by Aura-Leigh Jenkins on September 30, 2010
It’s a culinary fact: If you fry it, it will be good. Fried chicken, fried fish, fried ice cream and even fried beer. Yummy! Add “Southern” to it and you have a recipe for happiness no matter what part of the world you’re from. Sure, it’s bad for you and your doctor will give you [...]
by Aura-Leigh Jenkins on September 9, 2010
If you’re looking around the South this Fall for some oh-so-very naughty girls, come to Atlanta to see the infamous divine unruly girls of the Moulin Rouge. The Atlanta Ballet is kicking off the 2010-11 arts season with their opulant production of this fiery cabaret love story set in 1880′s bohemian Paris. Only one other ballet company – the [...]
by Aura-Leigh Jenkins on February 23, 2010
Our favorite TV Belles, Julia, Mary Jo, Charlene and Suzanne are back. This time they’re brought to life by the Process Theatre at Onstage Atlanta for 2 performances only. The fundraiser show promises to be hilarious.
by Aura-Leigh Jenkins on January 20, 2010
Southern-raised musician Zac Brown and the Zac Brown Band’s GRAMMY nominated song Chicken Fried is featured on this year’s GRAMMY Nominees album. This song speaks to a simpler, country life of family, friends, cold beer and a great-fitting pair of jeans.
by Aura-Leigh Jenkins on November 18, 2009
Born Nov. 18, 1909, in Savannah, Georgia, Johnny Mercer has shared the Southern culture with the world through his songs.
by Aura-Leigh Jenkins on November 11, 2009
On Veteran’s Day we say Thank You to our US Military Veterans. When it comes to our soldiers, sometimes it’s hard to find words for how we feel, but Jason Isbell comes close in his song Dress Blues.
by Aura-Leigh Jenkins on November 9, 2009
Katie Crouch’s debut novel, Girl’s In Trucks, captures a Southern Belle gone awry and back again in Charleston, South Carolina.