Stop in at the ‘Dry Branch’ for a night in the Old West
Kick off the spurs and pull up a chair Friday as the Columbus Arts Council and Columbus Community Theatre revisit the frontier with “Songs of the Dusty Trails & Wild West Tales.”
Ten years on, bluesman’s memory is celebrated with music
Ten years ago, in March, bluesman Willie King of Old Memphis, Alabama, packed the Columbus Arts Council’s Omnova Theater with fans who reveled in the music, just as they had when he’d frequently played there before. No one knew it would be his last performance.
Arts gala perseveres through storm, power outage
As strong winds and heavy rains passed over downtown Columbus Saturday night, streetlights went dark, homes lost power and businesses closed their doors.
At the Columbus Arts Council’s annual fundraiser gala in Trotter Convention Center, the band played on.
Memphis Jones brings a dose of Beale Street to the Triangle
From blues to soul and rock ‘n’ roll, Memphis Jones delivers a Memphis-music experience to every audience. Jones’ high-energy infotainment is a weekly fixture at B.B. King’s Blues Club on world-famous Beale Street.
Columbus Arts Council executive director resigns
Lynn Brown, Columbus Arts Council executive director, has resigned from her position, effective June 29.
Free CAC reception Thursday opens new exhibits
A free reception from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday will open exhibits of new artwork by Jacob Crook and Thomas Kennedy at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenzweig Arts Center.
Smith’s ‘The Fighter’ focus of book signing, writer’s talk Monday
The deck was never stacked in Jack Boucher’s favor. Readers first meet him as a toddler abandoned at a Salvation Army secondhand store in Tunica, and life only gets more harsh from there.
Obsessive … expressive: Sometimes it all works out in a wonderfully weird way
Not so long ago, Joseph MacGown’s studio was the great wide open, the hills, gravel and grass blurring past under the feet of a cross-country athlete.
Vienna Boys Choir, a ‘wow’ event in the Golden Triangle
What is widely considered the most famous boys’ choir in the world will be in the Golden Triangle Friday, Oct. 27.
CAC to bring Vienna Boys Choir to Golden Triangle
It has long been a Columbus Arts Council goal to bring the Vienna Boys Choir to the Golden Triangle, and this fall it will finally happen.
High profile historian-turned-writer makes Columbus visit Thursday
Before long, Katy Simpson Smith will travel to Rome, a land of ancient cultures, divine art and inspiration.
Artists call: Designs invited for bicentennial postcards
Mississippi’s bicentennial is the theme of a postcard project organized by the Columbus Arts Council.
Writers’ Series presents national columnist at Thursday lunch and talk
On Thursday, the Columbus Arts Council’s Mississippi Writers’ Series presents nationally syndicated columnist and author Rheta Grimsley Johnson in a “lunch and talk” at the Rosenzweig Arts Center in downtown Columbus.
CCT takes on Southern-fried comedy with ‘Dearly Beloved’
Hold on to your hats: The Futrelle sisters — Frankie, Honey Raye and Twink — are throwing a wedding. The resulting “Southern-fried” laughs play out in Columbus Community Theatre’s presentation of “Dearly Beloved” Thursday through Saturday at the Rosenzweig Arts Center.
‘Dispatches from Pluto’ author describes his time living in Mississippi Delta
Shortly after moving to Pluto, a small town in Holmes County, freelance journalist and book author Richard Grant heard this bit of wisdom from his friend the cookbook author Martha Foose, who had taken him on a long-promised trip through the Mississippi Delta.
CAC Writers’ Series brings best-selling author to Golden Triangle
The Columbus Arts Council’s Writers’ Series welcomes New York Times best-selling author Richard Grant to the Golden Triangle Thursday.
Blues for Willie begins tonight
Late bluesman Willie King was surrounded by friends and fans when he played the final concert of his life in the Columbus Arts Council’s Omnova Theater March 7, 2009.
Hot Mississippi blues will honor late Willie King
Eden Brent first met Willie King at a B.B. King Homecoming in Indianola.
‘Art in Space’ gala orbits the arts with February gala
The Columbus Arts Council’s 33rd annual gala launches Friday, Feb. 17 with the theme “Art in Space.”
Local arts community meets Senate bill with concern
Local artists and leaders from two area arts councils have met a bill filed in the Mississippi Senate to abolish the Mississippi Arts Commission with confusion and concern.