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Books

We caught up with proprietor Mary Celeste Beall to talk about the star-studded new book celebrating five decades of the stunning resort in Walland, Tennessee

The front porch of a red, blue, and yellow cottage; indigo-dyed fabrics dry outside on a line.

Arts & Culture

At Aaron Sanders Head’s Sumac Cottage in Greensboro, indigo dyeing classes, film screenings, and photography workshops capture regional traditions and the beauty of the land

Merrily We Roll Along performance

Arts & Culture

From a Sondheim classic to a modern political romp, these productions bring Broadway-caliber drama and laughs to Southern stages

An illustration of duck boots

Arts & Culture

John Berendt traces the origins of the enduring hunting shoe

An illustration of a seersucker suit

Arts & Culture

John Berendt traces the evolution of the once-scorned fabric

A portrait of a man; a book cover

Arts & Culture

Long before writing “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” Berendt turned a dreaded assignment on menswear into a series of witty, deeply researched columns. His new book, “Class Act,” collects the best of them.

A crystal in front of a blue diamond-shaped painting

Arts & Culture

The 27.21-carat stone joins Tiffany & Co. jewels and American art in “Nature Adorned,” on view in Bentonville through March

An illustration of woman hiding behind a stack of cash

Arts & Culture

The pleasures and perils of keeping cash the old-fashioned way

a bride and groom embrace

G&G Weddings

Four days before Tori Bilas and Tom Walsh’s planned nuptials, a massive blaze engulfed the Pavilion at the Farm at Old Edwards. A coolheaded planner and a mountain golf course saved the day.

Books

The novels, short-story collections, memoirs, histories, poetry, and cookbooks our editors and contributors have loved (or can’t wait to get their hands on)

jersey and patch

Style & Fashion

The seamstresses at Community leave a record of the football season in every stitch

A waterway framed by oak trees and marsh

Arts & Culture

Lynn Seldon follows the late author’s footsteps through Beaufort, Daufuskie Island, St. Helena Island, and beyond

An illustration of Southern states carrying an Agenda sign

Travel

Goings-on in the region and beyond

Two women

Home & Garden

The richly illustrated book looks at gracious rooms, Southern projects, and the artisans and craftspeople who bring them to life

A man with two horses

Arts & Culture

The Hollywood darling goes deep on his love for Bluegrass culture, meditative gardening, and gathering in the dove field

Katharine Boyd

Southern Artists

Katharine Boyd helped build Weymouth and my storybook North Carolina hometown, but she erased herself from the story

A prothonotary warbler in the swamp.

Conservation

Photographer Mac Stone has spent years documenting ancient cypress forests and the hidden life within them. Step inside that secret world and his stunning new compilation.

georgia theatre exterior

G&G Weddings

Get hitched in storied settings from Fredericksburg, Texas, to Athens, Georgia

An illustration of a woman’s reflection in a lily pond

This Land

Satisfying ways to measure the years, side quests included

A collage of vacation items

Arts & Culture

All the essentials for summer’s last hurrah