COAST EPISCOPAL SIXTH GRADERS EXPERIENCE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY

Thirteen Sixth Graders from Coast Episcopal School in Long Beach traveled to New Orleans’ famous OrpheumTheater on Friday, March 17 to experience an Open Rehearsal of works by Chinese and …
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Southern Miss Jazz Lab Band to Perform Outdoor Concert at Long Beach Live

Long Beach Live, the city’s monthly concert series, will feature the Southern Miss Jazz Lab Band and singer Jonathan Brannan at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 14. The outdoor event will take place at …

LBSD’s Parker Receives Leo W. Seal Innovative Teacher Grant

Long Beach School District’s Carly Parker recently won a Leo W. Seal Innovative Teacher Grant for her project “The Problem Solver’s Friend”. With the desire to create a …

Wittmann Learning Center seeks funding for playground equipment

By Marilou D. Horton In August 2022, Deonne Wittmann began fulfilling her dream of opening a full-time private school in Long Beach with a one-room schoolhouse vibe. Now, the Wittmann Learning …

CoffeeTime: “DON’T LIVE THERE, JUST VISIT ONCE”

Most people have a bad habit. Nah, I don’t want to hear about your overeating- cigarette smoking- drug taking- lying- stealing- cheating, or tantrum throwing lifestyle. Moronic as those things …

Looking for a spring trip? Do what tourists from around the globe do- visit Vicksburg

By Kara Kimbrough The mental preparation has already begun. I'm steeling myself for the inevitable email that appears in my email inbox every time I write about one of our state's most beautiful …

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St. Patrick's Day dishes may not be authentic, but the Irish would approve

Not since I learned that spaghetti and meatballs are an urban myth - the two food items are never served together in Italy - have I been as disillusioned as I was recently upon learning Americans' …

Celebrate Mardi-Gras, Mississippi-style

They're hard to miss: purple, green and gold sugar-encrusted king cakes are piled high on supermarket displays and in bakeries. That can mean only one thing: Mardi Gras season is upon us. Mardi …

Are you ready for some...overindulging on appetizers?

By Kara Kimbrough The countdown is on to Super Bowl LVII, scheduled for Feb. 12 in Arizona. If you’re a die-hard football fan, you’ll undoubtedly agree it’s the most important NFL game of …
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CoffeeTime: “HOW TO START YOUR OWN WAR”

We all have done it. Whether we deliberately intend to speak those words, or they just kind of slide out when our mouth opens. But things that we should’na said are suddenly floating there in …

CoffeeTime: “I’LL DO IT LATER…MUCH LATER”

Everyone knows how to procrastinate – including me. I decided about two months ago to write this column. Finally, today I had to force myself to sit down and begin. Why? Why do we humans put …

CoffeeTime: “DAD & MOM…THEIR KIDS ARE MIRRORS”

Kids, even the adult versions, display the effects of the greatest influences in life…their parents. It can show up in being a mirror image of a parent, becoming similar in actions and reactions. …
Movie Reviews
By Bob Garver Whether because of the pandemic, the constant comings-and-goings of the DC Extended Universe, or the first movie from 2019 simply not being that memorable, “Shazam!” …
By Bob Garver I’m willing to argue that “Scream” is the greatest slasher movie franchise of all time. Not only is the 1996 original a meta-horror classic, but prior to …
By Bob Garver I had never seen a “Magic Mike” movie before “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” The franchise’s first two installments both missed out on the domestic box office crown in …
By Bob Garver Without a lot of new mainstream releases stepping up to the plate this past weekend, there was room for a surprise hit. Enter “Pathaan,” an action movie from India that racked …
Hudson's Journey
By Mika Hartman What makes a person valuable? It is not about money, that would make you wealthy. It’s about being helpful and useful. A valuable person will have a positive energy and they …
As 2022 is coming to a close this week, I can’t help but feel very privileged for this front row seat in Hudson’s life. I get to hear most all of his giggles. I get to watch him explore in a way …
By Mika Hartman Since Hudson’s birth, many new prayers have filled my FaceTime’s with God. I have wept and begged that He hear me, I have called on Him in my new fears and thanked Him in all …
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