Tuesday, March 31, 2009

BOOK: All The Living by C.E. Morgan

From Publishers Weekly
Morgan's enchanting debut follows the travails of a young woman who moves to Kentucky with her bereaved lover in 1984. Aloma, herself an orphan from a young age, leaves her job at the mission school where she was raised to help her taciturn boyfriend, Orren, with his family farm after his family is killed in a car accident. Once at the farm, he retreats into himself and working the land, leaving Aloma to wrestle with her desire to pursue her dream of being a concert pianist. As her relationship with Orren becomes more collision than cohabitation, Aloma finds in a local preacher a deep friendship that complicates her feelings for Orren, who drags his feet on marrying her. Young Aloma's growing understanding of love and devotion in the midst of deep despair is delicately and persuasively rendered through the lens of belief—be it in religion, relationships or music. Morgan's prose holds the rhythm of the local dialect beautifully, evoking the land, the farming lifestyle and Aloma's awakening with stirring clarity. (Apr.)
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Review
“Morgan's enchanting debut follows the travails of a young woman who moves to Kentucky with her bereaved lover in 1984. Aloma, herself an orphan from a young age, leaves her job at the mission school where she was raised to help her taciturn boyfriend, Orren, with his family farm after his family is killed in a car accident. Once at the farm, he retreats into himself and working the land, leaving Aloma to wrestle with her desire to pursue her dream of being a concert pianist. As her relationship with Orren becomes “more collision than cohabitation,” Aloma finds in a local preacher a deep friendship that complicates her feelings for Orren, who drags his feet on marrying her. Young Aloma's growing understanding of love and devotion in the midst of deep despair is delicately and persuasively rendered through the lens of belief—be it in religion, relationships or music. Morgan's prose holds the rhythm of the local dialect beautifully, evoking the land, the farming lifestyle and Aloma's awakening with stirring clarity.”—Publishers Weekly

“As I read the opening pages of All The Living I was suddenly no longer in my study but gazing out at the leafy tobacco plants of a small Kentucky farm where a young couple are struggling to make their living, and their lives. In seemingly effortless prose, C.E. Morgan captures both the complexity and the simplicity of Orren's relentlessly hard work and Aloma's dangerous drift towards another man. A wonderful debut.” —Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

SCENE: DO-Nanny 2009, Seale AL

The folks in Seale, AL are readying for the 2009 Do-Nanny, being held March 26 - 29 on Butch Anthony's place on Poorhouse Road. The Do-Nanny was founded by Frank Turner, the "mayor" of Pittsview, 13 years ago at his office compound in Pittsview, not long after beginning to collect the work of Butch, John Henry Toney, and Buddy Snipes. Turner passed away in August 2008 but hats off and many thanks to his spirit and vision and in his honor the Do-Nanny carries on - bigger, better and more ways to get involved.

Do-Nanny is held on the Anthony homestead

MOVIES AND WORKSHOPS..........make your 5min or less doo movie now, and get it to "the Laster's three" by Mar 15th........DVD or videotape is fine....participate.......the "WoWFest" Woods of Wunder Movie Festival aims to be the world's premier lo-fi movie festival, and the ONLY one in the world that allows 'hand-cranked", or "4D Primordial" formats that involve live action performance built around a "moving picture" core........we are all-inclusive, so if you have a "hi-fi" approach, that is more than welcome, absolutely, but we want to encourage participation, invention, and creativity and any and all levels and splatter that on a level playing field.....whoever gets the most clap wins. Here is a great "lo-fi" technique for the technically challenged.......shoot a short on your cellphone, capture it on a point-and-shoot in movie mode, plug that into a tv and play it while recording it on a vcr or dvd recorder.....movie done.......you can, of course, just start with the point-and-shoot movie, but if you get something good with your cell, this is a good lo-fi way to get it to the doo.....plus you would get extra points for the extra lo-fi transfer.........contact the WowFest administrators, "the Lasters three" by clicking on them in the top friends on this site for info on where to send your movie........if you think you can just show up with it on doo-day like before, be WARNED here, you will be stripped naked and publicly ridiculed...........send them a movie asap.....ok.....go......

WORKSHOPS.........these are going to be FUN and EXCITING, and a supremely awesome way to spend a day, so come for the "Full Doo", by arriving on wed to camp, and enjoy the thurs workshops......they are $3 ea, payable in 7 different currencies, including pie and drawerings.......you can take one and GIVE one, or take two, or give two, or take one and extend your siesta.......so far, we have workshops lined up for Organic Gardening, Papermaking, Traditional Southern Stitchery, Tinctures and Elixers, "Wild-carding", and a couple more i can't think of at this moment.....Here is a rare opportunity;......just look up, or make up, anything you want, from the mundane to the bizzare, and think of a homegrown, lo-fi way to present and interact on the subject for 2-3 hrs and COME GIVE A WORKSHOP!......this will be a live-action process this first time out, so jump in and PARTICIPATE.......final workshop times and locales will be listed on wed eve on a chalkboard......if you are signed up to give a workshop and no one signs up for it, no big deal, just join in another one that is going on and move ahead, or reschedule or combine it......this is free-flow creative interaction......sculpt with it.......THURS WILL BE FUNx10, so be here now, then......more on these later.............another tip.....if you want to do a workshop on scandinavian camel dung and it's uses in medicine and art, but are a skeerdy cat, or need some help massaging that idea into a 2-3hr presentation, i can consult with you personally on how to do that.... oh, speaking of massaging, it looks like we will have an on-site masseuse this year, and hopefully as part of the thurs program..
"In conversations with Frank over the past few years he always said he didn't know how much longer he could do it..," recalls Matt Jankowski. "He was an amazing man with a glorious past and gifted an even greater future to the world with his encouragement of a new generation of intuative visionaries. GONE but not forgotten... indelibly etched in my creative soul. Thank you to the Mayor Frank Turner. Amen!"

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

SPORTS: Manhattan March Madness 2009 – Where to Watch the Sweet Sixteen in NYC

from glogster.com
Birmingham Arts Journal


March Madness - Southern Style, by Jeff and Ashley Fryer


Are you itching to watch your favorite Southern teams in the Sweet Sixteen this year with fellow ex-pats and Southern supporters? Here’s a list of official viewing parties, alumni club hangouts, and Southern college basketball enthusiast gatherings in Manhattan for the remaining Southern teams. Southern teams make up nearly a third of the teams left in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament this year, so there are plenty of opportunities to cheer for those South of the Mason-Dixon!For game times and opponent information, check .


Also below are some little tidbits about each school, to help stump that annoying know-it-all alumna/alumnus over a few beers, courtesy of U.S. News.


Duke Blue Devils (Durham, NC):

Confirmed viewing party for NYC alumni: Village Pourhouse (64 3rd Ave. at E. 11th St.).

The Duke University “Blue Devils” team nickname finds its origins in French soldiers in World War I.


Louisville Cardinals (Louisville, KY):

Their alumni club’s official NYC game watch site: The Hill (416 3rd Ave. between E. 29th and 30th sts.)

19% of students at the Univ. of Louisville major in business, management, and marketing, making it the school’s most popular program.


Memphis Tigers (Memphis, TN):

Confirmed NYC alumni viewing party: Rogue Bar (757 6th ave. between 25th/26th sts.).

The University of Memphis got a live tiger cub, dubbed TOM III, to take over its mascot crown in November 2008.


North Carolina Tar Heels (Raleigh, NC):

Confirmed viewing party for NYC alumni: Firefly (54 Spring St. near Mulberry St.)

The University of North Carolina was the country’s 1st state university and the only public university to award degrees in the 18th century.


Oklahoma Sooners (Norman, OK):

Their NYC viewing home is at The Pressbox (932 2nd Ave. between E. 49th & 50th sts.)

So what exactly is a “sooner,” the team nickname of the University of Oklahoma? An “energetic individual who travels ahead of the human procession,” the school says.

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To see an interactive Google map we did of where the 21 original (pre-elimination) Southern schools are located, goHERE . To see where all of these parties are at in NYC, go to another Google map HERE .


Tuesday, March 24, 2009

SCENE: Oxford Conference for the Book (3/25 - 28)

The 2009 Oxford Conference for the Book (2/26 - 28) kicks off unofficially tomorrow (2/25) with a Writer's Workshop lead by Oxford native and coordinator of off-campus writing programs at the University of Mississippi, Margaret-Love Denman. The daylong workshop, “Mining Your Raw Materials,” will take place Wednesday, March 25, at the Downtown Grill on the Oxford Square.


The 2009 Oxford Conference for the Book will celebrate the life and legacy of Mississippi Gulf Coast artist, author, and naturalist Walter Inglis Anderson (1903–1965) on the opening day. Nearly 1,000 local schoolchildren will join the audience on Friday morning for sessions with authors of books for young readers, and the conference will continue through Saturday afternoon with a variety of addresses, readings, and panels. The conference edition of Thacker Mountain Radio, a session on book and author promotion, a 1fiction and poetry jam, a marathon book signing at Off Square Books, a writing workshop (March 25), and an optional literary tour of the Mississippi Delta (March 22–26) are also part of the festivities.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

STAGE: The Good Negro


Before there was change, there was Birmingham.

Straight from a sold-out run during our inaugural season of Public LAB, this gripping new play rips through the pages of history to uncover the human story at the heart of the 1960's American Civil Rights Movement. In the increasingly hostile South, tensions build as a trio of emerging black leaders attempts to conquer their individual demons amidst death threats from the Klan and wire taps by the FBI. Through personal and intimate stories inspired by the political upheavals of the era, The Good Negro examines the human frailties behind the historic headlines. A co-production with Dallas Theater Center.

Now thru Sunday, April 19 @ The Public Theater
Tuesday at 7pm
Wednesday - Friday at 8pm
Saturday at 2pm & 8pm
Sunday at 2pm

Added Performances: Sun 4/12 at 7pm, Sun 4/19 at 7pm

No Performance/Unavailable:
Thurs 3/26 at 7pm

Post-show Discussions: Tues 3/24 & 3/31

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

SCOOP: St. Patrick's in Savannah? by Meryl Truett

Photo by today's guest blogger Meryl Truett!


St. Patrick’s Day is bigger than Christmas in Savannah, Georgia. Everyone who’s anyone takes the day off and heads down to the Historic District for the parade. More than 400,000 visitors are expected but here’s the low down on how to get around and make the most of what our hostess city has to offer during this festive weekend.

When I moved to Savannah 12 years ago, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” was at the height of its popularity. The movie came out in 1997 and yes the party scenes are true Savannah. On St. Patty’s Day, Bloody Mary’s and green grits are served on verandas all over town starting at 8AM. Just the thing to put spectators in the correct frame of mind for the big parade. If you don’t know anyone throwing a morning party, then stake out a seat on one of the twenty-one oak tree laden/Spanish moss dripping historic squares that local floats and marching bands wind their way through the parade route or just travel along the sidewalks maneuvering your way through the costumed revelers and souvenir vendors. Watch out for the “Kiss me I’m Irish” crowd or you could end up smothered in red lipstick.

So here’s the inside skinny………..

Stay: award winning Thunderbird Inn Motel just on the edge of the historic district from $99.00 a night 866.324.2661.

EAT:

Wall’s BBQ

Leopold’s Ice Cream on Broughton Street on the parade route 912.234.4442

Local 11 ten at the south end of Forsyth Park 912. 790.9000

SHOP/ART: ShopScad on corner of Bull and Charlton…….very cool store selling the unique wares of student, faculty and alumni of Savannah College of Art and Design Pick up a copy of my book Thump Queen and Other Southern Anomalies, a collection of eccentric southern images exploring the world of Thump Queens, Velvet Elvises, Soul Palaces, and Bad Antiques…….

Jepson Center/Telfair Museum of Arts- 207 West York……permanent collection (recent acquisitions include large scale photographs by Meryl Truett) and traveling exhibitions plus a fun to browse museum shop.

The café on the second floor is a lovely spot for an upscale lunch.

Meryl Truett is a fine art and editorial photographer. The second printing of her book Thump Queen and Other Southern Anomalies is available through Amazon. com.

SCENE: VOV Music Fest kicks off today in Hot Springs, AR

Small venue, small town Arkansas, completely run by volunteers


The Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival (VOV) is gearing up for its 5th and biggest year yet with bands traveling from as far away as Australia, Canada, Israel, New York, California and all points in between. These bands make up the fabric of a global community of DIY'sters who focus on sound, measure, tempo and theme and leave the pop writing formula on the backburner, so they may be someday noted for their musical innovation and not the gross total of records sold.

But The VOV is more than the bands it attracts - The VOV is not the bloated idea of "festival" that has been defined by Lollapolooza, Coachella, or Bonarroo where 876545677896 bands play on 7654329007 stages, in front of 87887866669808708098098 people who will fight you for a spot in line at one of the 13 port-a-potties. No, The VOV is about community. We are a festival organized and run by volunteers who need something more, something raw, something real to inspire them. We hit the streets and ask for donations, grants, food, drinks, microphones, hammers, nails and duct tape - whatever it takes to make it happen just one time a year.

THIS YEAR’S LINEUP, ncludes Monotonix. Pretty & Nice, AIDS Wolf, The Queers, Poison Arrows, Pink Spiders and more.

The VOV is a 501(c)3 public charity. With the help of dedicated sponsors and volunteers The VOV has been producing original, forward-thinking and independent music in the small town of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas since 2005. In four short years, The VOV hosted nearly 700 cutting edge, internationally touring artists who performed to a combined audience of about 7000 music lovers over the course of 6 festivals. The 5th Annual VOV will be held in March 2009 and is the perfect pit stop to those of you traveling to or from SXSW. The VOV also holds sporadic shows throughout the year.

The VOV Independent Music Festival Kicks off today (3/17/09) at Low Key Arts in Hot Springs, AR with the world's shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade and runs thru 3/22/09.

Monday, March 16, 2009

EAT: Texas Tapas Times Two and some BBQ

Two new Texas themed restaurants have hit NYC. Marfa (pictured above) is, according to Thrillist, "the brainchild of an E.Vil townie who convinced the Lucky Cheng's crew to replace Waikikki Wally's with a scuffed-wall, cellar-esque barstraunt named for a West Texas artist colony...Texas grub includes fried catfish w/ cole slaw and beans, dry rub BBQ, mac & cheese, and their own Marfa Chili, so meaty, other chilis will jealously whine 'Marfa Marfa Marfa.'"

And in Brooklyn, Whiskey Sunday, of which the Village Voice wrote: "'A new barbecue spot in the land of rotis,' and that pretty much sums it up. Prospect-Lefferts Gardens is a paradise of West Indian and Caribbean food, and that's where prolific Brooklyn restaurateur Jim Mamary has recently opened a non-traditional but tasty barbecue spot. It was called Billy Sunday's, in a tongue-in-cheek ode to a famous prohibitionist, but apparently Billy was known for not only hating booze and being an evangelist, but also for being a rabid racist, soooo... that name was soon nixed in favor of Whiskey Sunday."

Friday, March 13, 2009

ART/SCENE: 2009 Ozark Folk School (3/15 - 20)

Go see what the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas is really about! Study for a week under a serious craftsperson or musician and enjoy a relaxed atmosphere of camaraderie and fun.

The 2009 classes for Ozark Folk School are being lined up now. Over 20 Craft classes will be offered including Blacksmithing, Pottery, Jewelry Making, Knife Making, Quilting, Basketry, Wood Carving and Loom Weaving. Tuition is $250 for the five day workshop week, with some instructors charging additional materials fees. Extracurricular activities include free Southern Mountain Folk Dancing, a "Gallery Walk" of instructor and student work, Blanchard Springs Cavern tour, a documentary film showing and a Music Instructor's Concert. Contact them at (870)269-3851 for more information. Enrollment is limited so when you see the class you want, register! A 5 Night lodging package is available for $305.25 as well as a complete or partial meal plan.

The Ozark Folk Center is America’s only facility that works at sharing the heritage and way of life of the Ozark Mountain People. It’s lively. It’s entertaining. It makes learning about Ozark history and heritage loads of fun. It’s an adventure to yesterday’s Ozark way of life that you can see, touch and enjoy today.”The Ozark Folk Center, dedicated to providing living history exists to: preserve, document, display and interpret the cultural and social history of the Ozark region, an area that takes up part of five states: Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

SCENE/ART: The Orange Show/Houston re-opens 3/14

The Orange Show in Houston, TX will be reopening
from its winter restoration on March 14!!

March 14 - Heartworn Highways @ 7PM
Join us as we open The Orange Show for the season with a special concert benefitting Galveston's Old Quarter Acoustic Café Hurricane Ike recovery. Musicians Robert Ellis, Jon Hogan, Matt Harlan, John Evans and Carley Wolf take turns celebrating the lives and works of legendary Texas songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Blaze Foley.

Other season highlights include:


March 27-29 - Volunteer to help make mini-art cars at the Bayou City Art Festival

Saturday, April 11th - 1 - 3 pm - FREE
The Easter Orange Hunt, an Orange Show tradition!

It's an afternoon of fun for kids and families with hidden candied treats and healthy oranges. So bring your basket and run wild through the colorful maze of The Orange Show monument.

May 8-10 - Orange Show Art Car Weekend
(See the Art Car Pages for more information)
May 8 - 9am Main Street Drag
May 8 - 7pm Sneak Peek/Art Car Symposium
May 9 - 9am Best Art Car Line-up EVER
May 9 - 1pm HOUSTON ART CAR PARADE rolls!
May 10 - 11am Art Car Brunch and Awards Ceremony

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

SOUNDS: The Music of REM @ Carnegie Hall 3/11

Photo by Anton Dee/Flickr

The Music of R.E.M.
Music Education Programs for Underprivileged Youth Benefit Concert


@ Carnegie Hall - Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
TONIGHT - Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 8 PM

Featuring: Throwing Muses with Kristen Hersh, Kimya Dawson, Ingrid Michaelson, Glenn Hansard, The Apples in Stereo, Tommy James and the Shondells, Jolie Holland, Keren Ann, Guster, The dB's, Bob Mould, Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power, Rachel Yamagata, Calexico, Patti Smith, and others

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

SCENE: Pedal Power 09 - Hot Springs, AR

Get your bike on one week from today in Hot Springs, Arkansas at Pedal Power 2009!

HELP SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR

THE VALLEY OF THE VAPORS INDEPENDENT MUSIC FESTIVAL

AND A MORE BIKE FRIENDLY HOT SPRINGS!

Meet us at the transportation depot Tuesday, March 17th @ 5:30pm with your human powered vehicle and join us in the world's shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade. After the parade, we will all travel through beautiful downtown Hot Springs to the first night of the 5th Annual VOV Festival located at the Low Key Arts Building, 118 Arbor Street. Anyone with a bike is asked to attend however; creativity and costume is encouraged:


Four "Art/Freak Bikes" will be chosen and put on display the length of the fest, and will be voted on during the events of the 2009 VOV. If you are interested in riding please visit and RSVP to Pedal Power 09.

PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED!

Monday, March 9, 2009

SOUNDS: Allman Brothers Band @ Beacon Theatre

2009 marks the 40th Anniversary of The Allman Brothers Band who celebrate by hitting NYC for a 15 night stand @ the Beacon Theatre - March 9-10, 12-14, 16-17, 19-21, 23-24, 26-28!

The Allman Brothers Band is one of the most influential groups in America, redefining rock music and its boundaries. The band has a long tradition of blending the new and the old while mixing blues, country, rock and jazz to deliver their signature powerful extended on-stage jams.

Friday, March 6, 2009

ART: Jerry Brown Arts Festival - Hamilton, AL

We barely made it the first time. The sun, which had been napping behind a blanket of soft gray clouds, peeked out just long enough to say goodnight. It’s 5PM and Brown’s Pottery in Hamilton closes at 5PM, but we were only about 20 miles away though and they tell us to “come on by.”


Jerry Brown is a 9th generation potter. He digs his own clay, mixes it with his mule and still uses the old glazes, casts and molds.

He has been honored as a “National Heritage Fellow,” has pieces in the Smithsonian and a letter from the 1st President Bush thanking him for maintaining traditional folk art in Alabama. His showroom is on a small, unlit, backcountry road, housed in a windowless trailer across from the mule’s red barn home. His pieces are both utilitarian and decorative - rooster teapots, birdhouses, plates, cups, rows of angels, and his famous face jugs. His workshop is attached and he demo his handiwork. His house, across the street. His property is idyllic – softly rolling hills, a pond, rows of stark white gourd bird houses. Jerry and his wife run this small family business and pass their craft down and along to the next generation in line, just as Jerry’s daddy did and his daddy before him.


In 2003 the city of Hamilton and the Hamilton Area Chamber of Commerce created The Jerry Brown Arts Festival: Reflections of the South. The Jerry Brown Arts Festival is (JBAF) is a juried art exhibition heading into its seventh season in 2009. The festival, which was selected as a Top 20 event for the month of March 2009 by the Southeast Tourism Association, is supported by the Northwest Alabama Arts Council, headquartered in Hamilton, AL, and is a yearly project of this 501 (c)(3) organization.

2009 DATE
: MARCH 7-8
NEW LOCATION: Old Wal-Mart Building, 1500 Military Street South, in Hamilton

Thursday, March 5, 2009

WISH LIST: Alabama Chanin Weekend Workshop

Alabama Studio Weekend Workshop @ the Factory

March 5 - 7, 2009
@ The Factory - Florence, Alabama

Sewing and Community with Natalie Chanin and the Alabama Chanin Team

This workshop allows participants to work directly in our Studio @ The Factory in Florence, Alabama with Natalie, our in-house team, patterns & stencils. Participants create a garment or project of their choice from our Alabama Stitch Book or from our archives.

Materials, patterns, tips, treats and lots of stories included. This workshop is intended for participants with some basic hand-sewing experience.

**Note that more complicated pieces are extremely time consuming and most likely cannot be finished over the course of a weekend. We strive to offer a range of options that can be honed to every skill level and desire to provide a positive and rewarding experience.

$1125 includes materials plus welcome cocktail on Friday night, lunch on Saturday and Sunday morning brunch.

Workshops are limited to 12 participants.

Register Here

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

SCENE/STYLE: Sarah Claire & Esther Trunk Show Tonight (3/4)

Designers, and Auburn U alum, Sara Jordan and Aimee Wolk are having a trunk show for their fab clothing line Sarah Claire and Esther tonight at 242 E. 50th St, #1D, NYC 10022 from 7PM - 9PM.

The Sara Claire & Esther brand inspires confidence in classy girls who grew up loving tea parties and playing dress up. Today this girl has grown into the lady who still loves dressing up and feeling beautiful. She adores pearls, lace, romance and getting recognized for her gorgeous attire. She appreciates fine quality and detail, and regularly updates her wardrobe with flirty and tasteful pieces.

Sara and Aimee design every item with these women in mind. Each piece is similar to the clothing young girls discovered in their grandmother’s attic, yet stylish enough to wear today. These collections feature recycled fabrics or trim personally handpicked out of thrift stores and taken from vintage garments. This concept paired with surprise details, such as authentic vintage buttons, assures our clientele no two pieces will be exactly alike.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Hillbilly Comics!

Today's edition is a re-post from Brian Hughes' Again With The Comics blog (thanks to Southernist contributor Michael A. Gonzales for passing along!)


Glodurn if'n thar weren't a hillbilly craze back in the mid-1950's, an' goldurn if comics didn't try to cash in like everyone else! As America emerged from World War II and entered the atomic age, a group of lovable, backwards, shabbily-dressed hill folk were left behind by a combination of poverty and geographic remoteness. Their feudin' moonshine-drinkin', cousin-marryin' ways were pure comedy gold for the country's burgeoning entertainment industry, and soon the movies, television, and yes, comics had hillbilly fever. For years, the American hillbilly provided his wealthier, more sophisticated countrymen with countless hours of joyful schadenfreude before the fad wore off, and they went back to just being poor people. Anyhow, bite off a chaw o' tabaccy, have a sip o' some of this hyar corn likker, dig inta some of maw's possum pie, and enjoy some good old fashioned, down-home HILLBILLY COMICS:








Now git offa my land, afore ah sets the dawgs to yo'!

All stories originally printed in Hillbilly Comics #1-3, Charlton, (1955)

Monday, March 2, 2009

STAGE: The Savannah Disputation

Resurrect this! When susceptible Catholic spinster Margaret politely admits door-to-door pentacostal missionary Melissa into her home, her seemingly-solid faith starts to waver—much to the chagrin of her feisty sister Mary. But who's the blasphemer and who's the believer? Before long, the God-fearing sisters have ambushed their steadfast “guest” with the aid of an unsuspecting local priest, setting the scene for a smackdown of truly biblical proportions.

The Savannah Disputation is playing thru March 15 @ Playwrights Horizons