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or Tiffany Turner, owner and stylist of T-Stylez Hair Studio (6969 Old Canton Road, Ridgeland, Suite D), everything is about being passionate and having faith.

Since leaving her job at Kroger and working in account management, customer service and retail in April 2010, she’s enjoyed being her own boss and helping others find their healthy hair happiness.

A native of Ruston, La., Turner, 31, graduated from Magnolia Cosmetology School in December 2011, and began working as an extensionist at a natural-hair salon. Turner says her passion led her to opening her own salon in July 2013. She spent a year at her North State Street location before moving her business out to Ridgeland, where she’s been since September 2014.

“I always had a vision of myself and my brand and an idea of where I wanted to go,” she says. “I wanted to work on my craft, working on different types of ethnicity. I didn’t want to be just an urban hairstylist. I didn’t want to do just one type of thing.”

T-Stylez offers services such as colors and cuts, sew-in services, braiding, blowouts, dreading and natural-hair care. Turner has a professional makeup artist on staff, Brandi Williams.

She even works with people who have severe hair growth issues such as alopecia.

She also has T-Stylez University, a hair maintenance and growth class, with tips and techniques for individuals or group sessions

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and a YouTube page for tutorials.

Turner’s business has already opened her up to many opportunities for growth. She’s worked on Rock the Runway, MegaFest and Essence Fest glam squads, as an assistant stylist on season one of the Lifetime hit show, “Bring It!”, as the personal hair stylist to gospel artist Kim Burrell during the 2012 Stellars Gospel Awards, and to Nicole Bolin, wife of celebrity stylist J. Bolin.

The road toward being a successful business owner hasn’t been easy, she says. She’s dealt with things such as conflict between stylists and just had general entrepreneurial stresses. But through it all, she says she has pushed through.

In 2016, Turner plans to release her own line of hair products, called T-Stylerz Collection, as well as a unisex clothing line, The Movement. She says her ultimate goal is to help others find their inner beauty, along with having a healthy hair journey. She hopes to inspire others, even outside of being a hairstylist, to be comfortable with themselves, which is present in her motto for T-Stylez: “Where inner beauty counts and healthy hair begins.”

“I’m doing all of this because I know my purpose in life. I believe I am an encourager. I believe I am motivational, I believe I am inspirational,” she says. “He gave me the talent, through my hands, and a gift and a passion that he gave me to help and encourage other people.”

—Maya Miller

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by Imani Khayyam

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If same-sex marriage is now legal in the U.S., why hasn’t Mississippi let two women get divorced?

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by Amber Helsel, Assistant Editor

Don’t Act Normal

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t’s taken me 26 years to finally figure out my personal style.

I think I’ve known for years what it is, but up until beginning my work at the Jackson Free Press, I haven’t really had to worry about it.

A couple of months ago as I was making the long drive back from my dad’s house in Louisiana, I asked myself what I thought my style was. An image of a woman in a recent NYLON Magazine spread popped up in my head: She had dark, choppy brown hair with fringe bangs and black eyeliner around her eyes, and she wore a white button-down shirt and black pants. She was edgy, cool. That’s when I realized it: That was my style. Or at least some form of that.

Because of that particular realization, I spent the rest of my birthday Target gift card on makeup that night after coming back, and for about a week, I wore it pretty consistently. But with me having such sensitive skin and terrible allergies, it made me break out and made my eyes burn, so I decided to stop doing it.

So makeup is a no-go, and since I have a round face and thin curly hair, fringe bangs also probably won’t happen.

I can’t and won’t do much about my hair and makeup, but that doesn’t mean I gave up the vision entirely. Over the last couple of months, I have put more thought into my wardrobe than I ever have in my life. I’ve collected many pop culture T-shirts (mostly ones pertaining to superheroes such as the Flash or Iron Man), and I’ve found more creative ways to wear pieces in my wardrobe, such as pairing said Flash T-shirt with a multi-strand metal necklace, black pants, and my most favorite shoes in the world, my black Chuck Taylors.

I’m still perfecting my style, but I like finally being able to walk into a store and know what I want and what works for me.

It beats walking around aimlessly until

something strikes my eye (though I still occasionally do that).

My mom doesn’t understand my style.

She hates shopping with me because she knows we’ll get into arguments. She’ll try and make me buy something “normal” or “trendy,” and I immediately jet toward bold patterns and colors and leather and lace and cool T-shirts.

She’s learned to live with me being the weird black sheep of the family. I don’t even

ballot in 2011.

At first, I wasn’t quite sure what to believe. I wanted to call myself a pro-lifer, but some of those beliefs didn’t sit well with me.

Then, I began to do research. I discovered that not only would it affect abortions; it would also affect women’s ability to easily get birth control or Plan B or even our ability to get in vitro fertilization. So I voted no and now consider myself pro-choice. My mom agreed with me on the issue at that

We all have different views of the world. We all like different things.

We all have those moments that make us think, “I’m so strange.” really believe any of the same things that she does anymore. My parents often call me a liberal, though I’m not sure that they realize that while I’m probably closer to that than conservative, I am by no means liberal. If I had to choose, I’m probably more moderate, though I’m still learning exactly what that means, as well.

I’m still learning about much of the political world, because for the majority of my life, I’ve stayed away from it. But working at a progressive alternative weekly in the middle of one of the most conservative states in the U.S. makes you rethink some of your own beliefs.

I think the first time I realized just how vastly different mine and my family’s beliefs are is when Proposition 26 (the personhood amendment that said life begins at conception) got on the

point, but that was the last time we saw eyeto-eye on anything.

My cousin and I got into an argument about it over Facebook. She argued that abortion killed innocent children; I argued that the government shouldn’t dictate what women can and can’t do with their bodies. I’d like to think I won, but I probably didn’t. I’ve learned that arguing about stuff like that with family is pointless and could cause more trouble than it’s worth. For a long time, I was so afraid to tell my family that I didn’t agree with them that when it came things like elections, I would do whatever they told me. These days, I try to make an informed decision, and even if it’s an unpleasant conversation, I’ll tell them who I voted for and against if they ask.

But I don’t really call my political views progressive or conservative or liberal or even

moderate. I just call them common sense.

Schools need more funding in Mississippi, so I voted for Initiative 42. I voted against the Proposition 26 because the state doesn’t have the right to tell me or any woman what we can and can’t do with our bodies.

If it ever comes to a vote, I’ll vote down the Mississippi state flag because it’s a hateful symbol.

Unlike many people in my life, I’ve never dropped an n-bomb, even though I’ve heard multiple people do it and have been told it was OK. Even as a child, I knew it really wasn’t. I try not to judge people based on their skin color or religion or anything like that, and I try to keep an open mind.

My family calls me weird because of things like that (and also, just because I’m me). But that’s OK. I’ve learned that weird is a good thing to be, and I mean, we’re all a little weird, right?

We all have different views of the world. We all like different things. We all have those moments that make us think, “I’m so strange.” I’d rather be “not normal” than stick with the status quo. I’d rather judge people based on the quality of their character, not by the way they look.

I’m told by multiple people that when it comes to anything in life that’s uncomfortable to me (such as dating), to act “normal.” But the thing is, any time they say that, I automatically picture that scene in “SpongeBob SquarePants” where someone told him and Patrick to act normal, and they began eat seaweed like under-sea cows.

Because that’s normal, right?

What does normal even mean?

Assistant Editor Amber Helsel graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She is short, always hungry, always thinking, and has been told multiple times that she looks like a fairy (or an elf, or hobbit). Email feature story ideas to amber@jacksonfreepress.com.

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Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam is an art lover and a native of Jackson. He loves to be behind the camera and capture the true essence of his subjects. He took the cover photo, “Street Style” photos and many others in the issue.

Editorial Assistant Adria Walker likes existentialism and astrophysics. She enjoys debating about “Star Wars,” reading Camus, Kafka and Kundera, and learning about people’s belief systems. She wrote a Best of Jackson blurb.

Web Editor Dustin Cardon is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. He enjoys reading fantasy novels and wants to write them himself one day. He wrote a Best of Jackson blurb and contributed to the food page.

Editorial Assistant Maya Miller is a senior psychology major at Jackson State University. She’s learned that adulthood means choosing her own bedtime, and she’s not equipped for that responsibility yet.. She wrote a Best of Jackson blurb.

News Reporter Arielle Dreher is working on finding some new hobbies and adopting an otter from the Jackson Zoo. Email her story ideas at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

She wrote about same-sex divorce cases.

News Editor R.L. Nave is a native Missourian who roots for St. Louis (and the Mizzou Tigers)—and for Jackson.

Email him at rlnave@jackson freepress.com or call him at 601-362-6121 ext. 12. He wrote about the City of Jackson.

Music Editor Micah Smith is a fan of music, comedy and all things “nerd.” He is married to a great lady, has two dog-children named Kirby and Zelda, and plays in the band Empty Atlas. He wrote about “Riot” and the Belhaven Student Composer Concert.

Ad Designer Zilpha Young has dabbled in every medium she could get her hands on, from blacksmithing to crocheting. To see some of her extracurricular work (and lots of cephalopods), check out zilphatastic.tumblr. com. She designed many ads.

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Wednesday, October 28 Thousands of officers attend the funeral of New York Police Department Officer Randolph Holder, who was shot while on patrol Oct. 20. â&#x20AC;Ś NASA astronaut Scott Kelly completes his first spacewalk hours before breaking the American record for longest trip off the planet.

Friday, October 30 Congress sends President Obama a bipartisan budget accord that staves off a destabilizing U.S. default and eases the threat of a federal shutdown. â&#x20AC;Ś President Obama deploys 50 U.S. special operations troops into northern Syria to help fight against the Islamic State group.

Saturday, October 31 Protesters clash with police guarding a border fence in northern Greece following a series of sea accidents that killed dozens of migrants, demanding that Greece tear down the fence and allow refugees to cross by land. â&#x20AC;Ś A Russian jetliner breaks up at high altitude and crashes shortly after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing all 224 people aboard.

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Monday, November 2 Gov. Phil Bryant and other Republicans hold a rally at the state Agriculture and Forestry Museum while Bryantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenger, Robert Gray, holds a prayer vigil for fellow Democrats at a park near the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mansion.

Tuesday, November 3 Mississippi opens voting for statewide elections and the Initiative 42 ballot initiative.

Get breaking news at jfpdaily.com.

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Thursday, October 29 House Republicans elect Rep. Paul Ryan to be the chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 54th speaker. â&#x20AC;Ś The Chinese government announces that it will allow all married couples to have two children, ending a 35-year-old â&#x20AC;&#x153;one-childâ&#x20AC;? policy.

After Same-Sex Marriage Victory, A Stall on LGBT Divorces in State auren Beth CzekalaChathamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney and Chatham cannot Jim Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office both put her past behind filed motions for entry of her, because a court judgment, asking the Miswonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let her. After the sissippi Supreme Court to Obergefell v. Hodges dereverse a previous DeSoto cision this summerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the County chancery courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s U.S. Supreme Court case ruling and grant the couple that made history when it a divorce. But the Missislegalized gay marriageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; sippi Supreme Court has marriage is supposed to still not ruled on Czekalabe legal and recognized Chathamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a silence regardless of two partnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that she says is hurting her genders. But while same-sex in more ways than one. marriage in Mississippi is leâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still not getgal, same-sex divorce seems ting equal rights,â&#x20AC;? Czekato be on holdâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at least it is la-Chatham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(They for Czekala-Chatham and say) we got what we want, any other couple in the state but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not true; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still whose judge is awaiting the fighting.â&#x20AC;?

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A necklace with a Louis XIV statue charm for Thalia Mara Hall.

A plain white tee with word â&#x20AC;&#x153;Standardâ&#x20AC;? on its front for the Standard Life building.

A bracelet with Socrates on one side and Moses on the other to symbolize the Hinds County Courthouse.

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ations, the case has taken a financial and emotional toll on her as well.

Czekala-Chatham lost her job in 2014, and she has yet to find a new one despite her 26 years working in accounts payable and business finance. She has surmised from questions in job interviews that as soon as employers search her name on Google, they learn about her case. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know (it) when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in the interview, (and) theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say things like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a familyowned corporationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We have family values here,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? the implication being that because sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gay, family values donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apply to her, she said.

Czekala-Chatham said she recognizes how her case will hopefully help other LGBT couples in Mississippi get divorces quicker, but she admits this process has come at a high price.

The LGBT community still faces several obstacles for equal rights in the state; there is a pending lawsuit, Campaign for Southern Equality v. Mississippi Department of Human Services, asking the Southern U.S. District Court to force Mississippi to allow same-sex couples to adopt children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just about the divorce. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re human beings, too, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re mothers, sisters, daughters,â&#x20AC;? Czekala-Chatham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We put our clothes on the same way as you do, and we have the same dreams.â&#x20AC;?

How it Started In 2008, Czekala-Chatham married Melancon in California. The couple settled in Mississippi, buying a house in DeSoto County. Czekala-Chatham moved to Brandon from Chicago while she was in high

school and went to the University of Mississippi, so Mississippi was home after that.

But like half the marriages in Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s divorce rate is traditionally higherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;theirs did not last. The couple separated in 2010, but were still married. This arrangement worked for a while until Czekala-Chatham realized she was losing money from taxes that the federal government took from them as a married coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;money she needed to help raise her two sons.

In 2013, Czekala-Chatham filed for divorce in Mississippi. She said filing it in Mississippi was the easiest and most convenient move since flying to California and hiring an out-of-state lawyer would have been timeconsuming and expensive.

Her two sons were in public schools in DeSoto County, and she was still living her life as a single mother. Early in the lawsuit, Czekala-Chatham and Melancon settled their division of property, but they were denied a divorce.

Her divorce filing turned into national news when she appealed her case to the Mississippi Supreme Court, and prior to the Obergefell ruling, Attorney General Jim Hood and Gov. Phil Bryant had both filed notices to dismiss Czekala-Chathamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case in 2014.

Bryantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amicus brief echoed his resistance to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mississippi is free to define and recognize marriage only as the union of a man and a woman,â&#x20AC;? the 2014 brief states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To declare otherwise would turn state sovereignty on its head, transforming licenses of every kind into interstate privileges that ignore the public policy of any other jurisdiction.â&#x20AC;?

Less than a year later, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationally, and in Czekala-Chathamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind, the Obergefell ruling means her divorce should be granted, according to federal law.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been four months since those motions were filed, and the Supreme Court has yet to hand down a ruling in Laurenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, holding up not only her life but potentially the lives of others in same-sex marriages in the state seeking divorces.

Czekala-Chatham said she has received Facebook messages from other same-sex couples throughout the state whom judges have told that they are waiting on the Mississippi Supreme Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ruling before issuing divorces. (Supreme Court justices and staff do not comment on pending litigation.)

Glen Gregory, a Madison County resident, said his divorce has been put on hold because the Madison County judge in his case does not want to issue a ruling without the state Supreme Court ruling on it first.

Gregory and his partner have been separated since 2010 and had to file for divorce in Mississippi where they both live because they were married in Connecticut in 2009, a state that requires six months of residency to file for divorce. Gregory said he and his separated partner are on good terms, but both are ready to finalize the divorce. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve both moved on, once we saw we could do thisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we moved forward with it,â&#x20AC;? Gregory said.

But they were stopped when the judge said he had reservations about ruling before the state supreme court had ruled on the issue.

Carey R. Varnado, Czekala-

Chathamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney, said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d initially expected a short opinion or order a couple weeks after the Obergefell ruling.

Varnado said the delay might mean that one or more members of the Mississippi Supreme Court are writing full opinions concerning the issues involved in the case.

Czekala-Chatham has no other option but to wait for the court to rule, and she cannot file for divorce elsewhere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has no (other) way to get a divorce from the courts of Mississippi,â&#x20AC;? Varnado said.

Technically, the Mississippi Supreme Court has 270 days to issue a ruling from the filing of the final briefâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so they are not late.

The Supreme Court hands down rulings on Thursdays; as of press time, no orders had been issued in the case.

Matt Steffey, a professor at the Mississippi College School of Law, said it is not unusual for cases to draw out this long but agrees with Varnado that this might mean the ruling will be more than one or two sentences long.

Steffey said he would be alarmed if the Mississippi Supreme Court went against the Obergefell ruling, because that would go against their mandate and oath they take when sworn onto the court to follow the law of the landâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in this case the U.S. Supreme Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ruling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only time that the rule of law matters is when it requires citizens and especially judges to follow laws that they disagree with,â&#x20AC;? Steffey said.

For more coverage of LGBT rights visit jfp.ms/lgbt. Email reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

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he Jackson City Council again shot down a proposal to award a roughly $13.6 million contract to remove years worth of sludge from a City wastewater treatment plant.

At the Nov. 3 city council meeting, Mayor Tony Yarber asked the council to again vote to award a contract to a joint venture between Russellville, Ark.-based Denali Water Solutions and Socrates Garrett Enterprises to remove 304,000 wet tons of biosolids from the Savanna Street Wastewater Treatment plant.

After minimal debate, approval of the contract failed by a 1-to-5 vote, with Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes as the only member voting in favor of the contract. A previous vote also failed. Subsequently, the council agreed last month to send documents pertaining to â&#x20AC;&#x153;proposals related to biosolids screening, loading, transportation and disposalâ&#x20AC;?

Jackson must remove 304,000 wet tons of biosolids from the Savanna Wastewater Treatment Plant by January 2018, but that deadline is now in question.

to the Mississippi offices of the attorney general, ethics commission and state auditor for opinions.

Yarber said he wanted the council to hold a straight up-or-down vote so that the request-for-proposals process could restart if necessary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) inaction puts the city at jeopardy to have to pay $30,000 a month,â&#x20AC;? Yarber said, referring to fines environmental regulators can charge if the Jan. 1, 2018, deadline to remove the sludge is not met. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is my opinion that the best interests of the city was not held.â&#x20AC;?

After the meeting, Yarber told the Jackson Free Press that if his administration restarts the RFP process, it would take at least year before the council votes on a contractor.

Dorsey Carson, an attorney for the Denali-Garrett team, said immediately after the meeting that he had to talk with his clients about their next moves. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; R.L. Nave

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TALK | education

Fixing Schools: Big Blue Skies, Nuts and Bolts

by R.L. Nave

COURTESY TRESHIKA MELVIN

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n 2006, when local voters approved a $150 million bond for Jackson Public Schools, a then-Jim Hill High School sophomore named Treshika Melvin thought about how the money would help her former middle school.

Proceeds from the bond would ultimately mean a new building for Peeples Middle School in south Jackson, where some classes had to be held in trailers when Melvin was a student there, because parts of the main structure were caving in. The new facility opened in September 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I thought about it so much about (the conditions) when I was in school because, unfortunately, it was normal,â&#x20AC;? Melvin, now 24, told the Jackson Free Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is that saying about your value and the value of your education?â&#x20AC;?

Melvin, who graduated from Millsaps College in 2013 and completed a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in human development and psychology at Harvard Graduate School of Education in May, wonders about the psychological toll that unsafe and unsecure buildings take on studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learning.

Organizers of Operation Shoestringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Treshika Melvin is among the participants in Operation Shoestringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Conversation About Community on Nov. 12 in Jackson, which organizers say will get into the nuts and bolts of public-school underfunding.

annual Conversations About Community say that experiences such as Melvinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s can move public-school funding challenges from abstract concepts to realistic examples that show the effects of underfunding on young people in classrooms.

Robert Langford, Operation Shoestringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive director, said the speakers at the an-

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nual event and fundraiser, which prominent Mississippians typically keynote, are VIPs. However, the group has expanded its definition to include some of the most important people in Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;young people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rather than get a talking head to come and have a conversation thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably going to be very political, why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we ask the people who are going to be the most directly affected by education in the state (to participate)?â&#x20AC;? Langford told the Jackson Free Press.

Even with the Initiative 42 and education funding consuming so many news headlines over the past year, Langford said the voices of young people havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always been heard. Five young people, ranging from high-school seniors to graduate students, have met informally with a facilitator to get warmed up for the Nov. 12 event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Education is on everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best time for the youth to speak up. I think the only way education is going to be fixed is if everyone in the community contributes,â&#x20AC;? Raveena Aggarwal, a senior at St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal School, who will also participate on the panel, said.

Langford said the conversation is likely

to include â&#x20AC;&#x153;big blue-sky opportunities and nuts-and-bolts ideasâ&#x20AC;? about how to improve education in Mississippi, but the students have no scripts or talking points to follow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not say we honor young people; we should listen to them,â&#x20AC;? Langford said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Regardless of the vote (on Initiative 42), weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to figure out a way forward that is better for Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young people. And if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better for them, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better for all of us.â&#x20AC;?

Aggarwal, who is considering out-ofstate colleges but hopes to return to Mississippi, said although young people will be the focus of the event, she hopes that policymakers attending the talk pay close attention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end of the day, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the people in Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government who are going to make the big decisions about Mississippi education. I hope its a wake-up call (that) the youth does have a voice. Maybe they will listen to the youth voice,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Operation Shoestringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Conversation About Community takes place Nov. 12 at 11:30 a.m., at the Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St., 601-960-2321, $50). For more information, visit operationshoestring.org/conversation.

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by Arielle Dreher

Teacher salaries were the primary focus of increased funding outside and inside the Mississippi Adequate Education Program

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Dr. Carey Wright, the state superintendent, says Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education system is headed in the right directionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;despite mixed results and funding woes.

this year, but funding from MAEP is supposed to help with not only teacher salaries but also old buildings, textbooks, classroom offerings and technologyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all things neglected when funding from the Legislature comes up short.

A Statewide Perspective School districts are graded on performance, and Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s educational attainment is measured and compared nationally.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress, an educational assessment of fourth and eighth graders, had some good news for the state last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mississippi was the only state to improve in both fourth-grade reading and math scores.

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scores improved in reading and math, but eighth-grade scores in Mississippi had no significant change compared to 2013 results.

The stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students are still scoring well below national averages on those assessments.

So while celebration for progress may be in order, so is an intense focus on the future of education in this state.

At a press conference at Eastside Elementary in Clinton on Oct. 28, Dr. Carey Wright, the state superintendent of education, addressed the challenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some work to do there, and we also know Mississippi is in the bottom tier,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not trying to say weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not, but we are headed in the right direction.â&#x20AC;?

In overall proficiency, Mississippi sits in the third tier of NAEPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rankingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;below â&#x20AC;&#x153;basicâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;proficientâ&#x20AC;? standards and below the national averages.

The NAEP assessment also evaluates student population demographics. In Mississippi, white eighth graders outscored their black counterparts by 27 points, a slight improvement in the score gap from 30 points in 2013.

The gap between black and white students is smaller for the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth gradersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;white students outscored black students by 25 points in reading tests.

Nationally, mathematics scores have declined since 2013. In reading, fourth-grade scores were not changed and eighth-grades scores declined.

Wright told the Jackson Free Press that expanding AP classes and initiatives such as Rethink Literacy, a program that focuses on teaching literacy across all subject areas, were some of the ways she planned on combatting the stagnant eighth-grade results. Wright said the department will use the data to see if and when interventions are needed.

Dr. John Kelly, chairman of the Mississippi Board of Education, said Mississippi is in a new era of education, at the Oct. 28 press conference.

Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results on the NAEP assessment imply that the Mississippi College and Career Ready standards, which were phased into schools in the 2011-2012 school year, are working.

However, long-term improvement and progress will take time, Kelly said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public education is in a marathon in the state of Mississippi. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a sprint,â&#x20AC;? Kelly said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marathons are not won overnight.

They take time, but we will get there.â&#x20AC;?

Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Enrollment Numbers Down in Mississippi by Arielle Dreher

nroll America, a national health care enrollment coalition, has tracked every county in the United Statesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; health care Marketplace enrollment numbers using data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Using the same data, The New York Times reported that the number of Mississippians without health insurance has grown over the past year.

In all but six counties in the state, the number of uninsured people has increased. In Hinds County, 17 percent of Mississippians were uninsured in 2014â&#x20AC;&#x201D;now that number is 18 percent. In other parts of the state, low enrollment numbers in Affordable Care Act plans saw greater change.

In Neshoba County, for example, the number of uninsured

residents jumped from 17 percent to 26 percent in the past year.

Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republican leadership has opted to not expand Medicaid, and Medicaid enrollment has been on the decline since then, according to the state divisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report.

In July, 737,854 Mississippians were enrolled in Medicaid; now, 730,354 Mississippians are enrolled.

With more Mississippians rolling off insurance plans and the state not expanding Medicaid, many residents find themselves in what The New York Times calls the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medicaid gapâ&#x20AC;? since they cannot qualify for Affordable Care Act services due to their low incomes. Medicaid expansion will likely be reconsidered in the 2016 Legislative session.

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tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about teachers. Academic progress primarily comes from good instruction, and staffing schools, especially in south Jackson, has presented JPS recruiters with problems.

Dr. Freddrick Murray, high schools chief academic officer at JPS, said the perception of trouble in south Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;often portrayed on local newscastsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;hurts the teaching opportunities in south Jackson schools, like Wingfield High School. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to do a better job of re-branding the schools, so we can create more reasons for teachers (to stay),â&#x20AC;? Murray said.

At a district level, funding and educational attainmentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and attracting the right teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are closely linked together. At a Ward 6 town-hall meeting in Jackson Oct. 29, a panel of Jackson Public Schools administrators, education advocates and parents discussed education, primarily focusing on south Jackson schools. In south Jackson, specifically, the district is scrambling to keep up with a growing population that means more students are overcrowding the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schools.

Dr. Michelle King, elementary schools chief academic officer at JPS, said the swelling population makes â&#x20AC;&#x153;getting the academic piece up to parâ&#x20AC;? a challenge.

JPS superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray has tasked his staff with the mandate to become an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? district in three years. JPS administrators recognize the need to be competitive not only statewide but also within JPS itself, due to the recent introduction of charter schools into the district.

Chinelo Evans, the middle schools chief academic officer, said JPS is re-branding middle schools to competeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and beatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; their competition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to beat them (charter, parochial and private schools) and provide a service thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so great that parents choose us,â&#x20AC;? she told the audience at the town-hall meeting.

Unfortunately, progress can only be made in small steps due to tight budget restraints. Murray said it all goes back to funding and priorities in the district. South Jackson schools are in need of expanded IB and gifted programs, but they also have 50-yearold buildings in need of repairs. All JPS high schools are certified to offer courses that enable students to earn credits at Hinds Community College, but they do not have the funds to fill all high schools (like Wingfield) with the staff to teach those courses. The challenge of selecting priorities in the face of underfunding is routine for JPS schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the air conditioner is broken in the school, that takes priority over the cracked foundation,â&#x20AC;? Murray said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It goes back to funding and if we have the opportunity.â&#x20AC;?

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TALK | city

Slow-Moving RFPs and the 1-Percent Tax

by R.L. Nave

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ackson City Council members and citizens are growing impatient with the slow rate of progress and administrative morass as the capital city continues to collect funds for infrastructure improvements. Specifically, they’re asking why Jackson hasn’t started spending money from the 1-percent local option sales tax.

To date, taxpayers have generated approximately $21 million from the 1-percent tax that voters approved in early 2014.

City records show that the first year of the tax added up to $15.1 million designated to begin repairs on some 2,000 miles of roadway, 881 miles of water main and 1,000

veloped a Comprehensive Infrastructure Master Plan, told reporters recently that some “low-hanging fruit” issues, such as curb cuts for disability accessibility, have been completed. The first year of the master plan includes reconstruction projects for North State Street, Riverside Drive and J.R. Lynch Street, as well as $672,000 for repair work on five city bridges. None of those has begun.

Recently, additional budget for repairs came in the form of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s acceptance of the City’s application for a TIGER grant for Jackson’s “Greening the Gateways” program. At an Oct. 28 press conference announcing the

a program manager will supervise.

“I think we’re about three to four weeks out from bringing that (recommendation) before the council,” Yarber told reporters.

The RFP Problem The hiring of a project manager could represent another set of hurdles before turning dirt, however.

In recent months, the Yarber administration has come under fire from the city council for its handling of several RFP processes, including an approximately $13 million contract for hauling sludge away from the Savanna Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber (left) recently accepted $19.5 million from Mississippi Department of Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall (right) for infrastructure projects in Jackson, including those in the 1-percent sales tax master plan.

Members of the Jackson City Council say constituents are already pressuring them to start spending the funds.

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The result of 2009 state legislation, the 1-percent tax is levied on certain retail sales within the city limits. A 10-member statewide commission oversees the collected funds; the Jackson City Council must approve specific expenditures once the commission releases the money.

In May, the sales-tax commission approved spending from the first year of the tax, but so far, little heavy-duty work has started. “People are beating down the door telling us to spend the money,” said Ward 4 Councilman De’Keither Stamps, who serves as chairman of the Budget Committee.

Mayor Tony Yarber, who sits on the 10 commission and whose administration de-

$16.5 million award with Mississippi Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall, Yarber said the money would go toward improvements along North State Street, which is in year-one of the master plan. Additionally, a section of West County Line Road, where it intersects with North State near Tougaloo College, would also get upgraded.

As a bonus, Hall threw in an additional $3 million to help rebuild potholeriddled Mill Street. Hall said he grew up in Fondren and wanted Mill, which runs from downtown to Fondren, to be restored to its heyday.

The nearly $20 million extra, Yarber said, would free up cash for other projects in the sales-tax master plan that, eventually,

The city is required to remove the 305,000 wet tons of sludge by Jan. 1, 2018, or face heavy fines from environmental regulators, but the work is stalled amid legal fights between the companies competing for the work along with state investigative reviews.

The city council again voted against the controversial contract on Nov. 3.

Before that vote, Yarber also faced criticism for his proposal to switch healthcare plans for city employees and retirees to United HealthCare Services from BlueCross BlueShield, which administration officials say would save $8.6 million over three years.

However, with the current policies ending on Dec. 31 and the changeover taking three months, city council members

expressed frustration about being asked to vote on Oct. 20, past the deadline for a smooth transition.

“I really want the administration to take heed that this is killing the city,” Ward 6 Councilman Tyrone Hendrix told officials representing Yarber, who was not present at the Oct. 20 meeting.

Marshand Crisler, a deputy chief administrative officer and former Ward 6 councilman, said the Yarber administration started the health-plan RFP in July and “put a lot of measures in place to make sure we get it right” although, admittedly, the process “could have been done faster, at the end of the day.”

The City issued a request for proposals for program-management services of the 1-percent sales tax projects in June, and council members say they haven’t received updates on the status of those proposals.

Ward 1 Councilman Ashby Foote said the council’s recent frustration over other RFPs could come into play when Yarber presents his recommendation for a program manager for the 1-percent tax program.

“There’s been little (information) given about what’s been going on with the program manager. My concern is that all these processes take a whole lot longer than they should to get the ball rolling,” Foote told the Jackson Free Press.

In an interview with the JFP, Yarber said he has made department heads and chief administrative officers available for council members’ questions, but members often decline to take advantage of the opportunity.

“At the end of the day, this whole idea about not knowing stuff and not getting stuff, that’s so disingenuous that it outright makes me mad,” he said after the biosolids vote.

To help speed up the process, Councilman Stamps said he would prefer that the City hire new personnel rather than award a potentially multimillion-dollar contract to a consulting firm.

“With every problem, the solution ends up being people, supplies and equipment. Why don’t we hire the people, buy the supplies, and buy equipment? Everybody wants to contract everything out,” Stamps said.

Discussion of new hiring often meets resistance from number crunchers because, in budget terms, employees will draw a yearly salary plus benefits over many years, possibly until they reach retirement age.

“The argument is, well, the money is going to run out. Well, that’s 20 years from now,” Stamps said. “In the interim, let’s stand up an army.”

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You Know the Routine

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ev. Cletus: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is your car-sales pastor broadcasting live from WGSR, Ghetto Science Radio, your friend at the end of the FM dial. I invited Earnest â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Monday Night Football Headâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Walker, former third-string NFL player and owner of the beloved PorkN-Piggly Supermarket, to be my special pre-holiday guest. Earnest and I are good friends who do not allow our conflicting opinions to hinder our respect for each other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have noticed that my good friend has launched an anti-advertising campaign at Pork-N-Piggly Supermarket with the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You Know the Routine Holiday Sale.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Earnest, do you really believe that the holidays are just a routine?â&#x20AC;?

Earnest â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monday Night Football Headâ&#x20AC;? Walker: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pastor, yearly, weekly, monthly and daily, it is the same game with the same thing.

I am not inclined to advertise and hype this holiday season because folks know the routine. As a food and goods supplier for the community, the people know that around this time of the year, Pork-NPiggly sells chitterlings, turkey, ham, Uncle Freddieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spiked Eggnog, Miss Annâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sugar-Free Fruit Cake and other items pertaining to the holiday season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a businessperson, I know this is my last opportunity to make a profit for this year. I might sound a bit arrogant and sarcastic, but I, like my loyal customers who depend on my supermarket, know the routine. In the words of that great one-hit-wonder song, at Pork-NPiggly Supermarkets, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is how we do it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Rev. Cletus: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You just made us think, my brother. Happy holidays.â&#x20AC;?

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Why it stinks: On Monday, Nov. 2, Delbert Hosemann told the Associated Press that he predicted a light turnout in the Nov. 3 elections despite his role as the secretary of state. Hosemann said that because only a few of the top races are considered competitive, he worried voters would stay home on Tuesday.

Hosemann could have used this interview to encourage all constituents to show up to vote on Tuesday, rain or shine, instead of predicting a quiet turnout and, perhaps, tacitly encouraging people to stay homeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and not vote for Initiative 42. The campaign against it, after all, was pushed from top levels of state government.

The Next 12 Months Are Critical for Jackson

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ne election is behind us, but several others are on the horizon.

In 2016, we vote for federal officesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; including the president and members of Congressâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and state judiciary seats. Unless youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been living in a cave without a smartphone, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re painfully aware of how the presidential campaign is already in swing.

Then, some time next fall, we again gear up for municipal elections in the city of Jackson. Each of the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven wards will draw a handful of hopefuls, including incumbents, perennial standbys and fresh faces. These are important yet weary times.

Often, elections are periods of rigorous and necessary debate on critical issues facing our society. But they can also have a paralyzing effect on government. We are hard-pressed to come up with a single substantive issue state leaders grappled with that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t also involve bumper stickers and campaign slogans.

Running the day-to-day operations of government is hard enough; when candidates are jockeying for poll position, it becomes next to impossible.

Thus, we hope that in these days following the Nov. 3 election, local officials will zero in on the issues that face us and make serious headway toward solving big problems. Although the City of Jackson faces enormous challenges, it also has a significant opportunity if leaders just hunker down, slash the red tape, and get to work.

Currently, the City has $35 million between collections from the 1-percent sales tax and

funds from state and federal transportation officials. We join members of the city council and citizens of Jackson in our growing impatience to see shovels in the ground.

Mayor Tony Yarberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administration, presumably scarred by one of the biggest mistakes of the Siemens contractâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the failure to have a project manager to look out for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; says a program manager must be hired first.

Fair enough, but Yarber came into office last April and finished the 1-percent master plan in February. To echo frustrated members of the city council, why did the request-for-proposals for program management services not go out until June?

Given the experiencesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and controversyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;of what seems like every RFP Yarber brings to the council, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likely to spark a battle of wills and could muck up the works for many more weeks, if not longer.

The next 12 months are critical. We call on elected leaders and policymakers to shut out the overlords of the campaign industrial complexâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; politicians, consultants, direct mail firms, Big Mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and put the next election out of your minds for the time being. Of course, leaders should engage in debate when necessary and ultimately vote their consciences. However, that debate should only be in service to the citizens, and not self-serving.

In short, elected officials should focus on the important work that needs to get done and give people a reason to be excited about the next election.

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a new book of his early black-and-white photographs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Iconography of Chance: 99 Photographs of the Evanescent South.â&#x20AC;?

Some of these photographs also appeared in Falcoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011 book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghosts Behind The Sun: Splendor, Enigma & Death,â&#x20AC;? a surreal history of Memphis in which Falco, as alter-ego Eugene Baffle, travels through time alongside figures such as General Nathan Bedford Forrest and Machine Gun Kelly.

A noted filmmaker and actor as well as musician, photographer, and author, Falco acknowledged his art has taken on a new edge, overtly socially conscious and acutely aware of injustices both here and abroad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m all for art for artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sake, but there comes a point where the artist, the rank-andfile artist citizen, can no longer remain silent, because silence is complicity,â&#x20AC;? he said.

On his new album, the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whistle Blowerâ&#x20AC;? warns of a creeping fascism in American society, where figures like Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning are hounded and punished for revealing the dark underbelly of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s politics and policies.

Another song, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doomsday Baby,â&#x20AC;? is a broadside against Israel for its treatment of the Palestinians.

Falco said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to return home someday, but things stand in the way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arkansas is so crazy, so benighted and so fascist, I find it difficult to entertain that idea,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arkansas used to be a marvelous place to live.â&#x20AC;?

Yet, in some ways, he has never left. Along with its protest songs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tav Falco: Command Performanceâ&#x20AC;? also includes paeans to Memphis and southern music: Memphis Minnieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Me and My Chauffeur Blues,â&#x20AC;? Alex Chiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bangkokâ&#x20AC;? and Charlie Feathersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jungle Fever.â&#x20AC;? And his book of photographs, the first in a planned series of three, pays homage to an â&#x20AC;&#x153;evanescent Southâ&#x20AC;? that is always with him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a landscape that draws people â&#x20AC;Ś a social fabric,â&#x20AC;? he said. He remembers his first trip from backwoods Arkansas to the big city of Memphis and hearing blues musicians such as the Memphis Jug Band, Napoleon Strickland, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Bukka White. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was enthralled. â&#x20AC;Ś I saw how they mesmerized the audience and how the ladies and gentleman were throwing silver dollars at them,â&#x20AC;? he said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not something an artist easily forgets.

Joe Atkins is a veteran journalist, columnist and professor of journalism at the University of Mississippi. Email him at jbatkins@ olemiss.edu.

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EMPHISâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tav Falco, enfant terrible of the 1980s, walked onto the stage at Lafayetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Room here, dressed in black, his hair a Nuevo-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s coif, picked up his guitar and let loose. I listened from the balcony to an indictment of fascism and ethnic arrogance: â&#x20AC;&#x153;These people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look like usâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t smell like us / We are the masters of their miserable fate / For mercy they get down on their knees to pray / But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re superior in every wayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re insects babyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doomsday babyâ&#x20AC;?

Falco was the Antonin Artaud of the Memphis punk and post-punk scene who, in his first performance in the late 1970s, took a chainsaw to his guitar and sliced it into pieces before passing out on stage. But no longer must he bear insults, such as when local TV host Marge Thrasher told him his band Panther Burnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; just-finished gonzo performance of Johnny Burnettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Train Kept A Rollinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;may be the worst sound Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard come out on television.â&#x20AC;?

Falcoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response to her insult was Tom Waits-precious: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, the best of the worst is what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re after.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The artist, he is never really on the inside,â&#x20AC;? the Arkansas native told me in one of two recent telephone interviews he gave me while on his just-ended cross-country tour, which included stops in Clarksdale and Memphis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He can see what is hap- Tav Falco pening on the inside, but he moves around on the outside. â&#x20AC;Ś Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never quite assimilated.â&#x20AC;?

Falco today is an expatriate living in Vienna, Austria, a Memphis-like outpost on the Danube River where money and profits â&#x20AC;&#x153;are not the defining criteriaâ&#x20AC;? of the artist.

Even when Falco was living in Memphis and performing with legends such as Jim Dickinson and Big Star leader Alex Chilton, he stood apart, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;torchbearerâ&#x20AC;? of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music at its post-Sun and post-Stax nadir, yet bringing to it what writer Robert Gordon called â&#x20AC;&#x153;country blues â&#x20AC;Ś with a punk aesthetic.â&#x20AC;?

He named his band Panther Burns after the Mississippi Delta town, which got its name from a troublesome panther whose ungodly shrieks after being caught and burned alive are still supposed to haunt the nights there. The band played everything from rockabilly to tango.

Along with his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whistle Blowerâ&#x20AC;? tour, Falco has just released a new album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tav Falco: Command Performance,â&#x20AC;? and

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gether almost two years ago, starting with what Miltner calls vintage-art pendants. They first took images, such as swallows, and Photoshopped them over backgrounds—vintage wallpaper or photos of things they liked—and sold them as prints. When Igoe discovered that those weren’t selling, they began transitioning to jewelry, at first trying things such as Photoshopping animal heads onto human bodies.

“It didn’t get a whole lot of attention from either one of us (at first),” Miltner told the crowd at 1 Million Cups on Oct. 28. She was teaching improv and doing event design for Tulip Floral, and Igoe was traveling and training law firms across the country in information technology. “From there, I just started researching more and more jewelry tastes that I like because what I wear, I can’t find,” Miltner said.

After seeing Miltner’s pieces, Igoe donated her chains, connectors and other jewelry-making supplies to her daughter, and let her take the reins.

“I could not make art fly,” Igoe said in an interview. “Art on pendants just wouldn’t fly. Then I started seeing Lauren’s designs, and I fell in love.”

Miltner, a native of Grand Rapids, Mich., studied marketing, journalism and psychology at Colorado Christian University and Davenport University in Grand Rapids. She moved to the Jackson area 11 years ago. She did visual merchandising for a department store and also taught at Drama Kids of Greater Jackson for three years. She began doing Lo Lady Fashion in 2013, but she decided work on the business full time in November 2014 when she was on bed rest after rotator-cuff surgery. She also helps run Tulip Floral and volunteers and sings at Fondren Church.

While Lo Lady Fashion has had its ups and downs for Miltner, she says she is grateful that she doesn’t have to earn

her living in a typical office environment.

“It’s just a really huge blessing that I’m not stuck at a desk somewhere, answering somebody else’s phone,” she said. “I pretty much do anything to avoid that like the plague, which can be stressful, but at the same time, it allows me the flexibility to get to really be involved in my son (Kayden’s) life and be the mom that gets to go to the fall festivals and field trips and that kind of stuff because I make my own schedule.”

Along with her personally designed pieces, Miltner also does custom work. In the past, a grandmother asked her to create a piece for her granddaughter’s wedding day that included wallpaper from the bride’s nursery.

Many other clients ask Miltner to make pieces based on mementos.

In the past few years, she has collaborated with a number of artists, such as Ginger Williams-Cook, with her vintage animal-human hybrid pieces, and Josh Hailey, and now she’s collaborating with Drew Landon of art, clothing and design company Chlorophyll Effect. Some of Landon’s creations include floral-patterned flat-bill hats with geometric designs and space-themed bucket hats, so those aesthetics have crossed over to Miltner and Landon’s new set of jewelry pieces, which they will release this winter.

Miltner and local artist Kelly Grantham are also working together to make art pendants based on Grantham’s work. Miltner will show pieces at Priced to Move, which is Dec. 11 and 12 at the Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St., 601-960-1550).

Lo Lady Fashion (2906 N. State St., 601-613-9334) is open by appointment only. For more information, find the business on Facebook or Instagram.

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Her Lo Lady Fashion studio, which is on the second floor of Fondren Corner, has wooden displays that feature an array of her custom jewelry: necklaces with pendant designs such as silver triangles, geometric shapes and small feathers made of mixed metals; ones with found objects such as lockets and charms and hand-done beading work; and pieces with gemstones and minerals. A mid-century-modern room divider technically separates her display space from her workspace.

She keeps most of her jewelry supplies in clear containers on either side of her studio, so she has inspiration all around.

“Because I am a visual person, I get my inspiration by seeing certain things in front of me, and then I piece them together,” she said. “I try to keep half of it organized so people can come shop by appointment, but then the other side is kind of creative chaos.”

To create her jewelry, she finds a focal piece and creates around it. For her vintage designs, the process starts in thrift stores. She’ll see an item and then have a vision of what she wants it to look like.

The jewelry came out of her need to find pieces that match her style, which can be anything from ’50s to modern.

“I couldn’t find (that style of jewelry) so I started making it,” she told the Jackson Free Press in an interview. “…

I’m multifaceted in my tastes of fashion, so I started making things that I felt were eclectic like my style.”

The business originally started with her mother, Patti Igoe, who, along with making pancake mixes for her business, MsPatticakes, is also an artist. They began making jewelry to-

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Best Place for a Facial; Best Overall Nail Salon: The Nail Bar

Best Nail Technician; Best Place for a Manicure; Best Place for a Pedicure: Victoria Walker, Cuticles Nail Studio (2947 Old Canton Road, 601-366-6999)

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ictoria Walker has been doing manicures, pedicures, shellac, acrylic and other nail services in the Fondren Village Shopping Center for more than 10 years.

Walker, a 39-year-old Jackson resident, first became interested in doing nails while an uncle who worked in the business in California visited her. She graduated from Warson Woods College of Cosmetology in 1997, and after taking a break from cosmetology, she began working at Nail Gallery. After 10 years, the salon decided to relocate, but the business closed shortly after that. Walker opened Cuticles Nail Studio in Nail Gallery’s former space in 2013.

“It’s fun,” she says. “I meet someone new every hour, and I get to be creative. It’s an honest job.”

Cuticles offers manicures and pedicures, waxing services for brows and lips, and, Walker says, depending on the level of difficulty, she can create custom colors and simple designs for nails. While it may be pricier than some of the other local salons, Walker knows that the price is worth the service.

With Cuticles, her clients grow stronger nails, which is why they keep coming back.

“I really enjoy people,” she says. “I have a knack for the industry, and it’s constantly changing. It keeps me going.”

Cuticles Nail Studio is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, find the business on Facebook.

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he Nail Bar, which is the brainchild of co-owners Cathy Campbell and Melissa Harrison, recently celebrated its second year of operation on Oct. 8 of this year.

Campbell and Harrison worked together at a nail salon, and in 2013, they went into business for themselves.

Though The Nail Bar has not been open for very long, it has already established itself as a prolific Jackson business.

“We had a lady whose nails we did until she reached the age of 100,” Campbell says. “That was quite a milestone. She would come in and get her pedicure and, when she’d get through, she’d get up and do the pedicure dance. She was holding on to that walker, and she’d just dance. She was fabulous.”

Campbell says that she and Harrison strive to make clients feel as if The Nail Bar is a place in which they can feel comfortable and at home. “We genuinely just love each other,” Campbell says, “so it’s not like going to work each day. It’s more like going and being with friends.”

The Nail Bar offers services such as manicures and pedicures, acrylic and gel nails, massage therapy and cosmetology. For more information, find the business on Facebook.

—Adria Walker

Best Nail Technician

Finalists Cathy Campbell, The Nail Bar (4800 Interstate 55 N., Suite 20, 769-216-2152) / Melissa Harrison, The Nail Bar (4800 Interstate 55 N., Suite 20, 769-216-2152) / Youlanda Watkins, The Nail Bar (4800 Interstate 55 N., Suite 20, 769-216-2152)

Best Place for a Facial

Finalists Aqua the Day Spa (1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite 8001, Ridgeland, 601-898-9123) / Blackledge Face Center (1659 Lelia Drive, 601-981-3033) / Faces (1111 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite G, Ridgeland, 601-607-3033)

Best Place for a Manicure

Finalists Fondren Nails (2906 N. State St., Suite B1, 601-362-6292) / The Nail Bar (4800 Interstate 55 N., Suite 20, 769-216-2152) / Nail Envy (4612 Medgar Evers Blvd., 601-981-5113; 210 E. Capitol St., Suite M-114, 601-398-7186)

Best Overall Nail Salon Best Place for a Pedicure

Finalists Cuticles Nail Studio (2947 Old Canton Road, 601366-6999) / Fondren Nails (2906 N. State St., Suite B1, 601362-6292) / Nail Envy (4612 Medgar Evers Blvd., 601-9815113; 210 E. Capitol St., Suite M-114, 601-398-7186)

Finalists The Nail Bar (4800 Interstate 55 N., Suite 20, 769-216-2152) / Nails Envy (4612 Medgar Evers Blvd., 601-981-5113; 210 E. Capitol St., Suite M-114, 601-398-7186) / The Skin District Esthetics & Massage (2629 Courthouse Circle, Suite B, Flowood, 601-981-7546)

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akeisha Marie Stewart (then Lakeisha Marie Alexander) However, no wedding comes without a little pre- twined together. One braid is me, the other is my huswanted a wedding that would be completely her own. matrimonial chaos. band, and that third braid is God. It all makes sense.”

She didn’t want to get married in front of hun“The violinist Tom Lowe’s car broke down on LakeStewart wore a backless halter dress with a beaded dreds of guests. Instead, she decided to make her land Drive an hour before the wedding was set to start,” neckline and A-line waist, which flowed freely as she wedding as private as she wanted it to be.

Stewart says. “Luckily, he made it there in time to play.” walked toward her the man who was about to become Stewart, 36, is a native of her husband. She purchased the vinJackson and the previous owner of tage dress from Ruby’s Alterations, Posh Boutique, which closed last and the shop altered it. Stewart opted year. She met her husband, Walter out of the veil, instead handcrafting a Stewart Jr., owner of Street Toyz headpiece out of lace and pearls that Customs and Collision, on a blind matched her dress. date that a close friend set up. WalStewart clutched her “something ter took one look at Stewart, swept old” in the palm of her hand: a pearl her up into his arms and gave her necklace that her mother gave her. a hug. That was only the first date, Her “something new” was a pair of but Stewart says they’ve been indiamond earrings, which matched separable ever since. the ring on her left hand, that her With both of their spiritual friend, Tracy Miller, gave her. family backgrounds, their family With everything in place, Stewmembers always asked them the art was ready to say “I do.” She usual questions: “When are you two stepped into the small room that going to go ahead and get married?” seated all 12 of her guests of parents, and “What are you waiting on?” grandparents, aunts, uncles and her After five years of dating and wedding coordinators—no brideshaving a set of twins in 2013, Walmaids and no groomsmen. Her fater III and Wynter Dior, the couple ther, Napoleon Alexander, walked Lakeisha Marie Stewart (then Lakeisha Marie Alexander) married Walter Stewart Jr. in decided it was time to make their her down the aisle, and she smiled July 2015. family complete by getting maras she saw the faces of her groom ried. Stewart also has a son, 19and children. year-old Kendravis Alexander.

“I knew all of the people in that In July 2010, while vacationing in Los Angeles, the While Lowe worked to make his way to the venue, room loved me,” she says. “I knew I didn’t have to quescouple got matching tattoos, which Stewart says was Stewart’s team did not let her down. They ignored the tion that.” a pre-wedding gesture for them to profess their com- temporary setback and quickly moved everything into The couple stood in front of their guests and recited mitment to one another. It wasn’t until a trip to their place to help make her wedding day perfect. Her soon-to- their traditional vows to one another. Soon after uttering marriage counselor Valerie Jenkins’ office that Walter be husband stood at the front of the room, in an all-white their “I dos” they cut the cake and spent a few moments popped the question. It was a surprise, without the ac- suit with a light pink necktie, awaiting the bride-to-be’s with their guests before heading out the door. Sticking to tual surprise being included, and one to which Stewart arrival down the aisle. the privacy and intimate setting of their wedding, they happily agreed.

As Stewart waited in the back room, her mother, had a small post-wedding meal in place of a reception.

“It was a blessing that we had our babies, and we Jacquelin Bolden-Smith, gave her what she calls “the Stewart went home with her children, and Walter wanted to go ahead and make our family complete,” she three speech.” went off to handle some business at work. says. “It was a non-formal way of saying we wanted to “She asked if I remembered the way she would style my “It was different,” she says. “But that’s make things official and get married.” hair when I was younger,” Stewart says. “Three braids inter- just us.”

On July 2, the day before her birthday, Stewart walked into the honeymoon suite at the Old Capitol Inn, only 15 minutes late, where she would soon marry the man she wanted to spend her life with.

The suite was white with gold glitter and adornments Floral Arrangements: Kelly LaDelrio Studios (4436 N. (4147 Northview Drive, on the tables and chairs. Tall, gold candelabra sat on top Christian Floral Designs State St., 601-566-3370) 601-713-1920) of the tables, holding all-white flowers with white crystals Cake: Tayari Jones at Venue: Old Capitol Inn (226 Decor: Creations by Miss dangling from each one. Large, white drapes lined the Tayari Cake Studios (601N. State St., 601-460-4138) DP (P.O. Box 175, Tougaloo, walls and hung gracefully to the floor. With the scene set, 941-1367) Dress: Purchased at and altered 601-720-7214, creationsbymiss Stewart’s eyes filled with tears as she thought about what Makeup: LaDelrio Polk of

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A Family Tradition

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When chief executive officer, manager and owner Tommy Cvitanovich, 56, was just 4 years old, his family uprooted from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and moved to New Orleans, where he cut his teeth in the restaurant business at an early age.

His family is of Croatian descent, and the close-knit community in New Orleans created relationships that still last today, as Cvitanovich himself still buys oysters from a large number of Croatian fisherman.

His uncle, Drago Batinich, and his aunt, Gloria, owned the original Drago’s on Harrison Avenue in New Orleans. After it closed in the mid-1960s, Cvitanovich’s father, also named Drago, and his mother, Klara, opened up their own restaurant in Metairie, La., in 1969.

Since then, Cvitanovich has worked every position from bartender to busboy, ultimately becoming owner, manager and CEO. “I remember the very first day I came to the restaurant,” he says. “My dad put an apron on me, flipped Lobster Marco a milk crate over, and I was standing there trying to peel shrimp. That was my very first job I worked in this restaurant, and since then, I’ve worked every single job.”

The idea for expansion first came a decade ago after Hurricane Katrina, when a hotel approached Cvitanovich about bringing in a few of Drago’s dishes. Unfortunately, there were differences in the way it would be represented, and those plans fell through. Cvitanovich then struck a deal

Blake Brennan (pictured), Drago’s Seafood Restaurant director of operations, came to owner Tommy Cvitanovich with the idea to open a Drago’s location in the old Huntington’s Grille space in Jackson.

with Hilton Hotel in downtown New Orleans; downtown Drago’s is the highest grossing restaurant in the Hilton chain.

In 2014, Cvitanovich’s friend through the Louisiana Restaurant Association, Blake Brennan, came to him with an idea for a Jackson location. The Hilton on County Line Road was looking to revamp the old Huntington’s Grille restaurant, and Brennan felt like a seafood restaurant would be the perfect fit. In December 2014, Cvitanovich opened Drago’s in Jackson. Since then, he has balanced life between the kitchen and the road,

traveling between Metairie and New Orleans locations often, while traveling to Jackson at least once a week.

Tradition is important to Cvitanovich, and every Drago’s location features the same items on every menu, with varying wine listings due to Mississippi’s alcohol laws. Cvitanovich has complete reign over the food, as he doesn’t have executive chefs, but rather trained culinary chefs. He has a team of close friends that he brings in for ideas and advice, but says classics like Drago’s famous charbroiled oysters are there to stay.

To keep things fresh and interesting, the Jackson location has a charbroiler in the dining room, where guests can watch chefs shuck and cook their oysters. Cvitanovich says he’s one of the few restaurateurs that has direct contact with fishermen, and for that, all of the seafood served at Drago’s is fresh, with trucks coming into Jackson nearly daily. Though oysters are the most popular item on the menu, Drago’s has other options such as seafood gumbo or a chicken and Andouille gumbo, oyster chowder or eggplant Romano, which has eggplant and cheese. For the winter season, he plans to introduce a barbecue shrimp pot pie to the menu.

Though running a business of more than 450 employees and spending time on the road can be a strain, Cvitanovich says he makes sure to spend time with his family.

He has four children, Maddie, Josh, Carson and Callie, with his wife of 20 years, LeAnn. He says that he treats every one of his employees like family, and with a restaurant business steeped in New Orleans culture and his family heritage, he attributes his success to his passion and vision for a high quality restaurant.

“I love meeting people, I love talking to people, and I enjoy that aspect of it,” he says. “I love what I do. I’m just very, very lucky to be able to do some of things that we do.

It’s just a neat job to have.”

Drago’s Seafood Restaurant at the Hilton Jackson (1005 E. County Line Road) is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information, visit dragosrestaurant.com or call 601-957-1515.

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Community Coffee South Louisiana-based coffee chain CC’s Community Coffee House arrived in Mississippi about six weeks ago. Bobby Gill and Kirk Ladner of the law firm Gill, Ladner and Priest LLC wanted something new in the space underneath their office at 344 Highway 51 in Ridgeland, which previously housed a car-tag and tax-collection office. The two felt that a coffee shop would be perfect, and that CC’s would be the best shop to bring in.

Their shop, which is the only CC’s in Mississippi and one of only two locations outside Louisiana—the other be-

CC’s Community Coffee House came to Jackson six weeks ago.

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The Saurage family started the company in New Orleans 20 years ago, spinning off of Community Coffee from Baton Rouge, La., and has since opened numerous locations across Louisiana.

Before opening CC’s in 1995, the Saurage family had been brewing coffee for the New Orleans area for 75 years, selling their products to local grocery stores and community cafes in the city.

The family still roasts their own coffee beans to provide to all of their locations to this day.

CC’s of Ridgeland offers a wide variety of coffee- and espresso-based drinks, including a signature drink called the

Mochasippi, a drink made with espresso that comes in flavors such as turtle, creme brulee, fudge mocha, and seasonal offerings such as pumpkin spice and frosted gingerbread peppermint bark. The Mochasippi is available either hot or frozen.

CC’s Coffee House is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The shop offers drive-through service and breakfast all day. For more information, call 601-707-3685.

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The Mississippi Fine Arts Trio performs at the Millsaps College Ford Academic Complex.

Shalanda Stanley signs copies of “Drowning Is Inevitable” at Lemuria Books.

Metro Jackson Heart Walk is at the Mississippi State Capitol.

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Hip-hop artist Flo Rida performs on his “G.D.F.R.” world tour on Saturday, Nov. 7, at South Street Live.

Mistletoe Marketplace Preview Gala: A Carnival Ball is from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.) in the Mistletoe Special Events Pavilion. Includes food from Fresh Cut Catering and Floral, live and silent auctions, music from The Krackerjacks and a preview of products for sale at Mistletoe Marketplace. Black tie optional. $100 (includes admission to Mistletoe Marketplace Nov. 5-7); call 601-948-2357; mistletoemarketplace.com.

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SATURDAY 11/7 Same-sex marriage litigator Roberta Kaplan gives a lecture and signs copies of her new book, “Then Comes Marriage,” Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Millsaps College Ford Academic Complex.

VIP Lounge is from 6-7 p.m., and the show is at 7 p.m.

A trunk show follows. Includes music from Kerry Thomas.

A portion of the proceeds benefits Friends of Fallen Riders. $15 in advance, VIP: $25 in advance; call 601-960-1550; email hathor601@aol.com; eventbrite.com.

Flo Rida is at 7:30 p.m. at South Street Live (110 E. South St.). The hip-hop artist performs on the “G.D.F.R. World Tour.” Other acts include Natalie La Rose and Gorilla Zoe. $35, $65 VIP, $100 all-access pass; call 601-955-5285 or 601-291-3553; email mathislaw@ imgstrongarm.com; soufside.com. … The Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music Concert is at 7:30 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church (3921 Oakridge Drive).

Heinavanker returns with a program of medieval chants and runic songs, mixed with some contemporary music in a similar style. $25; call 601-594-5584; email info@ ancientmusic.org; ancientmusic.org.

SUNDAY 11/8

“A Time to Kill” is at 2 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The play about racial tensions in a small Southern town is based on John Grisham’s popular novel.

Additional dates: Nov. 4-7, 7:30 p.m. $28, $22 seniors and students; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com.

MONDAY 11/9

The Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting is at noon at River Hills Club (3600 Ridgewood Road). Club members with an interest in football meet on most Mondays through Nov. 30. The speaker is Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze. Call for information on membership dues. $30 nonmembers; call 601-506-3186; jacksontouchdownclub.com.

TUESDAY 11/10

Galactic performs at 7:30 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The New Orleans funk band’s latest album is entitled, “Into the Deep.” Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band also performs. $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

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Fondren’s First Thursday is from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. in Fondren. Studio Chane hosts the mostly monthly neighborhood event formerly known as Fondren After 5. Includes shopping, food vendors, live music, open houses, a pet adoption drive and more. Free; call 601-720-2426; fft.city. … The TAPS Fashion and Full Frames Model Showcase is at 7 p.m. at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Doors open at 6 p.m., the Curves & Cocktails

The Roberta Kaplan Lecture and Book Signing is from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Millsaps College Ford Academic Complex (1701 N. State St.) in the recital hall.

Litigator Roberta Kaplan is the author of “Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA.” Free lecture, $27.95 book; call 601-366-7619; millsaps.edu or lemuriabooks.com.

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MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM of ART CELEBRATING THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARTISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIRTH

A M Y R A H A M I LT O N G R E E N A N D LY N N G R E E N R O O T M E M O R I A L E X H I B I T I O N AND

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These exhibitions present nearly 150 works by beloved artist Marie Hull (1890-1980) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the most ever assembled â&#x20AC;&#x201C; drawn from the Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unsurpassed collection of Hullâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work as well as those found at Delta State University, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, The University of Mississippi Museum, and many private collections.

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ON VIEW THROUGH JANUARY 10, 2016 F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N V I S I T

MSMUSEUMART.ORG Bright Fields: The Mastery of Marie Hull is sponsored by MEREDITH & JIMMY

CREEKMORE BETSY & WADE

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On the Road with Marie Hull is sponsored by Dea Dea and Dolph Baker.

The Mississippi Museum of Art and its programs are sponsored in part by the city of Jackson and the Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau. Support is also provided in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

380 SOUTH LAMAR STREET JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39201 601.960.1515 1.866.VIEWART @MSMUSEUMART Marie Hull (1890-1980), Cuenca, Spain, circa 1930. watercolor and graphite on paper. Collection of Mississippi Museum of Art. 1981.294.

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Events at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.)

->Â&#x2DC;`iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2026;>Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤ Nov. 4-6, 6 a.m., Nov. 7-8, 7:30 a.m., at Country Club of Jackson (345 St. Andrews Drive). The golf tournament is part of the FedEx Cup and is a fundraiser for Birdies for Charity. $15-$50; call 956-1411; sandersonfarmschampionship.com.

UĂ&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂŤÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x160;,>VÂ&#x2C6;>Â?Ă&#x160;,iVÂ&#x153;Â&#x2DC;VÂ&#x2C6;Â?Â&#x2C6;>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; iÂ?ebration Nov. 4, 8:30 a.m. Includes GRACISM Summit at 8:30 a.m., a choir concert at 11 a.m. and fundraising luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Speakers include Dr. Ronnie Floyd and Dr. Jerry Young. $55 summit only, $65 luncheon only, $100 both; call 601-353-6477; missionmississippi.org.

UĂ&#x160; >VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160;Nov. 6, 4-8 p.m. Includes an arts and entertainment competition for cash prizes, vendors, cooking demonstrations, live music and the comedy DVD release of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rita B. Is The New Black.â&#x20AC;? $15 in advance, $20 day of event; call 601960-2321; jxnlive.com. Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â&#x2DC;VÂ&#x2026;Ă&#x160;Nov. 4, noon, at Old Capitol Museum (100 S. State St.). Marty Wiseman, former director of the John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development at Mississippi State University, discusses Mississippi politics. Free; call 576-6998; mdah.state.ms.us.

7iĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;/Â&#x153;}iĂ&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;Nov. 5, 1-4 p.m., at Manship House Museum (420 E. Fortification St.).

Jeff Klingfuss, H. Grady Howell Jr. and Cheryl Munyer Waldrep discuss the history of Thanksgiving in the 19th century through lectures and demonstrations. Reservations required. Free; call 601-961-4724; email info@manshiphouse.com. Â&#x203A;vÂ?>Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;L>VÂ&#x17D;vĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;`>Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;Nov. 6, 7:30-11 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). In the Mistletoe Special Events Pavilion. Includes food from Fresh Cut Catering, a full-service bar and 1980s music from U.S. The event is in conjunction with Mistletoe Marketplace. $45; call 601948-2357; mistletoemarketplace.com. >Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; `Ă&#x2022;V>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;-iÂ&#x201C;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;Nov. 7, 10 a.m., at Wild Birds Unlimited (Lefleurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery, 4800 Interstate 55 N., Suite 19B). The speaker is Chester Martin, artist, naturalist and certified wildlife biologist.

Includes refreshments from Chef Tom Ramsey.

Free; call 601-366-9973. /Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; >Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;i`Ă&#x20AC;>Â?Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x152;°Ă&#x160;*iĂ&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; ÂŤÂ&#x153;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â?iĂ&#x160; >Â?Â?Ă&#x160; Gala Nov. 7, 6:30 p.m., at Old Capitol Inn (226 N. State St.). Includes refreshments, a silent auction, a 50/50 split pot raffle and live entertainment. Proceeds go toward renovations. $60, $100 couples; call 601-969-3125; email tavalon@cathedralsaintpeter.org; cathedralsaintpeter.org. Â&#x2C6;Â?Â?Ă&#x192;>ÂŤĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;EĂ&#x160; iVĂ&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x160;-iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;iĂ&#x192;\Ă&#x160; >VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;½Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;iative Economy Nov. 10, 7 p.m., at Millsaps College, Ford Academic Complex (1701 N. State St.). Speakers include Nell Linton Knox and Ellen Rodgers Johnson, publishers of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Studio Jackson,â&#x20AC;?

Malcolm White of the Mississippi Development Authority, and artists Tony Davenport, Jerrod Partridge and Elizabeth Robinson. $10, $5 students; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu/conted.

+)$3 Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂŤÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x2022;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;(380 S. Lamar St.) UĂ&#x160; >Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;viĂ&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â?>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Nov. 7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Museum School teaching artist daniel johnson introduces students ages 11-14 to artist manifestos from history. Includes creating artwork and writing artist statements. Registration required. Supplies included. $85; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

UĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â?Â?iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160; >Â&#x201C;Â&#x2C6;Â?Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;i>Ă&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; >L]Ă&#x160; }iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160; 5-7 Nov. 8, 2-4 p.m. Museum School teacher Lesley Collins guides families in conversations around works from the permanent collection and related studio projects in the classroom. $30 for one child and parents, $15 each additional child; call 601960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

/Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;,Ă&#x2022;`Â&#x153;Â?ÂŤÂ&#x2026;Ă&#x160;,>ViĂ&#x160;Nov. 7, 8 a.m., at Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.). The annual 5K run/walk is held in conjunction with the Junior League of Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mistletoe Marketplace.

Include a one-mile fun walk. $25 through Oct. 31, $30 Nov. 1-5, $35 after, $15 fun walk; call 353-0603; racesonline.com. >VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;/Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;VÂ&#x2026;`Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; Â?Ă&#x2022;LĂ&#x160; iiĂ&#x152;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Nov. 9, noon, at River Hills Club (3600 Ridgewood Road). Club members with an interest in football meet on most Mondays through Nov. 30. The speaker is Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze. $30 non-members; call 601-506-3186; jacksontouchdownclub.com.

34!'% 3#2%%. Âş Ă&#x160;/Â&#x2C6;Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Â?Â?Âť Nov. 4-7, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 8, 2 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.).

The play about racial tensions in a small Southern town is based on John Grishamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular novel. $28, $22 seniors and students; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com. Âş-Â&#x2026;Ă&#x20AC;iÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;V>Â?ÂťĂ&#x160;Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 7, 2 p.m., Nov. 11-13, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 14, 2 p.m., at Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). In Blackbox Theatre. The musical is based on the popular Dreamworks animation series about an ogreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship with a princess. $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students, employees and their immediate family members; call 601-965-7026; belhaven.edu. >Â?Â?Ă&#x160; >Â&#x2DC;ViĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;ViĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 7, 2 p.m., Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 13-14, 7:30 p.m., at Belhaven University, Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Center (1500 Peachtree St.). In the Studio Theatre. Faculty and guest artists showcase choreography. $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students, employees and immediate family; call 601-965-1400; belhaven.edu. Âş Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x160;1Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;iÂťĂ&#x160;MondaysSaturdays, 2 p.m. through Nov. 20, at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.). The film is about the planets of the Solar System, giant telescopes and other aspects of astronomy. $6.50; $5.50 seniors; $4 children (cash or check); call 601-960-1550; thedavisplanetarium.com.

#/.#%243 &%34)6!,3 Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂŤÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;iĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160;Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m., at Millsaps College, Ford Academic Complex (1701 N. State St.). In the recital hall. Includes Marta Szlubowska on violin, Alejandro Encinas on viola and Taylis Fernandez on cello. Pianist Dr. Lynn Raley and violinist Julia Kirk accompany them.

Free; call 601-974-1422. Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Â?Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; >Â?Â?Ă&#x160;(622 Duling Ave.) UĂ&#x160;/Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;Ă&#x160; iÂ&#x2C6;viĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;Nov. 5, 8 p.m. The singer-songwriter and frontman for the band Cinderella performs.

Doors open at 6 p.m. $30 general admission, $105 concert plus meet and greet (limited tickets), $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-2927121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

UĂ&#x160;-Ă&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;>Â&#x2DC;}iĂ&#x160; >Â&#x201C;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;Nov. 6, 9 p.m. The Brooklynbased indie pop trio performs. Della Memoria and And The Echo also perform. $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 2927121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net.

UĂ&#x160; >Â?>VĂ&#x152;Â&#x2C6;VĂ&#x160;Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m. The New Orleans funk bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest album is entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Into the Deep.â&#x20AC;? Yo Mamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Fat Booty Band also performs. $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net. Â?Â&#x153;Ă&#x160;,Â&#x2C6;`>Ă&#x160;Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m., at South Street Live (110 E. South St.). The hip-hop artist performs with Natalie La Rose and Gorilla Zoe. $35, $65 VIP, $100 all-access pass; call 601-955-5285; email mathislaw@imgstrongarm.com. Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂŤÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x160; V>`iÂ&#x201C;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160; Â&#x2DC;VÂ&#x2C6;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;VĂ&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;cert Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m., at St. James Episcopal Church (3921 Oakridge Drive). Heinavanker returns with a program of medieval chants and runic songs, mixed with some contemporary music in a similar style. $25; call 601-594-5584; email info@ancientmusic.org; ancientmusic.org.

-Ă&#x152;Ă&#x2022;`iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ&#x153;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;ViĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;86Ă&#x160;Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., at Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). In the recital room. The Belhaven Composersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Forum hosts the showcase of new works from Belhaven student composers.

Free; call 601-974-6494; belhaven.edu.

,)4%2!29 3)'.).'3 Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; iÂ&#x201C;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;>Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x17D;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;(Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202) UĂ&#x160;Âş Ă&#x160; Â&#x2026;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â?>Ă&#x160; Â&#x2026;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Â&#x201C;>Ă&#x192;ÂťĂ&#x160;Nov. 4, 5 p.m. Ashton Lee signs. $15 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

UĂ&#x160;Âş-Â?Â&#x153;Ă&#x2022;VÂ&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;/Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;>Ă&#x20AC;`Ă&#x160;/Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x20AC;>Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x17E;ÂťĂ&#x160;Nov. 5, 5 p.m. Joe Ingle signs books. $22.95 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

UĂ&#x160;Âş Â&#x2026;>Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;>Ă&#x153;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; >Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;iĂ&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Â?iĂ&#x192;ÂťĂ&#x160;Nov. 10, 5 p.m.

Illustrator and MPB radio host Marshall Ramsey signs books. $24.95 book; call 366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com. Â&#x2DC; iĂ&#x20AC;iVVÂ&#x153;Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x17D;Ă&#x160;-Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;Nov. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Iron Horse Grill (320 W. Pearl St.). The author signs copies of his book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Beginning of Forever.â&#x20AC;? $22.95 book; call 398-0151; pre-order books for $17.95 at anderecco.wix.com/anderecco. ,Â&#x153;LiĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;>Ă&#x160; >ÂŤÂ?>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; iVĂ&#x152;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x160; Â&#x153;Â&#x153;Â&#x17D;Ă&#x160;-Â&#x2C6;}Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;} Nov. 11, 5-9 p.m., at Millsaps College, Ford Academic Complex (1701 N. State St.). In the recital hall.

Roberta Kaplan is the author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA.â&#x20AC;? Free lecture, $27.95 book; call 601366-7619; millsaps.edu or lemuriabooks.com.

#2%!4)6% #,!33%3 Â&#x2C6;}Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x153;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160;7Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x17D;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;ÂŤĂ&#x160;Nov. 7-8, at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Jerrod Partridge instructs the class. Registration required. $165, $140.25 members; call 960-1515; email djohnson@msmuseumart.org. Ă&#x203A;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;>Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;ÂŤÂŤÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x160; Ă&#x20AC;>vĂ&#x152;Ă&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;(950 Rice Road, Ridgeland) UĂ&#x160; Â?>VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x192;Â&#x201C;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;}Ă&#x160; Â?>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Nov. 10, 6-8:30 p.m. Lyle Wynn is the instructor. Learn the basics of blacksmithing and create a project to take home. Registration required. $35; call 601-856-7546; email education@mscrafts.org; craftsmensguildofms.org.

UĂ&#x160; Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x192;i`Ă&#x160; Â?>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160; iÂ&#x2DC;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;viĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x160;/Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Â&#x201C;>Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Nov. 10, 6-8:30 p.m. Learn to make a trivet or a set of coasters. Registration required. $35; call 601-856-7546; email education@mscrafts.org; craftsmensguildofms.org.

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or rolling carts allowed. $10 online; $12 at the door; $5 seniors ages 60 and over, and children ages 6-12, children under 6 free; call 601-9482357; mistletoemarketplace.com. Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;`Ă&#x20AC;iÂ&#x2DC;½Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160; Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;/Â&#x2026;Ă&#x2022;Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;`>Ă&#x17E; Nov. 5, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. in Fondren. Studio Chane hosts the neighborhood event formerly known as Fondren After 5. Includes shopping, food vendors, music, open houses, a pet adoption drive and more. Free; call 601-720-2426; fft.city. iĂ&#x152;Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; >VÂ&#x17D;Ă&#x192;Â&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160; i>Ă&#x20AC;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x160;7>Â?Â&#x17D;Ă&#x160;Nov. 7, 8-11 a.m., at Walter Payton Recreation and Wellness Center (32 Walter Payton Drive). Events begin at 8 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:15 a.m.

Includes a three-mile walk and a one-mile survivor route. Fundraising encouraged; call 601321-1208; metrojacksonheartwalk.org.

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Remembering ‘Riot’

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n the morning of Oct. 1, 1962, James Meredith walked to the registrar’s office at the University of Mississippi with armed military policemen and federal marshals flanking him on all sides. While this trek was much shorter than the 220-mile March Against Fear he undertook four years later, it was no less important. By 9 a.m., Meredith became UM’s first African American student, and a cub reporter and part-time university employee named Edwin Meek was there, photographing him every step of the way.

Meek has served his alma mater in various capacities over the years, including as the associate professor of journalism and the assistant vice chancellor of public relations and marketing, but no event affected him in the same way as being behind the lens in 1962. On Sept. 30, he released 120 photos from the weeks surrounding Meredith’s historic first day of school in the form of his book, “Riot: Witness to Anger and Change” (Yoknapatawpha Press, 2015, $35.95).

“I’m 75. I was 22 or so then, and it was a very troubling time for me, in that I came up in the Mississippi Delta,” he says. “I came to Ole Miss with the prejudices all of us had,

EDWIN MEEK

by Micah Smith

Photographer Ed Meek’s book, “Riot: Witness to Anger and Change,” looks back on the events surrounding University of Mississippi’s admission of James Meredith (pictured).

and that just changed my heart and my soul to this day. I’ve become very active in equality and rights issues, but back at that time, I didn’t realize how important this was.”

Unfortunately, as a professor, Meek saw

that many students weren’t aware of what happened in 1962, when white mobs tore Oxford, Miss., apart in response to rulings from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court that UM couldn’t deny Meredith admission due to his race. It took 30,000 U.S. Army troops to keep the peace.

Yet, most of Meek’s students were unable to identify Meredith. “I was surprised how quickly important history passes from generation to generation and is lost,” he says. “[T]his book is providing insight to an activity that was very important in the history of our country and the Civil Rights Movement, and it really tickles me to see people understand how serious this was, how dumb this was and how critical this was.”

Even after the teargas canisters and burned husks of cars were cleared, change came slowly to the campus, to the point that Oxford became “the bell cow of the South,” Meek says. Through reporting on the riots, he became acquainted with several now-famous faces in news, including Dan Rather, who covered the 1962 riots in his first-ever national newscast. So later, when national news sources wanted to know the temperature of the South, they called UM. “Riot” contains many rare images from Meek’s collection, juxtaposing normal goings-on, such as the crowning of the school

beauty queen, with the aggressive on-campus rallies to shocking results. In one picture, for example, cheering co-eds hoist a student dressed in a full Confederate uniform, flashing a wide grin at the camera. At the same time, some inspirational photos are to be found, including the only in-class photos of Meredith, which Meek took despite President John F. Kennedy warning press against “disrupting the academic process.”

Meek admits that, in his youth, he was on the wrong side. He “bought the line of states rights from Governor Ross Barnett,” he says, and for a long time, he felt ashamed and alone in that. But in the process of putting “Riot” together, Meek worked closely with colleagues Curtis Wilkie and Gov. William Winter, who provide most of the book’s text. At a recent panel where they spoke at UM’s Overby Center, Winter told the audience something that lightened that weight Meek had shouldered for years.

“He said, ‘All my friends drank the Kool-Aid. They were misled like Hitler misled the German public,’” Meek says. “That was a moment of freedom for me because I’d been so embarrassed. I thought maybe I was the only one that was so dumb and didn’t realize. … But there were a lot of us.”

Edwin E. Meek’s “Riot: Witness to Anger and Change” is available at Lemuria Books (4465 Interstate 55 N., 601-366-7619). For more information, visit lemuriabooks.com.

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or many people, composers like Bach, Beethoven, Mo- part-time before taking a teaching position at the Northzart and Chopin have become so synonymous with western College of Iowa in 2003. He moved to Jackson to classical music that they don’t even require a first name. teach music theory and help launch Belhaven’s composition But while these legendary figures are all long gone, An- program in 2005. drew Sauerwein, the associate professor of music at Belhaven One of Sauerwein’s first additions to the curriculum was University, is grooming the next generation of composers not the Composers’ Forum, a community designed to challenge to take those icons’ places, but to find their own. and encourage collaboration between Belhaven’s composSauerwein says people often think of classical music ers and performers with semester-long projects, such as the as something in history, not realizing current percussion-ensemble pieces, and that there are thousands of working presentations of works-in-progress. These composers today. That misinformation elements culminate in the now-annual also brings unreasonable comparisons Student Composers Concert series, between modern composers and hiswhich will see its 15th iteration on Tuestory’s most celebrated names. Sauerwein day, Nov. 10. Sauerwein says the event argues that, no, the students aren’t yet at is meant to foster experimentation, so that level, but why should they be? listeners who come expecting easy enter“It’s not really fair to compare these tainment might be a little disappointed.

by Micah Smith students to the great composers of the “The music often invites you to think past—the one or two people in a given about it and consider things,” he says. generation out of hundreds or more that we remember for “It’s an adventure. Part of it is that there’s always something being the cream of the crop,” he says. “Here, our students are new, so if you come with that kind of explorer’s mindset— learning the craft. They have interesting things to say, and it’s ‘Here’s a bunch of new territory to discover and new ideas to often intriguing to see what they come up with, but some of think about’—it opens doors to new ways of hearing music them are still youthful in their specialties.” and perhaps new kinds of music.”

When students learn to drop the pretense of becoming The concert features pieces from four composers: seniors the next musical luminary, he says, that’s the moment where Trailand Eltzroth, Wil Murphy and Rachael McCartney and things really get exciting. sophomore Tripp Stewart. Eltzroth is a guitarist-turnedA native of Portland, Ore., Sauerwein received a bache- composer who enjoys playing with different musical patterns lor’s degree in composition from the University of Oregon in to create rich, textured compositions. Murphy takes a some1992 and earned a master’s degree in composition from the what satirical look at classical styles, inserting funny or absurd university in 1995. He graduated with a doctorate in com- changes to create a playful atmosphere. The more reserved position from Duke University in 2001 and taught there personality of pianist McCartney contrasts with her complex

(Left to right) Trailand Eltzroth, Ellen Wise, Rachael McCartney, Libby Roberts and Wil Murphy presented works at Belhaven University’s Student Composer Concert last year, and many return for this year’s installment on Nov. 10.

and energetic arrangements. Stewart is a relative newcomer to composition and often adapts elements of popular and alternative-rock music into his pieces, though Sauerwein says the guitarist could go anywhere this early in his development “I think one thing that’s become evident is that when one gives individuals the right kind of support and guidance, their own particular ideas come to the fore,” he says. “Every student composer has something new and different and interesting to express, and no two of them are really alike.”

Belhaven Student Composer Concert XV is at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive, 601-968-5930). The event is free. For more information, visit belhaven.edu.

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DIVERSIONS | jfp sports the best in sports over the next seven days

SLATE Drew Brees threw seven

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touchdowns against the Giants on Sunday, Nov. 1, but it was kicker Kai Forbath who propelled the Saints to a win with a 50-yard field goal. The win puts New Orleans at .500 with a 4-4 record.

FRIDAY, NOV. 6 Golf (12:30-3:30 p.m., Golf Channel): Watch second-round coverage of the Sanderson Farms Championship as the field gets cut down for the weekend championship rounds.

SATURDAY, NOV. 7 College football (2:30-6 p.m., CBS): The University of Mississippi looks to keep pace in the SEC West as the Rebels host an up-anddown Arkansas squad. … College football (7-10 p.m., CBS): UM fans will want to keep track of LSU against Alabama with the Rebels taking on the Tigers soon.

SUNDAY, NOV. 8 NFL (noon-3 p.m., CBS): The New Orleans Saints look to win their fourth game in a row as they host the Tennessee Titans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

MONDAY, NOV. 9 NFL (7:30-11 p.m., ESPN): Former MSU star Pernell McPhee leads the Chicago Bears to the west coast to take on the San Diego Chargers and former USM star Cordarro Law.

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11 NBA (9:30 p.m.-12 a.m., ESPN): This game should be worth staying up late to watch as the Portland Trail Blazers host the San Antonio Spurs.

When Mississippi State faces Missouri, it will be the first time since 1984 that the Bulldogs and Tigers have met in Columbia, Mo. The Tigers won 47-30 in that meeting.

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bout a quarter of the college football season is left, and most teams are down to their final few games as this week’s prepare to kickoff.

Near the end of this month, the finalists for the Conerly Trophy will be announced. Each of the four-year colleges and universities in the state will select one player, and then media representatives will help select the winner. After voting, the winner will be revealed around late November or early December. This means that the players have few chances left to impress voters. Here are the players I will be watching as the season comes down the stretch.

My current leader is Nick Mullens, the University of Southern Mississippi quarterback and one of the biggest reasons for USM’s return to winning. And his stats for this season aren’t bad either. He has thrown for 2,890 yards with 25 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Mullens has spread the ball around with five receivers recording more than 200 yards total receiving so far this season.

He is also completing 64.1 percent of his passes and averaging 321 passing yards per game.

Close behind Mullens is Laquon Treadwell, University of Mississippi wide receiver. The Rebels have plenty of stars, but Treadwell is the heart and soul of the team, and as he goes, so goes UM. This season, Treadwell has 870 receiving yards on 61 catches with six touchdowns. He is also two for two in passing this season for 89 yards and a touchdown. In my mind, not many other players mean more to their team than Treadwell. His recovery after last year’s broken leg has been nothing short of remarkable, as well.

Returning Conerly winner Mississippi State University quarterback Dak Prescott sits closely behind my top two choices. He currently leads the Bulldogs in passing and rushing,

and will likely end the season that way. Prescott has completed 66.5 percent of his passes while throwing for 2,048 yards with 14 touchdown passes and just one interception. He has also rushed 371 yards on 72 carries with seven touchdowns.

pionship Game because the Tigers are at 3-3 in conference play, but he has played a big part in helping JSU get off the mat after starting the season 1-5. The team recently won two straight games and is at 3-5.

In my mind, these are the top COURTESY JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS/WESLEY PETERSON

THURSDAY, NOV. 5 College football (8-11 p.m., ESPN): Mississippi State looks to improve its bowl standing as the Bulldogs take on Missouri out of the SEC East.

Conerly Trophy Hopefuls, Part Two

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The final player on my list has dealt with a lot of off-the-field distractions not of his making this season. LaMontiez Ivy, Jackson State University quarterback, has played well, even after Head Coach Harold Jackson was fired during the team’s bye week this season.

Ivy has thrown for 2,187 yards with 15 touchdowns and eight interceptions while completing 62.4 percent of his passes. He has added another 178 rushing yards, making him second on the team, with two touchdowns. Ivy won’t be able to lead his team to the SWAC Cham-

four players currently in the state.

That doesn’t mean that Mississippi’s schools will nominate those players as their Conerly finalists. It also doesn’t mean these four players will win the award. Alcorn State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Delta State University, Millsaps College, Belhaven University and Mississippi College will all nominate players, as well.

Feel free to tweet @JFPSports who you think are your top Conerly Finalists. I will retweet and discuss any Conerly favorites you might have this season.

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