Thursday, April 1, 2010

Anne Vidal's Wild Ride

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"What do you mean we're out of gas?" Anne Vidal's beehive wig smacked against the roof of the bus as she jumped up to t...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Race Relations

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Before I moved back to Mississippi from Los Angeles, visits home were exhausting. It was impossible to se...
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Natchez Pilgrimage, 1939

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  For the past couple of weeks, a little-known short film about the Natchez Pilgrimage has gone viral among present and former Natc...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Matters Familias ~~ Howard Pritchartt ~~ Adventures in World War II

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* Photo by Hannah Reel for The Natchez Democrat.  Republished with permission. With an article coming up in The Natchez Democrat as ...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Looking for Blossom

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This is one of Natchez's more recent characters. He's been walking around town for the last few years, going into people's ya...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

New Orleans Halloween

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Shantybellum found itself with a beautiful room way up high on the 7th floor of the Royal Sonesta Hotel in the New Orleans French Quarter fo...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Ferriday Songfest Brings Out the Talent in Everyone

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It felt like the day after Christmas this morning as attendees and hit songwriters dragged their bags and guitar cases through the lobby and...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Second annual Ferriday Songfest Songwriters' Workshop

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Shantybellum is excited. Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m., five hit songwriters will converge at the Arcade Theater in Ferriday, Louisiana, to im...
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