Former Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba reopened Thalia Mara Hall on his last day in office. But current Jackson Mayor John Hohrn ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A city official provided a clearer picture on Tuesday about rental fees for Thalia Mara Hall. Department budget presentations continued on Tuesday with the Department of Human ...

Leaders of performing arts groups in Jackson plan to use venues other than Thalia Mara Hall in downtown Jackson for their ...

Lumumba emphasized that Thalia Mara was built in the 1960s and keeping it updated is an "ongoing process." He continued to defend the response to the situation at Thalia Mara, along with other ...

Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson, seen in this file photo from Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2024, passed a follow-up inspection with the State Fire Marshal on June 3.

Thalia Mara Hall has officially been closed for a year — and while former Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba declared it reopened on his last day in office, current Mayor John Horhn said that’s not ...

"There is growth in Thalia Mara Hall is what I was told by the remediation specialist this morning, there's not mold," Williams said. "They cannot certify it as mold.

As such, we must make several difficult decisions." Since Thalia Mara Hall is the only venue in the state capable of hosting the shows, six out of seven of Broadway in Jackson shows will be canceled.

Thalia Mara Hall's doors remain shut nearly three weeks after the City of Jackson announced the facility's closure. Potential mold growth has caused concern over the theater's upcoming shows.

At a city council meeting on Tuesday, Planetarium Manager Michael Williams described the issues at Thalia Mara as problems that have been around for more than 10 years. "There is growth in Thalia Mara ...

The state fire marshal's inspection of Thalia Mara Hall, which was conducted on Sept. 9, cited violations including, blocked entrances, combustibles stored around a flammable storage locker ...

Thalia Mara Hall has been closed to the public since August, when mold was found in areas around the venue in Jackson. Project manager Emad Al-Turk said remediation work should begin Wednesday in ...