Books
Lit Highlights September 2014
Fall might mean football season to a lot of people, but the conscientious bookworm knows changing leaves mean that your favorite bookstores are changing their shelves.
Art
The Fontourage
Susan Fontenot is half creative genius and half psychic, as all great interior designers are. She isn't loyal to a specific style, nor does she create carbon copies of her …
Theater
Mind Your Manners with Mrs. Mannerly
New Stage Theatre and Director John Maxwell will present "Mrs. Mannerly," a play inspired by Jeffrey Hatcher's memories of his childhood etiquette classes, as the fall season opener Sept. 9-21.
Art
Felandus Thames: Creating Questions
Felandus Thames' work, which ranges from small to wall-sized paintings to dimensional installations, invites viewers to take a deeper, often jarring look at the easy, automatic views of African Americans.
Art
From the Pub to the Stage
Catherine Bishop became the only certified Irish-dancing teacher in Mississippi, and she trained in Ireland in 2002 and 2003.
Books
Analysis: Book Takes Fresh Look at Miss. History
The book is called "A New History of Mississippi," and a new approach is what Dennis Mitchell wanted when he wrote it.
Art
555 Custom Designs: From the Ground Up
555 Custom Designs is the obscure moniker attached to the functional art of Jason Lott and fellow Jacksonian Josh Bishop.
City & County
Hell’s Warriors in 'Gideon's Army'
Dante encounters an inscription posted above the entrance that reads: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”
Art
Personal Potter
In his art work, Sam Clark, a local potter, uses imagination and creativity to tell stories in the work he produces from a small studio in Madison.
Art
Printing with Patti Henson
Patti Henson puts a little bit of herself into every piece she crafts. Her vivid watercolor paintings, fascinating fabric-batik pieces, and clever logos, drawings, and designs are sprinkled across the …
Film
Get Down with ‘Get on Up’
The red carpet rolled out in Mississippi for Tate Taylor's new film "Get On Up," starring Chadwick Boseman as the iconic Mister James Brown.
Theater
Fringes of Murder
Mississippi Murder Mysteries, Jackson's oldest mystery dinner theater company, has been in business for more than 10 years.
Art
The Children Will Lead Them
"And the Children Shall Lead Them" opened June 23 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer.
Film
An ‘Enemy’ Like You
Imagine for a second that, somewhere in the world, exists a person that not only vaguely resembles your appearance but looks exactly like you.
Art
Laurin Stennis: Art of Consciousness
For Laurin Stennis, art is about refuge and full self-expression.
