Arts and Culture

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Ag and Trade | Arts and Culture

Hard Days & Conjunto Nights: Roel Flores

09/16/2007

The strain of migrant farm labor and the lilt of dance parties come together under the brush of a self-taught painter from the Rio Grande Valley.

Arts and Culture | Religion and Faith

Celebrating Freedom -- Remembering the 1680 Tesuque Pueblo Revolt

09/03/2007

The Indian July 4th is August 10th, when, in 1680 Pueblo warriors drove the Spanish out of New Mexico. One of the most successful Indian revolts in North America is celebrated each year in the Teseque Pueblo.

Arts and Culture | Cool Places

Rez Vignettes: At the 'Indian Furniture Store'

08/07/2007

Remembering growing up and taking those magical trips to the dump. For those of us on the reservation, the dump was a store with infinite variety and a drive-in movie theater that never showed a re-run.

Arts and Culture | Religion and Faith

One Man's Cathedral in the Georgia Pines

08/03/2007

Eddie Owens Martin's escapades took him back to rural Georgia to create a place of wonder and call it saintly.

Arts and Culture | Growth and Development

Everything's Bigger in the Country -- Almost

07/21/2007

Looking for a 40-pound scorpion? then, of course, head for rural America. But if health insurance or even good health are what you'd like, maybe the Great American Countryside isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Arts and Culture

Cindy Sherman in a Christmas Sweater

07/15/2007

Judy Baxter's year of self-portraits makes room to portray her South Georgia community, too. Cultural stereotypes can be slippery. So watch your step!

Arts and Culture

Seeing Seersucker: Atticus, Lester, and Danville

06/20/2007

As U.S. Senators dress up Southern, America's milltowns dry up, and jobs blow back to the land where seersucker was born.