Mon. Sept 3 & Tues. Sept. 4

Our old TV pal Dixie Whatley is also an artist. She was an artist before she was on "Entertainment Tonight," while she was a Boston TV entertainment reporter, and is now while she's on Comcast. Dixie's stone sculptures are up at L'Attitude Gallery - we know our French and this means Gallery of Attitude,  in a country we've learned to love even more post-"Sicko" - through Tuesday Sept. 4. In late July, Dixie was there in person for a couple of hours to sell her stones. We mean, her depictions of stones. Her stoner art. Her heart of stone. No, her stone sculptures. Now, she's ... elsewhere. But the art remains and if you've got $ in the low thousands, and appreciate contours and color, check it out.

Dixie emailed us recently to say: " I just got back from an overnight run to Florida to pick up a couple sculptures. I had to carry them on board , and the security officer at the airport got a kick when he asked, "whatdaya got in there, rocks?" And, of course, I said 'Yes'. It was a first for him. 
... It's amusing to me to dress most mornings in a tank top and overalls, hair pulled back, baseball cap. After all those years of playing dress-up on TV, my how things have changed. I have an inside studio here in Boston (air cleaner with ten foot arm, air compressor in the basement) but I work outside a lot. Understanding neighbors. Little messier than the tv world of arts and entertainment."

218 Newbury St., 617-927-4400   www.dixiestudio.com