By Logan Langlois GALLATIN, TN — Resting on the quiet little corner of East Main Street and South Water Avenue sits Stone Harmony, an independently Black-owned crystal and holistic shop founded and operated by Jacqueline Shannon. Since launching their products and services to be sold exclusively online in 2017, Stone Harmony has been met with steady success as well as a growing community around the store. This momentum, as well as the desire to be Gallatin’s first crystal shop, is what motivated Shannon to open Stone Harmony’s first brick-and-mortar location in 2019. Since then, the store has changed locations this…
Author: Logan Langlois
By Logan Langlois MEMPHIS, TN — Looking for an entertaining show built to be enjoyed by adults looking for thrills, chills, and a re-definition of what you should expect when you hear the word, “circus?” If so, Paranormal Cirque may be perfect for you. Paranormal Cirque is an R rated, 18+ show, though anyone between the ages of 13-17 may attend if they are accompanied by a guardian that is age 21 or older. The troupe performed in Memphis the weekend of Dec. 9. Paranormal Cirque is the brainchild of creator and founder Manuel Rebecchi, who ran his first Cirque…
By Logan Langlois Meet Sauda, also known as The Fair Shepard, the owner, and operator of a Nashville-based independent and black-owned vegan baking company dedicated to providing cruelty-free sweets. Her favorite baked good, which she referred to as her “little baby” in a recent zoom interview, was her highly sought-after banana pudding. A dessert on which she loves to put all kinds of different spins. Such recipes include peach cobbler, Oreo brownie, apple or pineapple upside-down cake, and now that fall season is approaching, pumpkin spice. The idea of baking vegan options while using as many wholly organic and non-GMO…