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Author & Illustrator Brian Selznick Talk, Oct. 8
Join us for a talk with Brian Selznick in Convocation Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 5 p.m. He will discuss storytelling, the power of images, and Read more...
Monteagle Council Candidates Talk about Home
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
Asked to describe Monteagle in a single word, all three alderman candidates for the Monteagle Council Read more...
Monteagle: Lawsuit, Water, Theft, Planning
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“Since the city voted not to accept the resolution on July 24 and voted again in August, it left me with Read more...
Monteagle Planning Recommends Recodifying Zoning Ordinance Amendments
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Oct. 1 meeting, the Monteagle Planning Commission recommended all zoning ordinance amendments since Read more...
Renia Dotson Elected Chair of the Board of Regents
At their meeting on Sept. 12, the University’s Board of Regents elected Dr. Renia Dotson, C’88, to serve a two-year term as chair. Dotson began Read more...
Being Both ‘Mayberry’ and the Plateau Gateway
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“I want to live in Mayberry,” said seventh-generation Monteagle resident Iva Michelle Russell Read more...
Sewanee Council: Unexpected Student Parking Flames Distress
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“We got an email at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. That was the first notice. They were dumping gravel the next Read more...
AngelFest
The Sewanee Business Alliance is hosting AngelFest on Friday, Oct. 4, at Angel Park. This annual community event promises an evening filled with Read more...
Second Annual Fiery Gizzard Fest
The second annual Fiery Gizzard Fest will be Friday–Saturday, Oct. 4–5, in Tracy City. Live music from Jason Lee Wilson & James County Band & Read more...
Tickbush Festival
The second annual Tickbush Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, at St. James Midway Community Park, Sewanee.
Come and Read more...
SACA Fall Craft Fair
The Sewanee Arts and Crafts Association will host its fall craft fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, in Shoup Park on University Avenue. Read more...
Head of the Crow: Ties That Bind
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
Often dividing things comes with grumbling and unhappiness about who got what. But the Plateau’s new Read more...
Year’s Best New Comedy: Two Sewanee Connections
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
Rave reviews by the New York Times and Time Magazine greeted the Sept. 2 premiere of FX’s “English Read more...
Humans’ Superiority Edge: for Better or Worse?
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
Robin Bates’ new book, “Better Living through Literature: How Books Change Our Lives and (Sometimes) Read more...
SUD: ARPA Update
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Sept. 10 meeting, Sewanee Utility District manager Ben Beavers updated the SUD Board of Read more...