Ron Brown

  • Music Makes First Team at Rust College

    Friday, March 21, 2008
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    Most American colleges show their school pride by supporting their school's teams. But as MPB's Ron Brown reports, at Rust College in Northwest Mississippi, it's not the athletes getting the most cheers.

  • Poetry Out Loud

    Monday, March 10, 2008
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    Poetry on the page is a powerful art form. But fewer and fewer students are discovering the beauty of Dickinson, Whitman and Poe. The national "Poetry Out Loud" contest is trying to change that. MPB's Ron Brown attended the "Poetry Out Loud" state finals in Jackson.

  • Art With Picture and Sound

    Friday, March 07, 2008
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    The story of Hurricane Katrina has been told many times and in many ways. Now, a new art exhibit in Jackson attempts to tell the story in a new way. MPB's Ron Brown reports

  • State Oratory Winners

    Monday, March 03, 2008
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    At a time in our nation's history when kids find it easier to name the Three Stooges than the three branches of government, MPB's Ron Brown tells us about three Mississippi high school kids who are the exception.

  • Reading Wright Across Mississippi

    Friday, February 29, 2008
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    2008 will be the year of Richard Wright in Mississippi. As the 100th anniversary of his birth begins, Wright's daughter Julia recently sat down with MPB's Ron Brown to discuss why her father's writings will be read in classrooms and libraries all over the state.

  • Richard Wright Remembered

    Friday, February 22, 2008
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    2008 marks one hundred years since Mississippi born author Richard Wright's birth. MPB's Ron Brown reports on celebrations underway.

  • Oren-Dunn Museum

    Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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    February is Black History month and communities all across Mississippi are doing something special. In Tupelo, MPB's Ron Brown reports, with a few short steps at the Oren-Dunn Museum, visitors can take a trip covering centuries.

  • Charley Pride

    Friday, February 08, 2008
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    Today is a special day in Mississippi, as some of the state's greatest artists will be honored with a Governors award for excellence in the arts. This year's lifetime achievement award winner is country music star, Charley Pride. MPB's Ron Brown reports.

  • Poet to Receive Excellence in the Arts Award

    Wednesday, February 06, 2008
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    Mississippi has a grand tradition of celebrated writers. But Gulfport native Natasha Tretheway is the first Mississippi born writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. As MPB's Ron Brown tells us, Tretheway will return home to Mississippi this week to accept yet another honor for her inspiring book of poetry;

  • Governor's Arts Awards

    Friday, February 01, 2008
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    Sometimes the most unheralded members of the arts community are the patrons: those tireless volunteers who give both their time and money for the love of art. MPB's Ron Brown introduces us to arts patron who is taking home this years Governor's Award for excellence in the arts. *MPB will present live coverage of the Governor's Arts Awards next Friday morning at 10 A.M.

  • Governors Arts Award

    Friday, January 25, 2008
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    On February 8th, Governor Barbour will hand out the Awards for Excellence in the Arts. MPB's Ron Brown introduces us to Lallah Miles Perry, one of this year's honorees.

  • Mississippi Museum of Art

    Friday, January 18, 2008
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    Governor Haley Barbour will hand out the awards for Excellence in the arts early next month. One of the honorees is the Mississippi Museum of Art. MPB's Ron Brown tells us, a trip to the museum these days is a moving experience.

  • Big Week for Elvis Fans

    Friday, January 11, 2008
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    Fans of The King held birthday celebrations all over the world this week. MPB's Ron Brown reports, at Elvis' boyhood home in Tupelo, the celebration had a hint of the blues.

  • Mississippi Blues Marathon

    Monday, January 07, 2008
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    Many people know Mississippi as the birthplace of the blues. MPB's Ron Brown reports, this weekend's inaugural Mississippi Blues Marathon offered a chance to market the state with Blues as the focus.

  • Musicians Hall of Fame

    Friday, January 04, 2008
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    The Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame has six new members. Some of them are famous, and some are not so well known. But all are significant. MPB's Ron Brown introduces us to a few of the latest Hall of Fame inductees.

  • Fiddlers Carry On Traditions

    Friday, December 21, 2007
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    The Mississippi Arts Commission is fighting to save one of the state's greatest natural resources and they aren't just fiddling around. MPB's Ron Brown has the story.

  • Mississippi Art Part of White House Holiday Decor

    Friday, December 14, 2007
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    A local Mississippi artist whose specialty is painting small, is enjoying some big time success. His work is hanging in the White House. MPB's Ron Brown tells us about Billy Wayne Martin's brush with fame.

  • Homeless Art . Images On the Edge

    Friday, December 07, 2007
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    A special group of artists in Jackson are capitalizing on their unique experience to create images on the edge. MPB's Ron Brown with the story.

  • Ohr-O'Keefe Pods Have Arrived

    Friday, November 30, 2007
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    The avant-garde and the abstract are meeting this weekend in Biloxi. After years of planning and preparation, the dance begins at the new George Ohr Gallery Pavilion. Just look among the oaks at the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum site on Highway 90. MPB's Ron Brown reports.

  • Trumpet Records and the Blues

    Friday, November 23, 2007
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    It began as a furniture store, evolved into a record shop, and finally, a ground-breaking blues record label. Today, as MPB's Ron Brown tells us, Trumpet Records is the latest stop on the Mississippi Blues trail.