This season’s evening looks are as vibrant as the people, places, and music of Mississippi’s storied Blues Highway
50 Perfect Southern Things
Features
Conservation
Since first encountering an indigo snake as a boy, the author has been haunted by this all-but-extinct vestige of the Southern wild, once as much a part of the landscape as the longleaf pine. For fifty years he has walked the woods in search of an indigo, with an eye to the ground and, at long last, a little help from perhaps the only group in the world trying to save them
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Style
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City Portrait
Maybe it’s the river, maybe it’s the ribs, maybe it’s the music or something else. Whatever it is, the South’s capital of soul has a way of bewitching you
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Arts & Culture
Some may call it bragging. We call it counting our blessings
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City Portrait
Explore the city’s renowned institutions and the best of what’s next
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Sporting Scene
Forget standings and scores. In these parts, college football is about more than winning or losing
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All Articles from this Issue
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Good Dog
Wherein a couple fall in love with a dog and out of love with each other
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Made in the South
In a small shop in Kentucky, Gray Zeitz creates books the old-fashioned way
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Collections
Preston Gough’s collection of pedigreed knives is a study in Southern craftsmanship
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End of the Line
Why we need a world full of bees
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Homeplace
How event designer Keith G. Robinson revived an antebellum estate in the heart of rural Georgia
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Our Kind of Place
A gorgeously overgrown graveyard in coastal North Carolina preserves centuries of stories
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The Southern Agenda
Goings-on in the South and beyond
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Adventures
Heading north for a Southern dream on God’s River
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Arts & Culture
Etiquette expert Elizabeth Edwards, of Arzberger Stationers in Charlotte, North Carolina, shares the ABCs of a well-written thank-you note
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Gardens
A country estate reborn
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Fork in the Road
Chef Kevin Gillespie’s dim sum spin on fine dining is a force to be reckoned with
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Music
With his sophomore release and full-fledged recording studio, Matthew E. White has brought the spirit of Stax to Richmond
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Legends
The golfer reflects on the course that taught him almost everything he knows
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The Southern Agenda
Five sure bets for where to watch this year’s run for the roses if you aren’t Louisville bound
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The Southern Agenda
Try Sean Brock’s spicy version of a classic beer cocktail
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Anatomy of a Classic
Barbecue from way down South
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Harvest
Local chefs are rediscovering homegrown ingredients
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Drinks
Small-batch distilleries are helping rum reclaim its rightful place in the well-stocked Southern bar
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What's in Season
Though less well-known than their crab counterparts, soft-shell crawfish are a superb springtime delicacy
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Sporting Scene
One of sportfishing’s most storied tournaments returns to Tuna Alley
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Ask G&G
Thoughts on skinny-dipping, tailgating with style, and making Mom happy
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Land & Conservation
On the trail of an endangered species
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Books
A Southern photographer’s stirring tale of a life in pictures
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Travel
A closer look at the River City
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Arts & Culture
This season’s evening looks are as vibrant as the people, places, and music of Mississippi’s storied Blues Highway
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The G&G Interview
Thirty years after walking away from music, Bill Withers joins the ranks of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame royalty