Read Andalusia Farm's blog on how faith "whispers" rather than "shouts" within modern literature, compared literature in Flannery O'Connor's time period.

In her essay "The Fiction Writer and his Country," Flannery O'Connor describes how she approaches writing to an increasingly secular audience: “The novelist with Christian concerns will find in modern life distortions which are repugnant to him, and his problem will be to make these appear as distortions to an audience which is used to seeing them as natural; and he may well be forced to take ever more violent means to get his vision across to this hostile audience... Read More

Downtown Milledgeville will step back in time on Feb. 1 for the ‘Fall in Love with the ’80s’ First Friday event from 6 to 9 p.m.

“We are flashing back to the ‘80s for this First Friday and expect to see tons of neon colors and teased hair,” Milledgeville Main Street Director Carlee Schulte said. “This month is extra special because we are celebrating two years since the event’s inception. I am so thankful for the committee, community and merchants for embracing this event and helping it grow over the past two years.”

Georgia College’s Max Noah Singers will be performing at 7 p.m. on South Wayne Street in front of Chops. The group will perform songs of love that they will be presenting for their Valentine’s Day Rendezvous on Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Magnolia Ballroom.