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Mississippi-based documentary film company forges community connection through storytelling
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Blue Magnolia Films duo helps Mississippians craft and tell unique stories that highlight community.
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Spotlight: performance series to shine light on diverse voices through Mississippi-made theater
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Summer performance series aims to create a platform for new plays and LGBTQ+ voices.
Director Tate Taylor uses love of preservation to lift up Mississippi
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Mississippi native Tate Taylor, director of “The Help,” preserved Wyolah Plantation in Church Hill, where he lives and spends most of his time.
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During these strange coronavirus times, Mississippians find virtual ways to find connection and community
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Social distancing, closed businesses and self-quarantines have left normally gregarious Mississippians without their usual outlets to congregate and visit. But, many are finding community and connection virtually.
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New series with Chef Vivian Howard hits the whole South, Mississippi included
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Famous chef spotlights Chinese food traditions in Mississippi Delta and makes matzo balls in Jackson during culinary trek of the South.
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New Stage’s ‘Pipeline’ asks important questions but doesn’t leave audience hanging
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Play by Dominique Morisseau touches on a range of social issues, including third-strike procedures, failing schools, school violence, discipline, racial bias and an educational system that doesn’t serve all students equally
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‘Still playing’ for loyal listeners: Meridian native Steve Forbert honored for excellence in music
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Mississippi roots resonate in the music and lyrics of Meridian-born folk singer Steve Forbert
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‘Beyond the Cave’: Artists’ response to Nick Cave exhibit draws a new audience to Museum of Art
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Before meeting Nick Cave and seeing his art “I didn’t recognize how important it is to see myself in art, and to share it with people who look like me and my community,” said one of the producers of recent event
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Standing ovation: Hinds Community College dance students ‘brought the house down’ at Carnegie Hall
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Performances of Montage Theatre of Dance’s “The Dance of the Lion King” are scheduled for Feb. 9 at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson and Cain-Cochran Hall on HCC’s Raymond campus Feb. 11-13
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Jackson State grads debut on Broadway: ‘You don’t go higher in the theatrical world’
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Tramell Tillman made his Broadway debut in ‘The Great Society,’ which closed Nov. 30 at Lincoln Center’s Beaumont Theater. Rob Demery makes his in ‘A Soldier’s Play’ at American Airlines Theatre, opening Jan. 21 for a run through March 15
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‘Land & Power’ summit creates ‘magical’ community connection through social practice art
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“Land & Power: The Summit,” one of two artist-led, community-driven place-based artist residencies in Mississippi connected people working with civil rights, farming and the broader local community.
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Five months, 10 visits, 360-degree cameras: place-based residency pieces together fabric of Hancock County
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Mark Geil’s place-based artist residency pieced together footage from 360-degree cameras for a community-engaged look at Hancock County.
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What the Dickens is going on in Jackson this Christmas?
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New Stage Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol” will be its 25th since its first staging in 1984. Ballet Magnificat! is tackling the Charles Dickens’ classic for the first time.
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‘An artist with a civic responsibility’: Nick Cave exhibition at Mississippi Museum of Art through Feb. 16
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“I’m just glad I can be the catalyst, to create work that allows us to come together and have these difficult conversations,” Cave says
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Most endangered historic places: Mississippi Heritage Trust’s list spotlights state’s threatened significant sites
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“When we might not have too many things going for us, we do have the significance of our past.”