Ron Brown

Mississippi is getting ready for a new season of the Sopranos... and the Tenors... and the Baritones. The Mississippi Opera Association begins its sixty-third season Saturday night. As MPB's Ron Brown reports, opening night has about as many plot twists as the opera itself.

Say the names William Faulkner, Eudora Welty or Tennessee Williams, and you're speaking about literary giants. All won Pulitizer Prizes. All called Mississippi home. Now, there's a new kid in town.MPB's Ron Brown introduces us to Natasha Tretheway, Mississippi's newest Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry.

Mississippi Public schools typically offer band and music classes to students. But as MPB's Ron Brown reports, a new music program involving string instruments is gaining momentum at the Vicksburg Warren School District.

It is something that's passed down from generation to generation. Some people call it a passion. MPB's Ron Brown reports on an art form that's literally stitched into the fabric of history and tradition.

Bay St. Louis is a community of renowned artists on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. When Hurricane Katrina hit two years ago, it wiped out the town's art galleries, but not the artists. As MPB's Ron Brown reports, many area artists are returning and rebuilding.

Thirty years ago ago today the king of rock and roll died. But Elvis' fans refuse to forget. MPB'S Ron Brown went to Elvis' hometown of Tupelo to meet with some of the most loyal fans ever.