May 2020
The Power Of Art
Throughout 2019, The Bascom’s staff and leadership spent hours in meetings and discussions as they worked with The DeVos Institute of Arts Management to create a new strategic plan, services […]
Take it Out
I’ve been writing restaurant reviews for Laurel for six years. That’s given me and Tricia and a select group of friends entree into an astonishing collection of restaurants, ranging from […]
What’s Going On
What do we do in times like this? Covid-19/Coronavirus – what is this virus that is causing a pandemic? Why are we so ill-prepared for something that is affecting all […]
Paula Jones’ Grouper Hemingway
Furniture designer Paula Jones strolls through the grocery store with a smile so magnetic that it seems to set the whole place aglow. On her wrist she brandishes a […]
Balancing Tensions
Anxiety is wrestling with Un-Creative Tension in the mind. Relax friends, we have not been here before. When the world we thought we could count on suddenly requires a […]
Memorial Day: Past & Present
Many people recognize Memorial Day as a time to reflect on lost loved ones, a weekend of spring barbecues and picnics, and/or a long weekend away from work, school, and […]
For the Love of Barbecue
EVENT CANCELLED. Five years ago, Southern Foodways Director John T Edge said that “Southerners recognize Barbecue to be our premier folk food”, their joints, places “where seekers find solace as […]
Adopt the Pace of Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson advised that we should, “Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience.” Over the past few weeks most of us have had no choice but to […]