Arts & Culture

Fifty years ago, the Senate confirmed Baltimore native Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American justice, to the bench

How a lovable raccoon stole the hearts of a million followers on Instagram

A closer look at the raccoon who thinks she’s a dog

Volunteers from Louisiana don’t wait to be called

Here are some organizations providing relief

Catching up with Seth Avett about the new film May It Last

An insider’s weekend in Music City

Your last chance to discover a lesser-known side of the famous author at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh

A weekend commending the best creators and innovators of the South.

Plus three Southern spots where you can make like Baby and Johnny and have the time of your life

An extremely brief retrospective, with comments by the artist

Roy Blount, Jr. on tussling with a nasty vine… and losing

Jesmyn Ward’s latest novel expands the Southern canon

A Virginia painter elevates the profile of the lowly moth

At Memphis’ Lansky Brothers, the clothes are truly fit for The King

On August 21, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, will be the center of the universe for eclipse-watchers

More than 150 pieces from the collection of Donal C. O’Brien, Jr., cross the auction block for the first time

How a Mississippi native pays tribute to a nineteenth-century photographic process 

Thoughts on rivalry football couples, dove-hunting duds, and classic Southern beach reads

We asked the experts at independent bookstores across the South for the summer reads they’re recommending to book lovers right now