Seeing the Fireworks from the South Main Arts District
Getting anywhere in downtown Memphis on July 4th was nearly impossible (we later found out it was due to a string of shootings that had …
Getting anywhere in downtown Memphis on July 4th was nearly impossible (we later found out it was due to a string of shootings that had …
I had taken off work early on Thursday June 27th because I read online that there was live blues every Thursday night during the summer …
When I entered Bentonia, I headed straight for the Blue Front Cafe, where I thought the Bentonia Blues Festival was going on, but I soon …
Highway 433 was supposed to run from Lexington, Mississippi straight to Bentonia, but only a few miles out of Lexington I ran into a major …
On the way to the Bentonia Blues Festival, I had to pass through Lexington, Mississippi, the county seat of Holmes County, and I stopped at …
Even as people begin to leave the end of a second-line, there is an excitement throughout the surrounding neighborhood.
This painting of a Black Indian Wildman was on the door of a house along the parade route for the Money Wasters second-line. In the …
Before Treme was a TV show, Treme was a neighborhood, named for Claude Treme, the owner of the plantation back of New Orleans’ ramparts, which …
On Sunday morning, I headed into the Bywater for a breakfast at Jim’s and a latte at the Orange Couch before the Money Wasters’ second-line …