Lit Highlights September 2014Fall 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.
The FontourageSusan 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 own eclectic home.
Mind Your Manners with Mrs. MannerlyNew 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.
Felandus Thames: Creating QuestionsFelandus 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.
From the Pub to the StageCatherine Bishop became the only certified Irish-dancing teacher in Mississippi, and she trained in Ireland in 2002 and 2003.
555 Custom Designs: From the Ground Up555 Custom Designs is the obscure moniker attached to the functional art of Jason Lott and fellow Jacksonian Josh Bishop.
Hell’s Warriors in 'Gideon's Army'Dante encounters an inscription posted above the entrance that reads: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”
Personal PotterIn 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.
Printing with Patti HensonPatti 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 globe in different collections as far as New Zealand, Spain, …
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.
Fringes of MurderMississippi Murder Mysteries, Jackson's oldest mystery dinner theater company, has been in business for more than 10 years.
The Children Will Lead Them"And the Children Shall Lead Them" opened June 23 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer.
An ‘Enemy’ Like YouImagine for a second that, somewhere in the world, exists a person that not only vaguely resembles your appearance but looks exactly like you.