Historic Midway landmark hosting community blues picnic this fall

The “Picnic at Dorchester Academy” is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 18, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the historic grounds in Midway.
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Kids book tells story of Arkansas bluesman CeDell Davis

The Unstoppable Music of CeDell Davis” — a children’s book to be released Tuesday by New York-based Calkins Creek Books — ...
thebluesmagazine

Giles Robson Gets to the Heart of the Blues on Nine Blues Originals

Giles Robson delivers nine original songs on Nine Blues Originals, a stripped-down blues album filled with masterful ...
New York Post

Inside Piedmont as it’s besieged by crime-plagued neighbor Oakland

A tiny California enclave completely surrounded by Oakland is a world apart from its troubled neighbor, with multimillion-dollar homes, sky-high incomes and a dramatically different approach to ...
KQED

Why Is Piedmont a Separate City From Oakland? Bay Curious Explains

This story was first published on April 4, 2019, and was updated on Feb. 1, 2024, to reflect updated census data. The city of Piedmont in the East Bay is a bit of a geographical oddity. It’s not even ...
New York Post

Civil war breaks out in rich, white California town as activists from crime-plagued neighboring city demand it’s ‘canceled’

A bitter battle has erupted over one of California’s wealthiest enclaves, with activists from neighboring Oakland calling for the predominantly white city of Piedmont to be “canceled.” Oakland ...