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New mural celebrates Alabama literary giants By Dennis Washington January 13, 2021 Johnna Bush stands next a new mural she painted in downtown Monroeville to honor Monroe County's status as Alabama's Literary Capital. (Dennis Washington / Alabama NewsCenter) Johnna Bush spends most of her days painting portraits, but when the Grove Hill studio artist got a call from a friend about plans for a new mural in downtown Monroeville, she stopped and listened. “I really believed in this project because I believe what they’re telling and preserving is so important,” Bush said. “This is a wonde...

If you’ve organised the usual holiday cheer for the night before Christmas – from leaving Santa’s mince pies out to hanging the stockings – and you still find yourself casting about for memory-making activities to introduce to the kids, then check out these ideas: The Icelandic book flood Between the snow and the reindeer Scandinavians don’t have to work very hard to make things Christmassy, but one thing they do make an effort with is Christmas Eve traditions. Known as Jólabókaflóð, or the Yule Book Flood, this is the festive period when Iceland’s book publishers release the ...

59:54 On this 2020 Christmas, we know the holiday will look different than it has in years past, distanced as many of us are from family and loved ones. RadioWest’s gift to you is something familiar – two of our favorite holiday stories.  This Friday at 11 a.m., we’ll rebroadcast Ron Carlson’s “H Street Sledding Record” and "A Christmas Memory,” by Truman Capote, two stories we’ve loved and shared over the years. (Rebroadcast) Ron Carlson's "H Street Sledding Record" appears in his book A Kind of Flying [Indiebound|Amazon| Bookshop]. It's read here by the actor Tobin Atkins...

The bells are jingling and the carolers are singing as we quickly approach the homestretch this holiday season, and we’ve rounded up some of the best of the best seasonal offerings across Houston’s virtual stages in the coming week. From irreverent to wistful, there’s a little something for everyone. If you’re in the mood for something heartwarming, familiar and family friendly that’s not seasonally on the nose, how about a musical retelling of a classic fairy tale? The Ensemble Theatre is currently presenting an archival production of the African American Shakespeare Company’s ...