Jackson Indie Music Week brings Mississippi artists and fans to the capital city’s most well-known venues and hot spots
Mississippi Culture
‘Hell in High Water’: Bluesman taps Mississippi roots in New Stage play about Great Flood of 1927
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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
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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.
Deuce McAllister’s Ole Saint Kitchen & Tap comes to Biloxi
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Biloxi’s Boomtown Casino welcomes a second location of Deuce McAllister’s Ole Saint Kitchen & Tap
Mississippi Culture
Imagination Unlimited: Jim Henson exhibition comes to The MAX in Meridian
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Inside the mind that gave us Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster and Big Bird
Education
From ‘poverty to prosperity’: Women lead initiatives to expand the minds, opportunities in the Delta
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Two Mississippi Delta-based organizations at the forefront of efforts to harness the power of education to help youth and adults in region
Justice
Juvenile jail sees new light as new arts center in McComb
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Pike School of Art hopes hopes to make a former youth detention center into a thriving space for art-making
Mississippi Culture
‘This is our moment’: Tech firm’s Delta move lifts hopes of economic revival in region
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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
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These pieces reflect the artist’s process of self-discovery and his acceptance of cultural and societal experiences that shaped him
Mississippi Culture
Murrah Singers put passion on record with ‘Mighty & Joyful’ CD
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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.
Mississippi Culture
‘Propelled by faith,’ Thibodeaux marks 50th year dancing on same Jackson stage where it all began
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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
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Timothy Pakron, a Mississippi native and author with a growing following, urges us to think more about where our food comes from
Mississippi Culture
‘Even I have my fears’: How Angie Thomas and ‘The Hate U Give’ went from Belhaven U. to the big screen
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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
Mississippi Culture
Jackson State University 2018 Homecoming Highlights
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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
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Mississippi Today reporter and photographer take you inside one of Mississippi’s treasured traditions