Episode 65 || Rose-Colored Glasses: How Traditions Build Communities

Published: April 21, 2016, 12:30 p.m.

b"Thomasville is the City of Roses, and spring is the town's time to shine! Each year, Thomasville hosts the Rose Show and Festival, and Chris and Annie talk to city event coordinator Sarah Turner about balancing tradition with new ideas, why a festival devoted to roses, and what she's reading right now.\\xa0\\nVote for Thomasville in USA Today's\\xa0Best Historic Small Town competition!\\xa0\\nCheck out all the Rose Show festivities -- including parade details and flower show times -- here.\\xa0\\nSupport Tallahassee's Word of South festival.\\n\\xa0\\nSarah's go-to podcasts:\\xa0\\n+ Radio Lab\\n+ This American Life\\n\\xa0\\nBooks Sarah mentioned:\\n+\\xa0In a Dark, Dark Wood\\xa0by Ruth Ware\\n+\\xa0Fed, White, and Blue\\xa0by Simon Majumdar\\n+\\xa0Tribal\\xa0by Diane Roberts\\n+ The Language of Flowers\\xa0by Vanessa Diffenbaugh\\n+\\xa0How to Be a Woman\\xa0by Caitlin Moran\\n\\xa0\\nBooks Chris mentioned:\\xa0\\n+\\xa0The Empathy Exams\\xa0by Leslie Jamison\\xa0\\n+\\xa0Battleborn\\xa0by Claire Watkins\\n+\\xa0Fortune Smiles\\xa0by Adam Johnson\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nBooks Annie mentioned:\\n+\\xa0Fortune Smiles\\xa0by Adam Johnson\\n\\xa0\\nWebsite | Twitter | Instagram"