Yard art: The good, the bad, the unbelievable.
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) celebrates autumn’s arrival with two new exhibitions.
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience added six members to its board of directors, enhancing the board’s diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, age, religious beliefs, professional skills and geographic reach, according to a news release by The MAX .
Inspired by a long-distance act of generosity, the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience has launched a new community partnership to share the joy and wonder of The MAX with people who might not otherwise be able to visit due to financial or other issues.
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When she took the stage at the MSU-Riley Center Thursday evening, Zakiya Hooker-Bell performed a few of her father’s songs.
A formal induction ceremony for the third group of honorees for The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) Hall of Fame will take place Thursday, Sept. 3 in downtown Meridian.
Bill Graham / The Meridian Star
A decade from now, Kolby Wheaton sees himself producing and writing songs for big-name artists such as Rod Wave, Quando Rondo, NBA YoungBoy and Polo G.
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience named Coleman Warner, a veteran administrator at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, as its director of development to strengthen its financial support.
Local teachers spent Monday painting, singing, and acting during the second annual arts integration day at The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience in Meridian.
An exhibition comprised of 56 photographers' visions of the South over the first decades of the 21st century will be a joint venture for two downtown Meridian venues.
Music fans were treated to something unique on Thursday when Courtney Grant (on viola) and Kris Grant (on marimba) livestreamed a performance from the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience in Meridian.
Kate Cherry, Ellie Massey, Sidney Covington and Ida Tomlin all come from different backgrounds, but they all share one common goal: connecting the community through the arts.
The Mississippi’s Arts + Entertainment Experience will screen an HBO adaptation of "Native Son," a novel by Misssissippi writer Richard Wright.
Five young people with the Sunflower County Freedom Project put on a play Saturday afternoon at the Meridian Arts + Entertainment Experience to highlight the perspectives of black, female activists.
Music historian, educator and "blues detective" Gayle Dean Wardlow is returning to Meridian this week to talk about how his childhood hobby turned into a career of passion.
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience is planning several upgrades to its property, Meridian leaders announced at a city council meeting Tuesday night.
“One day, before I was on medication, there was a lady in my house cooking pizzas and there were 12 baked pizzas on the floor. I was cooking these pizzas but, in my mind, there was a woman cooking them.”
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A crowd gathered on Saturday at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience in Meridian to hear photojournalist Alysia Burton Steele present “The Power of Oral Histories: Unearthing Mississippi’s Forgotten." Steele and photographer Betty Press have presented their work for a combined …
A new exhibit opens later this month at Mississippi’s Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) that offers a unique photographic journey through the state of Mississippi. Through the Looking Glass: Life in Mississippi is a collection of photographs by Alysia Burton Steele and Betty Press.
A new state-of-the-art recording studio has opened at The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience in Meridian.
A song recorded by Steve Azar in the studio at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience in Meridian in April is available online at tinyurl.com/yysfvkvr.
The list of honorees continues to grow for The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience Hall of Fame.
The 2019 inductees to the Hall of Fame at The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience were announced Thursday afternoon at The MAX. They include:
Elias Denson is spending the first few weeks of his summer vacation learning how to be more creative through the spoken word.
Painting, singing, dancing and acting are some skills teachers are learning how they use to be more creative in the classroom.
Saturday might have well have been a family reunion for Steve Forbert when the singer-songwriter returned home to Meridian to receive his star on the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience’s Walk of Fame.
About 20 years ago, when Greg Snowden became a representative in the Mississippi House, the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience seemed like a fantasy.
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience will close its Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited Sunday after four months in the Queen City.
Saturday, May 4 looks to be a good day for Steve Forbert.
The $50 million Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience passed a milestone Sunday, the first year anniversary of opening its doors with great fanfare and expectant crowds.
The recording studio at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience in Meridian was put to good use Saturday when singer-songwriter Steve Azar stopped by to record the theme song for the state’s bicentennial.
When Madilynn Stephens grows up, she wants to be like Oprah Winfrey and inspire others with her own television show.
Updated 4 p.m. Jan. 14
Old and young marveled at the Jim Henson exhibits on display Friday night at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience in Meridian, jumping from famous characters such as Bert and Ernie to the technical marvels of puppets from Fraggle Rock and the Dark Crystal.
Most widely known for his work with The Muppet Show and Sesame Street, some might be surprised to learn that the Mississippi-born Jim Henson frequently played with television as a medium, creating new techniques and shows that cemented his place in cultural history.
When famed puppeteer Jim Henson died unexpectedly in 1990, his imagination, creativity and influence didn’t die with him.
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience named Jerome Trahan, a native of Biloxi and long-time resident of Meridian, as its new marketing director.
After adding five more stars to the Hall of Fame on Saturday, the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience will work this week on next year's stars.
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience added five stars to its Hall of Fame on Saturday.
The complicated relationship between a father and son, separated by distance and time while bound by love and admiration, is revealed in “Love Daddy: Letters from my Father,” which opens Sept. 14 at The Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience (The MAX) in downtown Meridian.
Who is Charley Pride?
The following artists will be added to the Hall of Fame at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience on Saturday:
Country musician Charley Pride, one of five artists to be inducted this year into the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience Hall of Fame, will be present Saturday to collect his award.
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience had its best attendance day since its opening in April on Saturday, with more than 1,300 visitors attending Meridian Day.
After three months with The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience, parking hasn't been as scarce as expected nor has business boomed in downtown Meridian.
Music fans who weren’t able to attend The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience’s 2020 Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Sept. 3 can v…
Yard art: The good, the bad, the unbelievable.
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) celebrates autumn’s arrival with two new exhibitions.
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience added six members to its board of directors, enhancing the board’s diversity in race, ethnici…
Inspired by a long-distance act of generosity, the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience has launched a new community partnership to sh…
A formal induction ceremony for the third group of honorees for The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) Hall of Fame will ta…
Bill Graham / The Meridian Star
A decade from now, Kolby Wheaton sees himself producing and writing songs for big-name artists such as Rod Wave, Quando Rondo, NBA YoungBoy a…
The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience named Coleman Warner, a veteran administrator at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, as …
Local teachers spent Monday painting, singing, and acting during the second annual arts integration day at The Mississippi Arts + Entertainme…
Music fans were treated to something unique on Thursday when Courtney Grant (on viola) and Kris Grant (on marimba) livestreamed a performance…
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