NEW! COOL! SMART! SOUTHERN STUDIES FANTASY CAMP
Featuring our Center for the Study of Southern Culture colleagues:
SCOTT BARRETTA gets the blues
CLOTHES ARE MATERIAL CULTURE, says Ted Ownby
JODI SKIPPER draws a bead on cultural tourism
AUDIT SOUTHERN STUDIES 101 with Catarina Passidomo
JAY WATSON talks Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha
CHARLES WILSON complicates the Southern way of life
ORAL HISTORY AND THE SLUG BURGER with Sara Wood
FIRST TIMERS’ HAPPY HOUR with the SFA Board, hosted by Valerie Erwin and Drew Robinson
THACKER MOUNTAIN RADIO broadcasts a special edible edition live from the Lyric Theater
LOST FAST FOOD FRANCHISES, a gallery reception with artist Brooke Hatfield, Andy Warhol’s fifth cousin, three times removed
BROOKLYN SOUTH WELCOME DINNER, presented by Springer Mountain Farms, featuring Rob Newton
MEET ANDY CHABOT, Symposium Sommelier, who will pour Virginia’s best
JIM ‘N NICK’s ORAL HISTORY REVIEW
ROYAL CUP COFFEE and the debut of the 2015 official issue SFA travel mug
SUGAR-GILDED PASTRIES from Lauren Mitterer, the sweet queen of Charleston, presented by Anson Mills
TED OWNBY & CATARINA PASSIDOMO welcome all to the Pop South
INTRODUCING ELIZABETH ENGELHARDT, your academic interlocutor
First-Person Souths
MONIQUE TRUONG sampled Southern pop culture to forge an American Identity
THE SOUTH SAMPLED BLACK POP CULTURE to forge everything, says Kiese Laymon
MASHAMA BAILEY takes a lunch tour of Savannah, presented by the Order of the Okra
Here and Away
SOUTHERN EXPATRIATE CUISINE is vogue, says Robert Sietsema
JACK HITT sings a Lowcountry lullaby of Charleston and its receipts
COCKTAILS conceived and stirred by Alba Huerta, Cathead Bartender in Residence
LISA DONOVAN serves high-flying bites from the stewardess trolley
JOE YORK DOCUMENTARY honoring 2015 Ruth Fertel Keeper of the Flame Award winner Phila Hach, presented by Randy Fertel, accepted by her son Joe Hach
THE BEST SCHOOL BUS RIDE EVER eight miles south down a dark country road
SIMMONS FARM RAISED CATFISH SUPPER featuring Lynn Hewlett, master of the Taylor Grocery fry basket and hushpuppy scoop
DEGUSTATION OF DELACATA featuring
THE SPANISH PRIDE OF ASHEVILLE, Katie Button
JUSTIN DEVILLIER, who made his name working at a small New Orleans grocery
BOUDIN KOLACHES and other delights from Revival Market
STATE OF THE NATION: SFA VISION OF GREATNESS FOR 2020, unveiled by board president Brett Anderson
POP POETRY by Sandra Beasley
Identities, New and Old
GUSTAVO ARELLANO digs into the small-town Mexican chain restaurant
EVERYTHING IS PEACHES IN GEORGIA, says Tom Okie
Country Conceits
BESHA RODELL takes stock of Cracker Barrel
THE MASON JAR is a pop meme says Gabe Bullard
TABASCO LUNCHEON featuring Sean Brock, the Appalachian champion
Prime-Time Personalities
JACK PENDARVIS has been watching Justin Wilson reruns and has something to say
MINNIE & MAHALIA WERE FRIED CHICKEN SIRENS, argues Alice Randall
KATE MEDLEY gets filmic with Bill Neal of shrimp & grits fame
COCKTAILS
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES for a good reason
FAMILY FEUD GAME SHOW hosted by Rob “Richard Dawson” Long
JOHN EGERTON AWARD PRESENTATION
TOAST JOANN CLEVENGER, the Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, and ogle her award, created by Blair Hobbs
LODGE CAST IRON _______ & GRITS FEED: David Carrier, Kim Floresca, Ricky Moore, and Tandy Wilson fill in the blank
VIRGINIA WINES
DUNK TANK TOMFOOLERY
DANCING TUNES AND SPANGLED SUITS from the Jeff Mosier Collective
COFFEE AND SUSTENANCE from Corbin Evans
BENEDICTION by Edward Lee
ON WHITE TRASH COOKING, a meditation by Price Walden and the Donkey Sauce Players
THE MASKED AVENGER SPEAKS of Guy Fieri and other concerns
PAPPY MEAL a boxed cornucopia for the road, curated by Drew Robinson—who knows more than barbecue
