Catfish Row Museum

10/22/2026

Today is the day, Vicksburg!

Join us this evening at 5:30 PM for the grand opening of Myrlie Evers Civil Rights Park!

Come enjoy live music, guest speakers—including Reena Evers—food trucks, family-friendly activities, and a celebration of our community’s history, resilience, and future.

The Catfish Row Museum is proud to help bring this park to life through our Vicksburg Voices initiative.

Free shuttle service will run from the Vicksburg City Auditorium, departing every 30 minutes starting at 5:00 PM.

Bring your family, bring your friends, and come make history with us!

10/20/2026

The wait is over, Vicksburg!

The City of Vicksburg celebrates the grand opening of Myrlie Evers Civil Rights Park this Thursday, October 22, at 5:30 PM!

Come out and be part of this historic moment featuring music, guest speakers including Reena Evers, food trucks, and family-friendly activities.

The Catfish Row Museum is proud of our role in helping bring this Park to life. Through our Vicksburg Voices initiative, made possible as part of the RWJF Culture of Health Prize Alumni Storytelling Cohort, we worked alongside the City of Vicksburg and United Way of West Central Mississippi to authentically engage residents in celebrating Vicksburg’s rich history while advancing health equity through storytelling. This effort was supported through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Mississippi Department of Archives & History and the Mississippi Arts Commission, which helped make possible:

* 12 interpretive storytelling signs along the 1/4-mile walking trail
* Two 14-foot Knowledge Trees designed by Josh in partnership with Ricky’s Welding
* A stunning 30-foot civil rights mural by artist Tony Davenport
* MDAH Marker – Kuhn Memorial Hospital
* 14 lights installed by Entergy
* Several additional enhancements throughout the Park

Come out and experience the Park’s highlights:

* The Knowledge Tree
* Civil Rights Mural
* Walking Trail
* Interpretive Storytelling Signs
* Plans for the Kuhn Hospital Wellness and Reflection Wall, and additional phases to come

This park celebrates our community’s history, resilience, and future. It belongs to all of us, and we want you to be part of this special moment.

We hope to see you there, Vicksburg. Bring your family, bring your friends, and come make history with us!

09/25/2026

Last night, we celebrated Patrick Kelly on what would have been his birthday, watching his incredible story unfold in Love, Patrick: Nothing is Impossible.
We didn't just watch a film — we experienced the stories behind the story, capped off with a live Q&A with the producers, directors, and local voices from the documentary.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime evening in Vicksburg, the hometown that shaped a fashion legend.

A special thank you to the historic The Strand Theatre — a venue with history, culture, and performance space that could not have been a more perfect home for Patrick's story.

Thank you to Jess Manning and The Horne Brothers for bringing this film to life, and to moderator Ashley Norwood for leading such a memorable conversation after the screening.

Thank you to everyone who came out and made this night truly unforgettable — ending the evening with the Horne Brothers leading the room in a heartfelt rendition of Happy Birthday was the perfect send-off for Patrick.

A special thank you to the Catfish Row Museum board of directors, whose support and dedication to preserving art, culture, and history made an evening like this possible. Together, you helped put Vicksburg on the map as a warm, welcoming place of art, music, and history.

Happy Birthday, Patrick Kelly.

09/24/2026

TONIGHT!

We celebrate Patrick Kelly on what would have been his birthday and watch his story unfold in Love, Patrick. And then we keep the conversation going.

Stay after the film for a live Q&A with the producers, directors, and local voices featured in the documentary. Come hear the stories behind the story.

📍 The Strand Theater | 717 Clay St, Vicksburg, MS
🕠 Doors open at 5:30 PM
🎬 Film begins at 6:30 PM

09/23/2026

Tomorrow night, we celebrate Patrick Kelly.

A Vicksburg, Mississippi-born creative who went on to make his mark on the international fashion world.

A designer whose story deserves to be known.

A hometown story that deserves to be remembered.

Join us tomorrow at the Strand Theater for the screening of Love, Patrick nd stay afterward for a special live Q&A with the producers, directors and local voices featured in the film.

📍 The Strand Theater
🕠 Doors open at 5:30 PM
🎬 Film begins at 6:30 PM
🎤 Live Q&A follows

Thursday, September 24.

09/21/2026

Maybe you've known Patrick Kelly's name for years. Maybe you've never heard of him until now. Either way, this night is for you.

Bring the person who loves fashion.
Bring the person who loves history.
Bring the person who loves Mississippi stories.
Bring the person who appreciates creativity and people who dared to dream bigger.

Or simply bring someone who loves a good story.

Join us Thursday, September 24, at the Strand Theater for Love, Patrick. A live Q&A with the filmmakers and local voices featured in the documentary will take place immediately after.

Come discover why Patrick Kelly's story still matters.

September 24 | Doors 5:30 PM | Film 6:30 PM

09/21/2026

Check out The Vicksburg Post article about the 'Love, Patrick' Documentary premiere!

Mark your calendars and join us at The Strand Theatre on what would've been Patrick's birthday, Sept. 24th!

The new documentary celebrating Vicksburg-born fashion designer Patrick Kelly will screen Sept. 24 at the Strand Theater, followed by a live Q&A.

09/17/2026

Did you know Patrick Kelly?

Did you grow up with Patrick? Sit next to him in class? Ride bikes through his grandmother's neighborhood? Watch him sketch, create and dream before any of us knew where those dreams would take him?

Maybe you remember Patrick as a kid.

Maybe you knew his family.

Maybe you remember his personality, his sense of humor, his creativity, or simply the way he could make an ordinary moment feel a little more interesting.

We want to hear those stories.

As we prepare for the September 24 screening of Love, Patrick, we're inviting the community to share memories, photographs and stories of Patrick Kelly.

Tag someone who knew Patrick. Share this post with someone who might have a story to tell. And tell us in the comments:

What do YOU remember about Patrick?

Join us September 24 at the Strand Theater to celebrate his life and legacy on what would have been his birthday.

09/15/2026

From Vicksburg, MS to Paris.

Patrick Kelly didn't simply enter the world of fashion - he made an entrance.

Known for his bold designs, playful use of color and unapologetic creativity, Kelly built a career in Paris that put an American designer — and a Mississippi story — on the international fashion map.

But the story behind the designs is just as fascinating as the clothes themselves.

Where did his creativity come from?
Who encouraged his dreams?
What shaped the designer he became?

Love, Patrick explores the life behind the legend.

Experience the documentary on Thursday, September 24, at the The Strand Theatre on Patrick Kelly's birthday.

Doors: 5:30 PM
Film: 6:30 PM
Live Q&A immediately following the screening

09/12/2026

Before he took Paris by storm, Patrick Kelly was a Vicksburg, MS boy with a remarkable imagination, an unmistakable sense of style, and a dream that would take him far beyond the place where he began.

He would go on to become one of the first American designers invited to join the prestigious Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter in Paris, breaking barriers and building a fashion legacy that continues to inspire.

So who was Patrick Kelly?

And how did a young man from Mississippi become an internationally celebrated fashion designer?

You can see his story unfold in Love, Patrick.

Join us Thursday, September 24, at The Strand Theatre for a special screening on what would have been Patrick Kelly's birthday.

🎬 Doors open at 5:30 PM | Film begins at 6:30 PM

And stay with us afterward for a live Q&A with the filmmakers and local voices featured in the documentary.

This is more than a film screening. It's an opportunity to celebrate a Mississippi story that deserves to be remembered.