‘Sometimes They Just Come to You’: Fishermen Connect at Sardis Lake
Brandon Simmons first fished at the Sardis Lake during a summer camp when he was 13, but now he returns weekly to fish the dam as well as meet and converse with other fishermen.
Brandon Simmons first fished at the Sardis Lake during a summer camp when he was 13, but now he returns weekly to fish the dam as well as meet and converse with other fishermen.
“9 to 5, The Musical” premiered in Los Angeles in 2008, opened on Broadway the following year, and has since earned nominations for 15 Drama Desk Awards and four Tony Awards.
More than 30 volunteers from several different organizations attended JSU’s Office of Community Engagement annual Spring Planting Day in March 2022.
The Ruthless Ryderz round-up club and a handful of others sponsor the Southern Soul Black Invitational Rodeo, which Black riders own and operate.
Pearl River Elementary School organizes the yearly Pearl River Spring Festival to celebrate the spring season, as well as the end of the school year.
After Biloxi Little Theatre’s production of “Barefoot in the Park” concludes on May 22, 2022, the community theater will still put on a children’s show, a teen show and a musical revue through the summer.
Voter restoration is one of many issues plaguing Mississippi, but a new collaboration between the Southern Poverty Law Center and Tougaloo College is looking to train the next up-and-coming generation of activists to effectively work toward voting rights with an advocacy institute.
The Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival is now in its 69th year, with the latest iteration of the event set to take place in Meridian from Saturday, May 7, through Sunday, May 15.
Mississippi Makers Fest is an all-day festival centered around the Entergy Plaza at the Two Mississippi Museums from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 7.
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