Karen Shankles became the 2015 National Cornbread Festival champion April 25 and won $5,000 and a FiveStar Range. Her Festive Good Luck Cornbread includes smoked sausage, collards, black-eyed peas, and …
Q&A: Linda Parris-Bailey, Winner of the 2015 Doris Duke Artist Award in Theatre
Linda Parris-Bailey—playwright-in-residence, executive director, and artistic director of the Carpetbag Theatre—recently received a 2015 Doris Duke Artist Award in Theatre. The ensemble is currently touring her 2012 work, Speed Killed …
With ‘Danny Says’, Documentary Filmmaker Brendan Toller Reveals One of Rock’s Essential Trendsetters
Danny Fields has probably had a more lasting influence on contemporary rock ’n’ roll than most record-label executives, producers, critics, and, for that matter, rock stars. Yet he’s probably one …
Q&A: Trent Steele of Maverick Detection Services/Avian Management Authority
Trent Steele operates the Maverick Detection Services/Avian Management Authority, a recently opened business that employs his Weimaraners, Alex and Buck, to discourage nuisance geese and detect bedbugs for commercial enterprises. …
Q&A: Charlie Thomas, Former Volunteer with Project Safe Passage in Guatemala
Charlie Thomas will introduce the short documentary Recycled Life for its screening April 20 as part of the Cine HoLa film series. The film tells the story of the life …