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Ten-time GRAMMY nominee Jamey Johnson opens BPAC fall season
The Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) at Delta State University will open its Fall 2026 Mainstage Series with award-winning country singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson on Thursday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m. Limited seats remain for this one-night-only performance. Widely regarded as one of the most respected voices in modern country music,...
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Jamey Johnson to open BPAC Fall Season Sept. 10
CLEVELAND, Miss. — Ten-time Grammy Award nominee and Grand Ole Opry member Jamey Johnson will open the Bologna Performing Arts Center’s Fall 2026 Mainstage Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at the BPAC on the Delta State University campus. Limited seats remain for the one-night performance. Johnson...
takingthekids.com
This Forgotten Delta Building In Mississippi Sat Empty For Years And Now People Drive Hours To Eat There
Sometimes it just takes real effort to turn absolutely anything into something worth talking about, and this Mississippi Delta building proves exactly that. It sat empty for years before someone decided to bring it back to life as a restaurant. People now drive hours specifically to eat here, treating the...
Mississippi Link
B.B. King viewing set for Vegas ahead of Mississippi funeral
(AP) A public viewing for blues legend B.B. King will be held in Las Vegas before his body is sent to Mississippi, where plans are being made for services in his hometown next week, King’s business manager said Monday. A private family funeral also will be held in Las...
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Gallery: Nicholls opens season with commanding 44-10 win
The Nicholls State University football team used four turnovers by the defense to blank Mississippi Valley State in the first half while three Ean Rodrigue touchdown passes and two rushing scores by Tamaj Hoffman carried the offense to a commanding 37-0 lead at the break before the Colonels secured a 44-10 victory Thursday night on Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium.
deltadailynews.com
Clarksdale, Home of the Blues, Gears up for Four Festivals in September
CLARKSDALE, Miss. — September is shaping up to be a busy month in Clarksdale, with four festivals bringing blues, soul, roots music and cultural celebrations to the city and surrounding area. Known as the “Home of the Blues,” Clarksdale will host a series of events throughout the month featuring...
Mississippi Today
Service will memorialize site of Emmett Till’s slaying
A memorial service Saturday will honor the late Mamie Till-Mobley and her son Emmett Till, and visitors will ride in a caravan from Mound Bayou Museum of African-American Culture & History to the barn where 14-year-old Till was killed.
The Marshall Project
Mississippi Prison Band Offers a Glimpse of Freedom in a Lifetime of Punishment
CLEVELAND, Miss. — Just 30 minutes down the road from the Mississippi prison where they are serving time, Lee Andrew Smith and six other incarcerated people felt free — for a few hours. On stage before a crowd of more than 100 people at the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi,...
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Mississippi mother’s promise keeps three brothers together, inspires new book
BATESVILLE, Miss. (WMC) - Six years after welcoming three brothers into her home, Felice Ford is sharing the family’s journey in a new book and encouraging others to consider the needs of children in foster care — particularly older youth. Ford adopted Shunkietrick Nunley and gave him and...
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71st Till observance to be held at location where youth was slain
JANS – On August 29, the 71st anniversary memorial and wreath-laying service remembering the lynching of Emmett Till and the courage of Mamie Till-Mobley will be held at the barn near Drew, MS, where Emmett was tortured in 1955. Since 2022, the Emmett Till Interpretive Center (ETIC) and partners...
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DSU receives two grants from Greenville group, supporting arts education efforts
CLEVELAND, MS - The King's Daughters and Sons Circle Number Two, of Greenville, has awarded grants to two Delta State University arts education programs. The Delta Music Institute received a grant that will help fund a one week summer camp meant to introduce students to the music industry, giving high school students a chance to learn and work with professional facilities and tools.
TripJaunt
Why Morgan Freeman Calls This Mississippi Town Home to 100 Years of the Blues
Clarksdale, Mississippi – For more than two decades, the small Delta city has held a special place in Morgan Freeman's life. What began as a practical response to visitors seeking authentic blues has grown into a sustained effort to keep the genre's living traditions accessible and vibrant. The Academy Award winner's involvement has helped draw The post Why Morgan Freeman Calls This Mississippi Town Home to 100 Years of the Blues appeared first on Trip Jaunt .
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D. Kosmo Solo exhibition to open Sept. 1 at Delta State
CLEVELAND, Miss. — The Fielding Wright Art Center Gallery at Delta State University will host a solo exhibition featuring Mississippi artist D. Kosmo from Sept. 1 through Sept. 29. Kosmo is a multidisciplinary visual artist, designer and roots musician based in Lyon, Mississippi. He creates mixed-media assemblages using reclaimed...
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Local Gospel Group Wins National Award
Local Gospel group, Harmony of Boyle, recently received the prestigious Gospel Choice Music Award for Album/CD Project of the Year for their album “Message In Our Music.” The Gospel Choice Awards were held in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 18th where Harmony also performed their hit song “God Will Take Care.”
Mississippi Link
Princeton’s Eddie Glaude Jr. to keynote MVSU’s MLK Black History Convocation, Feb. 27
Mississippi Valley State University will celebrate Black History Month with its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Black History Convocation. This year’s event, themed “African Americans and the Vote,” will be held Thursday, Feb. 27, in the Carver A. Randle Auditorium, located in the William Butts Social Science Building.
takingthekids.com
This Tiny Mississippi Museum Is Inside An Old Train Car Most Travelers Drive Right Past
Highway signs in the Mississippi Delta are terrible at bragging. The good stuff barely gets a mention, which is how most people miss this one entirely. Near an old depot sits a small building holding a 1941 caboose you can actually climb inside, plus a model railroad long enough to fill a bowling lane.