Marfa Lights: The Spirit of Texas
The 35th Annual Marfa Lights Festival will be held September 2-4 to celebrate the mysterious West Texas phenomenon.
Johnny Cash Heritage Festival Goes Virtual From His Boyhood Home
Grab a front-row seat for a celebration of the "Man in Black" October 15-16, 2021.
Rain or Shine: Word of South Goes On
Florida's literature and music festival happening this weekend won't be ruled by weather or convention.
10 Spring Festivals to Help Say Goodbye to Winter
With warmer days, spring flowers and green trees come festivals to help usher in the season and get us outdoors again.
Newbies Guide to Spoleto Fest
Three tips from a pro, plus our list of don't miss events to enhance your festival experience.
Festival of Green: A Month of Poke Sallet
Celebrating the strange little plant with a deep-rooted history as a Southern food staple.
10 Spring Festivals to Signal the End of Winter
A roundup of upcoming arts, literary, garden, culinary, music and theater events to enjoy as the weather warms up.
Anticipating the 2014 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Celebrate the playwright's birthday March 19-23 in the city he called his "spiritual home." Dorothy Allison, Laura Lippman, Megan Abbott, Diane Ladd, Bryan Batt, Justin Torres and Ann Hood are just some of the guests attending this year's literary festival celebrating Tennessee Williams' birthday in New Orleans. As usual, theater performances abound, with "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on this year's schedule, and the popular Stanley and Stella Shouting Contest concludes the weekend in an ode to "Streetcar Named Desire." We'll be heading to the Big Easy to catch all drama starting on March 19 and perused the full schedule recently in anticipation. Join us if you can and check out the events we're most looking forward to below! For aspiring writers, master classes on March 19 and 20 are an affordable opportunity to gain valuable writing advice from the likes of Zachary Lazar, who will offer a brief history of dialogue starting with Hemingway, Laura Lippman and Dorothy Allison. Classes are just $25 each and held at The Historic New Orleans Collection. Dorothy Allison appears several times again throughout the festival, so there's no excuse not to see this giant in Southern fiction. Her panel on Sunday titled "Literary Laughs: Entertaining
