2023 DELTA DOG Photo Contest Winners
With 151 entries and a total of 4,927 total votes, we were once again astounded at the participation in our sixth annual Delta Dog Photo Contest! We can tell how much you love to show off your favorite canines from the Delta and beyond. This year, the readers’ choice overall winner is a […]
Telling Tales, Layer by Layer
By SUSAN MARQUEZ • Photography by TIMOTHY IVY The intricate and whimsical works of artist Blair Hobbs explore the art of storytelling—with art In the artwork of Blair Hobbs, it’s as if a magical world is unfolding on the canvas. At first glance, one takes in the colorful paintings on an aesthetic level, […]
Historic Club Ebony
By SCOTT BARRETTA • Photography by RORY DOYLE Updated venue will keep bringing the blues for years to come Indianola’s Club Ebony is one of the few still-active venues from the glory days of the Chitlin’ Circuit, the nickname for the network of African American venues across the country during the segregation era. Following […]
Juke Joint Festival Celebrates 20 Years
By ROBERT MCFARLAND, JR. Twenty years ago this April, a Clarksdale star was born. Its name? Juke Joint Festival. John Clark founded Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1848, when he bought land in the area and started a timber business. The town became a large trading center in the northern part of the Mississippi Delta. […]
The Son Also Rises
By JIM BEAUGEZ Tommy Collier shares a name with his late father, who was a respected artist in Greenville. But he’s a creative force in his own right. As a musician living in and around Nashville, Greenville native Tommy Collier has found himself in many unexpected situations, with plenty of valleys to accentuate […]
Nicole Lamar: Painting by the Heart
By SUSAN MARQUEZ • Photography by TIMOTHY IVY Oxford artist’s love of color, confidence, and the outdoors are channeled into her distinct pieces An interesting path led artist Nicole Lamar to Oxford from Dallas, where she was raised. Ultimately she followed in her father’s footsteps, choosing to go to Ole Miss after high […]
DO’s and DON’TS of Spring Landscaping
By BRANTLEY SNIPES Last month’s freeze took a major toll on lawns and landscapes across the region. However, there is still hope! With our evergreens, most damage seems to be contained to the leaves, but we won’t know for sure for a few more weeks in some cases. They will probably defoliate and flush back […]
From Here to There, from There to Here
By SARAH FOWLER Whether by air or rail, travel in and out of the Delta has never been easier, and comes with some significant perks In the 1980s classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Steve Martin struggles to get home to his family for the holidays. Stuck with John Candy, hilarity ensues as the pair bumble […]
Jennifer Drinkwater
By MARY LEE MCKEE • Photography by ANNA SATTERFIELD PHOTOGRAPHY Blending Art and Community to Find the Good What’s good in your community? Does the question surprise you? Are you more accustomed to discussing what’s wrong? What’s NOT good or what’s NOT working? Jennifer Drinkwater has a question. “What’s good?” But more than that, […]
Libby Rae Watson
By HANK BURDINE Hippie chick from Pascagoula with deep Delta ties “Sam, I just can’t play like you…” “Lil’ Podnuh, you ain’t supposed to play like me, ’cause you ain’t me. You are supposed to take that song and do it like you do it. You take that song and make […]