Road Trip to Experience Birmingham’s Beer Scene

Young Entrepreneur Brews Global Business After Graduation

Hay Lore

International Recording Star Now New Macon Resident

Hay Lore

Gift Guide

Making Space

Girl Power, STEM Style

Downtown Just Got a Little Brighter

The Bitter Southerner Podcast

Tubman Expands Pan African Festival to Include Film Fest

Ordinary and Extraordinary

Coach’s Corner

Women In Business 2019: Dr. Anissa Jones

Women in Business 2019: Nichole Brewer

Women in Business 2019: Dr. Tanzy Kilcrease

Women in Business 2019: Brittany Beauchamp

Women in Business 2019: Yvonne Williams

Women in Business 2019: Elizabeth Schorr

Women in Business 2019: Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia

Women in Business 2019: Vicki Brown

Women in Business 2019: Historic Macon Foundation

Women in Business 2019: CPAs of James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP

Women in Business 2019: Attorneys of James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP

Women in Business 2019: Executives of James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP 

Women in Business 2019: Julie Evans

Women in Business 2019: Karla Redding-Andrews

Women in Business 2019: LaTravius Smith

Women in Business 2019: Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders

Women in Business 2019: Neidra L. Jones

Women in Business 2019: NewTown Macon

Women in Business 2019: Orangetheory Fitness

Women in Business 2019: Lynn Johnson

Women in Business 2019: Panaprint, Inc.

Women in Business 2019: Sylvia Enix

Women in Business 2019: Sherri Hall Haugabook

Women in Business 2019: Melanie Marshall

Women in Business 2019: Shannon Terrell Gordon

Women in Business 2019: Christina O’Brien

Delectable Designs

Get to know National Superintendent of the Year Dr. Curtis L. Jones, Jr. 

Women in Business 2019

Our Music Matters

New Program Encourages Native Plantings

Go native! Plant Azaleas for Low Maintenance Beauty

Spark that Joy, Y’all

5 Under 40: Wesley Walthall

5 Under 40: Arizona White

5 Under 40: Paul A. Little II

5 Under 40: Corrie Hall

5 Under 40: Travis Griffith

Cheers to New Adventures in 2019

The Language of Flowers

Couture Like Quitman

Celebrate the New in You

What to Wear + Where to Eat, in Style

Females and Football

More than Meets the Eye

Delicious Direction

Macon’s Best Food – 2019

Standard of Excellence

Full of Care

Backpack Buddies

On The Table

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