The ArtsCenter in Carrboro posted on its blog some photos of The Monti on Saturday night. It really was a wonderful evening. Audio recordings of the stories will be posted here before too long.

Tonight, at The Monti, in Carrboro, NC, at the Arts Center, 8 p.m.

I’d like folks to know that I will be one of the storytellers at The Monti in Carrboro, N.C., on Saturday night. The event takes place at the Arts Center near Cats Cradle and starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are available. Promises to be a really entertaining evening. Details are here.

Shot in Calabria, Italy, by Michael Frierson.

I have been thinking this for a while. The signs are too obvious to ignore. Maureen Dowd explains it well in her column today in the Times.

The crux: “But Wilson’s shocking disrespect for the office of the president — no Democrat ever shouted “liar” at W. when he was hawking a fake case for war in Iraq — convinced me: Some people just can’t believe a black man is president and will never accept it.”