Bluegrass Host Honored

For the past seventeen years loyal radio listeners have known at least one thing for certain: if it was Saturday night, Bill Ellison was on the air. MPB arts reporter Ron Brown tells us about an Governor's Arts Award honoree who is taking his audience back to their roots — their grassroots.  more» 

Weaving a Community

Governor Haley Barbour will honor five unique Mississippi artists at the annual awards for excellence in the arts next month. Each Friday until then, MPB arts reporter Ron Brown will introduce us to each of them. Today he tells us about honoree Bessie Johnson's art of giving.  more» 

After School Programs Show Major Impacts

Research shows that after school programs can make a tremendous difference in the lives of children in Mississippi. The East Biloxi Boys and Girls Club will benefit from a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant awarded to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast that will allow program fees to be waived for more than 400 children.  more» 

Jackson-born Filmmaker Explores Race Relations

The history of segregation in Mississippi and the steps the state has made since the 1960s will be chronicled in a documentary premiering next week on MPB. "Mississippi ReMixed" was written, produced, and directed by Jackson native Myra Williams Ottewell and focuses on racial reconciliation in the state.  more» 

MPB Pays Tribute to Chief Phillip Martin

Excerpt: "Mississippi Public Broadcasting will air a television special tonight in honor of Chief Phillip Martin, former Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians leader, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Martin died Thursday at age 83. The 30-minute program will feature an interview with Martin from a 2002 episode of MPB's "Conversations."  more» 

South Mississippi Attractions Featured on PBS

Excerpt: "Billy Joe Johnson's day spent with television host Walt Grayson will be among the attractions featured this month on 'Mississippi Roads.' Johnson, an avid hunter and fisherman, has spent more than 40 years on the Pascagoula River, living off its bounty and that of the surrounding land, feeding family, friends and visitors alike."  more»