Arts & Entertainment

Memories fade, but the moments breaking bread (and slurping oysters) with legendary Southern writers still fill the heart

Reveling in great friends, food, and the outdoors during our annual Garden & Gun Society Gathering

Beth Macy on the power of dinner around the table, handmade quilts, and rooting for Southern underdogs

The muralist shares his ideal day in the city he’s infused with art

The Black food experience shapes a New Orleans artist’s new ceramic collection

Meet North Carolina’s Bayard Wootten, a self-taught photographer whose images still speak

The hall of fame induction speech
that might have been

Wildlife artist Bart Walter unveils a special bronze sculpture for the occasion

A revolutionary rice-based gin, a sleek Texas-inspired floor lamp, rare hand-carved dove decoys, and more honorees highlight the astonishing ingenuity, drive, and sheer skill of the South’s top makers and creatives

Plus: Global cotton and wing-shooting tune-ups

Why the Opry’s 5,000th broadcast this Saturday means more than ever

The inside track on what it’s like to be the conductor of the train at the Houston Astros’ Minute Maid Park

After spending fifty years traveling three million miles of Lone Star State backroads, TV host Bob Phillips still loves being behind the wheel

A Space City writer on the trials, tribulations, and joys of being an Astros fan

Why Blooper leads the league at Twitter

How a hashtag reignited Mississippi State’s battle cry

A long-suffering Atlanta sports fan revels in the team’s first appearance in the Series in twenty-plus years

Five ghost-tour guides share their own brushes with the paranormal

The HBO show’s scene-stealer makes all the right moves