The Arts

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Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival

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Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival

Have you ever been to an arts festival? Even if you don’t consider yourself an art lover, there are a lot of things to enjoy at a festival like this: good weather, a fun atmosphere, food from local restaurants or food trucks, and live music.

And of course there’s the art...

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Opening the Present of a Painting

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Opening the Present of a Painting

When my daughter and nieces were small, my sister and I piled all of us in the car for an "arts adventure." I’d asked my friend, Beverly Key, a visual artist who does abstract landscapes, oil paintings, and collages, if we could come and watch her paint. She graciously agreed...

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The Sounds of Christmas

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The Sounds of Christmas

When I think about the beauty of Christmas, one of the first things that comes to mind is the music.

I still remember every word and note of the Christmas album my parents played every year once the tree was up and decorated. As an adult, I was thrilled to find an old recording of the album...

Singer, Songwriter, and Storyteller Kate Campbell

Singer, Songwriter, and Storyteller Kate Campbell

My husband “discovered” singer-songwriter Kate Campbell in 1997 after listening to a Southern Music CD included in Oxford American magazine. He bought her CD, Moonpie Dreams, and went to her concert two weeks later. He met her afterward, and that’s when he really became a life-long fan.

Through the years, he introduced her music to other friends and, when I came along, to me as well. 

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