Hanging out at the pool, rocking to live music, eating great food, getting out in the garden, enjoying art: The new issue of Leflore Illustrated, which is being distributed today, celebrates all the little things that make summer fun.
Inside its pages, cooks for “The Help” discuss the lengths moviemakers went to get just the right look for foods when filming last summer in Greenwood.
Art expert Jack Kyle of Minter City talks about his dream to bring a major porcelain museum to the Delta.
Bobby Cox — the Black Hawk hedge-shaper, not the former Atlanta Braves manager — gives a tour of his plant designs that are inspired by the animal kingdom.
The Greenwood band The Firm talks about its origin and its members’ love for music.
Sara Ann Carter invites readers into the secret garden behind her North Greenwood home; Charlie and Jo Claire Swayze guide them through their classic house on Grand Boulevard.
And local designers share how you can brighten up your home for summer.
Plus there are Leflore Illustrated’s regular features, a calendar full of upcoming community events and a strong advertising presence from Greenwood-area companies.
The Commonwealth publishes the magazine quarterly. It’s distributed for free and available for pickup at the Commonwealth and other businesses throughout town. An electronic edition is also available at http://www.zwire.com/site/dav.cfm?brd=1838&pag=1027&fd1=18,1027&ssid=19562
“If there’s anything we Deltans like to talk about this time of year, it’s how hot it is,” said Tim Kalich, editor and publisher. “This issue of the magazine is full of ‘cool’ stories and photos that should give its readers some welcome relief.”
• Contact Charlie Smith at csmith@gwcommonwealth.com.
