From cozy, historic venues to an open-air amphitheater, Macon offers numerous places to catch live music from local small-town bands and artists making their rounds on a worldwide tour. The Cluster compiled a list of some venues that bring crowds of people eager for live music and that are within 15 ...
Allman Brothers Band super fans gathered at the Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association (GABBA) festival, which hosted events around Macon over the weekend to celebrate the legacy which the band created and the community it fostered through its music. It is especially present in Macon, the town where ...
Macon Pride hosted its annual “Pride in the Park” celebration with a bustling lineup of churches, activists, vendors and LGBTQ+ organizations on Saturday in Third Street Park.
From museum passes to free performances and a seemingly endless ebook catalog, Georgia Public Library Service’s PINES Card offers account holders benefits well beyond standard book services. “A library card is your gateway to so many resources,” Middle Georgia Regional Library’s Marketing Coordinator, ...
The 2025 MAC Party drew about 100 students from several of Macon's universities and college to downtown Macon Thursday night. While the turnout was slightly less than last year's, there was something to do and to sample for all attendees.Since its revival following the COVID-19 pandemic, the ...
Mercer University's McEachern Art Center (MAC) welcomed a crowd of over 100 people on the opening night of the third-annual "From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee" art exhibit on Friday, Sept. 12. Attendees included Mercer students and faculty, members of the Ocmulgee Mounds Association, family and friends of the exhibited artists and Macon locals.
NewTown Macon and Macon Magazine are kicking off a new tradition for Maconites to look forward to this Friday, Sept. 12, when Macon Restaurant Week begins. Until Saturday, Sept. 20, 15 locally owned restaurants from go-to breakfast spots to casual- and elegant-dining in downtown Macon will offer special ...
The Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority’s new Rapid Transit program allows Mercer students to request trips across various routes in the county for free until Oct. 31. Users can choose pick up and drop off locations on TripSpark's Rides on Demand app and pick a time for the van to arrive. Arrival ...
The Macon Vintage Market visited Mercer on Friday, bringing with it 20 different vintage vendors, live music and food trucks.The Market took place at Bear Alley at The Lofts at Mercer Landing, the strip in between the Phase 5 and Phase 7 apartments. Men's and women's tops, bottoms and sweaters, ...
Mercer Athletics and Macon-Bibb County announced on Tuesday that the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC will use Macon as its base camp leading up to the 2025 Club World Cup, which starts in mid-June.Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller heralded the news as a boon for the county and highlighted ...
The Connell Student Center was home to the second-annual French Bowl on Thursday, March 20, where students from local high schools, Wesleyan College and Mercer met for a competition testing their pedigree with the French language and culture.
For the second year in a row, Mercer Campus Life office is collaborating with the annual Cherry Blossom Festival to offer college night to students.
Macon's International Cherry Blossom Festival, renowned as "The Pinkest Party on Earth," is set to celebrate its 43rd edition from March 21 through March 30, 2025.
Mercer announced the next location for its School of Medicine, which is currently on the southeast corner of the Macon campus, on Thursday, Feb. 27. The new location will face the Ocmulgee River, along Riverside Drive, between Second Street and Spring Street.The land is currently not developed, according ...
Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller '91 spoke at Mercer’s Founders' Day ceremony as students, faculty, staff and alumni filled Toney Auditorium to take part in the celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Members of the Middle Georgia chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, including several Mercer students, took part in a march celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at Hardy Ivy Park in Atlanta on Jan. 20.
Classes and offices on Mercer's Macon campus will be closed until noon Wednesday in response to forecast icy roads, according to a press release emailed on Tuesday night.
Mercer is preparing for a bout of winter weather in its first week back from break. The National Weather Service told The Cluster on Thursday that the Macon area could expect to see a mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet starting Friday at 7 a.m. and lasting until 4 p.m. the same day.
Macon’s skyline dramatically changed on New Year’s Day as the old Ramada Hotel, a 16-story building opened in 1970, was imploded exactly nine hours into the new year. The implosion was viewed by a crowd of community members, Macon-Bibb County commissioners and Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller, ...
President and CEO of NewTown Macon and Mercer graduate Josh Rogers ‘05 died on Sunday from cardiac arrest. The 42-year-old was an adjunct professor at Mercer last spring, teaching Urban Ecology. He could often be found in the stands at Mercer sporting events, in addition to boardroom meetings around ...
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