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Jackson restaurateur and promoter Malcolm White, organizer of the city’s annual Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival, has named Mississippi jazz icon Cassandra Wilson as this year’s grand marshal.
The Mississippi Historical Society honored Mississippi native Leslie Burl McLemore with its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award on March 3, 2023, for his efforts as a student leader during the heights of the Civil Rights Movement and for his accomplishments with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Sean Starwars’ art exhibit, titled “American Dream / Mississippi Nightmare,” focuses on woodcutting, a craft that involves carving wood into patterns and subsequently applying ink to the carvings so that they can be used to press images onto paper and other products.
Performers, inductees and representatives returned to the MSU Riley Center stage for a rousing, revival-like close to the The MAX Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
John Watzke says that he hopes his drive-in theater will offer coastal Mississippians and visitors to the area an affordable entertainment experience so that they can make cherished memories they can share with those who attended screenings with them.
Experiencing the loss of a sibling for the first time after his sister—one of nine siblings—recently passed away following a heart attack, Roscoe Barnes III
Madison, Miss., resident Bill Murphy discovered a talent for the saxophone during middle school and fostered his musicianship into a decades-spanning career in the industry.
Preserving heritage and cultural pride are driving forces for Gloria Gipson Suggs’ visual art.
Brooke Floyd learned of the National Organizing Fellowship she completed this year through People’s Advocacy Institute Executive Director Rukia Lumumba, who encouraged the Jackson, Miss., native to apply.
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