Blog Archives

What's Up, Waveland? April 2022

3/31/2022

Waveland alderman Jeremy Burke looks ahead to a crawfish cookoff and the next Food Truck Friday, and he shares information about changes to the city’s trash pickup.

- by Jeremy Burke

Crowds sample the crawfish dishes at the 2014 C&R Crawfish Cookoff | C&R Event Website photo

New Historical Marker Honors Legendary Bay St. Louis Artist

3/24/2022

Arts Alive - March 2022

A historical marker recognizes an important local figure in the Gulf Coast arts culture.

- by Steve Barney

The 2015 Nereids Court dressed in costumes designed by Carter Church, who will be honored with a historical plaque. Shoofly archive photo by Matt Molinary.

Big Improvements at Buccaneer State Park

3/17/2022

Talk of the Town - March 2022

Mississippi’s most popular state park is undergoing extensive improvements during the slow season that are bound to bring even more campers and vacationers to the Gulf Coast!

- by Lisa Monti

Artist's rendering of the new "splash zone" in Buccaneer State Park.

100 Men Hall: The First Century

3/17/2022

Shared History - March 2022

The current owner of the 100 Men Hall recounts its beginnings, its heyday, its trials – and its ultimate reemergence as a community mainstay.

- by Rachel Dangermond

Murals on the side of 100 Men Hall, photo by Ellis Anderson for the Shoofly Magazine.

Second Saturday Art Walk - March 2022

3/10/2022

Saturday, March 12, 2022

A few times a year, the iconic Second Saturday Art Walk event in Old Town Bay St. Louis adopts a theme. The SOUPer Mudfest Second Saturday Art walk – one of the most popular events of the year in Bay St. Louis – will take place March 12, rain or shine.

- by McKenzey Northington

To Know a Goldenrod

3/10/2022

Nature Notes - March 2022

The author takes the time to study his world in a way few of us do – slowly, deliberately, one vignette at a time. Today he considers goldenrod, both as part of something greater and as a world unto itself.

- by James Inabinet

Bay St. Louis Hosts “The Wall That Heals”

3/10/2022

Talk of the Town - March 2022

40 years ago, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was created with a promise to never forget. On March 24-27, area residents will have the opportunity to remember with a replica of that memorial in our community.

- By Wendy Sullivan
All photos from Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) website

What's Up, Waveland? March 2022

3/3/2022

Waveland alderman Jeremy Burke looks ahead to St. Patrick's Day and two art exhibits on Coleman Avenue!

- by Jeremy Burke and Ana Balka

The St. Pat's parade, 2021, Shoofly archives.

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