Downtown Bartow Falls Into Fall With Fall Festival by James Coulter If you’re looking for delicious bread prepared with flaky melt-in-your-mouth pastry and decadently-flavored filling, try Braided Bread. You won’t find it at your local grocery store or online. You can only purchase it at select fundraisers and events like last weekend’s fall festival. Lori Malcomb often attends such…
Bloomin Art Festival Comes into Bloom in Downtown Bartow for 50th Year by James Coulter As an artist, Stephen Koury ventures out into nature in search of subjects for his paintings. From tall majestic herons to sweeping cypresses, he goes to where the wild things are, studies them, photographs them, sketches them, then returns to his…
Bartow Celebrates Return of Juneteenth Celebration by James Coulter Members of the African American community in Bartow gathered together to welcome the return of their Juneteenth Celebration last weekend. Several local vendors and food trucks set up underneath the Polk Street Overpass near Downtown Bartow to offer their food, drinks,…
Bartow Hops into Spring with Upcoming Spring Fling Hop & Shop by James Coulter Downtown Bartow helped residents and guests fall into autumn with their Fall Festival in September and get into the holiday spirit with the Mistletoe Market in December. They hope to have people hop into spring with…
First Annual Mistletoe Market Draws 80 Vendors to Downtown Bartow by James Coulter Lynne Yim, a Plant City resident, makes custom ornaments year-round. Send her a photograph, any photograph, and she can create an ornament around it. She has created ornaments for pets and people alike, as well as college sports…