Pelican Bomb has a brief take on Aron Belka’s recent exhibition, “Working the Wetlands.” If you’re in the area, go.

Pelican Bomb has a brief take on LUNA Fête, New Orleans’ annual festival of lights, and one worth the visit if you’re in town.

Pelican Bomb has a review of a recent installation at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans — unfortunately now dismantled, but still worth considering in retrospect.

The Weekly Standard has a brief essay on the most benign of topics, the status of the Confederate Flag in Mississippi. Pace Jonathan Swift, the original subhead was “A modest proposal” — which it remains.

‘Tis the season– this Saturday, December 12, sees one of the loveliest evenings in the south Mississippi literary calendar, the annual author extravaganza at Main Street Books in Hattiesburg. Now in its twelfth year, the event brings in folks from all over the area for a night of old and new friends, minced pies, mulled wine, and, of course, books. The fair runs from 4-7pm, at 210 North Main Street in Hattiesburg.