Arts & Culture

A look at how the Mardi Gras tradition came to be (and no, it doesn’t have anything to do with baby Jesus)

Celebrate the ones you love with a token of your affection

If you’re placing bets, Pisgah Pete also made a Super Bowl prediction

Cornhole is having a moment—and Kentuckians are leading the way

A new relative of Carolina Gold rice crops up

The best of January and February’s book releases for Southern readers—powerful memoirs, novels that turn myths inside out, a beautiful collection of photos, and an ode to good old dogs

New Orleans photographer Chris Granger commemorates Blaine Kern and the joy tucked away at his public warehouse

In a year unlike any other, a writer discovers a hidden trove of his father’s photographs—and unearths a vintage view of New Orleans

Restaurant manager uses his drive-through expertise to reduce the wait in South Carolina

Celebrating the easiest-to-play instrument and its Southern roots

The San Antonio native on kindness, “Texas values,” and what it means to play the titular role in a new Walker, Texas Ranger reboot

In February, the Julia Evans Reed Charitable Trust will auction off the late writer’s estate, honoring the work she began in her lifetime

The National Museum of African American Music is now open

Looking ahead to the joy of much-needed getaways

A lifelong Alabama fan and Saban biographer on meaning of the coach’s seventh college football national championship

G&G contributors, editors, and Southern book lovers share new releases and old favorites to read right away this year—and a couple forthcoming releases already on preorder

In a year marked by loss, we tip our caps to just a few of the many world-changing musicians, actors, public servants, and more who died in 2020

Test your knowledge of the South, and then stump a partner

G&G and Palmetto Bluff host the fourth installment of Artist in Residence

Dozens of memoirs, novels, and nonfiction books that got us through a year unlike any other