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My first time to attend an Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame installation was in 2015, for Kathyrn Tucker Windham. It was at the lovely (closed last year) Judson College in Marion, Alabama. The school was established in 1838.
Lunch was served on this pretty Judson motif china
I am beyond thrilled to report that after months of work, I turned in the application nominating Alice Finch Lee back in August, and heard last month (it was embargoed ’til December 1) that she will be inducted in the 2023 AWHoF on March 1.
She was one of the first female lawyers in the state of Alabama, and when she retired at 100, was the oldest practicing attorney in the state. I sent just an incredible list of her merits in the application.
(Fun fact: she was Nelle Harper Lee’s older sister, and that’s the Old Courthouse Museum in Monroeville in the pic above, the model for the final scenes in TKAM)
So so so happy that Miss Alice will be inducted into the 2023 AWHoF. Yay!!
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Andy Warhol’s Dolly Parton, from a visit to Crystal Bridges in 2014
Even the Art Newspaper reported on Dolly Parton’s plans for a museum and more in Nashville
Bitter Southerner calls this peach wrapping paper what it is but I’m thinking those Whelan Girls need to make it into wallpaper, and I’m not even a wallpaper person
Just ran across the ‘Best Classic Restaurants in Each State‘ at Food & Wine, and for Alabama, it was Highlands in Birmingham. I happened to have a pedicure next to someone who works for the group, and they’re still unsure if Highlands will open in weeks, months… Also getting a mention, Bright Star, Martin’s, Archibald’s, and Doc’s Seafood.
Georgia is Bacchanalia, The Colonnade, Busy Bee, Mrs Wilkes, and Weaver D’s.
For Louisiana, they mention Commander’s, Antoine’s, Arnaud’s, Galatoire’s, Dooky Chase, and Casamento’s.
In Mississippi, it’s Bully’s, Dinner Bell, Doe’s, Weidmann’s, and Mary Mahoney’s.
Tennessee = Bea’s, Arnold’s, Prince’s, the Rendezvous, Scott’s BBQ in Lexington, and the Old Mill in Pigeon Forge.
Across Bayou Lafourche, at the intersection of the Southwest Louisiana Canal, parts of the Lefort Cemetery remained above the water line until August 2021, when Hurricane Ida made landfall thirteen miles to the south. What remains of brick vaults are now underwater.
In 2019, the producers of a Broadway adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” provoked outrage by seeking to prevent a group of small theaters around the country from staging an earlier dramatization of the novel.
Now the tables have turned: The publisher of the earlier adaptation is seeking to block the Broadway version from being staged at a wide variety of venues.
Hope you’ve been having a fun week! Big news on Monday xoxo!
Especially nice are the virtual exhibits that LaGrange keeps online, in particular Butch Anthony’s fabulous Art, Nature, and Intertwangleism. It is BEYOND.
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