World Premier of MOON RING at Little Rock Film Festival featuring our own Corinne Vance as Supporting Actress

Little Rock, Arkansas →VIDEO and PHOTOS INCLUDED← The Delta Bohemian’s YOUNG & FREE columnist and Clarksdale resident, Corinne Vance, will be featured as the Supporting Actress in the World Premier of the film “Moon Ring” at the Little Rock Film Festival to be held Friday, June 3 at 6:45pm at the Argenta Community Theater in […]

Netanyahu Got It Right – Pontificus Minimus of The Delta Bohemian Opines about the Prime Minister’s address to Congress

By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS INTRODUCTION: Pontificus Minimus, while wearing all the rough off a treadmill, read the subtitles to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s May 24th address to a joint session of Congress. This was his second such address; the first being during his first term as Prime Minister in 1996. Not many folks have every […]

Watcha Doin in Clarksdale? Posted 5-26-11

VIDEOS AND MANY PHOTOS INCLUDED (scroll down) What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County and the Mississippi Delta…and beyond this coming week? Check out Clarksdale’s regular music offerings and review some choice upcoming events. And don’t forget to check out the DELTA BOHEMIAN SCENE PHOTOS on this page, too, which include visits […]

Blues Music Awards 2011 – A Delta Bohemian Perspective

  VIDEO plus PHOTOS The DELTA BOHEMIANS® Magical Madge and Poor William recently attended their first Blues Music Awards (BMA’s) in Memphis along with Delta Bohemian’s Roger Stolle, owner of Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, Mississippi; Becky Bobo, friend of the Magical one’s; Sarah Ruskey, cool-ass wife of Quapaw Canoe Company’s […]

Mississippi River Dispatch 2011 Flood Update No 3 from Driftwood Johnnie

By DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE (aka John Ruskey of QUAPAW CANOE COMPANY) PHOTO GALLERY INCLUDED IN POST CLICK HERE to link to Hodding’s Article on OUTSIDE. Delve into a historical time along the Mississippi River with a personal narrative and photography by the river man himself, Driftwood Johnnie, also known as John Ruskey. Take a deep breath and […]

Mississippi River Flood 2011 Delta Update plus Mr. April REDUX in May Video

Mr. April REDUX in May →VIDEO of Mr. April REDUX INCLUDED← The Delta Bohemian does not intend this update on the Mississippi River Flood of 2011 to be inclusive, exhaustive, extensively empirically researched, or consisting of a summary of all that has transpired or will transpire concerning the river and those living near it or […]

Taming the Mississippi River: A God-Given Mandate?

By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS →AERIAL VIDEO INCLUDED OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD OF 2011← Are the levees lining both sides of the swollen Mississippi River sufficient to hold back the tumescent waterway? According to many the levees are doing what they were designed to do, according to others the levees are not enough to be the only […]

Kangen Water FACTS that will Blow Your Mind and YOUR INVITATION

The Delta Bohemians invite you to attend a Kangen Water® Event in Clarksdale on Thursday, May 19th at 7:00pm in the lobby of Covenant Bank. The Event will be hosted by Ms. Connie Pendergrast of Southaven, Mississippi and Clarksdale OB-GYN physician and co-owner of The Woman’s Clinic Dr. Bouldin Alcorn Marley, Jr. Poor William and […]

Ken Murphy: A Coastal Bohemian’s Testament to Fate

KEN MURPHY: A Coastal Bohemian’s Testament to Fate By LEE COMMER PHARR   Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend the launching of the Mississippi: State of the Blues exhibit at the Delta Blues Museum displaying photography from the book of the same title written by Scott Barretta and Ken Murphy. The authors attended and […]

Water Matters

By PONTINFUS MINIMUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD OF 2011 THAT ARE TAKEN ON THE FLOODWATERS (TAKEN BY DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE – aka JOHN RUSKEY of QUAPAW CANOE COMPANY) AND FROM AN AIRCRAFT (TAKEN BY POOR WILLIAM) ARE IN THIS POST Water is presently occupying the thoughts of much of the world’s population, and for […]

Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 5-11-11

Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 5-11-11   What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond this coming week? Check out Clarksdale’s regular music offerings and review some choice upcoming events. And don’t forget to check out the BOHEMIAN SCENE PHOTOS on this page, too. The Delta Bohemians had a busy week while continuing […]

Highwater’s Rising Report from Driftwood Johnnie

By DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE Y’all, its happening, this is exactly what the US Army Corps of Engineers has created the greatest levee system in the world to protect us from — they call it “Project Flood” — next week we will see the highest waters in the Lower Mississippi Valley since the record-breaking high water of 1937. […]

Give One Good Reason…

GIVE ONE GOOD REASON…   We hope that even if you are unsure of what The Delta Bohemian is, are unsure if you are a Delta Bohemian, think you might want to be a Delta Bohemian, know folks who already are Delta Bohemians, are scared to be a Delta Bohemian, are confused by The Delta […]

Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-27-11

(Clarksdale, Mississippi) WATCH A VIDEO RECAP from JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL 2011 [youtube]http://youtu.be/mlIbNESikCA[/youtube] – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –   HOPSON COMMISSARY Monday nights: Acoustic music with Ronnie and complimentary hors d’ oeuvres! BLUESBERRY CAFE Monday nights: Live music HAMBONE ART GALLERY Tuesdays: […]

Juke Joint Festival 2011 Redux – Pictures and Videos

Here are more pictures and videos from the Juke Joint Festival 2011 in Clarksdale, MS. Enjoy. There is lots to watch and see! We suggest you watch them all because you might find yourself, find someone you know, find someone you think you might know, find someone you wanna know, find someone you don’t wanna […]

Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-13-11

Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-13-11 PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE!! What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond! (VIDEO WITH POST!) Juke Joint Festival 2011 has finally arrived! There is great anticipation for this multi-faceted event in Clarksdale. The festival coordinators describe the festival as “Half Blues Fest, Half Small-Town Fair and […]

Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-7-11

Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-7-11   What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond! With the advent of Spring comes lots of choices for things to do. As our weather improves, more folks are headin’ out of their homes and into the community. Check out some upcoming events below. ALSO, you will […]

The Shack Up Inn ranked Number 4 in the World

Trip Advisor has a new Top Ten. This time it’s the TOP TEN MOST UTTERLY UNFORGETTABLE HOTEL ROOMS IN THE WORLD. Guess who is #4? Clarksdale’s own SHACK UP INN. This unique and wildly popular destination spot for lovers of the Mississippi Delta worldwide was the only, I say THE ONLY, spot in the entire […]

Langdon Clay – A new website for this Mississippi Delta photographer

  By MAGICAL MADGE No one ever said Langdon Clay, a long-time transplant to the Mississippi Delta, Tallahatchie County to be exact, moved quickly or finished anything with lightening speed. Just ask his lovely bride, Maude Schuyler Clay, about the red guest bathroom project Lang so lovingly planned, developed and finally finished. He’s a perfectionist. What […]

Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 3-31-11

Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 3-31-11     Watcha Gonna Do in Clarksdale/Coahoma County this week?