#19 CULTURE CLASH PANEL 1 A statue that commemorates the humorous yet intense “culture war” clash at Dixon Park, sparked by the 1999 Cyber World’s Fair. The statue captures the epic showdown between the redneck crowd and the artsy folks, frozen in a moment of conflict. MR. MATHESON (o.S.) And this is Dixon Park, site of the infamous 1996 Cyber World's Fair! It's where the Everly Heights Culture Wars began. PANEL 2 In the background, Senator Smith and Mr. Matheson look at a marble statue in the park featuring a redneck and an artist locked in battle. SENATOR SMITH And what happened here? PANEL 3 Mr. Matheson lectures to the Senator. MR. MATHESON Let's just say... PANEL 4 Mr. Matheson gestures to the statue. MR. MATHESON We had to build a statue about it.

“Culture Clash” – Mr. Matheson’s Arithme-TIPS for November 7, 2024

Posted on November 7, 2024 by Everly Heights

We continue Senator Smith's tour through important settings in Everly Heights by visiting Dixon Park, home of the Cyber World's Fair and the "Dixon Park Rebellion," an event so important in Everly Heights history there is a whole scene devoted to it in Curtain Call. Everly Heights is the home of the arts in 90's-based stories like Very Special and Kids Like Us. So how does it become the down-and-out town in the 2020s we see in The Last Chance Detective Agency? In Curtain Call, Kelsey the tour guide give us a little more info:

Kelsey stands in front of a grand fountain.

KELSEY: Welcome to Dixon Park, site of the nineteen-ninety-nine Cyber World’s Fair, where the first shots rang out in the ongoing Everly Heights culture wars.

GHOSTS OF REDNECKS AND ARTSY FOLKS appear on the green. They toss kettle corn, funnel cake, and beer at each other, an epic battle worthy of at least seven MTV Movie Awards.

KELSEY: They scheduled the Country Jamboree festival the same weekend as Shakespeare in the Park. Tensions between local artists and the incoming rural population boiled over. It was a real shit show.

We'll conclude the Senator's tour of Everly Heights tomorrow, with a visit to a bridge with an awful lot of symbolism... Until next time.