“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
Mississippi ExPats
Ogden director celebrates shared arts culture between Mississippi and New Orleans
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Mississippi ExPat William Andrews celebrates Southern culture and community while navigating the New Orleans art scene as director of the Ogden.
Mississippi Culture
With humor and a lot of heart, ‘Into the Breeches!’ gets the literary party started for New Stage’s 54th season
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Comedy set in Jackson kicks off a season that’s themed “A Literary Party,” with plays that have a literary backdrop (Shakespeare in this case), or are based on books.
Mississippi Culture
Noah Saterstrom celebrates Mississippi Storytellers with narrative portraits
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Saterstrom’ new portrait series is now showcased in the “Storytellers: A Mississippi Narrative” exhibition at Fischer Galleries in Jackson
Mississippi Culture
A passion for animal welfare: Fostering tough but rewarding work in a community ‘overrun by strays’
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Sterilizing pets is the most effective way to reduce stray pet populations, rescuers say.
Mississippi Culture
Mississippi’s Gulf Coast opens it arms and palate to the food truck revolution
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Trucks and trailers can now be found from Tupelo to Biloxi, with the Gulf Coast being the fastest growing region.
Mississippi Culture
Shannon McNally, into the blues and drawn to the Hill country, brings ‘a real explosion of creativity’ to Jackson
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Grammy-nominated blues-Americana performer performs with her full band at Duling Hall.
Mississippi Culture
African American cowboys and cowgirls ride into the spotlight at annual Jackson Black Rodeo
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The historical role of black cowboys in rural life has drawn renewed interest in recent years in Mississippi, nationally and around the world
Mississippi Culture
“Every Hour”: Claire Holley revisits how she ‘started to really enjoy music’ with new release of hymns
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Jackson native back home with a free public performance in her hometown featuring songs from the recent release, “Every Hour.”
Sports
Life lessons through golf: Mississippi Urban League, First Tee, 100 Black Men join forces
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The children learned how to grip a golf club, how to swing it and, perhaps more importantly, how golf is the only sport in which the players keep score and call penalties on themselves. In golf, integrity is paramount.
Mississippi Culture
A blooming spectacle: New crepe myrtle festival invites the world to visit Natchez
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Organizers hope the Natchez International Crepe Myrtle Festival, June 21-22, will rival the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., and fall foliage tours in New England.
Mississippi Culture
‘Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now’: Rare art form on display in Mississippi more than just shadows of the past
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Silhouettes predated photography and explored slavery and other stereotypes. The exhibit from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is on display through Aug. 25 at the Mississippi Museum of Art.
Mississippi Culture
Author Mary Miller dives into the Coast with the help of aging cynic and his furry friend
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Her life on Mississippi’s Coast inspired her latest novel, “Biloxi”, its aging protagonist and his canine companion.
Mississippi Culture
Inaugural Mississippi Food and Wine festival a new destination on the culinary map
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Participants say festival, debuting June 13-15 “… is just good for Jackson. It’s nice to have something worth coming here for.”
Mississippi Culture
Steve Martin’s musical ‘Bright Star’ right at home in the South and at New Stage
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Tale of love, forgiveness and redemption anchored in folk/Americana music and runs through June 9.
Mississippi Culture
A hard conversation about racism: How ‘The Blood of Emmett Till’ led high school Northerners on a civil rights journey to the South
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Educators at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey created a course around the Till book and the civil rights movement. Students and teachers then traveled through the South, including the Mississippi Delta.