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How the New Generation is Keeping the Vinyl Industry Afloat
Story by: Aubrey Lowery Record Store day started in 2007 when streaming began to take over the music industry, pushing both record stores and physical forms of media away. However, the younger generation has become infatuated with vinyl and has taken over the demand previously held by consumers in the seventies. Mostly the surge is… Read more
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Staying local with the locals at RAM
Story by: Kaitlin Ward Photo by: Kaitlin Ward The riverside arts market, also known as RAM, happens in Jacksonville every Saturday from 10am to 3pm. The market was founded in 1974 and is located under the Fuller Warren Bridge. With the tagline “loyal to local,” RAM showcases a variety of small businesses and local artists. … Read more
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I-Pick, U-Pick Buckets of Blueberries
Story by: Samantha Stephenson Keg and Coin, Jacksonville’s first “barcade,” has made quite the reputation for itself regarding the atmosphere that it holds. With the more classic bar games like darts, to more colorful options like pinball and retro arcade cabinets, either way this craft beer bar has something for everyone to try. One cabinet… Read more
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Killer Queen, an Arcade Cabinet Rocking a Riverside Bar
Story by: Judd Barczak Keg and Coin, Jacksonville’s first “barcade,” has made quite the reputation for itself regarding the atmosphere that it holds. With the more classic bar games like darts, to more colorful options like pinball and retro arcade cabinets, either way this craft beer bar has something for everyone to try. One cabinet… Read more
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Empowering Women with Metal
Story by: Delaney Akridge Patricia Muniz is a multimedia artist empowering women through metalwork. Though traditionally being represented by men in long overalls, Muniz is overhauling the notion that metalworking is just for boys. Patricia Muniz welding pencil-rod. Photo by Delaney Akridge “I think a lot of my work stems from working in the metalshop… Read more
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Femme Fire Books: a company built from the ground up
Story by: Grae Barron Femme Fire Books is built on the mission of spreading diverse joy to readers around Jacksonville, but it didn’t start with multiple employees and a store front. The small bookstore started online as a way to share books written by and for diverse audiences. As COVID continued to spread around the… Read more