LIFESTYLES
Where the characters are: Columbus Writers' Group keeps going, growing
It's 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month. Jeanette Basson is in her usual place. Sitting at a table in the Rosenzweig Arts Center gallery, her friends start to filter in and take their places, each clutching papers representing their creative efforts over the last 30 days.
Forks & Corks returns with 'a taste for the arts'
A delicious way to enjoy the arts returns to the Golden Triangle Saturday. The Starkville Area Arts Council's Forks & Corks at The Mill celebrates the culinary arts by bringing some of the area's talented chefs together under one roof.
Music Maker, WMSV present welcome back show Friday
Mississippi State's Music Maker Productions and WMSV radio station are presenting a Welcome Back Show Friday, Aug. 23 in honor of the station's 25th anniversary.
In the garden with Felder: Some memorial plants can survive almost anything
We gardeners manage to put plants in all sorts of challenging situations and expect them to perform well; several sites really stand out.
Community Calendar for the week of August 18, 2019
Southern Gardening: Ornamental peppers have versatility and value
The late summer garden and landscape in Mississippi can be a tough place. Extreme heat and humidity result in heat index numbers that keep me, like many other gardeners, indoors enjoying the air conditioning.
Out There for the week of August 18, 2019
EMCC ranked again among nation's Top 10 community colleges
SmartAsset has named East Mississippi Community College among the Top 10 colleges in the nation for the fourth year in a row.
School news: Wilson receives national honor
Got a squash hold-out? Tasty ways to win them over
I confess: My younger self was not a fan of squash. My older self has learned the world is full of things I turned my nose up at back then. I wish I could tell my late granddaddy who grew them on his Pontotoc farm and did his best to coax a stubborn little girl to try them.
Butter Together: Desperate? Who, me?
It seems that I'm the kind of person who can keep only one or two things clean at a time.
How to marinate just about anything
Marinating is a terrific basic kitchen technique. Essentially, you can take any kind of meat, fish or seafood, or even vegetables or soy products, submerge them in a marinade, and you've turned a plain something into a great dinner.
Flying free: Dove release coordinator trains, releases birds statewide
Larry Priest loves living in nature. His home -- backed by woods and grass with the Luxapalila River "practically in my front yard" -- is his sanctuary.
In the garden with Felder: Daylily among most popular plants in the world
What do you think the most popular passalong garden plant might be, world-wide?
Military brief: Lucious graduates
Military brief: Hollis graduates
Military brief: Robinson graduates
Minor in film studies offered this fall at MSU
Mississippi State students now can earn a minor in film studies through a new and flexible university curriculum.
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1. Where the characters are: Columbus Writers' Group keeps going, growing COMMUNITY
2. Forks & Corks returns with 'a taste for the arts' COMMUNITY
3. Music Maker, WMSV present welcome back show Friday ENTERTAINMENT
4. Community Calendar for the week of August 18, 2019 ENTERTAINMENT
5. Southern Gardening: Ornamental peppers have versatility and value COLUMNS
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