AUGUSTA, Ga. — The annual Arts In The Heart Of Augusta festival is a showcase for creativity, with everything from music and dance, to painting and pottery, to the culinary arts represented for three days in September.

The art of writing also enjoyed its own stage, as the Authors Club of Augusta hosted the Literary Lounge. Authors from across the area gathered to meet potential readers, sign copies of their books and step to the microphone to read examples of their craft. In this episode, we talk with Authors Club of Augusta president SEA STACHURA and four other writers about the joys and challenges of putting their thoughts and feelings in print.

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JACKSON, S.C. — On a steamy Saturday afternoon, four writers from in and around the Aiken area gathered under a couple of tents at Boondock Farms, a local farmer’s market.

In this meandering conversation, authors N.J. MASTRO, CANDACE J. CARTER, M.B. GIBSON and STEVE GORDY discuss how coming together as creatives advances the often-solitary craft of writing fiction.

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — Our weekly podcast and its mission of “Exploring The Southern Experience” celebrates its milestone 20th episode with a visit to the North Carolina mountains and a tradition as sweet as honey.

The annual Bearfootin’ Art Walk features painted bears around downtown Hendersonville that will be auctioned off in October. Here we talk with JAMIE CARPENTER and TERRYE JACOBS of the City’s Downtown Hendersonville about this “beary” special event.

Tonight’s live chat (from Facebook LIVE) introduces the first-ever “Editor’s Choice Curious Cookbook Club” selection.

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FLAT ROCK, N.C. — Tucked back in the mountains of western North Carolina, the historic FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE has evolved into a proving ground for actors, playwrights and other technical personnel aspiring to work on Broadway or Off-Broadway and many who are long-established in the craft.

But the State Theater of North Carolina is much more than a performing arts stage. Artistic Associate ETHAN ANDERSEN tells us it is a working classroom for the theatre arts that draws major stars to this out-of-the-way village.

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RIDGE SPRING, S.C. — With fourteen books to his credit and a weekly column that appears in more than sixty newspapers across the South, writer TOM POLAND has established himself as one of the region’s most compelling literary voices.

This week, we sit down with him over a bowl of shrimp-and-grits to explore what drives him and provokes him to write so comfortably about the South, its colorful characters and roadside treasures worth stopping to explore.

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Aiken, S.C. — When his hopes of becoming a professional golfer fell short, JUSTIN WHEELON began growing his craft as a filmmaker. The result has been a room full of television’s highest accolade.

In this candid conversation, Wheelon and his new bride REBECCA KELLEY discuss how they have grown not just their marriage but also their craft.

Augusta, Ga. — Born a free person of color prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, Lucy Craft Laney nonetheless faced the inherent challenges of being black in the American South even without the shackles of slavery.

That reality informed Miss Laney’s commitment to creating opportunity for herself - and for her students - through the power of education. On this episode, we visit the LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY and discuss this extraordinary woman’s legacy with the museum director COREY ROGERS.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — In this 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence, there is a tiny oasis in the heart of Augusta’s bustling Medical District where the past meets the present and echoes of the American Revolution still ring.

Meadow Garden is the one-time home of George Walton, a 26-year-old transplanted Georgia patriot who was among the signers of America’s founding document. In this episode, we talk with RANSOM SCHWERZLER, executive director of Meadow Garden. She takes us inside this modest home to explore Walton’s role in the fight for independence.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- For the first time since our premiere, we return home to the Central Savannah River Area of Georgia and South Carolina for a journey through the ages and into the fascinating story of the Augusta Canal.

Built more than 180 years ago, the canal remains the only intact industrial canal in the American South still in continous use. In this episode, the first of a three-part series set in the Garden City, we chat with JULIANNA SHURTLEFF of the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area about the waterway's rich history and its ongoing role in shaping Augusta.