Arts in McNairy

08/26/2026

The Trail of Music Legends celebrates the people and stories that helped shape McNairy County’s remarkable musical history, and we want to ensure that story continues to be shared for years to come.

We’re launching a fundraiser to restore and replace existing markers along the trail and support its ongoing maintenance. There are two ways to help: Adopt a marker and fund the refurbishment of the marker of your choice, or make a donation of any amount toward general trail maintenance. Every contribution helps care for a piece of McNairy County’s musical story.

Thank you for supporting this project and helping us preserve the Trail of Music Legends for the next generation.

08/24/2026

Join us on Sunday, August 30, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Latta Theater for Whisper Brock’s artist reception.

Her collection of landscapes, abstracts, and whimsical works is full of color and imagination, and we’d love for you to experience it in person.

Refreshments will be provided, admission is free, and everyone is welcome.

08/22/2026

Getting ready! Come enjoy live music by Black Water Band tonight at Rockabilly Park Selmer, TN from 5:30-7:30.

08/21/2026

👏 Congratulations to the cast of "Poe: Dreams of Madness"!

Raegan Brown Police 1/Fanny
Nellie Cotrell Raven
Nathaniel Gibbs Poe
Arin Jones Prince Prospero
Kara McDaniel Fortunato/Blue Guest/Wife
Addisyn McVay Police 2/ Virginia
Ben Mehr Roderick/Montresor
Sasha Razz Friend/ Violet Guest
Keeshon Robinson Hop-Frog/White Guest
Jason Smith Cat's Owner
Lacy Smith Widow/Madame L'espanaye
Leala Steadman Mad Narrator/Purple Guest
Jared Walters King/Old Man/Orange Guest
Bethany Walters Dupin/Green Guest/Eliza
Xavier Worley Jester
Sebastian Worley Black Cat
Wendy Worley Trippetta/Madeline
Christopher Worley Masked Narrator/ Minster

Your first rehearsal will be Monday August 24th at 6:00pm.

08/21/2026

What stories can ordinary objects tell?

For Nashville artist Sharon Harms, a still life is anything but lifeless. Her hyperrealistic oil paintings bring together vintage toys, anatomical models, typewriters, glass figurines, advertising ephemera and other familiar objects to explore memory, symbolism and the unexpected connections that emerge between them.

Harms spent decades working as a graphic designer and art director before turning to fine art full-time. Her new Ars Gloria profile explores how those experiences shaped her approach to composition, storytelling and the discipline of hyperrealism, and why she believes a painting can say something a photograph cannot.

08/21/2026

The arts aren’t just about creating beautiful things. They’re about creating beautiful connections, too.

Learning together gives us opportunities to build confidence, share ideas, form relationships, and find new ways to tell our stories.

That’s why lifelong learning and bringing people together will always be an important part of what we do at Arts in McNairy.

08/20/2026

Thanks for the coverage!

The McNairy County Broomcorn Festival is coming to town for its almost 20th year.

08/19/2026

Saturday night plans? We’ve got the music covered.

Join us this Saturday, August 22, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Rockabilly Park in downtown Selmer as Black Water brings live music to the park. Bring a lawn chair, find a comfortable spot, and enjoy an evening of music with friends and neighbors.

Admission is free, and everyone is welcome. Come spend your Saturday evening with us!

08/19/2026

🎭 AUDITIONS! One more chance - Thursday 8/20 for ages 13 and up, 6:00pm at the Latta.

It's nearly midnight, and Edgar Allan Poe cannot sleep. As dreams and memory blur into waking nightmare, the father of detective fiction, science fiction, and psychological horror is haunted by the characters and stories that made him a legend

08/19/2026

Before “Rockabilly” had a name, some of its earliest sounds were already being recorded right here in McNairy County.

In 1951, Carl Perkins made his first recordings with Stanton Littlejohn in Eastview, years before Blue Suede Shoes would make him a rockabilly legend. It’s one piece of a remarkable musical story that connects our county to Perkins, Elvis Presley, Dewey Phillips, and the sound that helped change American music.

Sometimes you don’t have to look far to find history. Sometimes it happened right down the road.

(Photo: Carl Perkins with Bethel Springs songstress, Marie King, ca. 1952, around the time he made his first recordings with Stanton Littlejohn at Eastview.)