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CLEVELAND: Grammy Museum MS – RIGHT TO WRITE workshop

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Right to Write: Music’s Journey to Freedom

FREE ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
 
MARCH 9, 2020 – 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
MARCH 13, 2020 – 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi and the Nissan Foundation are offering a FREE online Professional Development Workshop for educators in grades 4-12 entitled Right to Write, Music’s Journey to Freedom: Using My Pencil to Peacefully Protest. Students will learn the power of writing music as a means of activism to create positive social change through the study of music in the Civil Rights Movement. This program offers 0.5 CEU Credits through Delta State University.

https://grammymuseumms.production.carbonhouse.com/events/detail/right-to-write-musics-journey-to-freedom-2?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_02_COMING_UP)

CLEVELAND: Grammy Museum MS – free online workshop

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Right to Write: Music’s Journey to Freedom

FREE ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
 
MARCH 9, 2020 – 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
MARCH 13, 2020 – 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi and the Nissan Foundation are offering a FREE online Professional Development Workshop for educators in grades 4-12 entitled Right to Write, Music’s Journey to Freedom: Using My Pencil to Peacefully Protest. Students will learn the power of writing music as a means of activism to create positive social change through the study of music in the Civil Rights Movement. This program offers 0.5 CEU Credits through Delta State University.

https://grammymuseumms.production.carbonhouse.com/events/detail/right-to-write-musics-journey-to-freedom-2?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_02_COMING_UP)

CLARKSDALE: Live blues and more for mid-Feb 2021

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Welcome to SOUNDS AROUND TOWN — some VIRTUAL and some PUBLIC. Help us put on live music. For PUBLIC shows: Clean up. Mask up. Socially distance. #VisitMSResponsibly.

Definitions for calendar below:

– “VIRTUAL” – Strictly live-streaming; closed to public; watch via LiveFromClarksdale.org (unless otherwise noted below).
– “PUBLIC” – Live, in-person music open to the public (but not live-streamed).
– “PUBLIC/VIRTUAL” – Watch online OR in-person.

Wednesday, 2/10
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Black Lung Lucy plays at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
– 8pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from Lucci Spiller Facebook page.

Thursday,  2/11
– 2:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams matinee from  Lucci Spiller FB page.
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Jam Night w/Stan Street & Lala Craig at Hambone (111 E. 2nd).

Friday, 2/12
– 6pm – VIRTUAL – JH Sitton streams from Honey Hill via facebook.com/LiveFromClarksdale.
– 7-9pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Jax Nassar at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near blues museum).

Saturday, 2/13
– 12 noon – VIRTUAL/PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller plays, and Dr. Jimmy Wiley & Aallyah Wright discuss Civil Rights on site of Dr. Aaron Henry’s Drugstore (MLK Dr & Yazoo Ave); sharedexperiencesusa.com/blackhistory Black History Month celebration.
– 8:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from  Lucci Spiller FB page.

Sunday, 2/14
– 10am – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Breakfast w/Watermelon Slim at Bluesberry Cafe (and Bluesberry FB page); social distancing, masks required.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Mississippi Marshall plays live from Marshall’s FB page.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Clarksdale Stuck in the House Party w/Gary Vincent (on Gary’s business FB page).

Monday, 2/15
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Dinner w/Captain Dirk at Bluesberry Cafe (and Bluesberry FB page); social distancing, masks required.

Tuesday, 2/16
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Hopeless Case Blues Band at Hambone Gallery for Fat Tuesday (111 E. 2nd).
– 7pm – VIRTUAL – Coahoma County Higher Ed Center & National Book Foundation presents authors in conversation re: Southern literature and Black writers redefining stereotypes of the South. RSVP @ nationalbook.org/events/nbf-presents-secrets-of-the-south.

All Clarksdale times are CDT.

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CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART: Masked customers visit STORE Mon-Wed, 11am-4pm; Sat till 5pm. Shop WEB STORE at www.cathead.biz.
JUKE JOINT FEST STORE: Shop or make donations online at jukejointfestival.com.


PLAN TO MASK UP: April 15-18 – Juke Joint Festival & Related Events, jukejointfestival.com
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz

INDIANOLA: Black History Month virtual series

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B.B. King Museum’s Tune in to Black History Month Series

Enjoy VIRTUAL STORIES during the month of February featuring African American women who have shaped their communities. All shows are free and open to the public.

Click https://bbkingmuseum.org/womenleaders/ to watch:

February 4  

PAST — Featuring Minnie Cox and Fannie Lou Hamer

February 11

PRESENT — Featuring Dr. Ora Starks and Dr. Gloria McIntosh

February 18

FUTURE — Featuring Miss Khadijah Ransom, Miss Jimesia Clark, and Miss Yasmin Brown

February 25

A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY B.B. King Museum AllStars

 

INDIANOLA: Black History Month from BB King Museum

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B.B. King Museum’s Tune in to Black History Month Series

Enjoy VIRTUAL STORIES during the month of February featuring African American women who have shaped their communities. All shows are free and open to the public.

Click https://bbkingmuseum.org/womenleaders/ to watch:

February 11

PRESENT — Featuring Dr. Ora Starks and Dr. Gloria McIntosh

February 18

FUTURE — Featuring Miss Khadijah Ransom, Miss Jimesia Clark, and Miss Yasmin Brown

February 25

A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY B.B. King Museum AllStars

 

INDIANOLA: BB King Museum Black History Month online

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B.B. King Museum’s Tune in to Black History Month Series

Enjoy VIRTUAL STORIES during the month of February featuring African American women who have shaped their communities. All shows are free and open to the public.

Click https://bbkingmuseum.org/womenleaders/ to watch:

February 18

FUTURE — Featuring Miss Khadijah Ransom, Miss Jimesia Clark, and Miss Yasmin Brown

February 25

A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY B.B. King Museum AllStars

 

CLARKSDALE: Live blues in early Feb… at the Crossroads

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Welcome to SOUNDS AROUND TOWN — some VIRTUAL and some PUBLIC. Help us put on live music. For PUBLIC shows: Clean up. Mask up. Socially distance. #VisitMSResponsibly.

Definitions for calendar below:

– “VIRTUAL” – Strictly live-streaming; closed to public; watch via LiveFromClarksdale.org (unless otherwise noted below).
– “PUBLIC” – Live, in-person music open to the public (but not live-streamed).
– “PUBLIC/VIRTUAL” – Watch online OR in-person.

Wednesday, 2/3
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Black Lung Lucy plays at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
– 10pm – VIRTUAL – Late night w/Lucious Spiller! Streams from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).

Thursday,  2/4
– 2:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams matinee from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Jam Night w/Stan Street & Lala Craig at Hambone (111 E. 2nd St.).

Friday, 2/5
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Walt & Seth at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum) and online.

Saturday, 2/6
– 7pm-8pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Terry “Harmonica” Bean celebrates Black History Month w/LiveFromClarksdale.org at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower); limited seating (1-hour show; $10 cover; 15 people max); hand sanitizing at door, social distancing at all times, properly-worn face masks required to enter and between sips—seriously.
– 8:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from home (on Lucci Spiller FB page).

Sunday, 2/7
– 10am – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Breakfast w/Mick Kolassa in Bluesberry Cafe; limited seating, distancing, masks required.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Mississippi Marshall plays live on Marshall’s FB page.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Clarksdale Stuck in the House Party w/Gary Vincent & Curt Chambers (on Gary’s business FB pg).

Monday, 2/8
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Dinner w/Lala Craig at Bluesberry Cafe or backyard bar if weather cooperates (and Bluesberry FB page); limited attendance, hand sanitizing, social distancing, properly-worn face masks required.

Tuesday, 2/9
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Mississippi Marshall at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).

All Clarksdale times are CDT.

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CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART: Masked customers visit STORE Mon-Wed, 11am-4pm; Sat till 5pm. Shop WEB STORE at www.cathead.biz.
JUKE JOINT FEST STORE: Shop or make donations online at jukejointfestival.com.


PLAN TO MASK UP: April 15-18 – Juke Joint Festival & Related Events, jukejointfestival.com
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz

CLARKSDALE: Film Fest Week of live blues music and more!

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Welcome to SOUNDS AROUND TOWN — some VIRTUAL and some PUBLIC. Please help us keep having live music. For PUBLIC shows: Properly mask up. Socially distance. #VisitMSResponsibly.

Definitions for calendar below:

– “VIRTUAL” – Strictly live-streaming; closed to public; watch via LiveFromClarksdale.org (unless otherwise noted below).
– “PUBLIC” – Live, in-person music open to the public (but not live-streamed).
– “PUBLIC/VIRTUAL” – Watch online OR in-person.

Wednesday, 1/27
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Black Lung Lucy plays at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
– 8pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).

Thursday,  1/28
– 2:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams matinee from home (on Lucci Spiller FB pg).

– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Jam Night w/Stan Street & Lala at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Fri-Sun, 1/29-31
– See clarksdalefilmfestival.com for pandemic-ly modified 11th CLARKSDALE FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL schedule and pre-sale tickets!
Friday, 1/29
– 2pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller plays CAT HEAD blues store (shop 11-4) at 252 Delta Ave. (& Lucci Spiller FB pg); outdoors if weather permits; limited attendance, hand sanitizing, social distancing, properly-worn face masks required.
– 3pm – VIRTUAL – Film Festival Live Music & Film Workshop w/Ted Reed, Colleen Buyers & David Rodwin via LiveFromClarksdale.org.
– 4pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple plays at his Bad Apple Blues Club; limited attendance, masks, etc.
– 5pm parking/6pm film – PUBLIC – Film Festival DRIVE-IN THEATER w/Finding Nemo movie by Disney/Pixar (3rd & Issaquena Ave., downtown); ticket info/rules at clarksdalefilmfestival.com.
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Terry “Harmonica” Bean at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.); limited attendance, hand sanitizing, social distancing, properly-worn face masks required.
– 7pm – PUBLIC – John Ford at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum).

Saturday, 1/30

– 10:30am opening/11am-6pm films – PUBLIC – Film Festival INDOOR movie screenings at The Bank (enter door at 121 E 2nd St.); Temp checks/sanitizing required at door; properly-worn (nose/mouth) face masks required at all times indoors; free paper masks available; cleaning/compliance crew on hand. Tix/info: clarksdalefilmfestival.com.
– 11:30am/2:30pm – VIRTUAL – Film Festival Free Panel Discussions: 11:30am “Clarksdale Festivals in the Age of Covid” & 2:30pm “Blues Music in the Age of Covid” via LiveFromClarksdale.org.
– 5pm parking/6pm film – PUBLIC – Film Festival DRIVE-IN THEATER w/Blues Trail Revisited movie by Ted Reed (3rd & Issaquena); tickets/info at clarksdalefilmfestival.com.
– 8:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from home (on Lucci Spiller FB pg).
– 9pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod Blues Trio via LiveFromClarksdale.org.

Sunday, 1/31
– 10am/noon/2pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Breakfast w/Lala; then, Deak Harp (noon) & Watermelon Slim (2pm) at Bluesberry Cafe (& FB pg); limited seating, masks, social distancing required.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Mississippi Marshall streams from Marshall’s FB page.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Clarksdale Stuck in the House Party w/Gary Vincent (on Gary’s business FB page).
– 4pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple plays Bad Apple Blues Club; limited attendance, masks, etc.

Monday, 2/1
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Dinner w/Robin Hathaway at Bluesberry Cafe (& FB pg); limited seating, masks, social distancing required.
Tuesday, 2/2
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – John Ford at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).

All Clarksdale times are CDT.

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CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART: Masked customers visit STORE Mon-Wed, 11am-4pm; Sat till 5pm. Shop WEB STORE at www.cathead.biz.
SHOP JUKE JOINT FEST STORE during film fest and online at jukejointfestival.com.


PLAN NOW: This April 15-18, mask up for a pandemic-ly modified Juke Joint Festival & Related Events, jukejointfestival.com!

CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz

OXFORD: Listen online or on radio… Thacker Mountain…

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THACKER MOUNTAIN RADIO
Hosted by Jim Dees and the Yalobushwhackers
2021 Season Premiere!
Bobby Rush and Nikki Giovanni!
With songwriter Xanthe Alexis
Saturday
Jan. 23

Mississippi Public Broadcasting
MPB
7 pm (CT)
Listen online

Alabama Public Radio
APR
9 pm (CT)
Listen online

WUTC
Chattanooga Public Radio
3 pm (ET)
Listen online

Fridays

WYXR
Memphis Community Radio
9 am (CT)
Listen online

Thursdays

WUMS
University of Mississippi Radio
6 pm (CT)
Listen online

    
    
    
Nikki Giovanni
Author of of twenty-eight books and a Grammy nominee for The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. Her latest book is, Make Me Rain. Don’t miss our warm interview with Giovanni as she recounts her love of quilts, blues music, and “benches” – her word for loved ones. Plus she reads from her book! Learn more.
    
    
Bobby Rush
At age 86, with countless albums, accolades (a 2017 Grammy) and even a bout with Covid under his belt, Bobby Rush is still rockin’. His latest album, Rawer Than Raw, is a tribute to the old blues masters. Don’t miss our interview and tunes from the album! Learn more.
    
    
Xanthe Alexis
Latest single is Compass, a sneak peek off her forthcoming album, The Offering, scheduled for release this summer. Alexis has relocated to Colorado Springs and uses the mountain vibe to inform her sound.
Learn more.
Welcome to our Chattanooga and Memphis listeners!
    
    

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour has more listeners than ever!

The show is now heard on WUTC – University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Saturdays at 3 pm (ET) and on WYXR, community radio in Memphis, Fridays at 9 am (CT).
   
Thacker Mountain Radio Hour can be heard every Saturday on Mississippi Public Broadcasting (7 pm) and Alabama Public Radio (9 pm). The show is also heard in Oxford every Thursday at 6 pm on WUMS – University of Mississippi (92.1 FM). Welcome to all our listeners!

More information about our schedule, guest artists, authors and how to contact us here.
    
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Saturday, 9 pm Central
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Saturday, 3 pm Eastern
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