Art

An illustration of two hands holding a book with a photo of a marsh

Traditions

How a daughter’s notes in the margins became the greatest Father’s Day gift of all

Birdhouse gourds in a garden

Arts & Culture

Inside Alabama’s Indie Film Lab, plus seven more Southern spots for photographs full of character

A painting of sporting dogs

Sporting

Elmer Crowell miniatures, a life-size bronze pointer sculpture, and Ernest Hemingway’s marlin catch flag

A collage of book covers

Arts & Culture

G&G editors and contributors suggest forty Southern novels, memoirs, and cookbooks to put at the top of your reading list this year

A man on stage during a comedy show

Arts & Culture

These spots foster local and legendary talent alike

An illustration of Harry Cho

Arts & Culture

As told by Henry Cho

A woman in different costumes

Arts & Culture

Comics to catch on tour and social-media darlings to stream prove that more than ever, the South has something (funny) to say

A wildflower mural on top of a city building

Arts & Culture

In homage to a forgotten Texas landscape, artist James Prosek covered 5,000 square feet of panels with depictions of native grasses and blooms

A portrait of Nate Bargartze in a ball pit

Arts & Culture

The hottest comic on earth is building more than just a Nashville hub of humor—he’s pulling a parade’s worth of funny people behind him

Arts & Culture

Charleston will welcome the likes of Béla Fleck, Ken Burns, and Brandi Carlile to the performing arts festival, which marks its fiftieth season

A man in a studio

Music

Six years after his death, a new biography examines the talent, charm, and heartbreak of the man behind the music

A portrait of an artist sewing beads onto a canvas in a studio

Arts & Culture

Wearable works of art shimmer with millions of beads, vibrant feathers, and rich heritage

People skate on ice

Travel

Why D.C. residents, including one proud Zamboni driver, love the splendor of the National Gallery of Art’s winter gem

A downtown scene at night

Travel

The Hable Gallery gives the dusty oil boomtown a creative boost

A black and white photo of a woman and child in front of a window

Arts & Culture

The new Ralph Eugene Meatyard exhibition in Atlanta frames a haunting, humorous cast of characters

A woman stands in a gallery of flowers

Arts & Culture

Thousands of carefully preserved flowers stage a fantastical world of color, texture, and light in an immersive installation at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida

A live oak stretches over a garden

Home & Garden

“We garden for fresh food, to beautify our homes, to create habitat for wildlife, to conserve native plants, to create sanctuaries for ourselves, to cool our yards and cities, to express ourselves creatively, to be outdoors with hands in the dirt”

Inside a book store

Travel

In a storied King Street building, a new woman-owned shop bolsters the Holy City’s growing literary district

A bookstore with stacked shelves

Arts & Culture

In its new space, the bookstore celebrates community and creativity with local art and expanded offerings

clothing on mannequins

Arts & Culture

Caftans, memorabilia, and more from late North Carolina native and Vogue alum wow at museums in Atlanta and Savannah