“Alternative,” yes, but far from “new,” for the vision FIRST THINGS casts for the arts is actually very old. We seek to reorient the arts around the Good, the True, and the Beautiful and ultimately around the font of all goodness, truth, and beauty Himself.
This reorientation can take many shapes, such as the recently unveiled FIRST THINGS annual Poetry Prize or our monthly film nights for local artists and writers. It can also take the shape of good old-fashioned bluegrass.
I like to think that we regained just a little bit of territory last August when FIRST THINGS hosted the Hillbilly Thomists, a band of Dominican friars, for a rousing evening concert at the Union League Club of New York.
The band brought the house down with songs such as “Bourbon, Bluegrass, and the Bible,” “The Power and the Glory,” and an exclusive preview from their forthcoming album Marigold.
A hearty thank you to the band for their performance and to readers like you for the charitable support that makes all of this possible here at FIRST THINGS!
