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The 12th annual Oxford Blues Festival will kick off three days of blues music with a free-to-the-public event at the University of Mississippi Blues Archive.

Theresa Bush, assistant professor of costume design at The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Theatre program, housed in the School of Performing and Visual Arts, serves as associate designer for “A Wonderful World,” a new Broadway musical about the life and loves of jazz legend Louis Armstrong, beginning its pre-Broadway performances this week in New Orleans.

Meet Brandi Perry and Dori Lowe— writers and founders of “Backroads and Burgers.” In addition to this, they are educators. 

The Laurel School District is leading the charge in bringing together all the students and faculty in the district as well as the community to celebrate National Heritage Month in a fabulous fashion.

Mississippi is well known for its genuine hospitality, and that is precisely what you will get when you visit the Southern Sisters of Laurel, owned by true Southern sisters Suzanne Williams and Sandy Williams Hanna.

The University of Mississippi Department of Theatre and Film kicks off its fall production season this weekend with the romantic comedy “The Liar.”

“There is nothing more artistic than to love people,” acclaimed artist Vincent Van Gogh said many years ago. And that…

Five acclaimed musicians whose songs have been recorded by some of music’s most popular performers will headline a Sept. 28 Singer-Songwriter Showcase at The Lyric in Oxford.

For over a century, the University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra has been bringing world-class entertainment to the Hub City,…

One of Mississippi’s foremost active bluesmen will headline a star-studded cast of preeminent session musicians during a free concert honoring the state’s heritage as the “Birthplace of the Blues.”

What better place to host a giant literary lawn party than Mississippi? The Magnolia State is known to produce some of the greatest writers of all time, and this beloved annual event brings readers and writers together from all over the state and the nation. 

On Saturday, August 19, the Mississippi Book Festival will again be held in Jackson, on the State Capitol Building grounds, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. 

The city of Eupora is preparing to bring the first ever Chainsaws and Arts Festival to the region for the weekend of August 9 – 12.

Art certainly is everywhere in Mississippi, and that fact is made abundantly clear through the many beautiful and breathtaking public art that can be experienced through some of the most prominent art walks in the state.

An oracle is a person that shares advice, prophecy, or a story that comes from a “divine” source. Three aspiring…

Christopher Stebly’s mural has once again been installed in Marshall Park in Ocean Springs. The unveiling, which took place on…

Beginning Tuesday, July 18th Hattiesburg’s Historic Saenger Theater will be opened to the public two days a week.  On *Tuesdays from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. and *Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. the theater will be open for walk-in visitors.