HBO documentary to feature area African-American history event
Cameras and microphones circled Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science students during their dress rehearsal for the school’s Eighth of May production in Sandfield Cemetery.
Voice of the people: Brenda Caradine
I was part of the fortunate audience this past week who saw the Columbus Arts Council Community Theatre production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” part of the Big Read event for the past several months sponsored by the CAC and the National Endowment of the Arts.
‘Our town … where the ‘value above all price’ is in the smallest events of daily life’
Kayla Hairston sits quietly off to herself, doing homework as fellow cast members of the Columbus Community Theatre’s “Our Town” run scenes at the Rosenzweig Arts Center. The 14-year-old uses some of her breaks to get schoolwork done; it’s one way she juggles academics and her thirst for theater.