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Mississippi Culture

Learn about Mississippi’s rich and unique social culture through feature stories about the people and the music, art, food, literature, heritage and history that define the state.

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PHOTOS: Jackson Indie Music Week shatters expectations in fourth year

By Eric J. Shelton and Sereena Henderson, Social Media Manager | January 19, 2019

Jackson Indie Music Week brings Mississippi artists and fans to the capital city’s most well-known venues and hot spots

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Bill Ferris' "Voices of Mississippi" wins two Grammys

Blackface, Confederate reverence a decades old tradition at Mississippi universities and colleges

‘If the government shuts down, we'll do it again’: Vicksburg military park kept open, and 19,000 visitors showed up

In 'On the Come Up,' Angie Thomas shows us that freedom of speech isn't free for some girls

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Vasti Jackson sits with guitar

‘Hell in High Water’: Bluesman taps Mississippi roots in New Stage play about Great Flood of 1927

By Sherry Lucas | January 29, 2019

Vasti Jackson’s character personifies the mighty Mississippi River in play that tells the story of courage and cowardice in historic flood that affected the nation while calling attention to nation’s race relations.

Mississippi Delta students contribute to film that debuts at 2019 Sundance Film Festival

By Aallyah Wright | January 23, 2019

Although the film was mostly shot in Atlanta, additional scenes were filmed by eight students in Sunflower County who participated in a filmmaking workshop while learning about civil rights hero, Fannie Lou Hamer.

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Deuce McAllister’s Ole Saint Kitchen & Tap comes to Biloxi

By Sereena Henderson, Social Media Manager | January 18, 2019

Biloxi’s Boomtown Casino welcomes a second location of Deuce McAllister’s Ole Saint Kitchen & Tap

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Imagination Unlimited: Jim Henson exhibition comes to The MAX in Meridian

By Sereena Henderson, Social Media Manager | January 11, 2019

Inside the mind that gave us Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster and Big Bird

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Bigger than the Dexter meme: How Dear Silas is changing the narrative of making it in Mississippi

By Sereena Henderson, Social Media Manager | January 4, 2019

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From ‘poverty to prosperity’: Women lead initiatives to expand the minds, opportunities in the Delta

By Aallyah Wright | January 3, 2019

Two Mississippi Delta-based organizations at the forefront of efforts to harness the power of education to help youth and adults in region

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Juvenile jail sees new light as new arts center in McComb

By Michelle Liu | January 1, 2019

Pike School of Art hopes hopes to make a former youth detention center into a thriving space for art-making

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‘This is our moment’: Tech firm’s Delta move lifts hopes of economic revival in region

By Aallyah Wright | December 31, 2018

Silicon Valley firm promises up to 200 jobs at facility that will also honor memory of Emmett Till

Jeffrey Gibson threads his Native American heritage with contemporary art in ‘Like A Hammer’ exhibit

By Sereena Henderson, Social Media Manager | December 28, 2018

These pieces reflect the artist’s process of self-discovery and his acceptance of cultural and societal experiences that shaped him

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Murrah Singers put passion on record with ‘Mighty & Joyful’ CD

By Sherry Lucas | December 24, 2018

The collection that includes 18 selections – as classic as Mozart and Mendelssohn and as contemporary as Kirk Franklin and Eric Whitacre – was recorded at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Jackson.

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‘Propelled by faith,’ Thibodeaux marks 50th year dancing on same Jackson stage where it all began

By Sherry Lucas | December 7, 2018

The “Return of the Snow Queen” runs Dec. 15-16 at Thalia Mara Hall

‘We have to care more’: Mississippi Vegan returns to roots for debut cookbook

By Sereena Henderson, Social Media Manager | November 22, 2018

Timothy Pakron, a Mississippi native and author with a growing following, urges us to think more about where our food comes from

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‘Even I have my fears’: How Angie Thomas and ‘The Hate U Give’ went from Belhaven U. to the big screen

By Sereena Henderson, Social Media Manager | October 19, 2018

Through poverty, Twitter trolls and death threats, the bestselling Jackson-born author embodied the true spirit of T-H-U-G L-I-F-E

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Jackson State University 2018 Homecoming Highlights

By R.L. Nave, Editor | October 14, 2018

As Kirk Franklin might say, Mississippi Valley State wasn’t ready for “Thee Revolution.”

Cruisin’ the Coast: 22-year-old Mississippi classic lures car enthusiasts from all over the world

By Sereena Henderson, Social Media Manager | October 5, 2018

Mississippi Today reporter and photographer take you inside one of Mississippi’s treasured traditions

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