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9 JXN The Candy People Meet downtown Jackson’s sweetest business.

10 A Helping Hand at the Compound Read about the city’s newest incubator.

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12 Attention to Detail These ladies have a passion for event planning.

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13 Secret JXN A Relic of the Past The Thompson Tank holds dark secrets.

14 Expat The Adventurer Meet Eli Juren, world traveler.

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16 Progress Making Movements Jackson development has been busy, busy this summer.

18 Our Storied Past Jackson’s two newest museums will tell the history of the state and the struggle here for civil rights.

20 Biz JXN Food Read about what’s new in the restaurant scene.

21 Peekaboo Tools of the Trade Chef Nicole Medrano lets us peek inside her bag.

22 Best of Jackson Briefs and briefcases See this year’s Best Lawyers and Law Firms.

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24 Do Gooder Aunt Joyce’s Legacy Kimberly Bracey has a passion for helping others.

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34 Irish Flair At Fenian’s, Ryan Cassell fuses Irish traditions with the modern era.

35 Being the Holy Smokers They’re all about fun, fellowship and good food.

36 Getting Social BRAVO! has a new happy hour.

38 A Healthy Path The Bryants are paving the way to healthier options in the metro.

39 In the Red Zone Cajun-inspired, Jackson-eaten.

40 Cover Tailgating Guide Have fun and safe before the games this football season.

44 Arts Paint, Sip, Browse Meet a hidden gem, Studio AMN. 48 Melodies Seeing the Sound J.B. Lawrence jumped out of journalism and into the world of music.

50 Events Spooky Times What to do and see.

27 Menu Guide Paid advertising.

56 Cool Too Not Just Games BOOM uncovers the cool things in Tunica.

33 Bites Unique Treats Sinikia Nelson is keeping it sweet with her business.

58 Local List Law and Leisure See Julie Skipper’s top 11 favorite places in Jackson.

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We’ve all seen what’s happening— any of my favorite memories in- Charleston, S.C.; Charlottesville, Va.; Orlando, volve food: my dad buying me pints of ice cream at the gas station when Fla. The world is a dark place right now. We I was little; that one time I found need each other in these crazy times, but we’re so focused on who’s wrong and who’s right and mini Pop-Tarts; learning how to decorate cookwhat people’s skin colors are and how they live ies as one of my first jobs; and more. their lives that we forget how much we need

It makes sense that my favorite types of each other. We forget about events are potlucks. Yes, I do everything but race and love the different foods, and I political ideologies and the love the chance to show off my desire to be right. cooking and baking skills. But After the Civil Rights just like those childhood memMovement, we never actuories, it’s about more than just ally sat down to address good food. It’s about that comissues such as prejudice munal feeling, the fellowship. and race. We let all of them Potlucks mean that everyone fester and believed that they gathers to eat and socialize, were gone, that we were in so they combine my two favora “post-racial” society, but ite things: talking and eating Managing Editor the issues are still there. (three if you count cooking).

Amber Helsel They’ve always been there.

When I was younger, We didn’t address the prejumy parents enforced eating dice and the injustice, and together around the dinner now we have to, whether or not we like it. table. But as my siblings and I got older and our

Through my job, I’ve had the opportunity lives as a family and as individuals got busier, it to go through a race-dialogue circle with Diabecame harder to spend that time together.

I always liked it when we got to, though. It logue Jackson. While those conversations were was often better than sitting in front of the TV tough to have, they were necessary, and I think eating, and I’ve had many a good conversation that at least once, everyone needs to have one of those conversations in a safe space. around a dinner table.

As a community, we also need to sit down

We live in a society where eating together has become less valued; even eating at a dinner together more often and just talk, have the conversations about race and prejudice, and also table in general is becoming less common.

I won’t spend this editor’s note talking talk about all the problems we have and how to about the statistics or studies about the impor- fix them. I believe that Jackson is on the rise, but tance of eating dinner together because you’ve it still needs help. We live in this place together.

We work and play and live here; we drive over probably already heard all of it. The fact that we potholes everyday; we avoid the tap water; we don’t eat together as much as we should means we’ve lost sight of each other. We worry less advocate for better education funding for Jackson Public Schools. We’re all in this together, about connecting with people and more about and more face-to-face conversations as a comgetting ahead and whether or not we’re right. munity could help us solve these problems.

Humans are pack animals. Think about

Managing Editor Amber Helsel is a Gemit: We’re part of a family unit, and many of us are also part of a group of friends. Being part of ini, feminist, writer, artist and otaku. She loves travelling, petting cats, hoarding craft supplies a pack is literally how we learn as people. You learn how to talk and walk and run and more and more. Email story ideas to her for BOOM Jackson and the Jackson Free Press at amber@ through observing people and interacting with them. Many studies have shown that those jacksonfreepress.com. who grow up in social isolation often have developmental issues and/or just don’t get as far as they could in life.

To me, sitting down to eat together is part of being a pack animal, but it also does something else: It allows us to connect as people.

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contributors

Cam Bonelli

Editorial intern Cam Bonelli is a photographer and movie buff who can usually be found wearing a Wavves hat. She wrote a “Cool Too” story on Tunica.

Devna Bose

Editorial intern Devna Bose is a print journalism and pre-law student at the University of Mississippi. She loves spicy food, good music and all things Mississippi. She wrote about Studio AMN & Designs.

Brinda Fuller Willis

Freelance writer Brinda Fuller Willis often plays tricks on people with her identical twin. She’ll go anywhere to hear the blues, and she is a real farmer’s daughter. She wrote about Bryant Foods.

Jack Hammett

Editorial intern Jack Hammett is an award-losing writer and picture taker. He says he wasn’t able to afford a haircut until recently. He took the photos for this issue, including the cover.

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CORRECTION: In the Best of Jackson Health Care section in our last BOOM Jackson (Vol. 10, Issue 1, June-August 2017), we got the business name and address wrong for Phillip Ley. He works at Merit Health Surgical Oncology, and the address is 1020 (not 1030) N. Flowood Drive.

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The prophet Jeremiah called on the people to ‘seek the welfare of the city.’ I am so excited to work with the members and friends of Fondren Presbyterian Church as we continue to seek the welfare of our city.

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A Helping Hand for Biz p 10 Embellishing the Details p 12 Behind the Thompson Tank p 13 From Jackson to Adventure p 14 Progress in Jackson pp 16-17 Telling the Mississippi Story pp 18-19

A Sweeter Downtown // story and photo by Devna Bose

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n the Cohen Brothers building in downtown Jackson, everything from sour gummy worms to jelly beans to chocolate-covered treats line wooden shelves at Sugar Ray’s Sweet Shop (224 W. Capitol St.).

Since the shop’s opening in February 2017, many have visited Sugar Ray’s to sample the sweet treats. The all-white boutique interior of the building contrasts starkly with the rainbow of candies on every surface of the shop, creating a colorful, nostalgic effect.

The company behind the business, J&J Hospitality (the owners wish not to be named), says the idea was to create a business that appealed to all demographics while also promoting happiness.

They were inspired to create Sugar Ray’s to bring something new and exciting to downtown Jackson, especially with recent revitalization on Capitol Street. Social Media Manager Elizabeth Augustine said the idea for the shop came together very quickly.

“It just kind of took off. It’s their first business venture, and I think the owners wanted to bring something really neat downtown,” Augustine says. “They had this idea and put it together, not knowing it was going to be this popular.”

She thinks that part of the shop’s draw is the building’s original features, like the tile and wood floors.

“We kept those to give it some character, and everyone loves that,” she says. “I think our specialty items set us apart as well, like confetti pops and truffles and cocktail mixes and candy apples. We have everything from margarita malt balls to sweet tea lollipops.”

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ers and businesses. One of its newest services is a candy-refill station for businesses.

“You can buy a candy jar for your office, and we’ll fill it with candy, which adds a nice touch to any office,” she says.

“When the candy runs out, we can refill it for a lower price.”

Augustine says the owners created the business, in part, to help create excitement in downtown Jackson.

“It’s important to have something like this here because it’s fun, and people don’t come downtown as often as they should,” Augustine says. “Bringing a shop like Sugar Ray’s downtown will make people gravitate towards this area and make more people want to open business down this street.”

Augustine has high hopes for downtown Jackson and believes Sugar Ray’s is a beneficial addition to the revitalization.

“I feel like if we have more local business on West Capitol (Street) and in the area, it will help revamp the downtown scene and make it somewhere people will want to visit more often,” she said. “I think slowly but surely it is growing into something great.”

As for the future of Sugar Ray’s and the rest of the building, which J&J Hospitality also owns, Augustine hints that they have big plans.

“We’re going to start doing events each month, like Champagne tastings, in Sugar Ray’s,” Augustine says.

“But this is just a portion of the building. Keep an eye out to see what we do with the rest of it.”

For more information, find the business on Facebook.

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Room to Grow in Midtown // by Malcolm Morrow

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of Mississippi, a position that she had held for 15 years.

“After witnessing a management hierarchy that was predominantly white and male, while seeing capable black and female employees being looked over, I felt my talents were not being best utilized,” Queen says. “If I was ever going to make a move, this was the time.”

She began formulating the structure for the business that would become the Kundi Compound after her resignation on April 28,

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he Kundi Compound is the latest coworking space to appear on the Jackson landscape.

Funmi “Queen” Franklin and her husband, Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin, own the midtown compound, which is home to several upstart businesses and has hosted a number of events designed to empower and grow the local artistic and small-business community.

“My husband and I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit and love for our com-

Jackson wife-and-husband duo Funmi “Queen” Franklin and Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin launched the Kundi Compound, which serves as a small-business incubator and community and creative-arts space in midtown Jackson, in May 2017.

munity. We’ve always searched for ways to combine those two things,” Queen says.

Brad was born and raised in Jackson and is a graduate of Jackson State University. Queen spent her early years growing up in Clinton and attended Tougaloo College.

They have three children from previous relationships and one daughter together.

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2017, and opened the space in May.

“I watched my father, (Howard Spencer), oversee the Black and Proud School and do community events early in my life, and it sparked the charge to serve as he had,” Queen says of one reason for forming the compound.

She says that she and her husband have several major long-term community goals and plans for the space that they are hoping to put into action in the near future. In the meantime, the Kundi Compound is already provid-

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ing a working space for growing businesses and artists at affordable rates in hopes of creating an organic incubator, she says.

“We’d like to serve as a hub for small businesses, especially non-traditional, nonbrick and mortar businesses, to plan, meet and to network,” Queen says. “If someone is looking to start a business and lacks the funds to do so, we are a resource to assist.”

The compound also features a public computer lab and rents out spaces for everything from panel discussions to pop-up art exhibits. The Franklins hope to be an anchor in the midtown area of Jackson.

“We’d like to be a resource for the residents and businesses in midtown,” Queen says. “We’d like to be a part of one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the city of Jackson.”

The compound currently houses four businesses, OurGlass Media Group, which manages rising hip-hop artist Silas; HATHOR, LLC, the parent company of Thick And Proud Sisters, or TAPS, which Queen started in 2012 with the goal to empower fullfigured women; Mississippi in Action, which provides education on reproductive justice and HIV awareness around the country; and WeBase Media Solutions, which focuses on training for small businesses.

“It is very difficult for creatives in this city to nurture their ideas,” Queen says.

“One’s creativity should not hurt their finances.”

In addition to providing a sort of home base for local businesses, the compound also hosts a monthly mixer for the Jackson Black Pages, which is a publication and online resource that promotes black-owned businesses in the city, as well as training seminars for upstart businesses on a regular basis through WeBase.

“We are hopeful to become a major entity in the city’s arts and business community,” Queen says. “Everything we do, we aim for major impact.”

For more information on the Kundi Compound (256 E. Fortification St.; 601.345.8680), email kundicompound@ gmail.com or find it on Facebook. boomjackson.com

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Attention to Detail // by Cam Bonelli Cam Bonelli / Imani Khayyam / Cam Bonelli

ith event planning, Tasha Rowe says that it’s all in the details for her and fellow Embellished Events and Interiors owner Nicole Hardy.

Hardy and Rowe established the event and interior-design business in 2013 after a mutual friend introduced the two of them.

Rowe says the company started out with several friends, including Hardy, involved; however, the business eventually became just Rowe and Hardy.

“Nicole brought her floraldesign background to my contacts in the city, and I had tenure in the design business prior to us becoming partners,” Rowe says.

“She’s awesome at floral design, and I’m awesome at connecting with people. I was already deeply rooted within the community, as well as (in) interior design.”

The pair have planned events and fundraisers for several nonprofit organizations, including the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Mississippi Children’s Hospital.

“One of our huge focuses is on community,” Rowe says.

“We want to give the community what they want. We wouldn’t be what we are without (it).”

Rowe says another focus area for Embellished is promoting locally owned vendors and small businesses.

“We do work with a lot of companies within the Jackson metro area,” Rowe says.

“We are huge on working with small companies and promoting small business.”

Hardy says she wants residents to know Jackson businesses can cater luxury events. “A lot of people don’t know about the resources they have within the city,” she says. “We definitely want to let people know it’s right here in downtown Jackson. We do everything from start to finish.”

Rowe and Hardy says there is no event they cannot plan.

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“We do everything from corporate groundbreakings to birthday parties,” Rowe says.

“In fact, we just (did) a groundbreaking for Continental Tires out in Clinton (last year). We really want to be that one-stop shop for corporate events, weddings, art events, art exhibits, birthday parties—you name it, we are going to do it. Our design doesn’t stop at one type. For us, every detail matters, from giving back to the community to designing a wedding.”

Rowe, who is originally from Hattiesburg, graduated from Mississippi State University in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in microbiology. She has two children, Madison and Dylan.

Her husband, Marc, is a local entrepreneur.

Rowe says her love of design and entrepreneurial spirit came from her father.

“My father was an entrepreneur,” she says. “He did upholstery with furniture. He had a love for furniture and beautifying and painting old furniture. My background comes from my father’s love of design.

I realized being in the lab was just not for me. I’m a people person.”

Hardy graduated from Jackson State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology in 2004. She then attended Mississippi College and received her master’s degree in health-care administration in 2008.

Her love of design sprung from her love of botany, Hardy says.

“I love being in nature and all the different aspects of nature,” she says. “The love of design came naturally. An associate introduced me to Tasha in 2012, and I’ve been clinging to her ever since.”

Rowe says she and Hardy have a lot in common when it comes to design and business practices.

“We have a lot of similar interests and ideals,” she says. “When it comes to design, customer service to wanting to talk to people all the time, we are very similar. You’ll never find one of us not smiling.”

As for Embellished Events and Interiors’ emphasis, Rowe says it’s all in the details.

“Details mean everything to me,” she says. “It means a lot to embellishing. When you are embellishing something you pay attention to every detail—from customer service to what type of floral we are going to put together—every detail matters.”

For more information on Embellished Events and Interiors, visit embellishedeventsandinteriors.com or find the business on Facebook.

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and the vehicle also serves as a shelter for spiders and large ant mounds that surround the tires. Green grime and patches of rust cover some spots on the vehicle, and traces of its white body peek through the now-faded matte-black paint.

Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center Manager Charlene Thompson says that the City of Jackson donated the vehicle to the museum around 2014 or 2015; however, the museum cannot currently hold the vehicle.

“We want for there to be a particular place for it, where people can come inside and look at it, and understand the story and the narrative behind the Thompson Tank,” she explains.

The tank will continue to live in the parking lot of the JPD firing range until the museum is able to develop an addition to accommodate the artifact. The museum has

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he sound of gunshots echoed through the air, which put the Thompson Tank in familiar territory. The “tank” now sits in the parking lot of the Jackson Police Department’s firing range off McDowell Road, hiding its existence and its many secrets from the city and the world.

In the early 1960s during a time when Mississippi’s African Americans faced violence for demanding voting rights and equality, the City purchased the light blue and white armored International Harvester Loadstar 1600 under the administration of white Jackson Mayor Allen C. Thompson, its namesake. The then-white and openly racist police department used the tank to intimidate and herd protesters during the tumultuous Civil Rights Movement in Jackson.

Weather and time are now damaging the tank, which once roamed the streets,

The infamous Thompson Tank is in the Jackson Police Department Firing Range parking lot off McDowell Road—hidden from society and in danger of being forgotten.

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The Thompson Tank will stay at the JPD firing range until the Smith Robertson Museum can accommodate the artifact. received grants in the past to fund smaller exhibits, but Thompson says this is “something far greater.”

“We think it’s going to give us a greater story to tell and give us more of a connection to the Jackson community, and we know that it was used mainly here,” Thompson says. “It would be an opportunity for us to go more in-depth into the story of the movement and some of the actual things that happened during the movement.”

The Thompson Tank was first used in the summer of 1964, known as Freedom Summer or the Mississippi Summer Project, to disrupt African Americans registering to vote in the South. A short clip of Mayor Thompson unveiling the tank was shown in the 1990 TV movie “Murder in Mississippi,” which highlighted the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County in 1964.

JPD also rolled out the Thompson Tank

at dawn on Aug. 18, 1971, to raid the Republic of New Afrika compound near Jackson State University. A police officer was killed in the surprise attack on activists who fired back.

“It is an artifact,” Charlene Thompson says of the tank with a brutal history. “It’s not being used, and it’ll never be used again.

And we know primarily why it was used, which will make it have a greater connection to the African American community.”

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Bartender Turned World Traveler // by Abigail Walker Courtesy of Eli Juren

Over the past year, Jackson resident and former Saltine Oyster Bar bartender Eli Juren has been traveling to various parts of the world, including the village of Huacachina in Peru, where he sandboarded.

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li Juren, 23, spent more than two years serving up drinks as a bartender at Saltine Oyster Bar in Fondren. But over the last few months, the Austin, Texas, native has turned world explorer, doing everything from sandboarding in Huacachina, Peru, to visiting the Taj Mahal.

Juren says the wanderlust started last year when he took a trip to India. He says one of the most remarkable memories from his month touring the country was listening to Hindu monks chant prayers and watching them perform their funeral ceremonies on the river with the rest of the city’s residents. He says it was a beautiful and spiritual experience.

“I knew I wanted to keep traveling,” Juren says.

Soon after, he moved to Peru for three months to volunteer with the Mother Teresa House, helping the disabled. While in South America, he did things such as take a boat ride through the Amazon rainforest, fish for piranhas and swim in the Amazon River in the middle of a tropical rainstorm.

At the end of 2016, Juren also traveled to Southeast Asia. He visited Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, and explored temples and waterfalls, and tasted exotic cuisine.

Juren has spent the past several months serving refugees in

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Greece. He has plans to go to Kathmandu, Nepal, and stay in a Buddhist monastery. He says he eventually wants to travel to North Africa, Turkey, Croatia and eventually French Polynesia.

Juren says he enjoys reading, hammocking and being out in nature. He also loves meeting people from all over the world and learning about their cultures. He says the focus of his travels has shifted more toward aiding others.

“It just feels good to help people,” he says. “We’re really lucky in the U.S., and I want to give back.”

Juren says that he hopes his journey will inspire other people to chase their dreams and venture out into the world.

“Life’s short,” he says. “I just want to spend my time helping people and living life to the fullest.”

Though he plans to live the life of a nomad these next several years, Juren says that he still considers Mississippi’s capital city, especially the Fondren area, to be his home base—a place that he knows he can come back to between his travels.

“I like the Fondren area,” Juren says. “It’s progressive. There’s always something going on. ... I’m really grateful for Fondren and the community there.”

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A Busy Summer Leads to a Booming Fall // by Dustin Cardon The Fondren Set to Begin Construction

Beneta Burt, executive director of Mississippi Road Map, plans to renovate the golf course to generate funds and offer a training program for high-school graduates that trains them in landscaping and small-engine repairing. Mississippi Road Map will pay the students stipends for their work.

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The Fondren, a 100-room boutique hotel on the corner of Hartfield and State Streets that developers Duvall Decker Architects, CDA Hospitality and Eldon Development first unveiled in 2014, is on track to officially begin construction in fall 2017.

“Everything is all approved and ready to go, and we expect to have construction finished about 14 months after it starts,” Roy Decker, a principal on the project, said.

The nine-story hotel, which uses the former Kolb’s Cleaners building as its lobby and entryway, will feature a fitness center, an outdoor amphitheater, a rooftop bar and more.

partment of Parks and Recreation’s budget, which would have led to the closure of the historic Grove Park Municipal Golf Course near Lake Hico. The announcement of the golf course’s closure generated a local uproar because Grove Park was the first golf course in the state that allowed African Americans to play on it. Others were segregated,

Lucky Town Renovates After New Beer Law

Lucky Town Brewing Company, which recently began selling beer on site in its new Tap Room after a new state law allowing the practice went into effect July 1, has been doing other renovations to go along with its new capability.

Among the renovations are the construction of 18 new beer taps, bringing the number at the brewery up to 30, along with a 20-foot-long on-site bar built out of reclaimed wood from a bar in French Camp, Miss.

The bar features two digital television screens that display what Lucky Town currently has on tap to sell at the brewery. “We’re expecting to see a lot more local faces, repeat business and foot traffic with the Tap Room and new bar,” Lucky Town brewmaster Lucas Simmons told the Jackson Free Press. “We’re also going to be hosting new events at the brewery like Bike Night with Slop Shop, a motorcycle repair shop downtown.”

Lucky Town sells beer on-site on Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Renovating Grove Park Municipal Golf Course

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The interior of the newly opened Westin Hotel in downtown Jackson features decor such as replicas of famous guitars. It also has a wine bar and a spa.

Later that same year the Jackson City Council voted to fund the golf course and turned over responsibility to former Mayor Tony Yarber’s administration to find a group to help fund and manage the course, because the City couldn’t pay for it.

On June 27, 2017, the Department of Parks and Recreation presented the council a memorandum of understanding that named Mississippi Road Map to Health Equity and Urban League Inc., a nonprofit organization that promotes good health in the Jackson metro area, as the new manager of the golf course. The council has presented Mississippi Road Map with the lease for the course.

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Belhaven University Opening New Madison Campus

Belhaven University is getting a new Madison campus in time for the fall 2017 semester. The new campus is offering Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in leadership, Bachelor of Arts in applied psychology, Bachelor of Arts in Biblical studies, Bachelor of Arts in interdisciplinary studies, Bachelor of Health Administration and more.

The new campus will be on second floor of Baptist in Madison (401 Baptist Drive).

The 3,500-square-foot space features three classrooms, a computer lab, two offices and a reception area. boomjackson.com

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District at Eastover Explodes into Activity

volcanic stones, a scalp massage and gentle stretching.

Soul Spa will also offer fresh and healthy light food, a daily selection of fruit smoothies, Champagne and wine, and more. Customers who are not Westin guests can enjoy complimentary valet parking and access to the Westin workout facility and indoor pool.

The District at Eastover (1250 Eastover Drive), a multi-use development in northeast Jackson, has brought a slew of new business to downtown Jackson, from restaurants and fitness centers to banks and jewelry stores.

The District’s most recently announced tenants include Beckham Capitol Art Lofts Custom Jewelry Co., which opened Opening in September in July, and Fine & Dandy restaurant,

At press time, Capitol Art Lofts which is expected open in the fall (see (218 W. Capital St.), a set of 31 apartpages 20-21). ments, community areas and art gallery

Fine & Dandy is in the center of and studio spaces that New OrleansThe District and will feature outdoor based HRI Properties is developing patio seating next to The District began construction on in Spring 2013, Green, the development’s outdoor was on track to finish the first stage of common space. Chef Jesse Houston’s construction by Sept. 1, 2017, and open menu will include burgers, snacks, for its first tenants. cocktails and more.

The Art Lofts consists of one- and

Beckham Custom Jewelry Co. two-bedroom apartments with leasing offers in-store repairs and custom preferences for artists, medical-indusjewelry services and features a showtry workers, veterans and disabled room, work studio and two consultapeople. In addition to community art tion rooms. gallery space, the Art Lofts also feature After the state Legislature passed a law allowing for beer

Additionally, one of The Disa resident business center, a fitness sales on site, Lucky Town opened its brew pub on July 1. trict’s anchor tenants, BankPlus, center with cardio and strength trainmoved into a new 67,000-square-foot ing equipment, and on-site parking, office complex called the BankPlus Building treatments, nail services such as manicures and the apartments are pet friendly. that now serves as the headquarters of the

The development is located across the and pedicures, a sauna, showers and an outbusiness’ Jackson banking center. street from the King Edward Hotel and Standoor courtyard with a whirlpool.

The BankPlus Building offers commer- dard Life Building, which HRI Properties also Other amenities include a 110-minute cial lending, commercial real estate, private stress-relief body treatment that features a full- renovated. HRI renovated the Art Lofts from a banking and business-development services, set of commercial buildings constructed along body exfoliation, facial cleanse and individually among others. The building also offers driveWest Capitol Street between 1885 and 1929. tailored aromatherapy massage and a couples through banking Monday through Friday

Get breaking business and development room featuring body brushing and exfoliation, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a massage with essential oils and warmed news at jfpdaily.com. a.m. to 1 p.m., as well as interactive teller machines that customers can use for deposits, transfers, loan payments, check cashing and withdrawals.

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Soul Spa at the Westin Hotel

In addition to a new restaurant called Estelle Wine Bar, the Westin Hotel in Jackson also brought Soul Spa to Jackson when it opened in August 2017.

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Paving the Way for History // by Rachel Fradette

The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History will have a joint opening on Dec. 9. The civil-rights museum is the first state-operated one in the nation.

A Walk Through Time

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n 2013, Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of slain civil-rights leader Medgar Evers, stood before a crowd of 600 people for the groundbreaking for the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History.

“These two museums are going to show the world—not just Mississippi, or the other states—but the world who we are, where we have been, where we are today and where we are going tomorrow,” Evers-Williams told the crowd assembled then.

Now, the two museums are almost complete. Each will share the two-floor, 200,000square-foot building filled with more than 20,000 artifacts. The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum will be the first state-operated civilrights museum in the nation.

The second-floor balcony at the Museum of Mississippi History looks over the maze of exhibits. floors, covers the state’s history beginning all the way back in 5,000 B.C.

“We are giving the time and context of what Mississippi was like,” Museum of Mississippi History Director Rachel Myers told the Jackson Free Press.

The history museum will have four the-

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aters to educate audiences on the subject matter and time periods. One of the theaters is modeled after Mount Helm Baptist Church, which is the oldest African American church in Jackson. It will play a film on the time from Reconstruction to 1927. The museum, whose theme is “One Mississippi, many stories,” will have “reflection rooms” for people to tell their own Mississippi stories. A balcony on the second floor overlooks the Mississippi history maze. Myers calls it the “selfie spot.”

“You get a sense of the amount of history,” she said at a museum preview.

At the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, quotes and images cover nearly every wall.

The museums’ different exhibit rooms flow into the main natural-light-filled reflection room. Harry Dixon Loes’ version of “This Little Light of Mine” fills the air.

The civil-rights museum narrows its scope to 1945 to 1976, which was the height of the Civil Rights Movement. It begins with boomjackson.com

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a timeline from slavery to freedom. The museum’s eight galleries will focus on subjects such as the Freedom Riders, Emmett Till, Black Empowerment and the final gallery, which is titled, “What’s next?”

The walls of the Freedom Riders gallery are covered with mugshots of the riders who came to the city on previously segregated busses and were arrested.

“They were fighting for a cause for someone like me,” Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Director Pamela Junior said this summer. “So that I have the rights of all rights as a human being. That’s what they fought for.”

Junior said that photos cover the walls to tell the story of civil-rights history in Mississippi and to show the faces of those who fought for freedom for black people.

Funding History

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The motto of the Museum of Mississippi History is “One Mississippi, many stories.” The history museum and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum will open on Dec. 9.

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Bringing the museums to fruition started with state- and communityfunding efforts.

In October 2013, people such as Gov. Phil Bryant and Evers-Williams broke ground on the museums, which jumpstarted the funding for the projects. The Mississippi Legislature committed $90 million to the museums with more than $17 million in private funds from the Foundation for Mississippi History, the museums’ website says.

“This museum was brought together by a variety of people over many, many years,” Myers told the Jackson Free Press. “It feels good for us to have such authentic voices here in the museum.”

In January 2016, the Jackson Free Press reported that the 2 Mississippi Museums project still needed $4 million in funds for production. The City of Jackson has not provided any funds to the museums’ production.

The project is solely a state project with additional private funds.

However, Chris Goodwin, who is the director of public information for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, said that the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau has helped with marketing for the museums.

Goodwin says the State paid for the construction and will be in charge of dayto-day operations. The state is also paying the operating costs ranging from lighting to employee paychecks. Some of the private funding is going to endowment programs for each museum, which Goodwin says is earlier

The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum spans the time period of 1945 to 1976, which was the height of the Civil Rights Movement. in the process.

Goodwin says that the State mandated that private funds needed to match the state funds on exhibit.

The museums will share a joint opening on Dec. 9 at 222 North St. in downtown Jackson. For more information, visit mdah.ms.gov.

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BIZ // fine dining

Restaurants on the Move // by Dustin Cardon

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he restaurant scene in metro Jackson is constantly changing, growing and becoming more competitive. In the last 15 years, we’ve watched the region become a food mecca, especially with more locally owned restaurants. Here is some of what happened in the metro area’s restaurant scene in the last year.

BRAVO! Closes for Renovations

BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244, 601.982.8111) is closed through Sept. 25 for building repair and renovation. The restaurant celebrated the renovations with a party on Aug. 12, where visitors bid on furniture and other accessories inside the restaurant as well as seats for BRAVO!’s unveiling Devna Bose

Chef Derek Emerson bought Parlor Market and added an Italian flair to the menu.

party for the remodeled restaurant, which will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 26.

Jesse Houston Joins Fine & Dandy

Jesse Houston, the executive chef of Saltine Oyster Bar, will now serve as culinary director and acting executive chef of Fine & Dandy, which is slated to open in The District at Eastover (1250 Eastover Drive, districtateastover. com) this fall. The restaurant is located in the center of The District and will feature outdoor patio seating next to The District Green, which is the development’s outdoor common space.

The menu will include burgers, snacks, cocktails and more.

Cantina Laredo Opens at The District

Cantina Laredo, a national Mexican restaurant chain, opened a new location at The District at Eastover (1250 Eastover Drive, districtateastover.com) in Jackson on July 25.

The menu at Cantina Laredo includes entrees such as stuffed roasted poblano peppers and spiced beef tamales with roasted red bell peppers, and specialty drinks such as the Casa Rita margarita, which contains Sauza’s Giro Silver tequila, Cointreau, and lemon and lime juices. The restaurant’s bar has both outdoor and indoor seating.

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icole Medrano knows what it takes to be a woman in a maledominated field. She stepped into the role of executive chef at Saltine Oyster Bar in January, and recently, she became the executive sous chef at Seafood R’evolution at the Renaissance in Ridgeland.

Let’s see what this chef keeps inside her bag.

7. Face cream 8. Face and body mask 9. Deodorant

10. Altoids 11. Pens

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Peekaboo

FEAST Comes to the Hatch

Piko Ewoodzie

FEAST Specialty Foods, which is an internet-based business that prepares and delivers dinners to homes and offices on Wednesdays and Thursdays, moved into a new commercial kitchen at The Hatch in midtown (126 Keener

a rentable space for parties and events.

E&L’s full menu is available at the new location along with new additions such as Cajun shrimp or chicken alfredo pasta, loaded nachos, salads and dark-meat jerk chicken. The new location also features live music from local blues and soul bands every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Big Apple Inn, Stamps Superburger and other local restaurants have also opened in Metrocenter Mall.

Derek Emerson Purchases Parlor Market

various sizes, each with an audio-visual screen and projector. The largest, the Highlands Room, has two projector screens with a flat-screen TV behind the room’s bar. Char’s new space also features a separate, dedicated bar available for large events.

Char’s smallest private dining room, the Jacksonian Room, can seat up to 20 people.

The Eastover Room seats up to 38 people, the Northside Room seats up to 60 people, the Lefleur’s Bluff Room seats up to 108 people and the Highlands Room seats up to 150 people, with cocktail receptions also available in the room for up to 200 people.

The restaurant will offer its full menu for parties of 19 guests or less and a limited menu for groups of 20 or more. Limited menus include guests’ choice of appetizer, salad, entree and dessert options, with optional hors d’oeuvres. Customized menus are also available for groups of any size.

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Derek Emerson, who owns Walker’s Drive In, Local 463 Urban Kitchen and CAET Wine Bar, purchased down- Two Sisters’ Kitchen Closes After 28 years in business, longtime Best of Jackson winner Two Sisters’ Kitchen served its last fried chicken in July. town Jackson restaurant

This year, Jacksonians had to say goodbye Parlor Market (115 W. to a local staple. Diann Irving Alford, who owns Capitol St., 601.360.0090) longtime Best of Jackson winner Two Sisters’ in July after former owner Kitchen, closed the restaurant in July after nearMatthew Kajdan took a job as executive chef at Ave., 601.941.4757) on July 9. ly three decades in business. Alford posted to

FEAST offers a different dinner menu the Westin Hotel’s Estelle Wine Bar & Bistro. the restaurant’s Facebook page in July that the Emerson impleeach week along with a large selection of fromented a new, Italzen food such as soups, gumbos, casseroles ian-focused menu and á la carte items. The menu for the following week’s deliveries is available on FEAST’s for Parlor Market on July 7 that inwebsite, feast-sf.com with all orders due by 9 spaghetti p.m. each Sunday, and the business does the cludes and meatballs, cardeliveries on Wednesdays and Thursdays bebonara, lobster ritween 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. sotto, chicken thigh picatta, linguini Tokyo Tasty Opens in Jackson and clams, jumbo

Asian fusion buffet Tokyo Tasty (1410 Old shrimp scampi and Square Road, 769.216.2420) opened in early July inside the former location of the Chero- more, all prepared with noodles made kee Inn in Jackson, which closed in early 2015. from scratch at the Tokyo Tasty’s buffet features katsu chicken, baked whitefish, teriyaki beef, jalapeno restaurant.

Char Restaurant opened its new private dining and event space in the former Mozingo’s Clothiers building at Highland Village. chicken, shrimp and chicken tempura, sushi and more.

Char Opens

E&L Comes to Metrocenter

Private Dining Area

E&L Barbeque (1111 Bailey Ave., 601.355.5035) partnered with event space Next Level Experience at the Metrocenter Mall to open a second E&L location—the original is on Bailey Avenue—in the venue’s restaurant section, which includes a sit-down dining area, and

Char Restaurant (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 142, 601.956.9562) formally opened its new private dining and event space in the former Mozingo’s building adjacent to the restaurant on Aug. 1.

The private space contains five rooms of

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closing was due to her mother falling ill. By July 22, the page went offline. Irving had previously posted on July 18 that the restaurant would be temporarily closed for air-conditioning repair.

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BEST OF JACKSON // lawyers Best Local Lawyer; Best Local Law Firm; Best Plaintiff’s Attorney: Richard Schwartz, Richard Schwartz & Associates, P.A.

Best Defense Attorney: Merrida Coxwell Coxwell & Associates, PLLC, 500 N. State St., 601.948.1600, coxwelllaw.com

162 E. Amite St., 601.869.0696, 1call.ms

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Richard Schwartz & Associates has offices in cities such as Columbus, Greenville, Greenwood and Tupelo.

—Dustin Cardon Best Local Lawyer finalists Dorsey Carson (The Carson Law Group, 125 S. Congress St., Suite 1336, 601.351.9831) / Katrina Brown (Brown Bass & Jeter, PLLC, 1755 Lelia Drive, Suite 400, 601.487.8448, bbjlawyers.com) / Robert Eugene Jones (Malouf and Malouf, 501 E. Capitol St., 601.948.4320, malouflaw.com) / Rogen Chhabra (Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A., 120 N. Congress St., Suite 200, 601.948.8005, cglawms.com) Best Local Law Firm finalists Brown Bass & Jeter PLLC (1755 Lelia Drive, Suite 400, 601.487.8448, bbjlawyers.com) / The Carson Law Group (125 S. Congress St., Suite 1336, 601.351.9831, carsonlawgroup.com) / Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A. (120 N. Congress St., Suite 200, 601.948.8005, cglawms.com) / Malouf and Malouf (501 E. Capitol St., 601.948.4320, malouflaw.com) Best Plaintiffs Attorney finalists Amanda G. Fritz (Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A., 120 N. Congress St., Suite 200, 601.948.8005, cglawms.com) / Darryl Gibbs (Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A., 120 N. Congress St., Suite 200, 601.948.8005, cglawms.com) / Rogen Chhabra (Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A., 120 N. Congress St., Suite 200, 601.948.8005, cglawms.com)

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Courtesy Merrida Coxwell

Courtesy Richard Schwartz

Lifelong Jackson resident Richard Schwartz founded his personal injury law firm, Richard Schwartz & Associates, P.A., more than 20 years ago. The firm handles cases involving vehicle accidents, wrongful death, medical malpractice, drug recalls, product liability, workers’ compensation, Social Security, disability and more.

“We help our clients through the confusion and stress of a legal case, things they may never have been through and don’t know the processes of,” Patrick Wooten, who is a managing partner at Richard Scwartz & Associates, says. “Our goal is to be the experts for them to help them keep their legal rights protected and receive the full benefit of the law.”

Schwartz received his law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1978. He was also a member of Phi Delta Phi Honor fraternity and an officer of the university’s Moot Court Board, which is a group of students who participate in mock-trial competitions throughout the United States.

In addition to his personal injury practice, Schwartz is a licensed real estate broker and an approved closing attorney for title and mortgage companies. He served as assistant city prosecutor in Jackson for 10 years and as the city prosecutor for Ridgeland for two years.

Schwartz also works with local charities such as Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital, Boys and Girls Club of Central Mississippi, Toys for Tots and Make-AWish Mississippi.

Over the years, Merrida “Buddy” Coxwell has continued to be a critic of social and legal injustice.

Coxwell graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and literature from the University of Alabama in 1977. He received his law degree from Mississippi College in 1980.

He has expertise in areas such as criminal-defense law, personal-injury law, and also in financial-fraud litigation. He has defended cases such as a federal civilrights case against the city of Jackson that involved a family whose child was a victim of police brutality.

Coxwell is licensed in all state and federal courts in Mississippi, and also states such as West Virginia, Arkansas and Washington, D.C.

Legal Assistant Lena Huse says Coxwell is passionate about what he does and has a desire to see other do better in life despite their circumstances.

“I have worked for him for 31 years, starting when I was 19 years old as just his receptionist, and I have been able to watch his passion for law flourish,” Huse says.

—Christina Spann

Finalists Andrew Sorrentino (Sorrentino Law, 106 S. President St., 601.695.7765, andrewsorrentinolegal.com) / Robert Eugene Jones (Malouf and Malouf, 501 E. Capitol St., 601.948.4320, malouflaw.com) / William H Creel Jr. (Currie Johnson & Myers, P.A., 1044 River Oaks Drive, 601.969.1010, curriejohnson.com)

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Best Family Law Attorney: Teresa E. Harvey

Best Real Estate Attorney: Jay Cooke Jack W. Cooke Jr., P.A., 1437 Old Square Road, Suite 106, 601.981.1912

Finalists Bobby Moorehead (Robert E. Moorehead, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, 220 W. Jackson St., Ridgeland, 601.208.0569) / Frank “Buddy� Youngblood Jr. (Frank M. Youngblood Jr., Attorney at Law, 111 Office Park Drive, Suite A, Brandon, 601.825.5200) / T Frank Collins (Collins & Associates PLLC, 100 Webster Circle, Suite 2, Madison, 601.853.4400)

When dealing with issues such as estates and employment discrimination, people need a good lawyer such as this year’s winner for Best Family Law Attorney, Teresa E. Harvey.

The Gluckstadt native received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Delta State University in 1998 and her law degree from the University of Mississippi in 2001. She has been a family law attorney at Chhabra & Gibbs since 2011.

Her primary focuses are cases that deal with social security disability law, guardianship and domestic matters, and employment discrimination.

“... It is very fulfilling to be able to assist others in what is

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Jack “Jay� Cooke has been a practicing lawyer for 31 years. As one who specializes in residential and commercial real estate and title insurance, he closed more than 23,000 real estate transactions in the last three decades.

Cooke graduated from the University of Mississippi with his law degree in 1985. “I love getting to work with young people who are buying houses for the first time,� he says. “I try to make it as simple and pleasant an experience as possible.

Being friendly and efficient has been a great formula.�

Cooke has been married to his wife, Martha, for 25 years. The couple has three children. He enjoys camping and serving on his local Boy Scout council’s executive board.

—Abigail Walker

Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A., 120 N. Congress St., Suite 200, 601.948.8005, cglawms.com

probably one of the most difficult times in their lives,� Harvey says.

—Malcolm Morrow Finalists Andrew Sorrentino (Sorrentino Law, 106 S. President St., 601.695.7765) / Jeremy McNinch (McNinch Law Firm, PLLC, 503 Avalon Way, Suite A, Brandon, 601.519.4692) / Robert Eugene Jones (Malouf and Malouf, 501 E. Capitol St., 601.948.4320, malouflaw.com)

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In Times of Need // by Brinda Fuller Willis

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ackson native Kim Bracey’s journey in starting the nonprofit organization, Aunt Joyce’s Kids, began with her aunt, Joyce Baker, who died of leukemia in 2012.

“Having witnessed the demise of a powerhouse filled with compassion for others, … I wanted to give caregivers a helping hand and to encourage families and children with similar struggles to have a place to turn to during their most desperate time of need,” Bracey says.

She says Baker loved kids, so Bracey wanted to create a nonprofit that would honor her through helping families who have children with chronic illnesses such as asthma and catastrophic ones such as leukemia.

After the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office granted 501c3 status in 2016, Aunt Joyce’s Kids became an active organization, with a mission to provide educational, financial and domestic assistance to parents of sick children.

Bracey says that starting a nonprofit was a huge undertaking, as she had never done anything like that on her own; howev-

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Kimberly Bracey started the nonprofit, Aunt Joyce’s Kids, in 2016 as a way to help families with chronically and catastrophically ill children around the state of Mississippi.

er, she says that she already had an understanding of the work that it would entail and had some experience in the world of nonprofits after years of volunteering with other organizations.

Aunt Joyce’s Kids offers services in areas such as financial assistance, counseling and parent-support groups and mentoring, and educational resources such as afterschool care and tutoring.

Currently, 45 to 50 kids and their families in Holmes and Quitman Counties are receiving help through the organization in a variety of ways, including rental assistance, afterschool tutoring and caregiver respite.

Bracey says that the nonprofit needed small groups to gather data on, and those counties have a high incidence of children who are on Individualized Education Plans, which indicates that they have special needs.

“We cater to the needs of caregivers, but our focus is always the needs of children and the

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family as a whole unit,” Bracey says.

She says that one of the families that they were able to assist in Natchez, Miss., had a 3-year-old with kidney, liver and heart problems, and needed help with money for travel, groceries and oxygen restoration while the child underwent treatments, and eventually went blind.

“I also helped this family’s other children with homework over the phone because the mother had to be away from home so often,” Bracey says.

As a doctoral student at Walden University, Bracey has made her passion for helping others the focal point of her dissertation. Her research centers on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the experience of caregivers of chronically ill children in Mississippi with the ACA.

Bracey and her husband, Santore Bracey, have five children.

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BITES // delights

Uniquely Sweet // by LaShanda Phillips

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Work. Live. Play. Prosper.

Although she lives in the Jackson area, she also works with customers in the surrounding cities.

She says she wants to branch out into baking cupcakes and is making plans for a future storefront.

“I really appreciate the feedback and the support from my customers,” she says. “I get most of my customers by word-of-mouth and social media.

Now, I want to get out into the community and do events.”

Nelson, 31, says she strives to go the extra mile for her customers.

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inikia Nelson spends hours mixing ingredients and perfecting designs to create candied or chocolate-covered fruits and snacks, and more. Nelson, whose passion to help people fuels her, runs her business, Unique Kreations

by Sinikia, out of her kitchen.

The Jackson native received her bachelor’s degree in social work from Tougaloo College in 2013 and is now studying for her master’s degree in social work at Jackson State University. She says she enjoys helping people and that social work is a field where she can do a variety of things.

Before the business started in 2015, Nelson says she never imagined she’d be creating candies; she set her sights on decorating weddings and parties, a dream she has had since she was a teenager.

“I’ve always wanted to follow my dreams, and I had a passion for decorating,” Nelson says. However, after someone asked if she makes chocolate-covered strawberries, she researched the craft and decided to undertake a new business venture.

“Making treats is still decorating, and I enjoy seeing people happy when I set up for different parties and events,” Nelson says.

Unique Kreations has treats such as cheesecake-filled strawberries and alcohol-infused strawberries, as well as chocolate-covered Oreos and pretzels. Nelson says the business’ most popular items are candy apples, caramel apples and chocolate-covered strawberries.

She can also create baskets and gift arrangements for holidays and birthdays, or for just-because gifts.

Also, Unique Kreations can set up candy tables with a backdrop at weddings, parties or other events.

Nelson is continuing to practice and research to perfect her skills and looks forward to expanding.

Sinikia Nelson started her treat-making business, Unique Kreations, in 2015.

“When God puts something in your heart, and you’re passionate about it, people support you,” she says. “I try to provide the best customer service. I think that’s why people come back to me. You have to put the attitude aside.”

When Nelson isn’t creating her sweet treats, she works full-time as an accounting assistant at the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services. She enjoys shopping and traveling whenever she can.

For more information about Unique Kreations, call 601.454.1480 or find Nelson on Instagram and Facebook.

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BITES // modern tradition

Bringing the Irish Flair // by Rachel Fradette

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hen Madison native Ryan Cassell returned home to Mississippi after a number of years in Charlotte, N.C., he quickly brought a new perspective to Jackson staple Fenian’s Pub.

Cassell, who is the general manager and head chef of the business, said the pub needed a major makeover when he joined the team in September 2015.

He first entered the restaurant industry at Trace Grill in Ridge-

land when he was 16 years old. Since then, Cassell, who has no formal training and did not attend culinary school, rose through the ranks of food service, starting from a cook at Trace Grill and eventually leading to his position as a chef Rí Rá Irish Pub in Charlotte, N.C., and then to Fenian’s in 2015.

BOOM Jackson spoke with him recently to talk about his role at Fenian’s and how he fuses Irish traditions with the modernday era.

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Fenian’s Pub General Manager and Head Chef Ryan Cassell prepares the pub’s black and bleu burger with a side of fries.

What do you like about working in an Irish pub and cooking Irish food?

I like having really good food. I like surprising people. Fenian’s has been around for a long time in an old building. You (have) to think it surprises people when they get actual, good, scratch-made food with local products. All that kind of stuff that you’d find at nicer places around town. Pub food is fun.

It’s not pretentious. We kind of get away with just about anything here. You can do some nicer stuff. At the same time, you can do some greasy stuff. There’s a lot of options.

What’s your favorite dish to make? Why?

The Irish chicken curry that we do is kind of cool. People don’t really expect curry at an Irish pub. It’s not really a traditional 34

Irish dish, but curry is huge in Ireland. The curry powder that we get in to make the curry sauce actually gets shipped in from Ireland. It’s the same type of curry they use at the late-night places (there).

You seem to be drawn to nontraditional cooking. Is that your aesthetic as a chef?

You get kind of bored with stuff as a chef. You always want to change stuff. You’re always eating different stuff.

We’ve got a few of those super traditional items like our beef and Guinness stew, our fish (and) chips, and sausages and mash.

We’re a restaurant. We’re not a museum.

You’ll find (that) with pubs in Ireland, they are all a reflection of the local area. So here, it’s kind of melding together Irish in-

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gredients and southern ingredients and just having a lot of fun with it.

What is it about Irish food that connects you to it?

It’s comfort food. Before I worked in an Irish pub, I always loved southern and soul food. It’s food that makes you feel good. A lot of your traditional Irish fares are along those lines. They are really hearty stuff.

For more information on Fenian’s Pub (901 E Fortification St., 601.948.0055), visit fenianspub.com or find the business on Facebook.

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The Holy Smokers cooking ministry began at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson in 1936 and began entering cooking competitions in 2010.

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wards from local cooking competitions adorn a wall in the dining hall of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Jackson.

The Holy Smokers, a cooking ministry within the church, has won numerous accolades for its southern-inspired cuisine.

The group, which members of the church first established around 1936 to cook food for church functions, began entering local cooking competitions in 2010.

In addition to its competition entries, the group cooks every third Tuesday of month for the church, except for Lent and Christmas. They also cook for causes such as the local Alcoholics Anonymous Old Timers Roundup, the Susan G. Komen Pink Tie Party for the Cure, which is on Sept. 28 this year, and the Red Beans and Rice Festival, which Stewpot Community Services hosts each spring.

The Holy Smokers currently have 37 members, including many individuals and couples who love to cook and serve the community. Bill Howard and Joe Surkin, who are parishioners of St. Andrew’s and members of the Holy Smokers, say that being a part of the group is fun and good fellowship for anyone at the church who wants to be involved.

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“An ongoing joke at St. Andrew’s is that anyone who enters the kitchen and picks up a knife is going to be a part of The Holy Smokers,” Surkin says. “They may help out once, but those who decide to stay a part of the group enjoy it.”

Six or seven of the members head up most of the cooking responsibilities, and what makes the Holy Smokers so successful is that each

cook in the group has a specialty, he says.

“Everyone in the group has a specialty that everyone has refined, and we do it well,” Surkin says. “Everyone pitches in from organizing the events to being in the kitchen.”

The Holy Smokers have won the Best Entrée category five years in a row at Stewpot’s Taste of Mississippi and have garnered a total of 15 awards overall at various competitions.

While the success that they’ve had in competitive cooking is nice, Howard says the most important part of being in the Holy Smokers will always be the ministry.

“It’s a ministry of St. Andrew’s, and we can’t really lose that focus,” Howard says.

“When we cater, all of our proceeds go back to the ministry.”

The group’s menu repertoire includes dishes such as smoked salmon topped with lemon dill sauce, smoked tenderloin over scalloped potatoes with a red-wine-reduction sauce, and lamb chops served on a bed of sweet potato served with a mint chimichurri.

Howard says passion and a good sense of humor play a large role in the food’s flavor.

“It’s a lot of fun,” he says. “We have a good time. We enjoy it, absolutely, and in any endeavor you enjoy doing, it’s going to show in the product.”

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DRINKS // happy

Eat, Drink and Be Social // by Arielle Dreher

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to offer something different for the Jackson happy-hour scene that catered to young folks who work late and miss the typical end-at6-p.m. happy hours, as well as for parents who typically also miss happy-hour time (because kids have to be fed and put to bed, too). Social Hour is every night—so on weeknights, it is a late-night happy hour and on the weekend, it becomes the place to start the night.

“It kind of meets everybody’s needs that way,” Farris says.

The beauty of Social Hour is the brilliance and power of a $5 bill. Well drinks (“whatever is in the gun” that night), as well as two wine selections (usually one red and one white on a rotating selection) all go for $5 during Social Hour, and the food portion is also affordable, with sweet potato fries, mini

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t’s a Thursday night in July around 8:30 p.m., and the lounge section of BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar is packed and full of life as people partake in the restaurant’s new daily event, Social Hour.

Social Hour is a contrast to the fine dining in the restaurant, and those who get off work later can still partake in the fun unlike with many happy hours. The overall bar-like feel in the lounge doesn’t seem to disturb the more serious dinner-goers in the restaurant.

It’s like the classic bar-restaurant vibe— but not so loud that you have to shout, and you don’t have to just sit at the bar or in the lounge to take part. There’s also room on the patio if the lounge isn’t your thing.

Susan Farris, the marketing manager at Mangia Bene Restaurant Management Group, says the idea with Social Hour was

pesto-chicken salad sandwiches, bruschetta and crab cakes for $5 each. The menu basically features BRAVO!’s fine dining in smaller bites, which are good for a summer meet-up or chill-out time after work. Farris says the $5 price point was part marketing and part business. It was a doable move for the kitchen staff as well as for the restaurant’s budget.

“We wanted something that everyone can afford,” Farris says.

BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244) is closed for renovations until Tuesday, Sept. 26, when the restaurant will host its grand reopening party.

After the restaurant reopens, Social Hour will continue, with hours from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m.

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BITES // natural

A Sweet Way to Healthy Eating // by Brinda Fuller Willis

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ness because of high food costs associated baked goods such as their raisin cookies, chocn a Saturday morning in July, Alyssa and Jon Bryant are setting up at with my dietary constraints precipitated by olate-chip cookies, cinnamon raisin almond bread and waffles in a home kitchen. They are Crohn’s disease,” she says. the Mississippi Farmers Market in looking to expand into other product offerings

Jon is a Madison native with a bachelor’s downtown Jackson to sell a variety when they get a commercial kitchen. degree in culinary arts, which he received of sweet treats, such as chocolate-chip cookA cottage-food business isn’t without chalin 2013 from the Mississippi University for ies and waffles. lenges, Jon says. The couple is only able to sell Women in Columbus.

However, their selection of baked goods is a little different than some of the other local food producers. It’s all gluten- and grainfree and made with natural ingredients such as nut flours and coconut oil.

The Bryants began their new business, Bryant Foods, LLC, in spring 2017 with the goal of introducing people to healthier food choices.

Alyssa, 27, is a selftaught, certified health coach and the principal cook for Bryant Foods. She says that she became interested in healthy eating after she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, which causes inflammation in the digestive tract, at the age of 14 and was then hospitalized when she was 19 years old.

“It was only by healthy food choices that I was able Husband-and-wife duo Alyssa and Jon Bryant created their cottage-food business, Bryant Foods, LLC, to regain my health,” she in spring 2017 with the goal of providing food options that taste good while still being good for you. says, “and I want to bring that to others because it’s hard to find and it increases the qual “I wanted to support my wife, and being a directly to consumers, and they aren’t allowed ity of life.” to sell their food outside of Mississippi or even

As a way to combat the illness, Alyssa trained chef, I knew I could help her navigate the advertise their products in the traditional ways. says she chose the specific carbohydrate food maze with respect to reading and underDespite the challenges, though, he says a lot of diet, which limits most carbs, because she standing food labels and ingredients,” he says. people love what Bryant Foods is making.

“I also knew it would be cost-effective if says it worked best of all the other diets she

“We’ve had a lot of repeat customers I started eating healthy foods, which would tried in managing her symptoms. come back,” Jon says.

She taught herself how to make gluten- cut down on our overall food bills.”

“They’ve really enjoyed the cookies, es Jon handles the business side of Bryant free foods with no refined sugar, white flour, pecially. We’ve had people buy three or four wheat, barley, rye, grains, oats, corn, and no Foods while integrating technology systems boxes of the waffles, too. It’s been fantastic.” that increase efficiency and speed of baking processed or refined foods.

“It’s these recipes—they don’t even taste

She cooks with chicken, eggs, non-pro- time. He also utilizes his culinary skills in the like they’re good for you,” he says with a laugh. test kitchen to create and experiment with new cessed plant-based foods, and nuts such as

For more information, find Bryant products. almonds and cashews, and honey and fruit as Foods on Facebook and Instagram, and visit

Currently, Bryant Foods is a cottage-food a sweetener. bryantfoods.com.

“We (also) got the idea to create the busi- business, which means the couple can prepare

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In the Red Zone // by Malcolm Morrow

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own spin on it to create his unique blend.

Mosley says that one of his aims with the restaurant is also to show young people that they don’t have to limit themselves. He says that many of his staff members are teenagers getting ready to head to college.

“You don’t have to work in the field of your major or pursue the goals you set when you’re young,” he says. “Life always finds a way of taking you where it wants you to be.”

Mike also think it is important for young people to learn to cook.

“It’s mandatory for my teenage workers to learn to cook because it is such an important life skill,” Mosley says. “It also gives them experience that can help them with future endeavors.”

1693 Redzone Grill (1693 Beasley Road) is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. The business is closed on Sunday. For more information, call 769.524.6803 or find the business on Facebook.

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however, he says that cooking has been a maor the past two years, 30-year-old New Orleans native Mike Mosley jor part of his life since he could remember.

“I learned how to cook by watching my has been serving up Cajun-inspired family members growing up,” Mosley says. cuisine to Jacksonians and getting “My mom and grandma taught me a lot. All widespread acclaim for his culinary creof the men in my family are chefs and cook ations at 1693 Redzone Grill, where he is the very well.” chef and co-owner.

One of the customers’ favorite items at

Though Mosley has been cooking since 1693 Redzone has been the bourbon sauce, age 13, he says that he didn’t get involved in which Mosley says is his attempt at taking working in the restaurant industry until after his New Orleans heritage and putting his he graduated from Jackson State University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2010.

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“I had difficulty finding a job orders food at in my field due to lack of experi1693 Redzone Grill’s front ence, so I got a job as dishwasher counter. at a five-star restaurant in New Orleans,” he says, “It was a very humbling experience but within two years I worked my way up to being the head of the kitchen.”

He moved back to Jackson in 2012 to be with his wife, Kenita Mosley, whom he married a year prior.

The former Jackson State University football player and track-and-field athlete has no formal training in the culinary arts;

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games: homecoming on Nov. 4 against Alabama State University, and a game Alcorn State University as the final game of the season is always must-see for fans.

Jackson State University, Veterans Memorial Stadium Sept. 23: University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 6 p.m. kickoff Oct. 21: Southern University, 6 p.m. kickoff Nov. 4: Alabama State University (homecoming), 2 p.m. kickoff Nov. 18: Alcorn State University, 2 p.m. kickoff

Mississippi College, Robinson-Hale Stadium Sept. 23: Florida Institute of Technology, 7 p.m. kickoff Sept. 30: Delta State University, 7 p.m. kickoff Oct. 21: University of West Georgia (homecoming), 3pm kickoff Nov. 4: Shorter University (Senior Day), 2 p.m. kickoff

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ne of the best parts about college football is being able to tailgate before kickoff. It is a great way to make lasting memories of a game day experience. Who doesn’t love to fire up the grill, open a cold drink and enjoy spending time with fellow fans while at a football game?

Plenty of planning goes into setting up a memorable tailgate, from getting the menu just right, to finding the best spot to set up the grill and canopy, to other details such as having enough chairs.

A major part of tailgating is checking the schedule to see which home game is perfect for your group of friends. With so many colleges and universities around the capital city, the 20172018 season has plenty of chances to tailgate. If you were so inclined, you could tailgate every week during the college football season and not have to travel too far from home.

Remember, if you start well before kickoff, you must pace yourself. There is still a nearly three-hour game waiting as the main event after you have pulled off your awesome tailgate festivity. You will still need energy to cheer your team onto victory later.

BOOM Jackson did some scouting to create this helpful game summary to help you get started on planning your tailgating events this season.

Jackson State University will play its four home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The home schedule has two great tailgating

Fans love to tailgate at Jackson State University’s football games in Jackson.

Mississippi College has four home dates at Robinson-Hale Stadium. The Choctaws will host in-state rival Delta State University on Sept. 30. If that date doesn’t work, MC will host the University of West Georgia for homecoming on Oct. 21.

The opening home game against Howard

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Payne University for Belhaven University is Family Weekend. The Blazers host Louisiana College for homecoming on Oct. 28 for a second tailgating event. Belhaven will host four home games this season.

Millsaps College will hold homecoming on Oct. 28 when the Majors host Centre College.

You could do a tailgate for the Majors homecoming that starts at 2 p.m. and leave the game early to tailgate with friends before the start of the Belhaven homecoming that kicks off at 6 p.m.

This year is the 100th anniversary of Hinds Community College’s founding. The Eagles will host several (unannounced as of yet) events to celebrate this milestone at home football games.

One major tailgate event is the Oct. 28 game against East Mississippi Community College.

East Mississippi has been featured on two-seasons of the Netflix series “Last Chance U.”

Holmes Community College will host three home games. When the Bulldogs hosting Northwest Mississippi Community College, who played in the Heart of Texas Bowl last season, it is a great chance to tailgate and see a competitive game on the field. For a last chance at a tailgating event for the Bulldogs, Holmes hosts Northeast Mississippi Community College in the season finale.

Below is a list of the home games from September to November, with dates and kickoff times, at the colleges and universities around the metro area that could be perfect for tailgating.

Belhaven University, Belhaven Bowl Stadium Sept. 30: Howard Payne University (Family Weekend), 7 p.m. kickoff Oct. 14: Southwestern University, 6 p.m. kickoff Oct. 28: Louisiana College (homecoming), 6 p.m. kickoff Nov. 11: Sul Ross State University, 2 p.m. kickoff

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the state capitol from 1839 to 1903, an state office building from 1917 to 1959, and a state history museum from 1961 to 2005. In 2008, it became the Old Capitol Museum, which tells the story of the building itself. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

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hether you’re in town for a football game, or you just want to get out and do something, Jackson has a lot of must-dos. Here are a few.

Visit Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St., 601-948-0888)

If you’re just coming in to town or if you live here and haven’t been yet, Hal & Mal’s is definitely a must-do. For one, it boasts a great bar and restaurant area. If you’re just looking for a place to go and watch some live music, Hal & Mal’s has a total of three venues: the restaurant, the Red Room off to the side of the restaurant and the big room in the back. Don’t miss the autograph wall.

Go to Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St., 601-960-1515)

The Mississippi Museum of Art boasts an expansive collection of art from Mississippi, and all over the world. Over the years, exhibits such as “When Modern Was Contemporary” and “George Wardlaw, A Life in Art” have passed through the museum’s halls. The “Picturing Mississippi” exhibit will be at the museum from Dec. 9, 2017, to July 8, 2018, in honor of the state’s bicentennial. MMA also has The Museum Shop and The Art Garden.

Visit the Mississippi State Capitol (400 High St., 601.359.3114)

The Mississippi State Legislature might not be perfect, but we can’t help but admit that the capitol is a pretty building. The current one is the state’s third and was built in 1903. Its grounds feature one of the 55 replicas of the original Liberty Bell, Japanese magnolia and cherry trees, and more. The dome reaches is 180 feet tall, and the eagle on top is eight feet tall and 15 feet wide. The interior of the capitol features paintings and pieces of Mississippi history.

Walk Through the Old Capitol Museum (100 S. State St., 601.576.6920)

You can’t see the capitol without also learning about some of the state’s history, and the Old Capitol Museum is a good place to start. This capitol, which was built in 1833, served as Millsaps College, Harper Davis Field Sept. 16: Trinity University (Texas), 1 p.m. kickoff Sept. 23: Sewanee-The University of the South, 1 p.m. kickoff Oct. 21: Berry University, 1 p.m. kickoff Oct. 28: Centre College (homecoming and Senior Day), 2 p.m. kickoff

Hinds Community College, Joe Renfroe Stadium Sept. 14: Southwest Mississippi Community College, 6:30 p.m. kickoff Sept. 28: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 6:30 p.m. kickoff Oct. 12: East Central Community College, 7 p.m. kickoff Oct. 28: East Mississippi Community College, 2 p.m. kickoff

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Hang Out With Animals at The Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St., 601-352-2580, jacksonzoo.org)

Who doesn’t love animals? The Jackson Zoo is home to more than 200 species of animals, from red pandas to Sumatran tigers to American alligators to owls. The zoo also has amenities such as the Elephant House Café. It is open every day except Christmas Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Go Shopping in Fondren Over the years, Fondren has grown and attracted more business to Jackson. You can shop for clothes at stores such as Treehouse Boutique and Swell-o-Phonic; go to galleries such as Fondren Art Gallery and The Wonder Lab; eat and drink at restaurants and bars such as Barrelhouse, Sal & Mookie’s New York Pizza and Ice Cream Joint, and Fondren Public; or even get a tattoo at Electric Dagger Tattoo. Of course, the neighborhood has more than just that, so you’ll have to check it out.

Find Nightlife on Farish Street

These days, Farish Street isn’t the hub it used to be, but you can still find gems such as F. Jones Corner and Johnny T’s Bistro & Blues and its 540 Ultra Lounge. F. Jones hosts Dexter Allen’s Blues & Music Challenge of Thursday nights beginning at 10 p.m., and the bar has live music on Friday and Saturday nights from midnight to 4 a.m. Expect to see performances from artists such as Big Money Mel and Sherman Lee Dillon and the Mississippi Sound. At Johnny T’s you can eat dinner and then head up to 540 for drinks and live music.

See Pop Culture at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave., 601-376-9404) If you like manga, comics, anime and pop culture, you have to go to Offbeat. The shop features everything from toys to comics to manga to clothing to visual art. The business also hosts events such as a once-a-month comedy night and performances from artists such as electro-soul duo Clouds & Crayons and classicrock band Stonewalls. Offbeat also does events such as gundam workshops and Trivia Fight Night. Offbeat is open from noon to 6 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

To see more of Jackson’s great businesses and community, visit bestofjackson.com.

Holmes Community College, Ras Branch Field Sept. 21: Coahoma Community College, 6:30 p.m. kickoff Sept. 28: Northwest Mississippi Community College, 6:30 p.m. kickoff Oct. 21: Northeast Mississippi Community College, 3 p.m. kickoff

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• You’re in Mississippi, so if it’s hot, have lots of drinking water on hand, and remember that sweat can ruin body paint.

• Do a head count before you tailgate.

You don’t want to bring too little or too much, especially when it comes to food (although having enough to share doesn’t hurt).

You also probably want to know how much soda, water or other drinks to get, and how many chairs you’ll need.

• Bring more ice than you think you’ll ever need.

• This is obvious, but make a plan for the food well beforehand. If you’re going to order catering, check with the business on when they need the order. As a courtesy to your fellow tailgaters, make sure to check

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• Charge your phone and bring a charger. Portable chargers are handy to have, and many of them are reasonably priced. Also, bring speakers if you want to listen to music.

with them on menu preferences.

•Check the college’s tailgating rules beforehand because they can differ between schools.

Also, check the rules on alcohol and plan accordingly.

• Make sure you eat breakfast. You’ll be out there for a few hours.

• Figure out where the bathrooms are when you get to your tailgating spot and orient yourself to the campus.

• Make sure you get there early enough to claim your spot.

Some colleges and universities may let you set up the night before, so check with the school.

• Clean as you go. This way, you won’t be picking up a bunch of stuff at the end of the game or when you decide to leave.

Bring a trash can and/or trash bags.

• If you aren’t planning on actually attending the game, figure out what radio station will be on or where the game is streaming.

Fans partake in the beer garden at Millsaps College’s Robinson-Hale Stadium.

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ince 2014, Millsaps College football fans have been able to enjoy a beer at Millsaps games in the college’s beer garden in the north-end zone.

Millsaps Director of Communications and Marketing John Sewell says that former Athletic Director Josh Brooks came up with the idea for the garden with the goal of enhancing the game-day experience for fans and to offer something for everyone.

“The model for the garden was based on a model used by minor league baseball, and (we expanded it) by adding a children’s area with face painting and bounce houses,” Sewell says.

He says that the Millsaps Beer Garden operates as a controlled location for adults to

enjoy a beer during home games.

“... We believe our arrangement provides an ongoing model of mature and accountable drinking for persons of legal age,” Sewell says.

Those who want to drink beer must show identification to get beer, and the area takes cash or card. No beer is sold in the stands.

All beers are $5 per cup, and some are on tap; however, certain beers are available in cans. In addition to two to three selections for beer, primarily from Lucky Town Brewing Company, the beer garden also has food and more. The beer garden is only open for home football games.

For more information, visit millsaps.edu.

Best Beer Selection: The Bulldog (6111 Ridgewood Road, 601-978-3502, bulldog-jackson.draftfreak.com) 2017 Best of Jackson Finalists Fondren Public (2765 Old Canton Road, 769-216-2589, fondrenpublic. com) / Hops & Habanas (2771 Old Canton Road, 769-572-4631; 123 Grandview Blvd., Madison, Suite N, 601-853-7449; hopsandhabanas.com) / LD’s Beer Run (5006 Parkway Drive, 769-208-8686) / The Pig & Pint (3139 N. State St., 601-326-6070, pigandpint.com) / Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201, 601-982-2899, saltinerestaurant.com)

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o make the tailgating journey successful, the 2017 Best of Jackson results can help a lot. See more at bestofjackson. com and watch for the 2018 ballot in November. (It’s OK to campaign now.)

Best Place to Get Coffee: Cups Espresso Café (Multiple locations; cupsespressocafe.com)

Finalists Char Restaurant (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 142, 601.956.9562, charrestaurant.com) / Babalu Tapas & Tacos (622 Duling Ave., Suite 106, 601.366.5757, eatbabalu.com) / BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244, 601.982.8111, bravobuzz.com) / The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 N. State St., Suite 100, 601.398.4562, themanshipjackson.com) / Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201, 601.982.2899, saltinerestaurant.com) amber helsel/file photo

Finalists Deep South Pops (1800 N. State St., 601.398.2174; 4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 173, 601.398.0623) Fusion Coffeehouse (1111 Highland Colony Pkwy., Ridgeland, 601.856.6001) / Sneaky Beans (2914 N. State St., 601.487.6349)

Best Brunch: Table 100 (100 Ridge Way, Flowood, 601.420.4202, tableonehundred.com)

Best Restaurant; Best Local Fine Dining: Walker’s Drive In (3016 N. State St., 601.982.2633, walkersdrivein.com) Best Restaurant finalists Babalu Tapas & Tacos (622 DulingAve., Suite 106,601.366.5757,eatbabalu .com) / BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244, 601.982.8111, bravobuzz.com) / The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 N. State St., Suite 100, 601.398.4562) / Parlor Market (115 W. Capitol St., 601.360.0090, parlormarket.com) / Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201, 601.982.2899, saltine restaurant.com) Best Local Fine Dining finalists Char Restaurant (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 142, 601.956.9562, charrestaurant.com) / The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 N. State St., Suite 100, 601.398.4562, themanshipjackson.com) / Parlor Market (115 W. Capitol St., 601.360.0090, parlormarket. com) / Shapley’s (868 Centre St., Ridgeland, 601.957.3753, shapleysrestaurant.com) / Table 100 (100 Ridge Way, Flowood, 601.420.4202, tableone hundred.com) Place for Healthy Food; Best Vegetarian Options: High Noon Cafe/Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative (2807 Old Canton Road, 601.366.1602, rainbowcoop.org) Best Place for Healthy Food finalists Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive, 601.366.6033, aladdininjackson.com) / Babalu Tapas & Tacos (622 Duling Ave., Suite 106, 601.366.5757, eatbabalu.com) / Crossroads Café (398 Highway 51, Ridgeland, 601.790.7141) / freshii (748 MacKenzie Lane, Flowood, 601.718.0020, freshii.com/us) Best Vegetarian Options finalists Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive, 601.366.6033, aladdininjackson.com) / Babalu Tapas & Tacos (622 Duling Ave., 601.366.5757, eatbabalu.com) / BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244, 601.982.8111, bravobuzz. com) / freshii (748 MacKenzie Lane, Flowood, 601.718.0020, freshii.com/us)

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Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative won Best Place for Health Food and Best Vegetarian options in the 2017 Best of Jackson contest.

Best Bakery; Best Breakfast: Primos Café (515 Lake Harbour Drive, Ridgeland, 601.898.3600; 2323 Lakeland Drive, Suite A, Flowood, 601.936.3398; primoscafe.com) Best Bakery finalists Broad Street Baking Company (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 101, 601.362.2900, broadstbakery.com) / Campbell’s Bakery (3013 N. State St., 601.362.4628; 123 Jones St., Madison, 769.300.2790; campbells bakery.ms) / La Brioche Patisserie (2906 N. State St., 601.988.2299, labriochems.com) / Meme’s Brick Street Bakery (104 W. Leake St., Clinton, 601.278.0635) Best Barbecue; Best Pub Quiz/Trivia Night: The Pig & Pint (3139 N. State St., 601.326.6070, pigandpint.com) Best Barbecue finalists Chimneyville Smokehouse (970 High St., 601.354.4665, chimneyville.com) / E&L Barbeque (1111 Bailey Ave., 601.355.5035) / Hickory Pit (1491 Canton Mart Road, 601.956.7079, hickorypitms.com) / Smokehouse BBQ (2227 Highway 471, Brandon, 601.829.0520) / Tay’s Barbeque (119 Colony Crossing Way, Suite 860, Madison, 601.853.0706, taysbbq.com)

Best Pub Quiz/Trivia Night finalists Capitol Grill (5050 Interstate 55 N., Suite F, 601.899.8845, capitolgrillofjackson.com) / Fenian’s Pub (901 E. Fortification St., 601.948.0055, fenianspub.com) / Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St., 601.948.0888, halandmals.com) / Ole Tavern on George Street (416 George St., 601.960.2700) / Library Lounge (Fairview Inn, 734 Fairview St., 601.948.3429) Best Hangover Food; Best Outdoor Dining: Keifer’s (120 N. Congress St., 601.353.4976; 710 Poplar Blvd., 601.355.6825, keifers.net) Best Hangover Food finalists Babalu Tapas & Tacos (622 Duling Ave., Suite 106, 601.366.5757, eatbabalu.com) / Brent’s Drugs (655 Duling Ave., 601.366.3427) / The Feathered Cow (4760 Interstate 55 N., 769.233.8366; 1040 Spillway Circle, Suite A, Brandon, 601.605.0414) / Rooster’s Restaurant (2906 N. State St., 601.982.2001, roostersfondren.com) Best Outdoor Dining finalists Anjou Restaurant (361 Township Ave., 601.707.0587, anjourestaurant .net) / Babalu Tapas & Tacos (622 Duling Ave., 601.366.5757, eatbabalu.com) / Burgers & Blues (1060 E. County Line Road, Suite 22, Ridgeland, 601.899.0038, burgersblues.com) / Green Ghost Tacos (1290 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland, 601.957.7436; 2801 N. State St., 601.203.2144; greenghosttacos.com) / The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 N. State St., Suite 100, 601.398.4562, themanshipjackson.com) / Walker’s Drive In (3016 N. State St., 601.982.2633, walkersdrivein.com) Best Caterer: Wendy Putt/Fresh Cut Catering & Floral (108 Cypress Cove, 601.939.4518, freshcut cateringandfloral.com) Finalists 4Top Catering (4500 Interstate 55 N., 601.942.4999, 4topcatering.com) / Nick Wallace/Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St., 601.960.1515, msmuseumart.org) / Mangia Bene Catering (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 101, 601.362.2900, mangiabene-catering.com) / The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 N. State St., Suite 100, 601.398.4562, themanshipjackson.com) / Taste Bistro & Desserts (5419 Highway 25, Suite L, Flowood, 769.235.6232) Best Liquor/Wine Store: Fondren Cellars (633 Duling Ave., 769.216.2323) Finalists Briarwood Wine and Spirits (4949 Old Canton Road, 601.956.5108, briarwoodwineandspirits.com) / Corkscrew Fine Wine and Spirits (4800 Interstate 55 N., Suite 32B, 601.981.1333) / Joe T’s Fine Wines & Spirits (286 Highway 51, Ridgeland, 601.605.7602, joets.net) / Kats Wine & Spirits (921 E. Fortification St., 601.983.5287, katswine.com) / McDade’s Wine & Spirits (1220 E. Northside Drive, Suite 320, 601.366.5676, mcdadeswineandspirits.com) 41

ARTS // creativity Devna Bose

A Hidden Gem // by Devna Bose

Melanie John (pictured) and her sister, Janella John, own StudioAMN & Designs, which is on Ridgewood Road on Jackson. They wouldn’t be anywhere but the capital city, she says. a master’s of business administration in marketing in 2013 and master’s degree in organizational leadership in 2014, both from Columbia Southern University.

John wanted to create her business in Jackson because she wanted to offer something new to the art community here.

“I love Jackson, the people here and the community,” she says. “I think we’re a city that is growing—we’re on the rise. I want the business to stay in Jackson, and I wouldn’t bring my business anywhere else.”

John travels to local schools and nursing homes to offer paint parties to children and Devna Bose

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idgewood Road is the site of one of Jackson’s hidden gems, Studio AMN & Designs, a fine-arts gallery and “paint and sip” studio where clients can drink wine while creating art.

The business, which sisters Janella and Melanie John own, is named after Melanie’s daughter, Amber Marie Nichols. The studio has been in business for a little more than seven years and has evolved from just a fine arts gallery to a “paint and sip” studio after clients began inquiring about paint classes.

Janella manages the day-to-day operations, while Melanie is the artist.

“I have done most of the art that is hanging up on the walls, along with several different local artists like Lorenzo Gayden (whose art is on one side) of Studio AMN,” John says. “I also create art with the customers.”

The walls are decorated with abstract paintings as well as Gayden’s richly colored art that depicts African American men playing jazz instruments.

Owning an art gallery is something Melanie knew she wanted to do since she was little, she says.

“I’ve always been fascinated with art and have been painting since I was a child,” she says. “My mom put me in all types of art classes when I was younger, and the woman who really piqued my interest was one of my art teachers in school, Robin Doudy. It’s something I’ve been interested in ever since.”

John, who is a Hattiesburg native, moved to Jackson in 1989 and attended Jim Hill High School. After she graduated from high school, she attended the University of Southern Mississippi before her college education at William Carey University. She received a bachelor’s degree in English in 2003. She also received

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elderly people in Jackson.

The studio offers everything from paint parties where groups paint pre-drawn canvases to wine-glass paintings. John stresses that the main goal she has for clients is to allow them to express their inner artist in an open environment.

“Studio AMN is different because we allow you in come in and relax,” she says. “It’s not structured, and it’s not supposed to be.

You can let your hair down and enjoy yourself here. A lot of people think you won’t see something like this unless you’re in a larger city, but it’s here. You just have to find it.”

For more information on StudioAMN & Designs (5846 Ridgewood Road, Suite C212, 769.218.8165), visit studioamndesigns.com. boomjackson.com

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MELODIES // direction

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hen Clinton native J.B. Lawrence moved back to Mississippi in 2014, he had two main goals: get out of journalism and get into music.

After six and a half years as a photo and video journalist in Maine, he says that he wanted the move to be a career turning point, one that would finally combine his love of music and the visual arts.

// by Micah Smith an opportunity to help solo artists and bands as a music photographer and videographer.

He began putting together a list of what local musicians might want, need and appreciate.

Of course, the first step was actually connecting with artists, he says.

“I knew no one—just knew that I wanted to try to be active in the music scene,” Lawrence says.

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Clinton native J.B. Lawrence returned to the Jackson metro area in 2014 and began a career as a professional music photographer and videographer, working solely by customer referrals and word-of-mouth advertising.

“I had tried my hand at a couple things in the music industry,” Lawrence says. “I led the life of an artist, a musician, singersongwriter, but that wasn’t going to be my direction. I tried copyright and licensing for a bit, but that was short-lived because I just knew (it wasn’t for me) and started missing the photo and video aspects.”

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In March 2015, he got his first assignment after asking blues musician Todd Thompson of the Lucky Hand Blues Band for permission to photograph his performance at Hal & Mal’s.

After that first show, Lawrence says he knew that he was on the right track.

“I’ve done my best, and I’ve succeeded thus far in making a career of it,” he says. “I knew this was what I wanted to do. I started

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doing the grunt work, … crawling around on a lot of barroom floors, photographing bands for no charge, just to get to know them and show the music scene that’s around here— both original and cover bands alike.”

Ever since then, Lawrence has managed to make his living solely from word-of-mouth marketing and referrals.

“I do not carry business cards, I don’t have a website, and I don’t put rates up,” he says. “... To me, reputation is the most important thing for anybody when they’re trying to grow a business—your reputation, your integrity and how you deal with people.”

Despite not advertising his services in a traditional way, he has been able to work with artists from every genre and level, including Grammy Award-winning blues musician Grady Champion, rock artist Chad Wesley, and country acts such as the Jason Miller Band and Shayne Weems.

One of the reasons that Lawrence is so excited to create visual content alongside a wide variety of musicians is that he loves every style of music, he says.

His success has opened the door for even more opportunities through Hit the Road Entertainment and Malaco Music Group’s imprint label, Old Trace Records. Both companies regularly hire him to create video content for their artists. Several of his music videos have already been up for awards this year.

His video for Old Trace signee Stace & Cassie’s “Broken Paths” won Best Overall Music Video at the 2017 Oxford Film Festival, and another for the duo’s “A Hard Rain” was nominated for Music Video of the Year at the 2017 Josie Music Awards in Nashville.

His video for blues artist Robert King’s “Stomping Grounds” was recently nominated for Music Video of the Year at the Artists Music Guild Heritage Awards, and Stevie J Blues’ “Lil Mo Love” video is in consideration for the 2018 Grammy Awards.

While Lawrence says that he is glad for the recognition, he finds the most joy in trying new things behind the lens and learning more about his craft each day.

For more information, find J.B. Lawrence on Facebook. To view some of his video work, visit his YouTube or Vimeo pages. boomjackson.com

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Fondren After 5 Sep. 7, 5 p.m., in Fondren.

The family-friendly street festival takes place on the first Thursday of each month and includes live entertainment, food and drinks for sale, art and crafts vendors, pop-up art exhibits, pet adoption drives and more. Free admission; fondren.org.

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Glucklich Fest Sept. 9, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., at Lucky Town Brewing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). Features live music, bratwurst and Lucktoberfest beer for sale, and games, including a stein-hoisting competition. Free admission; call 601.790.0142; find it on Facebook.

Dent May Sept. 15, 8 p.m., at Spacecamp (3002 N. Mill St.). The Jackson-native singer-songwriter’s latest album is titled “Across the Multiverse.” El Obo and Garden Variety also perform. $5 in advance, $10 at the door; eventbrite.com.

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“Peppa Pig Live! Peppa Pig’s Surprise” Sept. 26, 6-9 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The stage show features favorite characters from the beloved children’s TV show “Peppa Pig.” VIP packages include party gifts, a “pink carpet” meet and greet, snacks, after-show and a party concierge. $18.50-$123; peppapigliveus.com.

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Cathead Oktoberfest Sept. 16, 3-8 p.m., at Cathead Distillery (422 S. Farish St.). Features German music and beers, and a gaming competition featuring cornhole, ping-pong, jumbo pong, a stein-holding contest and bocce ball. $10 admission, $20 stein holder, $30 competitor; email tours@cathead distillery.com; eventbrite.com.

Zoo Party: Safari-Chic Sept. 28, 7-10 p.m., at The South Warehouse (627 E. Silas Brown St.). The Jackson Zoological Society’s 27th annual party features cocktails, a bourbon tasting, live music, animal encounters, hors d’oeuvres, and more. Admission TBA; call 601.352.2580; find it on Facebook.

Mississippi Old Time Music Society Sep. 17, 2-4 p.m., at Mississippi Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland). The concert features traditional Mississippi string music from local artists such as Tim Avalon.

For all ages. Free; call 601.942.7335; email janephillips45@yahoo.com; craftsmensguildofms.org.

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WellsFest 2017 Sept. 30, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at Jamie Fowler Boyll Park (1398 Lakeland Drive).

The festival features a 5K, a one-mile fun run, a pet parade, a silent auction, a children’s area, food and drink vendors, and two stages of live music. Free admission; call 601.353.0658; wellschurch.org.

“And Then There Were None” Sept. 12-16, 7:30 p.m., Sept. 17, 2 p.m., Sept. 19-23, 7:30 p.m., Sept. 24, 2 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The Agatha Christie murder mystery is about ten strangers who are summoned to a remote island under mysterious circumstances.

Recommended for ages 12 and up. Admission TBA; call 601.948.3533; newstagetheare.com.

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BankPlus International Gumbo Festival Sept. 23, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., at Smith Park (302 Amite St.).

Includes a gumbo cook-off, food and drink vendors, and music from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Amanda Shaw, Southern Avenue and Bill & Temperance. $10 in advance, $15 at the gate; jacksongumbo.com.

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“Momma’s Boy” Sept. 30, 3 p.m., Sept. 30, 8 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The Priest Tyaire gospel stage play stars Robin Givens, Nephew Tommy, Jackee’, Anthony Brown, Shirley Murdock, Gary “Lil G” Jenkins, and more.

Doors open one hour before show. $24.50-$74.50; ticketfly.com.

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Labor of Love 10K/5K Run & Walk Sep. 4, 7:30-11 a.m., at 1052 Highland Colony Pkwy. (Ridgeland). The 10K and 5K run or walk benefits the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary, specifically for women in situations of domestic violence. $30 pre-registration, $40 day of event; call 601.982.4881; email erin.campbell@uss.salvationarmy.org; raceroster.com.

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Ongoing for adults and youth, see website Dialogue Jackson presents dialogue circles, a series of facilitated, curriculum-based discussion sessions that can open minds, change hearts and build lasting friendships. Thanks to The Nissan Foundation for their generous support.

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Cupcake Wars 2017 Oct. 1, 7-9 p.m., at Broad Street Bakery & Café (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 101). Features a cupcake-baking competition with a celebrity judge panel to raise money and awareness of mental illness. $40 cupcake tasting and dinner, $20 tasting, $15 for contestants; call 601.899.9058; email intern@namims.org; namims.org.

Writing on the Wall: Mississippi Literary Portraits Oct. 5, 5-7 p.m., at Fischer Galleries (Dickies Loft, 736 S. President St.). Artist Stacy Underwood presents a selection of portraits celebrating literary icons. Free admission; call 601.291.9115; email marcyfn@gmail.com; fischergalleries.com.

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Jackson Walk to End Alzheimer’s Oct. 7, 10 a.m.-noon, at Mississippi State Capitol (400 High St.). The 2.5-mile walk is to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association. Registration at 8 a.m. Ceremony at 9:30 a.m. $100 fundraising minimum; call 601.580.0443; email rcorkern@alz.org; alz.org/walk.

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Women of Vision 2017 Oct. 2, 5-7 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The Women’s Foundation of Mississippi presents this year’s class of honorees and grant recipients. $75, $50 for ages 35 and under; email frances@womensfoundationms.org; womensfoundationms.org.

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Charlie Wilson’s “In It to Win It” Oct. 22, 7 p.m., at Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.).

The R&B singer and former lead vocalist for The Gap Band performs. Anthony Hamilton and La’Porsha Renae also perform. $49.50-$87 admission, $252 VIP meet and greet; ticketmaster.com

Air1 Positive Hits Tour Oct. 8, 7 p.m., at Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.). The multi-genre Christian music concert features performances from Skillet, Britt Nicole, Colton Dixon, Tauren Wells and Gawvi. Doors open at 6 p.m. $19-$50; ticketmaster.com.

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The Wailers Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The legendary reggae group is best known as the backing band for the late Bob Marley. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $30 in advance, $35 at the door; call 877.987.6487; ardenland.net.

Bagwell Antique Show & Sale Oct. 20-21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 22, noon-5 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). Collectors and antique sellers from around the country exhibit and sell pieces. Admission TBA; call 662.231.9654; bagwell antiquesshow.com.

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Blues by Starlight Oct. 19, 7-10 p.m., at Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Pkwy.). The fundraiser features live blues music, food and drinks from local restaurants, and more.

Proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi. $100; call 601.969.7088; email sdrennen@bgccm.org; bgccm.org.

An Evening with Dawes Oct. 24, 8 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The Los Angeles-based Americana-rock band’s latest album is titled “We’re All Gonna Die.” Doors open at 7 p.m. $30 in advance, $35 at the door; call 877.987.6487; ardenland.net.

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“The Eccentricities of a Nightingale” Oct. 24-28, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 29, 2 p.m., Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 5, 2 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The Tennessee Williams-penned drama is about a young Mississippi woman who tries to win the affection of a young doctor.

Admission TBA; call 601.948.3533; newstagetheare.com.

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Cocktails, Cigars & Conversations Nov. 2, 4 p.m.-midnight, at Hilton Garden Inn (235 W. Capitol St.). The Jackson State University alumni block party features music from DJ Freeze, DJ IE and DJ Unpredictable 601. Free admission; wecame2play.com.

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The Nth Power + Ghost-Note Nov. 3, 10 p.m., at Martin’s Restaurant & Bar (214 S. State St.). The Nth Power is a soul, funk and jazz hailing from New Orleans, and Ghost-Note is a percussion-based instrumental band from Dallas. Doors open at 9 p.m. $15; call 601.354.9712; martinslounge.net.

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Healthplex Harvest Festival & Fall Haul 5K Nov. 4, 8 a.m.-noon, at Baptist Healthplex (102 Clinton Pkwy., Clinton). The festival includes a 5K run/walk, a one-mile fun run, children’s activities, outdoor fitness classes, food vendors and more.

Admission TBA; active.com.

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Mississippi Fiddle Tunes—1920s to Present Nov. 7, 7 p.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). In Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall.

Harry Bolick, Jack Magee, Shelley High Gendusa and Robert Gray discuss and demonstrate fiddling styles from the past century. This event is part of Millsaps’ Arts & Lecture Series. $10; call 601.974.1130; conted@ millsaps.edu; millsaps.edu.

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John Mark McMillan Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The North Carolina-native singer-songwriter’s latest album is titled “Mercury & Lightning.” The Brilliance and LaPeer also perform. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $35 VIP; call 877.987.6487; ardenland. net.

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Ben Folds Paper Airplane Tour Nov. 7, 7:30-9 p.m., at Jackson Preparatory School (3100 Lakeland Drive, Flowood).

In Fortenberry Theatre. The piano rock singer-songwriter performs songs based on audience suggestions written on paper airplanes.

Tall Heights also performs. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Capital City Talent Nov. 18, 8 a.m.-10 p.m., at $40.50 in advance, $129 pre-show experience, $249 Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). The singing contest is for performmaster class; call 877.987.6487; ardenland.net. ers from around Mississippi and includes a variety of adult and junior age divisions. Registration ends Nov. 10. $25 for soloist, $45 for duet, $75 for group of 3 to 15, $100 for groups of 16 or more; capitalcitytalent.org.

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Fleet Feet Turkey Day 8K Nov. 23, 7-9 a.m., at Fleet Feet Sports (500 Highway 51, Suite Z, Ridgeland). The holiday community run and walk features prizes for different age groups and genders. Free Turkey Trot follows the 8K. Registration starts at 6 a.m. $30 walk/run through Nov. 19, $60 VIP walk/ run through Nov. 19; raceroster.com.

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Vintage Market Days: A Very Vintage Christmas Nov. 10-11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Rankin County Multipurpose Pavilion (649 Marquette Road, Brandon). The holiday shopping event includes live music, food trucks, and items for sale, such as art, antiques, clothing and home décor. $5 general admission, $10 three-day early buying, ages 12 and under free; call 985.401.1950; vintagemarketdays.com.

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NAMI Walk & Wellness Festival Nov. 11, 8 a.m.-noon, at Mississippi State Capitol (400 High St.).

Includes a 5K walk, a children’s area, live music, vendors and more.

Proceeds benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ work in the state. Free admission; call 601.899.9058; email walkmanager@ namims.org; namims.org.

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K-LOVE Christmas 2017 Nov. 30, 7 p.m., at Pinelake Church, Reservoir Campus (6071 Lakeland Drive, Brandon). Includes music from Steven Curtis Chapman, Hillary Scott and the Scott Family, and We Are Messengers. Doors open at 6 p.m. $18-$190; k-love.com.

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Mistletoe Marketplace 2017 Nov. 1, 7-11 p.m., Nov. 2, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Nov. 3, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Nov. 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1207 Mississippi St.). The Junior League of Jackson hosts the annual holiday shopping event. Preview gala and auctions on Nov. 1. $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $5 for ages 60 and up, $5 for ages 6-12; call 601.948.2357; email info@mistletoemarketplace.com; mistletoemarketplace.com.

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unica, Miss., lies in the northwest corner of Mississippi just 40 minutes from Memphis.

Although not a pilgrimage to Mecca or a sprawling city, the almost-200-year-old-town has some interesting sites for an adventurer who is searching for small-town charm. The town is about a three-hour drive from Jackson and close enough to other interesting areas to make the destination a daytrip. Here are some of the noteworthy stops in Tunica.

Tunica Museum, you’ll find displays of wildlife, Native Americans and the blues. The history of Tunica is compacted into a 30-minutes-or-less tour that displays the Mississippian era (8001500 A.D.) to present day.

View of the Mississippi River in Tunica

Gateway to the Blues Museum and Visitors Center (13625 Highway 61 N., 888.488.6422)

The Mississippi Delta and blues are synonymous, so it makes sense that your first stop in Tunica should be the Gateway to the Blues Visitors Center, which is home to the U.S. Highway 61 Mississippi Blues Trail marker. At the center, you can learn about the origin of the blues, and Tunica and the Mississippi Delta’s role in its legacy. The center’s museum has exhibits such as a recording studio and the “Evolution of the Guitar” exhibit, which features 20 guitars from famous artists in many genres. For more information, visit tunicatravel.com.

Tunica Arena and Expo Center (Paul Battle Arena & Exposition Center, 3873 Highway 61 N., 662.363.3299, tunicaarena.com)

Adjacent to the museum is the Tunica Arena, which was named after Paul Battle, the man who helped bring casinos to Tunica. At the arena, you’ll usually you’ll find an expo for livestock or an interesting crafts fair, depending on the day.

The Blue & White Restaurant (1355 Highway 61 N., 662.363.1371)

When you need a bite to eat, look no further

and made-from-scratch donuts. Whatever you choose, you will be sure to remember your meal at the Blue & White and take a picture in front of the photogenic restaurant.

Downtown Tunica

In downtown Tunica, you’ll find shops such as Ann-Tiques, Dunn’s Jewelry, and Tunica Marketplace and Florist. Ann-Tiques has piles of silver trays, radios, cameras and rotary telephones. The shop owner plays Elvis and classic ’50s music to set the mood. Beautiful antique furniture with marbled tops hold unique items and safe-keeping boxes. People can see the Veteran’s Memorial Park in the center of town, right off of Main Street near the antique shops, boutiques and gift stores.

Casino Resorts, Hotels & Spas

Out in the distance beyond endless fields of farmland and green crops, a hotel cuts across the skyline. Tunica is known for its casinos and resorts that dot Casino Resort Boulevard. Inside

Casino Resort Boulevard The Blue & White Restaurant

Tunica Museum Tunica Museum (4063 Old Highway 61 N., 662.363.6631)

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than the town’s hallmark restaurant: The Blue and White Restaurant. Standing like a citadel guarding the timelessness of 1950s architecture, the restaurant has a neon-lit arrow to guide you to its delicacies. Locals gather at the restaurant and seem to fill it at every hour of the day. The restaurant has a country-style buffet and salad bar, or customers can have their meal cooked to order. The menu offers Mississippi favorites such as fried chicken livers, a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich, breakfast all day or lunch,

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of them, you’ll find residents from neighboring towns who offer years of experience in the industry. On the boulevard, you’ll find spas, fortune, buffets and blues-themed games.

Mhoon Landing Park (2045 Mhoon Landing Pkwy.)

Further past the casinos, crops and farmland lies Mhoon Landing Scenic View. A park and picnic tables offer a place to pass the time in the delta heat. After a day of trekking Tunica, you’ll find a restful spot to have a picnic lunch or pass the time gazing at the river. boomjackson.com

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2 Mississippi Farmers Market (929 High St., 601.354.6573) I like to visit the farmers and see what’s fresh each Saturday.

3 Tara Yoga (200 Park Circle, Suite 4, Flowood, 601-720-2337) Tara Blumenthal and her teachers create an awesome community at the studio.

4 Fondren I can eat, drink, shop and play all in a funky, walkable neighborhood.

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but my favorite things at BRAVO! are the regular wine tastings on Sunday afternoons.

5 Kats Wine & Spirits (921 E. Fortification St., 601-983-5287) The friendly staff is super helpful and gets to know your tastes so they can point you to new things. Plus, they stock a big selection of 90-plus point wines at $20 or less, with discounts if you post your review of a bottle on social media.

8 Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St., 601-948-0888) I love the family feeling of the place that the next generation is carrying it on and the live music in the restaurant on a weeknight.

6 Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive, 601-576-6000) It’s a bargain.

Watch for interactive events to meet animal friends.

9 Underground 119 (119 S. President St., 601.944.0907) The place holds special memories from when I lived downtown and moonlighted as hostess. But aside from that, its revamped incarnation brings back a cool space for authentic blues.

7 BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244, 601-982-8111, bravobuzz. com) It’s always a good go-to for takeout or dinner, and service is consistently great,

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10 St. Andrew’s Cathedral (305 E. Capitol St., 601.354.1535) The Cathedral in the City is special with a rich history.

It’s beautiful, and I love the courtyard as a quiet place to sit and reflect, as well as the weekday noon Eucharist.

11 Thimblepress (113 N. State St., 601-351-9492; 4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 144, 601-345-3352) Whenever I go in the downtown shop, I find a few things I can’t resist, whether it’s a greeting card, push-pop confetti or art print—some to share, some for myself. It’s also always a mood booster to get to play with one of the Thimblepets, as they’re known, since the place is a dogfriendly work environment. boomjackson.com

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