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‘The Real Deal’ blues legend John Primer returning home to perform at National Folk Festival
By MAYA MILLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/25/25-4:00PM , 112 Reads 4,727 Statewide
The National Folk Festival will be held in downtown Jackson on November 7-9.

Blues legend John Primer knew from a young age that he wanted to be a musician.

“When I was two or three years old, I would go around and play that thing,” Primer said. “I always wanted to be a guitar player.”
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LaQuita White, Director of Children's Services for Stewpot Community Services, receives a hug while listening to a young artist describe the inspiration for her artwork during summer camp, Thursday, June 12, 2025 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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West Jackson youth find respite and gain skills at Stewpot summer camp
By MAYA MILLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/25/25-3:48PM , 128 Reads 4,632 Statewide
This summer, nearly 150 kids are participating in Stewpot’s summer camp. Directors for the programs say the camp is all about learning while having fun.
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Decade of daring: McMullan young writers make 10th workshop special
By MAEVE RIGNEY - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/25/25-3:42PM , 140 Reads 4,480 Statewide
Teenagers sit in inflatable chairs in a dorm lobby, holding cups of fruit punch and trading laptops that are open to short stories and fantasy novels. Before lights out at this summer camp, students co-write haikus, poems limited to 17 syllables.
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Schedule released for Medgar Evers’ 100th four-day event
By MISSISSIPPI TODAY STAFF
Tue,06/24/25-6:08PM , 174 Reads 6,540 Statewide
The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute and Mississippi Votes Action Fund today released the full confirmed schedule for the Democracy in Action Convening, a multiday tribute markin
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