‘A Good American’ tells a family’s history, set to music

“A Good American” by Alex George (Amy Einhorn Books, 387 pages, $25.95)

Spotted Photos: Georgia History Festival Colonial Faire and Muster

The Georgia History Festival Colonial Faire and Muster, a weekend-long event at Wormsloe, highlighted cannon and musket firings; blacksmithing, craft, and cooking demonstrations; Native American and slave life interpretations; and period music and dance.

Native Americans As Slaves, Slave Owners In North

MacArthur 'Genius' Tiya Miles does pioneering research on the relationship between Cherokee Indians and African-Americans. She speaks with host Michel Martin about shedding light on the unexplored history of Native American and African-American slavery in Michigan.

ROBERT BRUCE SMITH: Tupelo Symphony plays American music of wonder and tragedy

TUPELO - Symphonic music by distinguished American composers of the 20th and 21st centuries - plus the return of a glamorously captivating flute soloist - lured a whole houseful of music lovers to the Link Centre Concert Hall on Saturday, Jan. 29. Conducted by its ever-resourceful music director, Steven Byess, the Tupelo Symphony Orchestra played with an obviously heartfelt warmth and fervency ...

Reel Injun

Recommended THE FILM: Reel Injun is a film with a knotty, fascinating, and important story to tell about the intersection of Native American history with the medium--the cinema--that was born just as that history seemed to be coming to a tragic, ignobly inflicted end. Director Neil Diamond (no, not that Neil Diamond) is himself a Native American of the Cree tribe (which inhabits a far northern ...