Browsing: Arts / Culture

Before Elvis Aaron Presley was the greatest cultural icon of the 20th century, he was just a Tupelo-Mississippi boy with a Biloxi girlfriend.

Natchez is the birthplace of Mississippi. As the oldest city in the Magnolia State, visitors can feel its history as they walk around its storied streets with the Mighty Mississippi River as a scenic backdrop.

Pacesetter Gallery invites the public to their 3rd Annual Birthday Party on July 27, 2024, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. to celebrate three years in business and being named the 2024 Best Mississippi Art Gallery. Partygoers will have a chance to win art and will be treated to cake at the gallery’s Flowood, Mississippi location, in the Dogwood area next to Kohl’s at 310 Ridge Way.

For millions of fans worldwide, Kermit the Frog stars in some of their earliest memories. Whether playing the banjo in the swamp or flailing with excitement to introduce “The Muppet Show,” Kermit is a beloved cultural icon.

The fiftieth anniversary Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference will be held in person, with a remote option for international scholars prohibited from traveling to the U.S., from July 21 to July 25, 2024.

The Drum Corps International (DCI) Tour will return to Hattiesburg, Miss. on Wednesday, July 24 for the 2024 edition of DCI Southern Mississippi. Top corps from around the country will compete at The University of Southern Mississippi’s M. M. Roberts Stadium during this always-exciting event starting at 7:30 p.m.  

Boaters or folks strolling along the banks of the Pascagoula River on late summer evenings sometimes hear melodious humming. They hear the river singing. They hear the Singing River.

In case you haven’t heard, Festival South is winding down this year. If you’re a lover of art— be it visual, literary, or performance, you’ll want to plan to attend next year. It kicked off on May 1, 2024. The final performances will be July 27. This superb, multi week  festival is the art lovers’ dream. 

Here in the Hospitality State we have been known to use some unique phrases in our everyday conversation. Some of these are self-explanatory, while others make it seem like the Sip (Mississippi) has its own language.

The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts – David (Volosin) Katz, founder and chief judge – has announced that The Hub City Players production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” has been named a finalist for the American Prize in Musical Theatre.

D.Kosmo of Lyon, Mississippi was born in Seabrook, Texas in 1971. He spent his early years making art, hunting for Indian artifacts, and creating music. He graduated in 1991, with a Graphic Design degree and then moved to Mexico, painting murals for nightclubs.

Attendees to the June Open Mic Poetry Night at Pacesetter Gallery enjoyed poetry inspired by original Mississippi art. Each year, the Mississippi Poetry Society selects a Mississippi artist for the cover of their Mississippi Poetry Society Journal Contest Edition. Laura Mayo, a rural artist from outside Hernando, MS, and artist at Pacesetter Gallery since its opening 2021, was selected for the 2024 cover.

The immensely popular FestivalSouth® brings more than 50 live art, music, theatre, and dance events to the Hattiesburg area May 28 through June 22, 2024. Featuring many University of Southern Mississippi (USM) faculty, alumni, students, and staff, the festival has become a mainstay, offering opportunities to performers and audiences alike.

For 30 years, The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Steel Pan Orchestra (SoMiSPO), under the baton of Dr. John Wooton, professor of percussion in the School of Music, has been delighting Hattiesburg with the rich and vibrant culture of steel pan music from Trinidad and Tobago — the southernmost island country in the Caribbean.

Over 15,000 people from 21 states across the country attended the Flowood Family Festival. The Festival is known as the official kick-off of Summer for the City of Flowood and features a free concert, food, and fun in a family friendly environment. 

“Every tree has a story. It doesn’t have to end at the landfill.”

That’s the heartfelt mantra of Superior Artisan Wood and its owners, Chad Fletcher and Allen Murphree.

Superior Artisan Wood takes pride in rebirthing timber into beautiful slabs of wood to use in various ways.