Ridgeland Tourism Commission Unveils New Brand, New Center in Renaissance at Colony Park
The Ridgeland Tourism Commission opened a new visitors center in the Renaissance shopping district in February 2024.Ā
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The Ridgeland Tourism Commission opened a new visitors center in the Renaissance shopping district in February 2024.Ā
Former Rep. Alyce Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature. Her portrait is now on display in the state Capitol.
Laurel, Miss., native Kendria Bland has amassed more than 1 million followers on TikTok through her creative comedy skits.
Charles Palmer prepped for Thanksgiving early this yearānot with a turkey and sides, but a collaborative rap album he created alongside local artists. Much like
Art curator and creator Alexis Noble identified a need for opportunity in Jacksonās creative community and birthed a solution: The Mash Up.Ā Ā
The Mississippi Museum of Art is hosting the stateās first Picasso exhibit, featuring his landscape paintings paired with Romare Beardenās exhibit.
A group of Jackson-based rappers collaborated on a joint album titled āThanksgivingā 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.
On a summer afternoon in 2001, Jackson-born artist Felandus Thames stepped into the open atrium of the older building at the Mississippi Museum of Art,
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