By Cara Parell, October 2008
Photo By Heather Strange
Even Gelato Company owners Joseph Kearns and Chino Leong thought they had taken their creativity a step too far when they introduced Guinness–flavored gelato.
“Some people really liked it, but some thought it tasted like flat beer,” Kearns said. Read the rest of this entry »
By Giselle Mazur, October 2008
Photo By Zachary Bennett
When Nicole Cisneros McKeen decided to photograph the deans of the University of Florida College of Engineering mimicking the cover of The Beatles album With the Beatles for the college’s 2005 annual report, she never imagined she’d be making history. Read the rest of this entry »
By Karen Shimonsky, October 2008
Photo By Heather Strange
As Thomas Hawkins sat in the Jack Durance Auditorium in downtown Gainesville awaiting the election results — family, friends and supporters by his side — there was only one thing that was going through his mind: Thank god the campaigning is over. Read the rest of this entry »
By Melissa M. Thompson, October 2008
Photo By Zachary Bennett
The ink was barely dry on Kenny Medford’s first tattoo, a rudimentary sketch of his initials on his calf, when the 17-year-old ordered his own tattoo kit online. Soon thereafter the teen was hooked on ink as art, using his own body as a practice canvas where his initial ink creation looked more like a cave painting than a Picasso. Read the rest of this entry »
By Jared Griffith, October 2008
Photo By Erin Green
In a green room with soft Spanish music setting the mood, Melissa Montilla balances on her forearms, mocking a handstand, and then bends her legs backward over her body to hover above her head, completing the Scorpion Pose. Read the rest of this entry »
By Giselle Mazur, October 2008
Photo By Zachary Bennett
Karrie A. Lyons-Munkittrick stared at the blank paper in front of her but nothing came. The Largo High School senior’s communication-design assignment was to create a new letter and the sound it made. With her teacher quickly approaching, Lyons-Munkittrick, drew a swirl with a dot at the end.
“And what sound does this make?” her teacher asked. Thinking on her feet, she arbitrarily blurted out “weedot.” Thus WeeDot art, her original form of abstract expression, was born. Read the rest of this entry »
By Melissa M. Thompson, October 2008
Photo By Zachary Bennett
Even Justin Sanchez’s professor thought he was crazy when the doctoral student wrote a paper showcasing an intricate design for technology where people could use their thoughts to communicate with a computer. He imagined using a tiny device implanted in people’s brains to talk to another device, such as a prosthetic arm, in a Bionic Man meets Star Wars scenario. Read the rest of this entry »
By Marilee Griffin, October 2008
Photo By Zachary Bennett
As a little girl, Kara Winslow always looked forward to A Christmas Carol at the Hippodrome State Theatre. In fact, the production was one reason she wanted to work there since she was 4 years old. But her family’s holiday tradition didn’t just consist of the play. Read the rest of this entry »
By Karen Shimonsky, October 2008
Photo By Erin Green
Colleen O’Fallon is in her kitchen meticulously icing cupcake-sized goods one at a time. There are brownies, fortune cookies and her famous “pupcakes.” She said decorating the confections is her favorite part of the job, and the finished products look so appetizing that her customers can’t help but drool and pant over them. Read the rest of this entry »
By Lilly Cardenas, October 2008
Photo By Erin Green
Chris Beale is in the studio while songstress Rhianna’s latest hit blasts through the speakers. He leans over a sound board, presses a button, adjusts a few knobs, then spins around in his chair to face one of three computers. Read the rest of this entry »
