Music producer and visual artist Brandon Deener has just about done it all. From his extensive background in music to his career as an artist, Deener’s journey as a creative is deeply rooted. 

Deener grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, where he first started his musical career in church, singing in the choir and playing the drums. Developing a deep passion for music, the artist began trying his hand at music production. He knew almost instantly that he found his passion. His ambitious determination and pure love of production left the multi-talented creative hurdling through the music industry, landing him a position in the studio with Timbaland as a protégé. 

Tomato Fest in East Nashville is an annual neighborhood staple, and it’s just as quirky and unique as it sounds. For one weekend a year, the streets of  the Five Points neighborhood are flooded with tomatoes of all sorts, shapes and sizes. From tomato costumes to tomato art to homegrown tomatoes from local farmers, Tomato Fest fully takes over Nashville in a super artsy, over-the-top way that even Tomato haters would fall just a little bit in love with. 

During the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Karimah Mcfarlane was Google’s Head of Market Human Resources for the Southeast. She served on regional leadership teams that expanded the company’s presence across the Southeast, and played an important role in mitigating pandemic-related HR crises, such as loss of jobs and life, political and social unrest, and the transition from in-person to remote working expectations. Although the work was inspiring, Mcfarlane desired to have a more direct impact on her community–leading her to quit her job and purchase Buckhead Art & Company in June 2023. 

It’s a rare phenomenon to create a completely new subgenre of sound, but South Korean K-pop boy band Stray Kids managed to do so in an extremely successful way. Initially, the band was criticized for their eclectic musical style, incorporating heavy bass EDM with rock and pop. When compared to the glossy melodies and catchy lyricism of their Korean boy band counterparts, there is obviously a huge shift in genre. This shift, however, gained Stray Kids a diversified fanbase, pulling in music lovers from the EDM, rock and K-pop communities. 

If you’ve been keeping up with social media’s fashion trends, you will be aware that knitwear and y2k have made a comeback. One of the stars of these trends is London-based fashion brand Paolina Russo.

The brand was initially founded by Paolina Russo, who graduated with a masters in Fashion (Knitwear) in 2020 from the London fashion school, Central Saint Martins (CSM), which is also where British fashion designer and couturier Alexander McQueen attended. Russo’s interest in fashion began early on during her teen years, where she would spend her free time looking for vintage items in thrift stores in her hometown of Markham, Ontario, Canada. She would have her mom take photos of the outfits she pieced together and upload them to her blog, Calur Villade.

You’ve probably heard of Cirque du Soleil. Maybe you have even seen a Cirque du Soleil show on a trip to Las Vegas or at a city in one of the seventeen countries the company is currently touring. Or, like me, you have never bothered to consider the company’s origins. Owing largely to the work of co-founder and former-CEO Guy Laliberté, Cirque du Soleil is such a force in show business worldwide that it seems to have always existed.