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5 things to do today: Thursday

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

1) Carte Blanche opens at Wm Turner Gallery.

2) NPR’s Bailey White discusses Nothing with Strings at Margaret Mitchell House & Museum.

3) T. Model Ford plays Star Bar.

4) Invasion: Christmas Carol continues at Dad’s Garage.

5) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus performs at Woodruff Arts Center.

(Photo by Bernard Matussière/Courtesy Wm Turner Gallery)

NPR’s Bailey White captures the bittersweet South with no strings attached

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Bestselling author and National Public Radio commentator Bailey White speaks in a throaty but quavering drawl that’s so distinctive, you can imagine her spinning leisurely yarns for hours on a front porch in her hometown of Thomasville, Ga. Her voice can be a little misleading, however. White sounds so grandmotherly that a listener may underestimate her as merely quaint, when her writing can reveal unexpected precision and perceptiveness. (more…)