See & Do - I know why the caged bird sings October 18 2006

For some people the South will always be synonymous with NASCAR, racial division and Deliverance. But Southerners and émigrés to the region know it’s a place laden with magical charms all its own. BLACKBIRD ON YOUR SHOULDER: STORIES AND OTHER TRUTHS FROM THE SOUTH (pictured Linda Anderson’s “Storm Rising over Eden”) is a multimedia examination of that quicksilver notion of “Southernness” at Agnes Scott College through NOV. 20. The exhibition features some notable regional artists, such as E.K. Huckaby and Sheila Turner, and a host of attendant Southern loveliness including quintessential Dixie-esque filmmaker Ross McElwee, who will screen Bright Leaves, his thoughtful tale about the intertwined histories of tobaccy and the South. Exhibition: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. Dalton Gallery, Dana Fine Arts Building. Film: Mon., Nov. 20, 7 p.m. Maclean Auditorium. 141 E. College Ave., Decatur. 404-471-6244. daltongallery.agnesscott.edu.