A mural revisited, one more time
Jerry Franks skirted the ravages of time in a deserted hallway of his alma mater, S.D. Lee High School.
Public palette: Mural adds ‘life and energy’ to warehouse site
Along nearly 200 feet of brick backdrop on Waterworks Road in Columbus sits a hidden gem — a whimsically designed black and white mural adding “a touch of something fun” to a warehouse-spotted property.
Magnolia Bowl wall to get a face lift with new mural
The drive past Magnolia Bowl on Fifth Street in Columbus is about to get a little more colorful.
Catfish Alley mural vandalized again
Columbus police plan to use security camera footage to identify a suspect who vandalized the Catfish Alley mural over the weekend.
Catfish Alley mural under restoration
Around lunchtime Monday, Alex Stelios-Wills stood in Catfish Alley adding a little more brown paint to the small, Styrofoam coffee cup in his hand.
Voice of the people: Jean Bigelow
It makes me so sad to read about the mural on Catfish Alley. When will people realize that this is our town and when you deface and try to destroy, that you are doing it to all of us?
Vandal damages Catfish Alley mural
A little more than a week ago, in downtown Columbus, someone threw white paint across the mural in Catfish Alley.
It appears a vandal poured paint into a Bud Light bottle and hurled it against the mural, splattering across the image’s lower corner.
Officials unveil Catfish Alley memorial
Lifelong Lowndes County resident Charlie Smith, now in his 70s, admits he’s forgotten a few things about visiting Catfish Alley during his youth.
On Thursday, city officials unveiled a monument commemorating the area’s rich history as a commercial and cultural hub for African-Americans and a gathering place for all races. The sides of the monument list the names of those who ran restaurants, barber shops, dentist offices, drug stores and entertainment venues during the area’s peak eras in popularity and success.
Our view: Celebrating Catfish Alley
More than 200 people turned out for Thursday’s ceremonial unveiling of the monument at Catfish Alley as the city and its residents paid homage to a bit of the city’s history that continues to unite our community.
Catfish Alley monument to be unveiled Sept. 5
Catfish Alley committee members have set Sept. 5 as the date for a ribbon cutting and unveiling of a monument commemorating the historic area that was once the epicenter of the city’s black business community.
Art in the Alley: A window on the past augments Catfish Alley’s revitalization
There are kids in high school in Columbus right now who don’t have any idea about the history of Catfish Alley or what makes it special,” said Alex Stelioes-Wills.
The Mississippi University for Women associate professor of art would like to change that.
Officials target mid-June for Catfish Alley ceremony
With street light replacement and paving already complete and sidewalk installation, completion of a mural and landscape improvements all set to be wrapped up by June 6, officials are on schedule for a mid-June ceremony to celebrate Catfish Alley.
Munson, team of teachers design market mural
Visitors will see a new feature on the barn that serves as home base for the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market, which opens Saturday and will run through October.
Post office mural raises questions of racial sensitivity
It was 1939. Beulah Bettersworth of New York was in Columbus, taking in the scenery, for inspiration for her next work of art.