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Farewell to Art Icon Robert Rauschenberg
(Today, 11:17 am)
Texas born painter, photographer, printmaker, sculptor, choreographer, onstage performer, set designer and, in later years, even a read more...
Alabama: Places to Be and People to See
(Apr 8th, 11:37 am)
The Alabama Book Festival held in Montgomery, read more...
Black History Month: Look Back, but Move Forward
(Feb 27th, 11:11 am)
“Look back but move forward” was the credo of civil rights activist
The Day The Music Died
(Feb 3rd, 11:37 am)
The day was February 3, 1959. At approximately 12:55 AM, Buddy read more...
Lest We Forget: Four Spirits
(Jan 30th, 5:14 pm)
January 30, 2008, marked the 60th anniversary of the assassination of India’s political and spiritual leader
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Review of: Logan Smalley
Darius Goes West
“Something’s gonna happen like…Just spark the whole world,”exclaims Darius, the star of the award-winning read more...
Review of: Various Authors
Whatever Remembers Us: An Anthology
Whatever Remembers Us: An Anthology of Alabama Poetry edited by Sue Brannan Walker and J. William read more...
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Southern Sporting "Events"
by Patrick Snow As I attended a Kentucky Derby function this past Saturday, it was never more evident that Southerners must throw a pretty good party. We are probably more known nationally for our college football crowds and pageantry, but the spring read more...
Darius Goes West: Twelve Guys and a Dream
Once in a great while, just when you think there is no reason to get up in the morning and that there is no hope for humanity, and that people will just go on killing one another forever, and that tomorrow will be probably be even worse than today, then something happens to turn your world around. For me, that something wasseeing afeature length documentary filmcalled Darius read more...
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Deryle Perryman and Dangerous Highway, a Film About Eddie Hinton
by Penne J. Laubenthal Dangerous Highway is an amazing documentary about the life and music of the incredibly talented and tragically fated Eddie Hinton, called the "greatest unknown musician you have ever heard." The film was made by read more...
Logan Smalley: Creator and Director of Darius Goes West
In 2005 Logan Smalley, a special education major at the University of Georgia-Athens, undertook a venture that would change his life, not to mention the lives of those who view his amazing film.Smalleyrented a handicapped accessible RV, recruited ten