16 maconmagazine.com | June/July 2025
Also inside
12 Editor's letter
19 Faces
34 Heroes Among Us:
Kimberly Kelsey Epps
56 How Stuff Works:
The Little Richard House
74 Brandon Lawler sets
the stage for Downtown
Macon nightlife
82 Martha Malone's
Macon Top 10
84 Hitting the right note
on collaboration
94 Cups and Water:
Hallelujah, Anyway
98 Fitness: Is there a
perfect tempo for
workout music?
100 Style Your Story:
Cottagecore, Chillwave,
and Cocktail Hour
105 Top 10 in the 478
108 Five Minutes With…
Reese Kitchens
ON THE COVER A newly moved bronze statue of
Otis Redding sits majestically in a pool of rippling
water in front of the Otis Redding Center for the Arts
on Cotton Avenue. Photo by Matt Odom.
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