Music history and highlights than have happened on February 3rd… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1809: Composer and pianist Felix Mendelssohn forn in Hamburg, Germany. 1911: Blues singer Jesse “Babyface” Thomas born in Logansport, Louisiana. 1935: Johnny “Guitar” Watson born in Houston. 1943: The Temptations lead singer Dennis Edwards born […]
Clarksdale/Coahoma County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jon Levingston was one of the hosts at the 2018 Delta Economic Developers’ Legislative Luncheon on Tuesday, January 30. Levingston participated in hosting the luncheon which featured food from the delta for the entire membership of the Mississippi legislature and their staff. In addition, Levingston presented a table […]
Chamber Executive Director, Jon Levingston, attended the Mississippi Economic Development Council’s 2018 Legislative Conference, which took place in Jackson January 31 through February 1. He was recognized as a recipient of a MEDC Scholarship to the TruSouth Economic Development Institute at the University of Southern Mississippi. The Mississippi Economic Development Council is a professional association […]
Update: This Aspen Institute youth leadership opportunity has been extended; applications can now be accepted until February 11, 2018 (apply here). The following article announcing the program was in Mississippi Today. Washington based initiative that focuses on youth leaders expands to the Delta By AALLYAH WRIGHT Education Reporter, December 13, 2017 CLARKSDALE – Up to […]
Music history and highlights that have happened on February 2nd… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1731: George Frederic Handel’s opera “Poro” opens in London. 1926: Three men dance the Charleston for 22 hours in a dance marathon. 1927: Jazz saxophonist Stan Getz (Bennie Goodman, Tommy Dorsey) born in Philadelphia. 1937: […]
One of the even more remarkable things about the work that Chandler Griffin and Alison Fast do with their Barefoot Workshops company is the multi-media stories they help students tell all have one thing in common: each story is a celebration of the people of Clarksdale. Talent and remarkable work has always been here, whether […]
Music history and highlights that have happened on February 1st… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1896: Giacomo Puccini’s world famous opera “La Boheme” opens in Turin. 1902: Important poet, playwright and social activist Langston Hughes born in Jopin, Missouri. 1934: Kingston Trio singer Bob Shane born in Hilo, Hawaii. 1937: […]
From the Clarksdale Press Register By JOSH TROY (with some editing) Dick Waterman had a love for music at a very young age and put himself in danger in his effort to find Clarksdale’s long-lost bluesman, Son House, in the summer of 1964. In June 1964, Waterman, who was living in Cambridge, Mass., along with […]
The Arts & Culture District sign for Libby Rae Watson was mounted a few days ago by Clarksdale Public Utilities. It is located on Sunflower Blvd… in between the church and the blues (the Bishop T. T. Scott sign is on one side of Libby, and Anthony “Big A” Sherrod is on the other). A […]
Music history and highlights that happened on January 31st… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. (featured image on this article’s frontispiece is Muddy Waters and Son Sims about the same time as Alan Lomax first recorded Muddy) 1797: Franz Peter Schubert (“Unfinished Symphony”) born in Vienna, Austria. 1901: Anton Checkov play […]