A Celebration of local Artists, Educators, Historians, and Cuisine that will feature samples of local favorites.. Visit Booths and learn the regional history of food & people! Watch a Bicentennial Parade and listen to a musical tribute to the 70s!
Pearl River Community College Celebrates Mississippi's Bicentennial will be held in the beautiful Brownstone Center for the Arts located on the Poplarville campus of the College. The celebration will showcase the rich musical history and the origin of Blues music in our state through presentations by Mississippi Blues songwriters and artist Wes Lee and Dr. […]
A discussion and reading of The Mississippi Encyclopedia, followed by a signing and reception. Scholars speaking will include Emily Jones, Chuck Westmoreland, and Senior Editor Ted Ownby.
Annual Festival featuring Entertainment, Arts & Crafts, Food, Activities for the Kids, Shriner's Transport Train, Car Show, Tractor Show, 5K Walk/Run, and so much more year!
Join in the Fun Bring your lawn chair and enjoy Mississippi’s musical culture on Friday evenings this summer with the Levitt AMP Hattiesburg Music Series! This is apart of a 10-week music series taking place at 7pm at Chain Park during July, August and part of September (final dates and performers TBA). Chain Park will […]
Annual Festival featuring Entertainment, Arts & Crafts, Food, Activities for the Kids, Shriner's Transport Train, Car Show, Tractor Show, 5K Walk/Run, and so much more! Bring your lawn chairs and join the fun!
Activities will include historical tours, Chickasaw Indian Expo and "The Arm Chair Chair Genealogist" award presentation
Citizens are invited to come by and watch the journey. Mural artist Kym Garraway will be painting the MISSISSIPPI BICENTENNIAL HEROES MURAL on the south wall of the Stone County Education Center (corner of Broad and First Streets) September 4-8, 2017. Stone High art students and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College art students will also be […]
Award Winning Young Adult Author Margaret McMullen will be presenting and sharing on Sept. 06th. She notably uses MS as the landscape for her many books! Sept 6, 11:45am The Lightered Knot Community Kitchen *Bring lunch to share. *Free and open to the public. This program is sponsored by the Friends of SC Libraries in conjunction with […]
A discussion and reading of The Mississippi Encyclopedia, followed by a signing and reception.
Join in the Fun Bring your lawn chair and enjoy Mississippi’s musical culture on Friday evenings this summer with the Levitt AMP Hattiesburg Music Series! This is apart of a 10-week music series taking place at 7pm at Chain Park during July, August and part of September (final dates and performers TBA). Chain Park will […]
The ABCs of Making a Documentary Film: From Concept to Creation de-mystifies the creation of a documentary film. LaFrancis, award-winning producer, creator, and director, uses humor, actual projects, and a tremendous amount of personal experience to help beginning and intermediate documentarians not only conceptualize, but create their projects. This is a lively, fast-paced, in-depth program […]
