It was raining and fog rolled up from the river. Under awnings and concrete eaves on 11th Street people hid away in pairs, alone sometimes, and watched the rain fall down on the empty downtown streets. They talked quietly and smoked cigarettes. Some of them drank from brown paper bags and looked up at the [...]
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Stage Review: Elephant’s Graveyard
People dislike people and love animals. No woman ever hoards kids unless she’s cooking them or running a Dickensian orphanage so she can scam an insurance company. Women who hoard cats are numerous, however. George Brant, whose play The Elephant’s Graveyard was the winner of the Keene Prize for Literature, plays on this quirk to [...]
Southern Spirits: Jack Daniels’ Tennessee Honey
This beverage was a surprise. A friend tipped me off to it, telling me it was smooth and delicious with ginger ale, so I picked it up. I was a long time black label fan until I discovered the mellower Gentleman Jack, so I’m always curious about new offerings out of Lynchburg. I sat down [...]
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