Mark your calendar for October 8th- 8:30 to Midnight. Go ahead, I’ll wait. You want details? The original Underground at the Polk is back. Underground is a quarterly live music concert event featuring local bands in...

I bet I wasn’t more than 11 years old when I was first introduced to them. We were at my uncle’s house- the one who plays guitar and loves his vinyl records. I flipped through the records out of curiosity,...

Two weeks ago I shared that I had seen a local face on the American Idol TV commercials and it was Seth Rollins of Lakeland. Last night he was given 4 yeses and a golden (ok yellow) ticket to Hollywood with the song,...

Darby Critendon – It’s been a few years since I have been this excited about American Idol. Why? Well, I have seen a few local faces in the AI TV Commercials. I’ll be watching tonight to see how it goes....

This particular post highlights the risk involved with including time elements in drafts and then failing to finish promptly. The fact that the decade did not, in fact, end last week mitigates a bit. Anyway, here it goes....

His 8th album, Still Standing Still, was described as drawing “inspiration from the Texas school of neo-country songwriters such as Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Joe Ely.” This Friday (Jan. 8th), Kevin Connolly makes a...

For some reason when I posted yesterday about the weekend’s events, I had it in my head that the Imperial Symphony Orchestra’s Cookie Concert was on this coming Tuesday. Probably because many of their concerts...

Mark Twain said “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” S   outheastern University will offer a dinner theater experience this month with the works of Mark Twain, one of the...

Southeastern University presents Die Fledermaus, an operetta by Johann Strauss, at the Polk Theatre.   Die Fledermaus, which means “The Bat,” is a humorous story of revenge filled with rich and memorable melodies, said...

Another neat event was just brought to my attention: Mad Agnes, a folk/rock/Celtic fusion band, will be performing at Arts on the Park on Saturday, Feburary 7 at 7pm. Tickets are $15 each and you can get more info by calling...

Most of the time, the arts organizations in Lakeland try hard not to schedule major events on top of each other. We know that we share many of the same patrons and visitors, and it hurts us all when we have a conflict. But...

Stop by Polk Museum of Art on Saturday, December 20, at 1:00pm for a fun, wild, FREE, family event! We’re hosting our annual Kwanzaa Celebration early this year so that you can learn all about it, and then go home and...

Before you get the wrong idea, the Dark Romantics have not covered the Pat Benatar hymn to lust in the 80s.(1) Heartbreaker is, however, the band’s latest album. On September 18th, they’ll have a CD release house...

The last thing in the world I’d do is write a music review. (OK, maybe not the last thing.) However, I would link to a review if it is about a Lakeland band. Especially if it contains lines such as this: “Hailing...