Mayor’s Literacy Alliance to hold month-long series of events
The week of September 18, 2023, is Adult Education and Family Literacy Week in Georgia, and the Macon-Bibb Mayor’s Literacy Alliance (MLA) is launching a series of events in celebration and to provide assistance to people in the community. “Our goal
Leaders in literacy
How Macon-Bibb allies to improve literacy for all
Keeping the fires burning in Downtown Macon
Modern torchbearers bring sacred fires back to the Muscogee (Creek) homelands through art, film, and music
Macon Makes Juneteenth Bigger Than Ever
By Julia Morrison This year, Macon celebrates Juneteenth with several days of celebration and observation. The holiday commemorates freedom for Black Americans from centuries of enslavement. Juneteenth's namesake is June 19, 1865 – the day Union forces reached the small town of
Artistic collaboration plus love for Macon means a tailor-made bicentennial anthem
By Clarence W. Thomas, Jr. When local businessman Alex Habersham – founder of the Macon-Middle Georgia Black Pages and co-chair of Macon-Bibb County’s Bicentennial Committee – remembered how well-matched a local legendary hip-hop artist’s ode to loving on Macon was for
Macon on your mind? Here’s why it should be.
Here’s just a snippet of why we believe Macon is so special.
The Museum of Arts & Science’s annual Fulldome Festival returns for its fifth year
This August, adults can immerse themselves in travel, stories, and cutting-edge art; families can dive into the inner workings of trees; and kids can submerge themselves in a coral reef and explore distant moons - all from the comfy seats
Otis Redding Foundation makes Macon proud
The Otis Redding Foundation has recently been recognized as a Southern Cultural Treasure by South Arts.
Three things with Mimi, Macon Magazine mentee
I chose working with the Macon Magazine as my senior project and Susannah Maddux as my mentor because I wanted to learn more about the journalism industry but also connect with members of the community and Macon itself. Every spring, we
Two businesses share tips and ideas to thrive in uncertain times
As the home of “the song and soul of the South,” we need our small businesses to shine and to lean on each other at all costs.