The Blues and higher education — Delta State launches the International Delta...
While the debate continues over the location of “The Crossroads” where legend has it that Robert Johnson made a pact with devil to become the greatest bluesman ever, Delta State University is looking...
View ArticleEDA awards grant for new access road to Grammy Museum
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Commerce Department is giving $1.25 million to the city of Cleveland to build an access road to the new Grammy Museum of Mississippi. The money will also help upgrade...
View ArticleDAVID DALLAS — Mississippi’s greatest ambassador ‘irreplaceable’
The “King of the Blues,” Mississippi’s B.B. King, passed away last week. His trajectory to fame and fortune was much like that of Elvis Presley’s, the “King of Rock and Roll.” Both were born in...
View ArticleGrammy Museum receives $100,000 from Entergy
The Mississippi Grammy Museum has received a $100,000 gift from Entergy Mississippi to support the museum’s operations, education outreach and public programs, according to a news release. The Museum...
View ArticleDorothy Moore: From Farish Street to the world
By JACK WEATHERLY A woman sat on a stool, microphone in hand, while she and a keyboardist noodled on a song on the “front porch” of the museum. She sounded pretty good. No. Much better than that. They...
View ArticleGrammy Museum attendance exceeds expectations in first month
By JACK WEATHERLY The Grammy Museum Mississippi staff expected about 3,500 visitors in the first month after it opened on March 5, said Executive Director Emily Havens. The number was more than 5,000...
View ArticleL.A. Grammy director: I’m totally committed to Cleveland museum
By JACK WEATHERLY Bob Santelli wants to make it perfectly clear: He loves Mississippi and he is totally committed to the Grammy Museum of Mississippi. In fact, Santelli, executive director of the...
View ArticleCleveland hotel goes ‘grand’ after Trump visit
By JACK WEATHERLY Suresh Chawla was already thinking bigger. But when then Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump personally encouraged him to ‘think grand” that did it. And so the Lyric Hotel...
View ArticlePHIL HARDWICK — On being a Mississippi tourist at the Grammy Museum
My wife and I became Mississippi tourists on a recent Monday holiday and motored to the Delta town of Cleveland to check out the Mississippi Grammy Museum. We had been meaning to go since its opening...
View ArticleTrump group to team with Delta hoteliers for new chains
The Mississippi Business Journal “article triggered this whole thing.” — Suresh Chawla By JACK WEATHERLY A longshot phone call to real estate magnate Donald Trump nearly 30 years ago by a convenience...
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