Stellaaahhh!!! Festival honors Tennesee Williams
(Clarksdale, Miss.) Fans of the playwright Tennessee Williams will be shouting for Stella this weekend in Clarksdale, Miss.
Williams drew some of his most powerful images from his boyhood hometown in the Mississippi Delta, where an annual festival now celebrates the city’s role in Williams’ award-winning stories.
The name Stella in “A …
Tags: Boyhood, Clarksdale Miss, Fans, Hometown, Images, Mississippi Delta, Playwright Tennessee Williams, Stella, Tennesee Williams, Tennessee WilliamsEx-TV anchor is Detroit’s 1st openly gay candidate
When reporter and anchor Charles Pugh told viewers of Detroit’s Fox television affiliate about his gay lifestyle, he gambled that people in his working-class hometown still would accept him as a journalist. That was about five years ago, and over that time Pugh’s popularity grew to where he became one of the more recognizable faces on local news broadcasts. He is banking on that translating into enough votes to make him the city’s first openly gay city council member. “I didn’t know what would happen, but at that point it didn’t matter to me because I knew it was the right thing to do,” Pugh told The Associated Press. “I think there will be people who grumble about it and some people who may stray away from voting for me because of that, but I think Detroiters already know me. I believe Detroiters are open-minded, hardworking people who really do accept people who are different. ” See Ex-TV anchor is Detroit’s 1st openly gay candidate
Chicago Tribune
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