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Love Who You’re Becoming at Bella Viságe
Or almost 20 years, Jeanna Parker helped patients facing heart problems as a trauma and intensive care nurse. Today as the owner of Bella Viságe Medical & Aesthetic Rejuvenation, with her husband Mark, she is as dialed in as ever on helping people’s hearts, both physically and emotionally.
Safe, Tranquil and Inviting: Venetian Med Spa
Benito Torres has spent his career helping people feel better about themselves for the long haul—as a doctor at Moffitt Cancer Center and as the owner of the award-winning Novus Spine & Pain Center here in Lakeland—so it’s no surprise his newest venture Venetian Medical Spa and Aesthetic Surgery focuses on that, just with different vernacular and procedures.
What to Do This Weekend: Easter Egg Hunts, Food Trucks, Black History Festival and More
FSC Dance: Perpetual Motion | Branscomb Auditorium at Florida Southern College | 7:30 p.m. Classic Movie: Risky Business | Polk Theatre | 7:30 p.m. 50,000 Easter Egg Hunt | Free Life Chapel | 9 a.m. Grand Opening of Mi Pueblo Food Trucks | 2701 Swindell Rd. | 10 a.m. Easterific...
Jeremy Camp Bringing Catchy Ballads, Message of Hope to Polk Theatre
Dove Award Winning Christian Artist Jeremy Camp, known for his heartfelt and upbeat music, and story of overcoming the loss of his first wife at a young age, is visiting the Polk Theatre on March 29 for an intimate evening filled with songs both old and new, including some featured on his new album, “Deeper Waters,” which releases in May. Opening for Camp on the tour are up-and-coming Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) duo Caleb & John.
Beauty Beyond Skin Deep: Ageless Aesthetics and Wellness
Hen a woman in her 60s stopped in Ageless Aesthetics & Wellness several years ago she looked tired and sad, and she was admittedly hopeless. She had been a caregiver to her husband for nearly four years, and he had recently passed away. She didn’t know how to go on. At Ageless, she chatted with founder and nurse practitioner Ashley Newman, and the client simply said, “Can you help me?”
Personal Trainer Faith Wagner Loves Helping People Earn Their Stripes
Competitive gymnast through college, Faith Wagner earned a Master’s Degree in kinesiology and serves as an adjunct professor at Southeastern University in the discipline in addition to being the director of Earn Your Stripes, a gym that launched in the heart of Downtown in 2023. Her lifetime of experience and academic training allows her to adapt and customize workouts for clients that includes corrective movement and accommodation for existing injuries.
What to Do This Weekend: Tigers Spring Training, St. Patty’s Day Festivities, a Film on the Lawn and More
Detroit Tigers Spring Training vs. Atlanta Braves | Joker Marchant Stadium | 1:05 p.m. Ribbon Cutting for Botanical Brewing Taproom | 8515 US Highway 98 N | 4 to 5 p.m. Jim & Judy Duo & Saddle up Burgers | Yard on Mass | 5 to 9 p.m. Movie on...
Nourishing Bodies and Fueling Wellness For 46 Years
In1978 Anthony Miller decided she wanted to do something where she could help people every day, and 46 years later she is still doing just that. The 88-year-old founder and owner of Anthony’s Health Hut and Restaurant isn’t lacking for energy or enthusiasm, and she is on a mission to help Lakelanders live their healthiest, longest lives possible.
Personalized Training Options for Anyone Anywhere: Blake Scheidt
Lake Scheidt has been a trainer for a decade, podcasting and building a digital footprint along the way to help younger coaches build their training businesses and to train people in the comfort of their own home. Through trainerslab.io, Scheidt offers coaching calls, blueprints for success as a personal trainer,...
Helping People Become Confident: Will Power Fitness
Ill joined the Army at age 22 after earning a degree in exercise science. Although he’d grown up playing sports he was, perhaps counterintuitively, overweight and out of shape at the end of his nine-year military stint. But he fell in love with the local fitness scene, managed a gym and trained clients on the northside for about a decade, and then opened up Will Power Fitness five years ago.
The Heart and Expertise to Create Healthier Communities: Vein & Vascular Experts
Developed in partnership with Vein & Vascular Experts. It is fitting that every day when Dr. Gus De Jesus walks into his clinic in South Lakeland he heads into a building that has a bank vault in it. The 46-year-old Puerto Rican born De Jesus and his family are fully...
From Happy and Fast to a Customer Centered Rebrand
The distinctive bright purple building and the mobile-centric coffee shop with the ambiguous name made a splash on the Lakeland scene when happyfastdelicious opened in May 2023, but owner Andrew Nesi and his business partner Katie LeCapitane didn’t find sustainable success with that model. Instead of quitting, they have simply retooled, taking the feedback of community members to heart and integrating them into the changes under the newly re-launched name of Andrew’s Coffee at the same spot on South Florida Ave.
What to Do This Weekend: Plantae-Palooza, Drew & Ellie Holcomb in Concert, Record Fair III and More
A Tribute to Bob Marley (performed by Firelight) | Union Hall | 7 p.m. Big: The Musical | Lakeland Community Theatre| 7:30 p.m. (additional shows on Saturday and Sunday) Joinery After Dark | The Joinery | 8 p.m. Saturday, 2/24. 2024 Polk Senior Games | Locations Vary | 8 to...
What to Do This Weekend: Black History Festival, Theatrical Shows, Weddings in the Park and More
What to Do This Weekend: Black History Festival, Theatrical Shows, Weddings in the Park and More. Movie on the Lawn: Little Mermaid (2023) | Bonnet Springs Park | 6 p.m. Cosmic Love – Date Night Set | Painting with a Twist | 7 p.m. Big: The Musical | Lakeland...
Lakelanders’ Choice Award Winners:Top Art + Culture
Pressed is more than a book store—it has become a beloved community gathering space. They constantly curate new and used books that span interests and genres, and their coffee bar roasts locally sourced Ethos and serves up local baked goods. With regularly scheduled events including “meet the author” sessions and book clubs, people have many reasons to stop in and stay awhile.
Lakeland’s Oldest Private Club Celebrates 100 Years of Creating Memories
Archived photos courtesy of Lakeland Country Club and current photography by Dan Austin. The Lakeland Country Club has been a home away from home for many Lakelanders for many years—100 to be exact. Opened as The Lakeland Yacht & Country Club by A.H. Stahl in 1924, the grounds was...
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