SCENE: The Civil War comes to NYC tomorrow (2/13) @ 6PM

Ken Burns celebrates Lincoln's 200th birthday with a discussion and signing of his Civil War DVD set tomorrow (2/13) @ 6PM at Borders on 57th St & Park Ave.

For over 25 years, filmmaker Ken Burns has been producing films that are unafraid of controversy and tragedy. History made them famous. Ken Burns made them real. Hailed as a film masterpiece and landmark in historical storytelling, Ken Burns's epic documentary, The Civil War, brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. Borders and Ken Burns celebrate Lincoln's birthday with a chance for fans to discuss and have him sign their copy of The Civil War DVD set.

ART: WILLIAM EGGLESTON: Stranded In Canton

Shot in 1974 with a Sony Porta-pak, the crazily careering ''Stranded in Canton'' documents a cast of hard-drinking Southerners with the intimacy, ease and instability of a seasoned participant.
In one sequence, a man with peroxide hair, makeup and a sequined T-shirt sings old love songs, swanning around with a toilet-paper boa. In others shots are fired; good old boys decapitate chickens; and a young bearded man with an angelic face raves about being stranded in Canton, a colloquialism for being out of one's mind on drugs or alcohol. Whiffs of Southern Gothic are not new to Mr. Eggleston's work, but here they rise to the surface -- fierce, tragic and proud.

(New York Times)

William Eggleston's "Stranded in Canton"

Directed by William Eggleston - Twin Palms, 2008

Book and DVD to be released Fall 2008 to coincide with Whitney exhibit