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No plans of cooking a Christmas meal? Several Tallahassee restaurants will still be open for individuals who choose to dine out.

Roger Leonard takes solace in painting the awe-inspiring while being one with the nature he paints.

Chelsie Lane wants to preserve the history of the enslaved people of Goodwood while also creating a space for visitors to make new stories together.

Here are the top highlights of this years festival. Meet One Betta, one of the COVID-sniffing dogs at SOBEWFF. Photo by Laine Doss COVID-Sniffing Dogs Though the festival had many COVID security measures in place, the most adorable had to be the troupe of COVID-sniffing dogs. The dogs — named Cobra, OneBetta, Mac, and Hubble — were trained to detect the odor produced by metabolic changes in people infected with COVID. One trainer told New Times that the dogs sniffed masks that were irradi...

“The show itself highlights Black and marginal artists,” says Johnson. “One of the things that I have seen most palpably from my line of work in social justice, and in the art world, is that both of these things can sometimes be exclusive. When we talk about access, I’ve tried to make the arts more inclusive by including marginal artists in the conversation.”   The series kicked off in March and is a partnership between 621 Gallery, Lee Berger Media Productions, and The Greater Works...

Women are certainly changing the dynamics of the hospitality industry locally and globally, but often chefs and restaurateurs don’t receive the recognition of their male counterparts and still face challenges in navigating the culinary world. "There are still a lot of uphill challenges that females face in a male-dominated industry," said Justine May, owner of the Railroad Square Craft House. "Sometimes I have to put my foot down harder and faster than a man in the same position. It’s a ver...