Participants are allowed to bring in coolers and chairs, but, are asked to leave pets at home. One of the event organizers, Mike Michalicek, talked more about this year’s Stone Soul Picnic on The ...

SPRINGFIELD — The 35th Stone Soul Festival coasted to an end Sunday after four full days in Blunt Park, with a day of praise and gospel. Started in 1989 as a friendly get-together among a few Black ...

The annual event is designed to raise awareness of childhood hunger in Nor1theast Iowa, and is a fundraiser for the N.E. Iowa Food Bank and its childhood hunger programs. From the beginning, a driving ...

Just blocks away, Checker’s Stone Soul Picnic got underway at 11 a.m. The spirit of founder Mike “Checker” Michalicek was alive and well as bands took the stage throughout the day. A large photo of ...

DANBURY -- How does mankind progress? Maybe by flakes of cobblestone. Jeff Kalin demonstrated. On a cold windy day on Western Connecticut State University's midtown campus last week, Kalin took a ...

Browse through some of the photos taken by The World-Herald's Rudy Smith during his 45-year career. Fifty-two years ago today, longtime World-Herald photographer Rudy Smith, Andre Davis and Bertha ...

CEDAR FALLS — The community will gather Sunday to raise money and combat childhood hunger while having some fun. The 12th annual Checker’s Stone Soul Picnic will offer free Blue Barn BBQ pulled pork ...

This weekend WLOK’s Stone Soul Picnic returns to the Levitt Shell at Overton Park after a hiatus in 2020 due to COVID-19. This year’s event marks the 46th edition of the concert and community ...

There's the 5th Dimension's idea of a stoned soul picnic: "lots of time and wine, red yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine." And then there's Roanoke's homespun take on the 1968 soul classic, which ...

1977: “Dr. J” Jones at the grill with his family and friends awaiting the feast. Browse through some of the photos taken by The World-Herald's Rudy Smith during his 45-year career. In 1971, with the ...