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And the merry love the fiddlenew
The Swannanoa Gathering has lured its share of legends in its 20 years. The folk-art workshop series, held each summer on the campus of Warren Wilson College, has hosted Mike Seeger, David Holt and Fiona Ritchie, host of NPR’s Thistle & Shamrock.
Mountain Xpress |
Stacy Claude |
07-13-2011 |
Performance
Let's Hear It Again for 'Cornbread Nation'new
Featuring stories from around the South, the collection starts off right -- not with a recipe for shrimp and grits too fancy for its own good but with a lovely essay (and menu) by the doyenne of Southern country cooking, the late Edna Lewis.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gill |
06-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Change of Lifenew
Different endings bring similar new beginnings for local artists who forged their paths to art in separate ways.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
05-13-2008 |
Art
Tags: painter, child, daughter, Muse, photographer, Southern, Mother, artist, mother-daughter, sacred heart, toddler, visual arts
Southern Dexteritynew
Whether as an author, editor, anthropologist or chowhound, John T. Edge looks at food from every angle.
Gambit |
Sara Roahen |
10-25-2004 |
Food+Drink
The Lady in Graynew
The cross-dressing Confederate soldier Loreta Janeta Velazquez, aka Lt. Harry Buford, is receiving renewed attention from historians and is the subject of an upcoming documentary.
For Whom the Zell Tollsnew
It's time for the South to break away from its reputation. No matter what Zell Miller shows, we're not stupid.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
09-16-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: Southern, Zell Miller
