One summer day in 2016, lifelong artist Deborah Duncan began searching for a new creative pursuit to kick off her recent retirement from a long
On a fall evening in 1988, Dr. Andy Harper, second conductor of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, stepped into the Saenger Theater in downtown Biloxi
A group of Jackson-based rappers collaborated on a joint album titled “Thanksgiving” with tracks themed around the family-focused holiday.
Sipp Culture is planning the Homegrown Utica Festival as part of local efforts to tackle food insecurity in Utica, a Mississippi food desert.
Mississippi University for Women offers the state’s only bachelor’s degree in culinary arts and recently opened a new $18 million facility.
Oxford High School students, staff and families walked a loop around the high school on Oct. 20, 2023, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness.
COLUMBUS, Miss.— Laverne Greene smiled as students unveiled a new historic marker at the Mississippi University for Women that honors her for being among the
The 50 fellows of the Mississippi Fellowship of Coaching Excellence are part of a new initiative to empower coaches to be leaders in their sports, schools and communities.
Under the moniker Shuniiadaballer, Shuniaa Wrenn of Clarksdale, Miss., has garnered millions of views on her freestyle-rap videos and will soon debut an album.
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