Browsing: Arts / Culture

In the heart of Lumberton High School, students have turned grief into art. A group of students, led by art…

A recent collaboration between the Lighthouse Academy for Dyslexia, the Resurrection Catholic School Choir, and Sean Gasaway of the Mississippi Songwriters Alliance, has resulted in an inspirational song called “His Story.”

Ragtime and early jazz players from across the country will gather at the University of Mississippi when the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest and Festival celebrates its 51st edition over the Memorial Day weekend.

In a spacious common room inside the historic Hattiesburg Cultural Center, laughter echoes as a group of seniors huddle together, reading from scripts and exchanging inside jokes. 

The south features incredible storied streets seeped with buildings from bygone days and dotted with ancient live oak canopies draped in Spanish moss, and Mississippi is no exception.

The University of Southern Mississippi’s Bands Department will host a week of free, family-friendly concert events beginning April 25 at 7:30 p.m., when the Symphonic Winds performs Dr. Colin McKenzie’s favorites as he steps away from the podium after the event to focus on his role as director of the School of Music. On April 27 at 3 p.m., a Sunday afternoon double-header of the University Band and the Hattiesburg Concert Band will feature a program of classic wind band literature.

Something about being outdoors breathing the aroma of pines on a slightly chilled spring morning can make you feel naked before God even if you’re wearing a sweater.

The Mississippi Film Society’s first film festival celebrated creativity from across the state, but the University of Mississippi was all over the credits.

There is no experience in the world like walking out on that stage — and you’re standing behind that massive…

Get ready for a momentous occasion! After a decade-long break, The Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art gala returns in style at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino.

The historic Magnolia Theatre invites you to come and enjoy the magical wonders of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe this weekend in downtown New Albany, Mississippi, April 10-13. 

Both Mississippi State’s Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center and the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio are selections among 54 national finalists featured this year in Venice, Italy, at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, a premier international architectural showcase.

Nestled in downtown Hattiesburg is the Saenger Theater. This establishment could accommodate nearly 1000 guests— 997 to be exact. It…

This spring, the already impressive number of talented writers in Oxford will multiply as more than 20 of the nation’s leading and emerging authors, poets, scholars and artists gather for the Oxford Conference for the Book.

The 2nd Annual Casey Jones Blues Fest takes place Saturday, March 22, in downtown Water Valley, Mississippi. The festival celebrates the life of Water Valley resident John Luther “Casey” Jones, a legendary engineer with Illinois Central Railroad. 

Aubri Sparkman is Hattiesburg’s youngest muralist and possibly the youngest muralist in the state of Mississippi. The 19-year-old artist has certainly made a name for herself in the Magnolia State’s public art scene. Her passion for art was instilled in her from a young age, with her great-grandfather being a renowned street artist in New Orleans. This artistic lineage, coupled with her mother and sister also being artists, has deeply influenced Sparkman’s artistic journey.