Drinking the “Dirty Dash” in Winston-Salem
/Winston-Salem is mostly known for its universities and ties to tobacco farming, but in recent years, it’s undergone a transformation into a drinking destination.
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Winston-Salem is mostly known for its universities and ties to tobacco farming, but in recent years, it’s undergone a transformation into a drinking destination.
Read MoreIt was a lovely autumn day on the University of Florida campus. Mild temps, gentle breeze. A perfect setting for a few thousand people to gather and express a simple sentiment: Nazi Punks, F**k Off!
Read MoreNovelist Thomas Mullen, author of the great “Darktown” series and a lifelong sports fan, ponders whether any of us can “stay on the sidelines” this NFL season.
Read MoreA decade ago, Tom Lee's job was to get inside Bob Corker’s head as he ran for the U.S. Senate. Today, he tells us what Corker really means when he calls the White House an “adult day care center.”
Read MoreMore than 20 years ago, an Enterprise, Alabama, boy started brewing his own beer — an act that made him an outlaw of sorts at the time. Today, Wayne Wambles is the brewmaster of Tampa-based Cigar City Brewing — one of the South’s best loved and most successful craft brewers.
Read MoreAfter writing a feature story for us about how Knoxville’s arts scene drives the city’s economy, Rob Rushin follows up with a look at the numbers — and some recommendations for communities that want to nurture their own arts economies.
Read MoreWriting songs that are truly great is a hard enough job. Writing a perfect song is rare indeed. But in this remembrance of Tom Petty, Drive-By Truckers co-founder Patterson Hood argues that Petty achieved perfection repeatedly, perhaps more than any other Southern-born songwriter.
Read MoreTodd Hawley and Adam Jordan argue that teachers and parents have a unique opportunity in these troubled times — to lead a new revolution against racism.
Read MoreKapri Robinson grew up in Buford, Georgia — and not in a royal family — but now, the young woman wears the crown among Washington bartenders.
Read MoreTardy for repast, and not expecting much else in town, it was a wonderful surprise to find terrific dining options in Columbus, Georgia.
Read MoreMississippi’s Michael Farris Smith is one of the South’s greatest young novelists. His fiction shows us our region and ourselves with a striking, singular voice. He also spends his real life in Mississippi, and makes a strong argument that when it comes to politics, we all live in Mississippi now.
Read MoreSouthern startups are developing wearable technology to monitor head injuries, develop new medical treatments, and even to help dairy farmers keep their herds more productive and happy.
Read MoreMeet Ale Sharpton, who documents Georgia’s craft-beer scene in a language that suits Atlanta perfectly: the language of hip-hop.
Read MoreThe past might not even be past, as Old Bill said, but it clashes head-on into the future at the annual Southern Legislative Conference.
Read MoreThe great Southern musician’s final album comes out today. Chuck Reece interviews Allman’s producer, Don Was, along with Gregg’s manager, guitarist, and best friend about why “Southern Blood” might be the purest expression ever of Allman’s musical soul.
Read MoreOur Southern Schooling columnists — Adam Jordan and Todd Hawley — have some challenges for public-school teachers in our region, who, in the wake of Charlottesville, are wrestling with how to teach about institutional racism and hate groups. They also offer some tools to help teachers get it done.
Read MoreOne of our friends, writer/painter/photographer/historian Amy C. Evans, lives in Houston. She writes today to give us a “tiny taste of how people on the ground are making do.”
Read MoreAfter the Confederate monuments in New Orleans came down, our Southern Food columnist, L. Kasimu Harris, took a road trip with two writing buddies to see if folks in Selma, Alabama, felt differently about the monuments. The rural South, Harris learned, is not always a feast for a food writer.
Read MoreDespite the city’s smaller size, Birmingham, Alabama, barkeeps have built a fine cocktail community that’s homegrown to the core.
Read MoreThe South is built on agriculture. These startups are making sure the fruits of farmers’ labor doesn’t go to the landfill.
Read MoreA new kind of magazine for a new kind of South.
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