2022 May/June Feature

By MARY LEE MCKEE • Photography by ANNA SATTERFIELD  Marshall Blevins, creating joy-infused paintings inspired by the blues, the past, and the lowly mule      If you sit for very long with the Church Goin’ Mule’s art, or even just a little while, you might find yourself feeling a bit uplifted. Perhaps even hopeful […]

By SHERRY LUCAS  •  Photos courtesy of ELISE JENKINS and EMMA BOND This series of contests combines fierce competition, family fun, and the best barbecue around      Saucy fun. Good-natured ribbing. A competition so keen you can taste it.      Slather on enough prize money to whet the appetite for that, too, and you’ve