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Into the Land of Oz

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JACKSONIAN Susan Olmsted Imani Khayyam

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athead Distillery Marketing Manager Susan Olmsted says one of the reasons she has always been drawn to small business is because the people in it have to rely on each other more than in larger businesses.

“It gives you a little bit more of responsibility, too, just because a lot more is expected of you,” she says.

The Hattiesburg native went to the University of Mississippi, receiving her bachelor’s degree in dietetics and nutrition in 2010. She moved to Jackson and began working for Brandon medical-supply company Total Health Care Solutions.

In 2012, Olmsted moved to Charleston, S.C. for her husband Blake’s job and began working for clothing designer Billy Reid. Through doing events for the designer, who was a member of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi, she got to know regional and local chefs, and also met Sanders Monsees, a Cathead Distillery sales representative for South Carolina. As she worked more and more with Monsees for events, she got to know the brand.

“When I found out I was moving back to Mississippi, I called Sanders … and said ‘Look, this is a really cool company, and it’s something that I want to be a part of,’” she says. “… It really wasn’t necessarily

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the vodka industry as much as it was the SFA environment,” Olmsted says.

“I really didn’t want to move or leave Charleston, so it was really about finding that common denominator that connected me to the people that I had known and grown to love in Charleston that were all part of the SFA, and it connected me to (Austin Evans and Richard Patrick, owners of Cathead), and they were also part of the SFA, so it allowed me to keep the same base and group of people that I loved while moving states and starting a new job.”

Olmsted, 28, jokes that her job title means “anything goes.”

“Everyone wears a lot of hats in this company,” she says. As the distillery’s marketing manager, her primary job duties are handling events, tours and tastings, and anything else that has to happen in or around the building.

Olmsted says that moving from Gluckstadt to downtown Jackson has increased Cathead’s exposure to both Jackson and the 14 states the company targets.

“Really, being in this space and allowing people to come in and see it and feel it and get to know us, who we are as a company and a brand … it forms some sort of attachment,” she says. “People feel like they’re a part of it once they’ve been here.”

—Amber Helsel

cover photo of David Raines of Flora Butcher

by Imani Khayyam

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6 Kids Getting Help, Finally

Henley-Young Juvenile Detention Center will increase mental-health screening and treatment for kids, following the release of a monitor’s report.

26 Not in Kansas Any Longer Read up on Center Players’ production of “Wizard of Oz” before you go see it.

26 .......................... music 26 ........ music listings 27 ............................ Arts 28 ...................... Puzzles 29 ......................... astro 29 ................Classifieds

27 Making Great Shapes

“I think the most challenging part is just trying to capture the listener’s attention and have them put themselves inside your shoes.”

—Neil Henry, “Building Great Shapes”

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4 ......... Editors’s Note

Papa Joe; Leslie Saucier; courtesy Tim Summers Jr.

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editor’s note

by Amber Helsel, Assistant Editor

It Started With Ramen

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had real ramen for the first time last year at one of the Mississippi Museum of Art’s Museum After Hours events. And I don’t mean the instant kind. I was so excited that I took a photo of it and then quickly devoured it.

A few months after that, I was playing around on Photoshop and decided to use the image of the ramen as my base for a graphic-art piece. The end product turned out pretty cool, in my opinion. It’s colorful and bold, and it was the starting point for my current art projects.

I’ve taken that same method of creating art and applied it to many images since then, from a four-leaf clover that almost made it onto the cover of this year’s St. Paddy’s Day issue to a piece I’ve recently completed that features the King Edward Hotel.

I’m not your typical artist. I’m not naturally gifted at painting or drawing.

But I know photography and have a base knowledge of Photoshop. I know how to combine and mix colors. I know how to just stop thinking and create.

But it wasn’t just the ramen that inspired me to get back into art. It was the Jackson art community. As a features editor, part of my job is to assign, edit and write stories about local artists. I’ve been doing it for the last couple of years, and before last year, every time I’d read a story about an artist, I’d think to myself, “I want to be a part of the community. I want to contribute something.”

For everything that we lack—decent infrastructure, funding, etc.—the city has an amazing arts community.

Just look around you. Art is everywhere. It’s in Fondren, Belhaven, midtown, downtown, south Jackson, west Jackson.

Murals and public art are in almost every area of the city. Artists populate studios and private homes. New Stage Theatre puts on plays for most of the year. Thalia Mara Hall has everything from bands such as Band of Horses to major events USA International Ballet Competition (the next one is in 2018).

“We’ve got everybody coming together.”

You can find artists and craftspeople at every Fondren’s First Thursday, and you can even buy Mississippi artisans’ work at places such as the Mississippi Crafts Center in Ridgeland. (if you haven’t been, go now.

You really won’t be sorry) and the Mississippi Museum of Art’s Museum Shop.

But things are about to get a lot harder for the arts scene, or at least one of the organizations that has helped make it so prolific—the Greater Jackson Arts Council.

On Sept. 21, GJAC announced in a press release that the City administration had defunded the organization.

“This move is devastating,” GJAC Executive Director Janet Scott said in the release. “And it strikes right at the heart of underserved communities, artists of color and low-income students. I understand

the City’s budget challenges and expected some sort of funding reduction. But to be zeroed out without any discussion? It’s a slap in the face to the citizens we’ve served for the last 35 years.”

Over the last year, the organization has distributed more than $136,000 in grants to 187 recipients, which include artists, festivals and organizations such as Midtown Partners. The City’s usual contribution is $125,000, which is about a quarter of GJAC’s budget for the year. The money left comes from corporate sponsorships and fundraising.

In a story in this week’s issue (see page 7), GJAC Assistant Director Jon Salem says that the organization was founded to bridge a racial and economic divide in Jackson. But now, the City just made it harder for GJAC to support our diverse art community.

Ward 2 Councilman Melvin Priester Jr. said in the story that the city council would keep looking for a way to save GJAC and other areas that got cut, which is a little bit of a silver lining in all this crazy. But as of now, the damage has been done.

During last week’s city council meeting, artists stepped forward to advocate for giving funding back to the organization.

Scott Crawford, disability-rights advocate and the creator of LEGO Jackson, said, “[L]ook, I don’t have any idea what is being thought of, but the Greater Jackson Arts Council is an investment in Jackson.

It is money very, very well spent that pays dividends back to the city orders of magnitude more than we spend on it.”

Other members of the community talked about how organizations such as Very Special Arts depend on GJAC for funding and other aspects.

Demetrius Williams, who has been a member of VSA for the last five years said at the meeting: “This should not be happening because the first thing I learned in art is when you’re trying to paint a picture, you got to put all your different colors all together. Red, blue, black, white, and what I see in this room, we have the makings of a picture right here. We’ve got everybody coming together … some (for) different reasons, some for the support of the Jackson arts council.

“When you put those colors (together), it makes other different colors to hopefully create a masterpiece. We can’t do that without you all. It’s up to you to decide.”

And GJAC affects more than just artists in Jackson. In a Facebook post, WJMI radio personality Maranda Joiner said that since its start 35 years ago, GJAC has issued almost $5 million in grants to Jackson and Hinds County’s arts community, which includes everything from helping with art supplies for teachers, art projects, murals, our painted traffic-signal boxes, to cultural events such as Food Truck Friday and High Note Jam.

GJAC also provides funding to events such as the USA International Ballet Competition. We are its host city in the U.S.— the only one—so by taking funding away from GJAC, the city administration is hurting Jackson and making us look bad.

No one knows what will happen now, but one thing is for sure. As Williams said at city council, this shouldn’t be happening. The City must continue supporting the arts.

Assistant Editor Amber Helsel likes to cook, eat, make art and pet cats. Her patronus charm is a St. Bernard dog. Email her story ideas at amber@jacksonfreepress.com.

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contributors

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Dustin Cardon

Arielle Dreher

Sierra Mannie

Tim Summers Jr.

Jessica Smith

Myron Cathey

Stephen Roach

Mary Osborne

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 contributed to the cover package.

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 adult education.

Education Reporting Fellow Sierra Mannie’s opinions of the Ancient Greeks can’t be trusted nearly as much as her opinions of Beyoncé. She wrote about charter schools.

City Reporter Tim Summers Jr. enjoys loud live music, teaching his cat to fetch, long city council meetings and FOIA requests. Send him story ideas at tim@jacksonfreepress.com.

He wrote about the Greater Jackson Arts Council.

Freelance writer Jessica Smith is a Jackson-based musician and community activist. Outside of writing, she enjoys exploring parts of the city that are unknown to her and meeting new people.

She wrote about the Center Players’ “The Wizard of Oz.”

Sales and Marketing Consultant Myron Cathey is from Senatobia. He is a graduate of Jackson State University and enjoys traveling, music, and spending time with family and friends.

Copy Editor Stephen Roach hates suitcases but hasn’t been able to stop living out of them. After nearly a decade wandering abroad, he’s back home in Jackson. He edited stories for the issue.

Sales Assistant Mary Osborne is a Lanier Bulldog by birthright and a JSU Tiger by choice.

She is the mother of Lindon “Joc” Dixon. Her hobbies include hosting and producing “The Freeda Love Show,” which airs on PEG 18.

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“I really think that this is a political stunt of sorts by the administration to make the city council look bad or look mean.”

— Ward 1 Councilman Ashby Foote on the Arts Council cuts.

Thursday, September 22

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declares a state of emergency and calls in the National Guard after riots break out in Charlotte following a police officer killed a black man. … Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason announces that he wants to sweep away the “transient” population downtown with a bike-and-foot patrol comprised of reserve officers, all without expense to the county.

Friday, September 23

A report by Loyola University in New Orleans states that Mississippi has two school systems: “underfunded public schools for the poor and private schools for the wealthy.”

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Saturday, September 24

Charlotte police release video of the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, which shows officers with guns drawn surrounding Scott with his hands at his side before he is shot and then buckles and falls.

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Sunday, September 25

About 100 demonstrators in Charlotte gather across the street from Bank of America Stadium before the Carolina Panthers vs. Minnesota Vikings football game and kneel during the national anthem to protest the Keith Lamont Scott shooting.

Henley-Young Increases Mental Health Care

by Tim Summers, Jr.

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pregnant girl received no information about her condition and had no one “to talk with her about her thoughts/feelings about her pregnancy,” while she was detained sat Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center, states a report from a mental-health monitor sent to review the conditions of the facility.

However, Henley-Young will soon be able to offer mental-health assessments and treatments after a court-appointed monitor’s report led the county to allocate $190,000 to expand the facility’s staff.

“We’re excited that the board has allocated some funding to meet those needs. I don’t know if it is enough,” Hinds County Board of Supervisors attorney Pieter Teeuwissen said during a Sept. 15 interview, the same day the board approved its budget. “I don’t think any of us know, yet, because we are starting from a clean sheet. I do think that is a significant commitment.”

The report outlines deficiencies in Henley-Young’s approach to the mental health of minors it houses, including a lack of trained mental health-care staff. A June 27 memorandum of understanding, or MOU, between the parties involved in the 2012 lawsuit concerning the conditions at Henley-Young led to the report.

Deficiencies in Care

Leonard Dixon, the federal court-

Tim Summers Jr

Wednesday, September 21

The City of Ridgeland reaches a settlement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding allegations of racial discrimination. … Planned Parenthood asks a federal judge to quickly rule in its favor and overturn a Mississippi law that bans Medicaid spending with any health-care provider that offers abortion.

The State’s debt may be higher than it’s letting on. p 12

Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center Executive Director Johnnie McDaniels said the facility will expand its mental-health capabilities with a $190,000 allocation from the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.

appointed monitor, chose Dr. Lisa Boesky, a clinical psychologist and expert in adolescent mental health and suicide, to perform an evaluation of the mental-care practices and facilities Henley-Young offers children detained at the center. She visited the facility for two days, July 27-28, and released the report to the court Sept. 8.

Boesky, who declined to comment on the report, criticized the lack of mentalhealth screening for young people admitted to the center, especially for trauma.

“Trauma,” Boesky’s report states, “among detained/incarcerated juveniles is the rule, not the exception. A study of youth in custody found 93 percent had at least one traumatic incident; over half had experienced trauma six or more times.”

Trauma is a broad category, including “abuse, neglect, witnessing domestic violence, repeated moves, forced removal from parent/ caregiver, raised by parents with untreated mental health and/or substance use disorders, violent neighborhood, death of a

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“For reasons that are completely unclear, the mayor has an agenda against the Greater Jackson Arts Council.”

— Ward 2 Councilman Melvin Priester Jr. on Arts Council cuts.

“People feel like they’re a part of (Cathead Distillery) once they’ve been here.”

—Susan Olmsted, marketing manager at Cathead Distillery

Arts Council’s Future Uncertain, Some Cry Foul

by Tim Summers Jr.

Community supporters posted this logo to their social-media pages in the wake of the news that Jackson planned to defund the Arts Council.

“I knew that if it was really, really bad we didn’t have much time to stage an appeal for reversal,” Salem said during a Sept. 22 interview. “It’s 25 to 30 percent, and it’s basically our stabilizing floor operationally, so that we can leverage it with other grants and other sources. And with a budget our size, you strip that away without warning, and it is completely destabilizing.”

significant mental health and substance use disorders,” Boesky states in her report.

Tackling Trauma

Boesky recommends that HenleyYoung not be used as a substitution for mental-health services.

“Youth should not be detained/incarcerated at the Henley-Young detention facility in order to receive mental health, substance use or trauma-related assessment or treatment services.”

However, Boesky recommended that the county provide the facility with “two full-time licensed doctoral-level clinical psychologists to work with youth” and a psychometrist to help administer the appropriate tests, including trauma screenings.

Johnnie McDaniels, executive director of Henley-Young, said during a Sept.

21 interview that the facility would use the county’s newly allocated funds to build a whole department to treat youth.

“We are definitely moving forward with that. The federal monitor will be here

The GJAC has its hands in a lot of pots, distributing more than $136,000 over the last year to 187 grant recipients ranging from individual artists to festivals and organizations like Midtown Partners and the ballet.

The organization’s total budget for the year is $500,000, and corporate sponsorships and fundraising campaign comprise the remainder after the city’s usual contribution. Some of those grant funds, Salem said, end up as economic drivers that create jobs.

Salem said the GJAC staff, four full-time and two part-time employees, also help run the City-owned Arts Center of Mississippi building, the old art museum nestled in the “art quadrant” downtown between the convention center, Thalia Mara Hall and the newer Mississippi Museum of Art on the opposite side of the Art Garden.

“If somebody wants to have an event in the epicenter of downtown, in the arts quadrant, the museum is just out of reach for a lot of people to have events,” Salem said. “It’s an expensive space, and you have to use their caterer, and the same with the convention center. And then Thalia Mara Hall is for big concerts and performances. We are kind of the accessible community space for this quadrant.”

Salem said the organization has spent money on the

(this) week to look at some of the new stuff that we are proposing for the fully functional mental-health department that includes a psychologist, a licensed clinical psychologist, which will be something new and first for this facility.”

“I’m optimistic and hopeful,” McDaniels said. “I think that by the end of this process we can have four to six in place in total.”

McDaniels said that would end practices that have been in place for years.

“We have kind of fallen short over the years because you know once they were in the facility, the court would send them out somewhere,” he said. “Our long-term objective is to be able to provide mental-health services and treatment here so that kids won’t have to be sent to Diamond Grove and Alliance Health.”

Diamond Grove and Alliance Health are two “acute mental-health facilities” that children from Henley-Young were sent to for periods of seven to 10 days at a time, to receive treatment the juvenile-justice sys-

more ARTS, see page 8

tem in Jackson could not provide.

Before, Boesky’s report explained, children were usually transported, sometimes over a hundred miles away, to receive any mental-health attention and usually for a short time, a move that could compromise treatment progress.

“It typically takes time for youth with mental health/substance use disorders and trauma-related needs to adjust to a detention facility,” Boesky reported. “Because these youth thrive with security, consistency and predictability, moving youth out of detention to a new placement for 7-10 days with new rules, expectations, routine, staff, peers, etc. can be stressful and disruptive.”

McDaniels said the new funding would allow the children to remain in one place to receive the treatment they need.

“I’m excited for the effort that the county has made,” he said.

Email city reporter Tim Summers Jr. at tim@jacksonfreepress.com. Read more coverage of juvenile detention and preventing violence at jfp.ms/preventingviolence.

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loved one,” Boesky wrote. She even included the conditions of detention itself.

“Some features of juvenile detention,” including the uncertainty of their situation or being searched, “can exacerbate traumatized youths’ feelings of vulnerability and loss of control, which often triggers an automatic, biological programmed ‘fight or flight’ survival response/traumarelated reaction such as verbal or physical aggression, emotional or physical withdrawal, destructive behavior, and/or outof-control behavior.”

A trauma assessment could curtail continued and perhaps repeated stays in Henley-Young, but only one part-time mental-health professional was at the facility during Boesky’s visit there. She reports that, of the children in the facility whose documents she reviewed, most were diagnosed with a mental disorder and that some had been locked up in the detention center more than 10 times in the last two years.

“The majority of youth at the HenleyYoung Detention Center likely suffer from

Greater Jackson Arts Council.

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n uncertain financial times for the City of Jackson, some council members worry that the mayoral administration could deploy departmental cuts, such as the defunding of the Greater Jackson Arts Council, as political salvos.

Last Wednesday, Sept. 21, the Greater Jackson Arts Council, or GJAC, announced in a press release that the City of Jackson had nixed its contribution of well over $125,000 a year, about a quarter of the organization’s total expected budget for the year, around $500,000.

Janet Scott, GJAC executive director, was out of town when the organization learned of the cuts, but made a statement through a press release.

“This move is devastating,” Scott said in the release.

“And it strikes right at the heart of underserved communities, artists of color and low-income students.

“I understand the City’s budget challenges and expected some sort of funding reduction. But to be zeroed out without any discussion? It’s a slap in the face to the citizens we’ve served for the last 35 years.”

Jon Salem, assistant director of the GJAC, said the organization had no warning prior to the news of the cuts, and that since then it has concentrated on raising support from the community.

Salem said that the organization knew time was of the essence after the city informed them of the cut.

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Is Mississippi Too Selective with Charters?

by Sierra Mannie

Midtown Public Charter School, located in Jackson’s Midtown neighborhood, is one of the state’s earliest charters.

we open, the fewer students we’re going to serve,” said authorizer board member Dr. Karen Elam told the Associated Press.

“We’re out here three years, and we’ve got three schools. We’re missing the opportunity to help some kids that really need it.”

Since the Mississippi Charter Schools Act passed in 2013, charter operators have been able to apply to the Mississippi Charter Authorizer Board to run public schools billed as an alternative for parents seeking

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building itself in the last few years. “We have invested in facility planning and actual capital improvements of over $200,000 of money we’ve raised, completely independent of the city,” Salem said.

“We even put hot water in the building.”

Not only would the investment into the arts community dry up, Salem said, but the original mission of the group when it started 35 years ago—to bridge the racial and economic divide in the city—would also disappear.

“At the time the Jackson arts scene was almost exclusively white in terms of the support it was getting,” Salem said. “The mission at that time was to be an equalizing agent to ensure that city resources and community resources were accessible to underserved communities, to artists of color, to low-income students and that has remained our mission.”

“There’s no one else duplicating our services and no one standing in line to replicate them if we go away.”

Friction Between the Branches

Mayor Tony Yarber called on the council to make cuts to the Jackson city clerk’s office to make up for the shortfalls his office claims made the GJAC defunding inevitable. This

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ome parents in Mississippi who don’t want to send their children to district schools or private schools have another option: charter schools. But as these publicly funded, privately run schools have proliferated across the nation, Mississippi’s charter-school growth has been relatively sluggish. Only three charter schools exist in the state, all of which are in the Jackson area.

Krystal Cormack, a governor-appointed Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board member, says it is challenging for charter schools to establish themselves in Mississippi—and it is supposed to be. In states where the approval process for charter schools is lax, students lose out, Cormack said. “When students are in places that have pretty easy-going authorizing practices, schools and networks are authorized that don’t necessarily have a strong plan for what they will do for students or how they will serve students.”

While supporters of tough charterschool approval processes say strict authorizing regulations are needed to ensure only quality charter schools open in Mississippi, some say the process should be relaxed to allow more schools to open, and therefore more school choice for families.

“The longer we stall, the fewer schools

higher-quality education for their kids. Nationwide, charter schools have operated for more than two decades.

Mississippi’s charter-school application is intense. Hopeful operators go through a several-month, four-stage screening process, including submission of letters of intent. If their applications aren’t up to par in each stage, they can face disqualification.

So far, four charter schools have made it through the process. Midtown Public

comes after the council ratified amendments to the budget that cut the mayor’s office by $100,000 along with other departments, including the city-run golf courses.

“Rescinding the amendments would, most notably, restore funding for the Public Education Government Network and the Grove Park Golf Course. Those closures were not in my Administration’s original proposed budget,” Yarber stated in a release.

“I further call on the City Council to restructure the City Clerk’s Office to realize enough savings to restore funding to the Greater Jackson Arts Council. The Clerk’s Office did not undergo a restructuring this budget year, even though nearly all other City departments were restructured or reorganized.”

Some of the city council members disagree, alleging that Yarber is using the GJAC as a part of a political move.

“I really think that this is a political stunt of sorts by the administration to make the city council look bad or look mean, and I don’t think that it’s an accident that we didn’t know anything about it because they knew that we wouldn’t have gone along with it,” Ward 1 Councilman Ashby Foote said during a Sept. 22 interview.

“It put us in a position of either looking like we weren’t aware of what we were doing, or we were doing something that was hard-hearted, which is not the case.”

Charter School and Reimagine Prep are in their second school year; Smilow Prep opened its doors to its inaugural class this August, and Smilow Collegiate will open next year. This year, the state charter authorizer board approved no new applications, most notably Ohio’s I Can Schools, whose middling results in student achievement in Ohio and Indiana culminated in the state’s Charter School Authorizer Board’s decision to reject its application to establish three K-8 schools in Mississippi.

In a 2016 study examining the way charter authorizers approved schools in post-Katrina New Orleans, Tulane University’s Education Research Alliance for New Orleans found that charter-authorizer discretion is critical to the success of schools.

The study points out that a common criticism of charters is that authorizers “rarely close” low-performing charter schools, which is why being critical during the approval process may be especially necessary.

The report also noted that schools were more likely to see approval in the state of Louisiana if they had approval from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, or NACSA, a leading voice in more CHARTERS see page 10

Ward 2 Councilman Melvin Priester Jr. said the GJAC budget cut happened after the budget meetings.

“(The administration) have subsequently admitted that after that presentation they realized their numbers were incorrect, and they changed the numbers,” Priester said.

“And that’s when they took out the money for the Jackson Arts Council.”

“For reasons that are completely unclear, the mayor has an agenda against the Greater Jackson Arts Council,” Priester said. “We’re going to keep looking about what we can do to save the greater arts council and some of the other areas, but if there is a place to cut, further cuts need to come from the mayor’s office.

“When I look around the city I see so much gross mismanagement by people under his direction and control.”

Shelia Byrd, director of communications for the City of Jackson, stated in a phone interview on Sept. 26, that the call for cuts to “outside funding,” such as the GJAC, originated in suggestions presented to the administration by the financial consultant for the city, Michael Thomas for Systems Consulting. She referred back to the mayor’s statement, quoted above, for a response to council’s allegations.

Email city reporter Tim Summers Jr. at tim@jacksonfreepress.com.

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The Comeback: Adult Education on the Rise

by Arielle Dreher

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courtesy Hinds Community COllege

ormer famed attorney Richard Mississippian who has dropped out of high Test Changes, Then Drop-off college training programs and for the work“Dickie” Scruggs says he found pur- school. A 16- or 17-year-old must have a In 2014, the GED test added new force),” Hemingway-Turner told the Jackpose in prison by helping educate his withdrawal form from their public school, components, especially in the math and son Free Press. fellow inmates. In federal prisons, any as well as parental permission to take the reading parts of the exam, and scared away Before the news of GED changes, inmate without a high-school equivalency courses, but otherwise the education is many former students from enrolling in Mississippi had a 55-percent pass rate in diploma is required to take classes toward free. Classes can take anywhere from a few courses, forcing teachers to catch them- 2012. In 2013, numbers are not compaearning one. Scruggs, who helped rable due to the surge of students win a large tobacco settlement on encouraged to take the test before behalf of the State of Mississippi it changed. in the 1990s—but went to fed Only half the number of eral prison after pleading guilty to students who took the GED in conspiring to bribe a circuit judge 2012 took the test in 2014, but in 2008—taught the literacy prothe pass rate was much higher, gram in the Appalachian prison around 73 percent. where he lived for six years.

“Even though the test was

Upon his release in 2014, more rigorous, the truth of the Scruggs saw an opportunity to use matter is people are passing at his new skills back home, forming higher rates,” Hemingway-Turna nonprofit called 2nd Chance er said. “The hard work has been Mississippi, which helps the done by the educators.” state’s community colleges keep

Sandy Crist, the director retention rates low for adult basic of Adult Basic Education at the education, or ABE, programs. At Mississippi Community College first this meant connecting local Board, said the changes to the test charities and organizations with intimidated students and teachers area community colleges that run alike, and that her department In the Jackson-metro area, there are several options for adult basic education. Hinds Community College offers free adult-education courses, along with Jackson Public Schools and such programs. had to do a “tremendous amount Jackson State Unviersity to adults who wish to earn their high school equivalency diploma.

“Our students are one flat of training.” tire away from dropping out

A few years later, however, again,” Scruggs told the Stennis Capitol months to a year, depending on a student’s selves up on new material. the number of Mississippians passing a Press Forum last week.

CT Hemingway-Turner, senior di- high-school equivalency exam is back on education level when he or she enters.

ABE is not only offered at the state’s Mississippi had almost 8,000 students rector at GED Testing Services, said the the rise. In 2011, 16,854 Mississippians 15 community colleges, but is also of- signed up to take the GED test in 2010, test change focused on outcomes during were enrolled in adult basic education, data fered through some public-school districts but by 2012, numbers dipped to around a national growth in middle-skilled jobs. from the Community College Board show. and other organizations. For example, in 6,000—with only a 55-percent pass rate, Research showed that the old test was not But by 2014, enrollment numbers dropped Jackson, adult basic education is offered numbers from GED Testing Services show. preparing people well enough for the job to 13,269 students. through Jackson Public Schools, Jackson Then in 2014, changes to the GED market.

So far in 2016, 12,846 MississippiState University and Hinds Community test looked like they would drive that num- “What we really wanted to do is make ans are enrolled, but already more of those College. Adult basic education is free to any ber even lower. sure that we’re preparing them (for college, enrolled have received their high-school

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CHARTERS from page 8 charter authorizing practices.

William Haft, vice president of authorizer development at NACSA, says the organization sets the bar high when it comes to vetting charter schools. “It’s critical that when folks want to start a public school and be entrusted with public dollars and public school children that they be well-prepared to do so,” he told the Jackson Free Press.

Why Oversight Matters

NACSA reports that Mississippi has strong state-wide charter-school oversight.

10 But despite best efforts, that front-loaded

concern about applications and business models does little to regulate charter schools once they are established.

Charter-school parents speak highly of the schools and the opportunities the schools afford their children. Supporters call the schools and the idea of “school choice” a remedy to what they perceive as the failures of the public-school system, but that is not a guarantee. In some states, charter schools are top performing, but this is not a consistent profile; others have failed spectacularly, sometimes doing worse than regular public schools. Although many Mississippi parents and student are complimentary of their charter schools, the schools, which serve middle schoolers, have not seen test scores significantly surpass those of surrounding

schools. So far, the state’s charter schools do not yet have accountability ratings either.

Once the state rate them, if Mississippi’s charter schools receive an “F” after three consecutive years, they may be recommended for closure; the state may not renew charters rated “F” in the final year of their contracts.

Mike Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative nonprofit education policy think tank, said this condition of the law could be helpful. In the early days of charter schools, Petrilli said many people thought that if a school did poorly, states and authorizer boards could just shut them down.

“Turns out, it can be really hard to close low-performing charter schools,” he

said. “Once a school is open and you’re serving kids, parents feel like those choices should be respected. So it’s a really politically contentious thing to overrule parents and shut down a school if they think it’s the best option for their child.”

That’s why, Petrilli added, that it’s crucial to have a tough approval process.

In those states, “most likely, if a school is approved, it’ll open and stay open for the foreseeable future,” Petrilli said.

“So let’s make sure it’s high quality.”

Sierra Mannie is the education reporting fellow for the Jackson Free Press and The Hechinger Report. Email her at sierra@ jacksonfreepress.com.

equivalency diploma than in 2014 and 2015.

GED Testing Services also took a step back from its more rigorous exam at the beginning of 2016, when it lowered the minimum passing score by five points. Crist said 680 adult basic education students received letters from GED Testing Services informing them that their scores counted earlier this year.

“It was like Christmas in February,” Crist said.

Now Mississippians can take one of three tests to earn a High School Equivalency Diploma. Previously, the GED was the only one available to students, but once the testing company privatized in 2011, the market opened, and more tests emerged.

In February, the Mississippi Community College Board adopted two more to join the GED on their list of approved tests: the HiSET (High School Equivalency Test) and the TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion).

While adult basic education is free to any Mississippian who dropped out of high school, the tests cost money. The GED is $120, while the HiSET and TASC tests are around $80.

Once someone completes all portions of one of these tests, he or she receives a diploma. The diploma, Crist said, does not say which test the graduate took.

Overcoming Barriers

In 2014, the U.S. Congress passed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which led to changes in adult basic education throughout the country. Mississippi was one of the first states to have an approved plan as a result of the act, Crist told the Jackson Free Press.

The plan outlines how state agencies will work together to refer eligible candidates to adult basic education programs throughout the state. It also details how adult basic education program coordinators will refer their students to offices like the Mississippi Department of Human Services, for example, to see if they qualify for additional financial support from the government. Many students who begin adult basic education courses do not finish, and this is largely due to access issues.

“The majority of our students have some type of barrier from transportation to childcare and gas money,” Crist said.

The state plan is supposed to help students in adult basic education stay in those programs, and pass the test by the end of the course. Scruggs and 2nd Chance Mississippi are piloting a program at Northeast Mississippi Community College and

Adult Basic Education Programs in Mississippi Community Colleges: Coahoma Community College Copiah-Lincoln Community College East Central Community College East Mississippi Community College Hinds Community College Holmes Community College Itawamba Community College Jones County Junior College Meridian Community College Mississippi Delta Community College Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Northeast Mississippi Community College Northwest Mississippi Community College Pearl River Community College Southwest Community College

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Itawamba Community College to help 100 students get through a 25-week term of adult basic education with added skill trainings.

2nd Chance will pay the students’ tuitions for the skill training courses (adult basic education courses are free), as well as provide $20 gas cards to students each week for attendance and $250 upon completion of their studies.

Scruggs said this financial aid should enable students to overcome barriers to completing their courses.

“We’re going to measure our success based on someone getting a non-minimum wage job (when they graduate),” Scruggs said last week. “These schools are convinced that they can place all these students in jobs.”

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TALK | budget

The State of Mississippi’s Finances

by Arielle Dreher

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Inside the State CAFR

Mississippi’s fiscal-year 2015 CAFR shows that its combined net position decreased by $2.15 billion compared to fiscal-year 2014. The report tracks the state’s fiscal position over the past 10 years.

The State’s capital assets increased by half a

Changing the Accounting System

Weinberg says the CAFR report can be an integral part of the lawmaking and budget-writing process. She says that, as an accountant, she obviously concentrates on these reports, but thinks lawmakers should, too. She adds that if the CAFR Courtesy Dept. of Finance and Administration

he State of Mississippi is in an $8.4-billion financial hole, a new report based on the State’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, or CAFR, shows.

Truth in Accounting analyzes government accounting data from each state to produce annual financial assessments. The group’s analysis of Mississippi’s CAFR for fiscal-year 2015, shows drastically higher debt than in-state calculations yielded.

This is largely due to what Truth in Accounting counts as debt. Sheila Weinberg, the founder of Truth in Accounting, says pension liability and retiree benefits should be a part of the report and count as a part of the state’s overall indebtedness.

The Government Financial Officers Association also has new rules requiring states to report their pension liability on their CAFRs.

Mississippi has $5.4 billion in unfunded pension benefits, Truth in Accounting found. Mississippi’s assets add up to over $30 billion, but capital assets— which should pay for roads and land— and restricted assets limit available funds to around $5 billion. If pension benefits were all the debt the State had, Mississippi could afford it, but add in bonds and retiree benefits, and its debt is $13.4 billion.

This means that when pension and retirement benefits are included, each Mississippi taxpayer is left with a debt burden of $11,800 per taxpayer, the Truth in Accounting report shows.

The state counts debt largely based on bond data. Without the pension numbers, the state’s net tax-supported debt per capita is $1,747 per taxpayer, the state’s 2016 Debt Affordability Study shows.

The Debt Affordability Study, produced by the Mississippi state treasurer’s office, shows that the state’s general bond debt is around $4.19 billion. The state is set to pay out its bonds through fiscal-year 2037, the report shows.

The state pays millions in debt services each year, and technically, fiscal-year 2018 is supposed to be a “balloon payment” year, meaning the state is supposed to pay more than it has in previous fiscalyears on debt.

“As a reminder, a balloon payment is due in FY 2018; however, the intent of the State Bond Commission at that time is to restructure those bonds and extend the maturity,” State Treasurer Lynn Fitch 12 writes in the 2016 study.

Laura Jackson, executive director of the Department of Finance and Administration, says the state’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report was late this year because all state agencies switched to a new accounting system.

million dollars as well, largely due to construction and building projects, Truth in Accounting reports.

Mississippi had more tax revenue and spent more on “general government” than at any point in the past 10 fiscal years, as well as more on health and social services than ever before. The report points to rising Medicaid expenditures for the increasing health and social service costs, but the spike in “general government,” which rose by 88.2 million, is not explained.

“General government” on the CAFR includes a variety of state agencies including both chambers of the Legislature, the governor’s office as well as several boards, commissions and agencies that handle budgetary items.

At 33rd place, Mississippi is not at the bottom of Weinberg’s list. She admitted that usually a state’s budget is “pretty much a political statement,” but said the CAFR report can help lawmakers assess where a state budget is headed.

isn’t taken into account, it’s like making a budget with no hindsight.

“It’s like you looking at your budget and saying, ‘hey, how much do I have to spend, but I don’t have my credit-card statement,’” she said.

The Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration creates and publishes the state’s CAFR report in conjunction with the State Auditor’s office. In previous years, the report was released at the end of the year or, at the latest, halfway

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About the Timing …

Weinberg said most states file CAFR reports late by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, which recommends a 180-day filing requirement, while corporate CAFR reports are due within 45 days.

In her analysis of fiscal-year 2015 reports, Weinberg said about half of states are not filing theirs within 180 days.

Mississippi usually at least comes close. In past fiscal years, DFA published the report in December or January; in 2014 they published the CAFR Feb. 12.

In the past legislative session, however, lawmakers did not have access to the fiscal-year 2015 CAFR until April 22, when it was published.

By that time, all appropriations bills were already in conference and at the discretion of six lawmakers from each chamber. So why was the report filed so late?

The state’s head fiscal officer, Laura Jackson said the report was later than usual this year because the state switched over to a new accounting system. Jackson said the department experienced a few hiccups and roadblocks along the way in implementing the new system, which led to the delay.

Now, however, states can report data to the Department of Finance and Administration and across all state agencies in real time.

“[S]tate agencies are able to search for information in this new system, so it’s been very helpful,” Jackson said.

State agencies have to report information into the system first in order for Jackson and her team to create the CAFR report in the first place.

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Define Your Scar

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carry a scar with me that I received when I was about 17 or 18 years old. It’s on my head, and it’s mildly visible. However, further back is a bald section where my hair will never grow again. At 42, there are times when I stop and stare at myself in the mirror, and the scar sings out to me. Although I have learned how to cleverly disguise it, one glance reminds me that it will always remain. It hasn’t changed at all over the years. I’ve just adjusted to it being there, and I’ve learned to live with it.

It’s permanent. It’s a part of who I am.

I wish I could say that it doesn’t still make me emotional after all this time, but it does. It takes me to a place where I was a victim of abuse. I was being attacked when someone I loved accidentally crashed into a parked car, sending my head through the windshield. I can still remember being mostly concerned about what people at school would think. They all assumed he loved me so much. They would not believe that he was punching me in the face and not watching the road, and that’s what caused this accident. So, I left college.

The scar didn’t just leave a spot on my head for me to try to figure out interesting ways to cover it. It itself is symbolic. It is a testament to my past.

After I left school, I never went back. It was this incident that kept me from completing my education. The scar reminds me that I gave up on something that was important to my life. It represents sacrifice. I made a huge sacrifice of my own peace, happiness and wholeness so that I could be in a relationship with someone who I thought made me feel loved. Of course, now that I know what real love is, I know that back then, it wasn’t love at all. It was a need. I needed to be accepted. I needed to belong to someone.

I’m thankful to have this scar now. While it isn’t pretty, it is powerful, and it feeds my soul when I need to be reminded just how strong and worthwhile I am. When I need affirmation, I can look in the mirror and give it to myself. I don’t have to accept anything that doesn’t feel like real love, real respect and real honor. I don’t have to make excuses anymore for a man beating me, cheating on me, neglecting me or mistreating me in any way.

See, sisters, sometimes we get caught up in our men (or women), and we forget that we are first. We forget that our allegiance is to ourselves. You can’t look for someone else to deliver happiness to you. You have to birth your own happiness. You have to know that you are worth it. You don’t have to take it for the children’s sake. You don’t have to turn the other cheek because he’s always been like this, or he pays all the bills. I don’t give a dam if the house and the car are in his name. If that man is treating you like you are merely a piece of trash, he’s the trash—not you. But as long as you let him treat you like that, he will.

That’s not what life is. That’s not what love is. You are love, and you are life, but you have to live it by your own terms. Not terms from someone who doesn’t really understand what life is about and that women should be treasured and lifted. If he can’t offer you that, what exactly is his purpose?

We all have scars. I know mine is a physical scar, and others’ might be mental, but it’s there. My scar is a source of strength, power and love of self. I defined my scar. What’s your scar, and what does it give you? What does it teach you about who you are? Let your scar be your strength and your power. If you’ve given it away to someone else, take it back. It’s yours.

It belongs to you, and no one has the right to take your scar—your peace, your happiness, your power—from you.

Funmi “Queen” Franklin is a word lover, poet, a truth yeller and community activist. She is the founder of an organization that promotes self-love, awareness and sisterhood. Plus, she has a wicked addiction to lemonheads.

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It wasn’t love at all.

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Save the Arts, Save the Arts Council

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y cutting funding to the Greater Jackson Arts Council, the City of Jackson administration ends a 35-year-long legacy of providing access to funding and support for those with the least amount of exposure to the traditionally white-only art network. Barring a major shift by the administration, Jackson has to develop ways to buttress the arts community or prepare to do without.

The organization certainly doesn’t lack support from the community. After the announcement about the cut in funding, socialmedia users began to pass around a logo made by the Arts Council to display their opposition to the decision.

Council members have reiterated their commitment to finding “creative solutions” (page 7) to the funding issue, and the mayor said that he also wanted to reallocate funds to the Greater Jackson Arts Council—if the council took the money from the city clerk’s department. But support, without some money behind it, leaves GJAC right where it is now: almost $125,000 short. Perhaps creative socialmedia fundraising campaigns or even an angel corporate donor could bridge the gap, but at the moment, that does not seem likely.

With the grant programs and financial assistance to local festivals, Jackson stands to lose some of its hard-earned economic-development territory.

The GJAC distributed 187 grants totaling more than $136,000 this last year to support the arts in Jackson, and the recipients ranged from festivals such as the West Jackson CDC/ Lynch Street Festival and the Georgetown Festival, to cultural programs such as the Jackson Music Awards, Mississippi Jazz Foundation, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and the USA International Ballet Competition, to even grants to individual artists.

All of those programs and people mean jobs and opportunity to the individuals involved, and to the city, it means the added allure and prestige of a vibrant, living arts community—which is good for tourism.

As the council and mayor shuttle the blame back and forth, discussing the merits of funding one project over another, the community must step and demand that support for the Arts Council remain if municipal government fails to make it a priority. Otherwise, the decision may well stand, and we all lost.

So, speak up for the arts.

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How America Sees ‘Them’

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omo sacer , a figure in Roman law , is the “set apart” or accursed man: a person who is banned from the human community and may be killed by anyone but is not worthy of being a sacrifice to the gods. A person expunged from society and civil religion. A person whom, if killed, their killer would not be regarded as a murderer.

With the recent extrajudicial killings, i.e. murders, of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Paul O’Neal, Tyre King, Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, as well as the attempted murder of Charles Kinsey, the unpleasant reality of the one-sided relationship between criminal justice and the black community was once again thrust to the forefront of the national consciousness. The Black Lives Matter movement took to the streets in mass protest, as police officers in cities such as Charlotte, N.C., geared themselves as if for foreign invasion. While many well-meaning liberals questioned the police response, it would be more surprising if the police had not responded with such pathological fury, given the status of black Americans as “homo sacer” in the American criminal-justice system, itself a direct reflection of society as a whole. To many, the protesters are an invading force.

Black Americans make up a fourth of those killed by police but are barely above a 10th of the population. One study found blacks are 13 percent of reported drug users but are 60 percent of the drug-crime prison population (whites represent 72 percent and only 25 percent, respectively), and when black children are accused of a crime, 58 percent are tried in adult court. The picture is clear: Black lives fill the role of the homo sacer in American society, a target that society can project its anger upon.

Those in power reinforce the image of the young black male as being inherently problematic. Whether it is Donald Trump openly taking support from white neo-Nazi nationalists and tweeting patently false statistics regarding “black” crime, ex-mayor Rudy Giuliani saying black youth are 99 percent more likely to kill each other, or Hillary Clinton calling black youth “super predators” in the 1990s, those in power preach false narratives of black violence.

So the visceral reaction to the Black Lives Matters movement and to white Americans who proclaim “Black lives matter” isn’t surprising. To claim that is a trai-

torous act that insults the civil religion that rules America. The thought that a “nonWhite Anglo-Saxon Protestant” deserves the same dignity disturbs the status afforded to the dominant WASP. It is a pathological resentment — anger at the “other” — driving the resistance to true equality.

There is also no room in this stratified America for Hispanics, Muslims, the poor and impoverished of all colors, homosexuals, transgender individuals—anyone who doesn’t fit the ideal.

The union of capitalism and Christianity has created a society that values power and prestige; the lives of black Americans perceived as having nothing to offer are not worthy of “human” status. So long as this social and economic system is in place, bigots and oppressors find an easy outlet for their horrifying beliefs.

How do we fix this?

We must resist and overhaul the legal system that favors white over black, rich over poor, affluent over insignificant. As long as capital and property are favored in the law over people, there will be no justice.

Jesus was a poor preacher who violently cast the money-changers from the temple and spent his time with the sinners, preaching, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom.” Muhammad exhorted the new brotherhood that “All mankind is from Adam and Eve, […] a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action.” The Buddha taught that one must “Conquer anger with love, evil with good, meanness with generosity, and lies with truth.”

Finally, there must be a true unity among all those who are “homo sacer” against the ruling powers who seek their own indulgence at the expense of others, whether consciously or unconsciously. The system that supports, encourages and allows bigots, exploiters and oppressors to enforce their views must go.

It is an uphill battle against an entrenched and systematic opposition, but it’s a fight that must happen. Let us fight, and let us see each other for what we are: brothers and sisters bound by our common humanity, each filled with pride and joy at our unique creations.

Criminal defense attorney and armchair philosopher, Andrew J. Williams, Esq., lives and practices in his adopted home of Mississippi. This is his first column for the JFP.

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The Flora Butcher has dishes such as Wagyu navel short-rib roast.

a hobby, Raines eventually found that no other profession appealed to him as much as cooking did. He decided to study the art professionally, getting his start at Johnson & Wales University in Denver in 2004. He received an associate’s degree in culinary arts in 2006 and went on to ItalCook, a culinary school in Jesi, Italy, that is dedicated to that country’s slow-food movement.

Raines says a group of Romans were upset about a McDonald’s being built near the Spanish Steps in Rome and the potential loss of old cooking traditions to fast food. “So they started a movement to slow food down instead, and set up ItalCook as a school that would focus on traditional dishes, ingredients and methods, and the idea of knowing exactly where your food comes from,” he explains.

Raines then took an international bread-making course at the French Culinary Institute in New York City in 2008, followed by an introductory sommelier course with the Guild of Master Sommeliers in New Orleans in 2010. He also took a butchery and advanced sausage-making course with 4505 Meats, a San Francisco-based company. That course was taught by Ryan Farr, a professional chef, self-taught butcher, author of the book “Whole Beast Butchery: The Complete Guide to Beef, Lamb and Pork” and owner of 4505 Burgers & BBQ restaurant in San Francisco.

“Chef Ryan learned everything he knows through hands-on experience, and he was a great mentor to me,” Raines says about the class that changed his approach.

“I had spent time in Australia in 2009 and got the chance to see whole Wagyu cattle brought in to work with, which was one of my first experiences with it. I took Chef Ryan’s course later because I wanted to know more, and what I learned from him played a big part in my decision to open The Flora Butcher this year.

“I told my dad about Wagyu beef and suggested he make the switch from regular cattle because I thought

Wagyu would be the future of prime beef and something special to bring to the U.S.”

Raines has worked at 17 different restaurants in the United States and abroad over the course of his career. It was at a restaurant in Sydney, Australia, called Tetsuya’s, owned by Japanese native Tetsuya Wakuda, where Raines first experienced Wagyu beef. He also worked at the three-star Michelin chef Alphonso Iaccarino’s Don Alphonso 1890 in Sant’Agata sui Due Golfi, Italy, and celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse’s NOLA restaurant in New Orleans. He was the chef de cuisine at R’evolution in New Orleans for two years and at Seafood R’evolution in Ridgeland for a year.

“I’d say the biggest thing I picked up from the really big chefs I worked for over the years, the famous and most successful ones, is just how different they all are from each other, and how each one of them does things their own way and gives it a personal touch,” Raines says. “They all personally manage every aspect of their business—the layout of their restaurants, the refrigerators they use, the product they use and how it’s delivered, the farmers or hunters they source from—down to the smallest detail, and that makes a big difference.

“It’s much harder working for the big guys, but it’s worth it because of how much you can learn from them. I’ve learned to appreciate the ingredients you use and their quality, and to appreciate the sacrifice someone made to get them to you. I learned to appreciate things like molecular gastronomy techniques and traditional cooking methods, and I’m putting it all to use at The Flora Butcher.”

The Flora Butcher (4845 Main St., Flora) is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. For more information, call 601-509-2498 or find The Flora Butcher’s Facebook page.

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avid Raines says rain and heat make for great mushrooms.

“In fact, there’s a lot of local things in Jackson that a lot of people probably aren’t aware of, like pigs, farm-fresh eggs, pottery, artisan sauces and plenty more,” he says.

He wants to use all of those elements in his business, The Flora Butcher.

Raines, a professional chef in Madison with more than 14 years of experience in restaurants around the United States and the world, decided to go into business as a butcher with the opening of The Flora Butcher on Aug. 1.

The Flora Butcher is dedicated to locally sourced meat, a variety of hot dishes and a special type of beef called Wagyu that Raines sources from Raines Farm in Monroe, La., which his father, David Raines Sr., has operated for 14 years. Wagyu is a type of beef known for its intense marbling and fat content.

Since opening, Raines says The Flora Butcher has had tremendous success. He says that the shop’s blueplate lunch specials, which feature a different selection of two hot dishes available to-go every day, are especially popular, along with items such as sausage-stuffed chicken, handmade sausage, the Wagyu beef, and the eatery’s selection of local ingredients and other items.

“Everybody in town has been appreciative to have us in their backyard, and people from all over Jackson, Brandon and surrounding neighborhoods have been coming in every weekend,” Raines says. “We’ve been doing more take-home food lately than we were at the start, and people have been really drawn to things like our locally foraged chanterelle mushrooms.”

Raines’ earliest cooking experiences came from feeding friends on hunting and fishing trips, and it eventually became something he fell into doing naturally, he says.

While he initially only intended to learn about cooking as

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Charlie Graingers Comes to Ridgeland and Flowood

Mike and Melissa Naylor, who until a year and a half ago were the franchise owners for Little Caesars Pizza in Mississippi, decided to get out of the pizza business and focus on hot dogs instead. The couple is now bringing Charlie Graingers to Mississippi, with their first location opening on Friday, Sept. 16, in the Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Ridgeland), and a second location with its grand opening on Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Flowood (115 Laurel Park Cove). To mark the opening of the Flowood location, the Naylors held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and had a performance by Acoustic Crossroads from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Charlie Graingers’ main attraction is its gourmet hot dogs, which come in 19 varieties and are made fresh every day. The restaurant also has a wide selection of sandwiches, barbecue, sides and more.

“Everything we have here, from brisket to turkey gumbo to cole slaw and any-

thing else, is all made fresh right here in the restaurant,” Mike Naylor said. “We’re also dedicated to using all local ingredients sourced from farms and vendors in Mississippi.”

Charlie Graingers is open Monday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit charliegraingers.com.

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Rho Lambda Omega and Beta Delta Omega, both chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., partnered with Alcorn University and the United States Department of Agriculture to break ground for a community garden on Tuesday, Sept.

13. Rev. James Henley and the Fresh Start Church Ministry are also participating in the project. The garden sits on a half-acre of land located at Fresh Start Christian Church (5210 Manhattan Road).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture made a $10,000 donation to the two sororities in June 2016 to get the project started. Members of the Alcorn Extension Program are helping cultivate the grounds and expect to be finished by the end of this month. The university will handle irrigation and educating the public on proper agricultural techniques.

The community garden will address hunger, environment and agricultural practices, with the goal of enhancing health and wellness for Jackson residents over the next five years, a release from the sororities said.

The garden will also provide an opportunity to educate local school-aged children on the importance of gardening. Produce grown in the garden will be donated to help local families in need.

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Brent’s Drugs turns 70 this year.

Brent’s Drugs Celebrating 70th Anniversary

On Sept. 29, Brent’s Drugs (655 Duling Ave.) in Fondren will host a party to mark the popular Jackson restaurant’s 70year anniversary. The restaurant, which was once a pharmacy and soda fountain opened by Jackson pharmacist Alvin Brent, has been in business since 1946.

Brad Reeves, the current owner of Brent’s, opened The Apothecary, a 1,000-squarefoot “speakeasy”-style lounge, as an addition to the restaurant in June 2013.

Brent owned and ran the pharmacy until 1977, when he sold it to pharmacists Paul Heflin and Bob Grantham, who had worked at Brent’s since 1951. Pharmacist Randy Calvert acquired Brent’s in 1995 and sold the pharmacy in April 2009.

Reeves obtained Brent’s in July 2009, and partners Jonathan Shull and Amanda and Nathan Wells came on board in 2014.

For the anniversary party, the restaurant will remain open until 8 p.m., and the Apothecary will be open until 10 p.m.

The celebration will include a birthday cake from Campbell’s Bakery, specialty “boozy” alcoholic milkshakes for adults, face painting for children and live music from The Hustlers. “It’s a big deal for a restaurant to last this long,” Wells said. “For us, it’s all thanks to the community support we’ve received, and we’re celebrating that.”

For more information, find the restaurant on Facebook.

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Porkychos and Deep-Fried Beer-Battered Burgers (Smokey Gals Catering, Byram)

Porkychos are nachos with ingredients such as barbecue pork and jalapenos, but these come with a surprise. Instead of tortilla or corn chips, Smokey Gals make these nachos with pork rinds.

And they also do a deep-fried beer-batter burger that looks sort of like a Monte Cristo sandwich (you know, the fried sandwich with fruit preserves and powdered sugar).

Alligator on a Stick (The Whistle Stop Café, Byram)

If you’ve never had alligator, the Mississippi State Fair might be the perfect time to try it.

The Whistle Stop’s is fried and put on a stick with onions. Hence, alligator on a stick.

Some say it tastes like chicken.

Don’t Go Fair-Food Crazy

by Amber Helsel

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ike most state fairs, the Mississippi State Fair isn’t exactly the place where you can always find the healthiest food.

But why would you want to? Most people go for a day or two, and they want to have fun and not worry about their waistbands or health.

But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. IHC Best Health has some tips on how to eat healthy-ish at a fair. Or at least not go crazy.

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Thing to get: taffy Patton Farms (Hermanville)

Thing to get: roasted corn Penn’s Fish House (multiple locations)

Thing to get: funnel-cake fries and

chicken on a stick Takum Outum (Pearl):

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Here are some of the highlights of how to do the fair right.

Share, Share, Share

You’ll find amazing feats of food at the fair such as deep-fried candy bars and a donut burger.

There’s no reason you shouldn’t at least try them, but when you do, make sure you have someone with you so you can share.

Walk Around the Vendors Lane Once, or Twice

There’s a lot to see at the fair, so you shouldn’t necessarily go and buy the first thing you see. Walk around for a bit and see what you really want to try. That way you don’t break the bank or make yourself sick.

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Fairs tend to attract people from all over the nation, and many of them have interesting foods to try. But sometimes, there’s nothing better than eating local or at least at vendors from Mississippi, so here are some of the local options.

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Watch Your Beverages

If you want to put most of your focus on the food at the fair, don’t drink all of the sodas and alcohol and other sugary drinks. Pace yourself, and grab a water.

Make Substitutions

If you want that one fried thing, don’t also get the fries or another fried or unhealthy side. Get a light salad or another light side. Like learning how to eat healthier in general, it’s all about making substitutions and compromises.

Exercise

If you want to enjoy fair food, exercising afterward is a good idea.

CBS Minnesota estimated that for a fair-food combination, corn on the cob with butter, a chocolate shake and a Pronto Pup (a meal that averages about 1,277 calories and 56 grams of fat), it takes about 2 1/2 of running or five hours of walking to burn it all off. So enjoy the food, but don’t make yourself regret it later.

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THURSDAY 9/29

FRIDAY 9/30

SATURDAY 10/1

The Pink Tie Party for the Cure is at the Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum.

The “Mississippi Noir” book signing is at Lemuria Books.

EuroFest Automobile and Motorcycle Show is at Renaissance at Colony Park.

BEST BETS Sept. 28 - Oct. 5, 2016 Nicholas Thornton

WEDNESDAY 9/28

History Is Lunch: Jeff Giambrone is at noon at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). The MDAH historian discusses the film, “The Crisis.” Free; call 601-576-6998. … Band of Horses performs at 8 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The Charleston, S.C., rock band’s latest album is called “Why Are You OK?” The Wild Feathers also perform. The event is part of the BankPlus Concert Series. Doors open at 7 p.m. $30.50-$42; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

(Left to right) DeShadrian Hopkins and Michael Taylor are two of the stars of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” which runs Sept. 29-Oct. 3 at Jackson State University.

THURSDAY 9/29

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The Racial Reconciliation Celebration is at 9 a.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.).

Speakers include Deborah Bryant and Neddie Winters. Includes a summit with round-table and panel discussions, a fundraising luncheon, Next Steps workshops and more.

Benefits Mission Mississippi. $150 full-day admission; call 601-353-6477; missionmississippiorg.wordpress.com.

Free; madeinmidtownjxn.com. … “The Coffee Man” film screening is at 7:30 p.m. at Fusion Coffeehouse (1111 Highland Colony Pkwy, Ridgeland). The event features a free screening of “The Coffee Man,” an award-winning film that explores the world of specialty coffee and the lengths one man goes for coffee nirvana. Free; call 601-8566001; fusioncoffeehouse.com.

(1401 Livingston Lane). Includes a 5K walk/run and mile Family Fun Walk. Registration at 1 p.m. Free picnic lunch follows. Teams and individuals welcome. Proceeds benefit Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi. $20 fundraising minimum for individual; msdiabetes.org.

SATURDAY 10/1

“A Streetcar Named Desire” is at 7 p.m. at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.) in McCoy Auditorium. The Tennessee Williams play is about a former teacher’s move to New Orleans and the conflicts that ensue with her brother-in-law. Additional dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 7 p.m., Oct. 2, 2 p.m. $10, $5 seniors and students; call 601-979-5956; jsums.edu.

Pumpkins in the Park is at 5 p.m. at Belhaven Park (1000 Poplar Blvd.). The family-friendly fall event includes children’s activities, pumpkin decorating, entertainment from David Womack and a screening of the film “Ghostbusters.” Blankets and chairs welcome. Free; call 601-352-8850; email info@greaterbelhaven.com; greaterbelhaven.com.

2015 World Barista Champion Sasa Sestic (right) is the subject of the documentary “The Coffee Man,” which screens Friday, Sept. 30, at Fusion Coffeehouse in Ridgeland.

FRIDAY 9/30

Final Friday is at 5 p.m. in the Midtown Arts District. Held on the last Friday of each month, visitors can 24 tour midtown businesses to enjoy art, music and shopping.

SUNDAY 10/2

by TYLER EDWARDS

events@

jacksonfreepress.com Fax: 601-510-9019 Daily updates at jfpevents.com

The Mississippi Apollo Spotlight Talent Show begins at 3 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). Dancers, singers, comedians, poets and other entertainers compete for a $500 cash prize, photo and video shoots, and more. 17 and under show from 3-6 p.m., and adult show from 7-10 p.m. $20 admission, $50 VIP; call 601-212-0775; ticketmaster.com. … Mississippi’s Walk for Diabetes is at 1 p.m. at Southern Farm Bureau Life

MONDAY 10/3

TUESDAY 10/4

Food for Thought is at 6 p.m. at the Town of Livingston (Highway 463 and Highway 22, Madison). MadCAAP hosts the annual adults-only fundraiser to fight poverty in Madison County. Includes food from 31 restaurants, wine and beer, music from Rhythm Masters and a silent auction.

Attire is casual. $50; call 601-407-1404; madcaap.org.

WEDNESDAY 10/5

Eric Johnson performs at 8 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Known for his electric guitar performances, Johnson presents an evening of acoustic guitar and piano to promote his new album, “EJ.” $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; ardenland.net.

SPORTS & WELLNESS

Food for Thought Oct. 4, 6 p.m., at Town of Livingston (Highway 463 and Highway 22, Madison). MadCAAP hosts the annual adultsonly fundraiser to fight poverty in Madison County. Includes food from 31 restaurants, wine and beer, music from Rhythm Masters and a silent auction. $50; call 407-1404; madcaap.org.

Ovarian Cycle Jackson Sept. 29, 8:30 a.m., at The Club at The Township (340 Township Ave., Ridgeland). Newk’s Cares and St. Dominic’s Hospital sponsor the indoor-cycling event. Register for one of five 45-minute time slots. Benefits the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance. $50 fee, free for survivors; newkscares.com.

HOLIDAY

A Tribute to Jerry Rice Sept. 30, 5:30 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). NFL Hall of Fame recipient Jerry Rice is

Pumpkins in the Park Oct. 1, 5 p.m., at Belhaven Park (1000 Poplar Blvd.). The familyfriendly fall event includes children’s activities, pumpkin decorating, a screening of the film “Ghostbusters” and more. Free; call 601-3528850; greaterbelhaven.com.

COMMUNITY Racial Reconciliation Celebration Sept. 29, 9 a.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). Speakers include Deborah Bryant and Neddie Winters. Includes a summit with panel discussions, a fundraising luncheon, workshops and more. Benefits Mission Mississippi. $150; missionmississippiorg.wordpress.com.

Final Friday Sept. 30, 5 p.m., at Midtown Arts District. Held on the last Friday of each month, visitors can tour Midtown businesses to enjoy art, music and shopping. Registered vendors welcome. Free; madeinmidtownjxn.com.

Midtown Fall Flea Market Oct. 1, 9 a.m., at Good Samaritan Center (114 Millsaps Ave.).

NUTS and The Good Samaritan Center have home decor, kitchen items, linens and more for sale. Free admission; goodsamaritancenter.org.

Renaissance EuroFest Automobile and Motorcycle Show Oct. 1, 10 a.m., at Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Ridgeland). The auto show includes 150 vehicles that were manufactured in five different countries. Free; call 601-946-1950; euro-fest.net.

Emerge2016: A GJCP Women’s Business Conference Oct. 4, 8 a.m., at The Railroad District (824 S. State St.). Includes breakout sessions, speed networking, exhibitors and a luncheon. $65 for GJCP members, $85 for non-members; call 948-7575; greaterjacksonpartnership.com.

KIDS Events at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Museum Blvd.)

• Mississippi Science Festival Oct. 1, 10 a.m.

Children learn about STEM fields with special guests from various science-based industries. $10, children under 12 months and members free; mschildrensmuseum.org.

• Visiting Artist: Kelly Haber Oct. 2, 1:30 p.m.

The ballet and modern dance performer teaches basic techniques, classic steps and traditional dances. $10, children under 12 months and members free; mschildrensmuseum.org.

Water Journey Festival Oct. 1, 10 a.m., at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive). Includes Water Cycle Game and Craft, Aqua Bodies Exercise, the Aquatic Creature Feature, Bubble-ology and more. $6, $5 seniors, $4 ages 3-18, kids under 3 and members free; call 576-6000; mdwfp.com.

SLATE

STAGE & SCREEN “A Streetcar Named Desire” Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 7 p.m., Oct. 2, 2 p.m., Oct. 3, 7 p.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.). In McCoy Auditorium. $10, $5 seniors and students; call 601-979-5956; jsums.edu.

“Wizard of Oz” Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 2, 2:30 p.m., at Madison Square Center for the Arts (2103 Main St., Madison). $15, $12 seniors, students and military; call 601-8530291; madisoncenterplayers.org.

the best in sports over the next seven days

by Bryan Flynn

Sunday produced two shocking bits of news in the sports world.

First, LSU fired head football coach Les Miles with a 2-2 record, and second, golf great Arnold Palmer passed away.

Thursday, Sept. 29

College football (7-11 p.m., ESPN): If you haven’t yet, check out the Houston Cougars as they try to bust their way into the playoffs against the Connecticut Huskies.

Friday, Sept. 30

College football (8-11:30 p.m., ESPN): Watch a top-10 matchup in the Pac-12 as the Washington Huskies host the Stanford Cardinal.

Saturday, Oct. 1

College football (11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., SECN): Alcorn State faces a tough task trying to end a two-game losing streak against Arkansas out of the SEC. …

College football (6-11 p.m., TBA): The UM Rebels look to avenge last year’s lost to the Memphis Tigers.

Sunday, Oct. 2

NFL (3:25-7 p.m., FOX): The New Orleans Saints travel west on a short week to face the San Diego Chargers.

honored. The event features special guests, food and live entertainment. $25-$100; call 601-9602321; eventbrite.com.

AKA 5K Oct. 1, 8 a.m., at Tougaloo College (500 W. County Line Road, Tougaloo). At the Owens Health and Wellness Center. Includes a 5K run/ walk, a mile fun run and a health fair. $25, $75 groups, free fun run; call 624-3825; active.com.

The RyanMan Triathlon Oct. 2, 7:30 a.m., at Lakeshore Park (Brandon). The annual 70.3distance triathlon benefits the Batson Children’s Hospital. $250 individual, $400 relay; email racedirector@ryanman.com; racersignup.com.

Mississippi’s Walk for Diabetes Oct. 2, 1 p.m., at Southern Farm Bureau Life (1401 Livingston Lane). Includes a 5K walk/run and a mile Family Fun Walk. Picnic lunch follows. Benefits the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi. $20 fundraising minimum for individual; msdiabetes.org.

Monday, Oct. 3

NFL (7:30-11 p.m., ESPN): Eli Manning looks to help right the New York Giants this season against the undefeated Minnesota Vikings.

Tuesday, Oct. 4

NBA (7 p.m.-midnight, ESPN): Take a break from football with an NBA preseason doubleheader between the Knicks and Rockets before the Clippers and the Warriors.

Wednesday, Oct. 5

College football (7-11 p.m., ESPN2); Tune into some midweek Sun Belt Conference action as Georgia Southern travels to take on Arkansas State.

Miles won a national championship at LSU, but recent offensive failings caused his downfall. Palmer won 92 wins, including seven majors, during his standout career.

Follow Bryan Flynn at jfpsports.com, @jfpsports and at facebook.com/jfpsports.

Mississippi Apollo Spotlight Talent Show Oct. 2, 3 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). Dancers, singers and other entertainers compete for a $500 cash prize, photo and video shoots, and more. 17 and under show 3-6 p.m., and adult show 7-10 p.m. $20 admission, $50 VIP; call 601-212-0775; ticketmaster.com.

CONCERTS & FESTIVALS Band of Horses Sept. 28, 8 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The Charleston, S.C., rock band performs. The Wild Feathers also perform. $30.50-$42; ardenland.net.

Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • EmiSunshine Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. The 12-year-old music prodigy performs. D’Lo Trio also performs. $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; ardenland.net.

• The Mulligan Brothers Sept. 30, 8 p.m. The band’s music is a blend of folk rock, Americana and alternate country. $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 877987-6487; ardenland.net.

• Eric Johnson Oct. 5, 8 p.m. Johnson presents an evening of acoustic guitar and piano. $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 877-987-648; ardenland.net.

DeLorean Meet-and-Greet Sept. 29, 6 p.m., at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.). Fans meet the hiphop artist before he performs at 8 p.m. that evening at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). Free meet-and-greet, $10 concert; offbeatjxn.com.

CREATIVE CLASSES Intermediate Wheel Throwing and Trimming Class Oct. 3, 6 p.m., at Mississippi Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland). Sessions held Mondays through Oct. 24. Registration required. $225; call 856-7546; craftsmensguildofms.org.

Adult Acting Class for Beginners Oct. 3, 6:30 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.).

Resident Teaching Artist Chris Roebuck teaches the class designed to provide introductory basics of stage acting. Students gain basic skills in acting, analyzing and improvisation. $100; call 601948-3531; newstagetheatre.com.

LITERATURE & SIGNINGS Events at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202) • “The Orphan Mother” Sept. 28, 5 p.m. Robert Hicks signs books. $26 book; call 601-3667619; lemuriabooks.com.

• “Delta Hot Tamales” Sept. 29, 5 p.m. Anne Martin signs books. $21.99 book; call 601366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

• “Mississippi Noir” Sept. 30, 5 p.m. Authors Mary Miller, John Floyd and Andrew Paul discuss the book. $15.95 book; call 601-3667619; lemuriabooks.com.

• “Gertie’s Leap of Greatness” Oct. 3, 5 p.m.

Kate Beasley signs books. $16.99; call 601366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

• “The Land of Rowan Oak” Oct. 4, 5 p.m.

Ed Croom signs books. $35 book; call 601366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

BE THE CHANGE Pink Tie Party for the Cure Sept. 29, 5:30 p.m., at Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Dr.). The annual fundraiser includes wine tastings, a silent auction and music from Doctor Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster. For ages 18 and up. $50 in advance, $65 at the door, $750 table of eight; komencentralms.org.

Raise Your Glass Fundraiser Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m., at St. James’ Episcopal Church (3921 Oakridge Drive). The event includes wine, music and a silent auction. Chefs from Babalu, Deep South Pops, Lou’s Full-Serve, Parlor Market, Saltine and The Manship serve small bites paired with wine. $60; call 601-982-4880; stjamesjackson.com.

Check jfpevents.com for updates and more listings, or to add your own events online. You can also email event details to events@jacksonfreepress.com to be added to the calendar. The deadline is noon the Wednesday prior to the week of publication.

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Music listings are due noon Monday to be included in print and online listings: music@jacksonfreepress.com.

SepT. 28 - Wednesday

SEPT. 29 - Thursday Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Fenian’s - Vulcan Eejits Fitzgerald’s - Joseph LaSalla 7:30 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Brian Jones Georgia Blue, Madison - Jason Turner Hal & Mal’s - Brotherly Love free; DeLorean w/ Coke Bumaye, Big Piph & Omega Forte 8 p.m. $10 Iron Horse Grill - Cary Hudson 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Amanda Jones & the Pieces 6:30 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Allana Mosley 6:30 p.m.

Country Club of Jackson Ridgeland Under the Stars feat. Sassy Jones 6-9 p.m. $40 Shucker’s - Road Hogs 7:30 p.m. free Soulshine, Flowood - Thomas Jackson 7-10 p.m.

Sylvia’s - Thursday Night Live feat. The Blues Man & Sunshine McGhee 9 p.m. free Table 100 - Charles Scott 5 p.m.; Andy Henderson 6-9 p.m.

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Burgers & Blues - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6-10 p.m.

Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

Duling Hall - The Mulligan Brothers 8 p.m. $10 advance $15 door ardenland.net F. Jones Corner - Fred T midnight $10 Fenian’s - Blind Dog Otis Fitzgerald’s - Ronnie & Grant McGee w/ TJ Hall 7:30 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Shaun Patterson

Coke Bumaye Soulshine, Ridgeland - Stace & Cassie 8-11 p.m.

Table 100 - Charles Scott 5 p.m.; Tommie Vaughn 6-9:30 p.m.

WonderLust - DJ Taboo 8 p.m.2 a.m.

Oct. 1 - Saturday Big Sleepy’s - Surfwax, Greater States, Hauteur, Inside Voices, Shed & Patrick Stumped 7-11 p.m. $5 advance $7 door Burgers & Blues - Stormy Monday Blues Band 6-10 p.m.

Churchill Smoke Shoppe - The Phinale feat. DJ Java & The Nasty Show 9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Sorrento Ussery midnight $10 Fenian’s - Kevin Ace Robinson Georgia Blue, Flowood - Jason Turner Georgia Blue, Madison - Ron Etheridge The Hideaway - Jason Miller Band 9 p.m. $10 Iron Horse Grill - 19th Street Red 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Steel Country 7 p.m. free Martin’s - Backup Planet 10 p.m.

9/28 - Islander - Varsity Theatre, Baton Rouge 9/30 - Slayer & Anthrax - Horseshoe Tunica Hotel & Casino 10/1 - The Monkees - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Biloxi 10/5 - Young the Giant - House of Blues, New Orleans 10/5 - Elton John - River Center Theater, Baton Rouge

Offbeat - Great Shapes 8 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Shaun Patterson & Jonathan Alexander 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 3:30 p.m. free; SouthSoul 8 p.m. $5; Jonathan Alexander 10 p.m. free Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6-9:30 p.m.

WonderLust - Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m. free before 10 p.m.

DIVERSIONS | music

Building Great Shapes

by Katie Gill

Papa Joe

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Duling Hall - EmiSunshine & D’Lo Trio 7:30 p.m. $10-$15 Fitzgerald’s - Johnny Crocker 7:30 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - New Bourbon Street Jazz 6 p.m.

Johnny T’s - Aretha Henry 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6:30 p.m. free Kemistry - Open Mic Night 9 p.m.

601-665-2073 Kristo’s - Jason Turner 6 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Ian Taylor 6:30 p.m.

Shucker’s - Lovin Ledbetter 7:30 p.m. free Table 100 - Charles Scott 5-9 p.m.

Thalia Mara Hall - Band of Horses & The Wild Feathers 8 p.m. $30.50-$42

Georgia Blue, Madison - Acoustic Crossroads Hal & Mal’s - Singer-Songwriter Night feat. Shaw Furlow, Katie & Doc Patterson, Myk Haygood & Charlie Townsend 7 p.m. free The Hideaway - Diesel 255 9 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill - Barry Leach Band 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Sole Shakers 7 p.m.

M Bar - Flirt Fridays feat. DJ T. Lewis free Martin’s - The Americans 10 p.m.

Offbeat - Pleiades Fundraiser feat. spoken-word and hip-hop artists 5-7 p.m. $5 Ole Tavern - Lady L & the River City Band 9 p.m. free Pelican Cove - The StoneCoats 7 p.m.

Reed Pierce’s, Byram - Dylan Moss Band 9 p.m. free Shucker’s - Andrew Pates 5:30 p.m. free; SouthSoul 8 p.m. $5; Jason Turner (deck) 10:30 p.m.

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Oct. 2 - Sunday Char - Big Easy Three 11 a.m.; Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Fenian’s - Joe Carroll The Hideaway - Mike & Marty’s Jam Session Kathryn’s - Kern Pratt 6 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Hunter Gibson & Ronnie McGee 5 p.m.

Shucker’s - Greenfish 3:30 p.m. free Table 100 - Raphael Semmes Jazz Trio 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dan Michael Colbert 6-9 p.m.

Thalia Mara Hall - Mississippi Apollo Spotlight Talent Show 17 & under show 3-6 p.m., adult show 7-10 p.m. $20 admission Wellington’s - Andy Hardwick 11 a.m.

OCT. 3 - Monday Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

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Fenian’s - Open Mic Fitzgerald’s - Doug Hurd 7:30 p.m.

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Pelican Cove - Stace & Cassie Album Release Party 7:3010:30 p.m. free Table 100 - Chalmers Davis 6-9 p.m.

Oct. 5 - Wednesday Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Fitzgerald’s - Barry Leach 7:30 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Eric Stracener 5:308:30 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Dylan Moss Band 6:30 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Doug Hurd 6:30 p.m.

Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 7:30 p.m. free

(Left to right) Neil Henry, Antonio Salazar, Nathan Gomez and Evan Tremper of Texas-based indie pop-rock act Great Shapes perform Saturday, Oct. 1, at Offbeat.

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or Texas-based indie pop-rock quartet Great Shapes, the band was something of a happy accident.

The group formed in 2013 out of two other bands dissolving, leaving the members searching for a new outlet. Vocalist and guitarist Neil Henry, drummer Evan Tremper, synth-player and guitarist Nathan Gomez, and bassist Antonio Salazar, as well as former members George Rodriguez and Adam Gutierrez, all knew each other from the El Paso, Texas, music scene.

After their previous acts, The D.A. and Lies of Legends, disbanded, the musicians joined as Great Shapes, which blends pop-rock and inspiration from acts such as Foals, LCD Soundsystem and Modest Mouse, to keep their love of music going.

Henry says one important facet of Great Shapes has been treating the band like a record label in itself. The members handle every aspect together, from songwriting and creative development to show promotion and tour scheduling. Henry says Great Shapes also has to be aware of the trappings that “indie” classification brings and says it can be difficult for an indie band to stand out from the crowd.

“I think it’s hard for any local band not to fall into that category nowadays,” Tremper adds.

To keep from becoming “any local band,” Great Shapes works to create polished arrangements with high production value, while also attempting to find a sound that sets the group apart.

Despite that aim for a distinct sound, Tremper says the group isn’t afraid to experiment, something seen in full on Great Shapes’ latest release, “Brightness,” which hit iTunes and Spotify on Sept. 9. The song is the follow-up to the band’s debut

EP, “Murmaration,” from May 2015.

“What sets ‘Brightness’ apart is (that) it’s our first song without two guitarists the whole time,” he says. “It’s just a more electronic sound, a clean electronic sound, a little less rock ‘n’ roll.”

Henry, who wrote the lyrics for the song, says “Brightness” is about searching for a moment of happiness when things seem to be at their worst.

“Everybody’s in a dark spot at times, you know,” he says. “And to know that there’s so much beauty and light in the things that are around us, … that would be more encouraging to be—I don’t know— more positive about things.”

Tremper says touring has also been a major part of the band’s identity. The musicians’ current tour, which stops in Jackson Oct. 1, sees them performing all across the South, with shows in major music cities such as New Orleans, La., Nashville, Tenn., and Orlando, Fla. Temper says one of Great Shapes’ notable achievements was playing at last year’s CMJ Music Marathon, a festival in New York City that put them onstage at several iconic music venues.

The members of Great Shapes are also quick to point out one of the reasons they enjoy touring in the first place: meeting new people in new places. Henry says he tries to emphasize those relationships and reach people in his lyrics and the band’s songwriting in general.

“I think the most challenging part is just trying to capture the listener’s attention and have them put themselves inside your shoes,” Henry says.

Great Shapes performs at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1, at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave., 601-376-9404). For more information, find the band on Facebook and Soundcloud.

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“The Wizard of Oz,” which was based on L. Frank Baum’s book, “The Wonderful World of Oz,” premiered in 1902. In 1939, the musical was turned into a movie.

One hundred and fourteen years after the musical premier and 77 years after the film premier, The Center Players Community Theatre, an organization that operates in the Madison Square Center for the Arts, will do a production of “The Wizard of Oz” Sept. 29 through Oct. 2.

“It is a fun family musical,” Megan Mayhan, the marketing chair and coordinator of the center, says. “It is a musical that appeals from the very youngest (child) … to the very oldest adult. Everybody loves ‘The Wizard of Oz.’”

Center Player’s production is the Royal Shakespeare Company’s version, which the RSC produced from the film in 1987, though Center Players have made changes to the play.

“The beginning process of casting started with more than 60 people, and with so many participants, scaling down was something we could not avoid,” Mayhan says. “This is the first time the full version will be broadcast on stage.”

Rehearsals began around the beginning of August and ran for eight weeks.

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who plays Dorothy Gale, is a sophomore at Madison Central High School.

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Hannah learned her way around theater with the Center Players. She has starred in the troupe’s productions of “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” and “All Shook Up.”

Gizmo Saucier, who Leslie Saucier (Glinda the Good) owns, plays Toto #1 and Coco Johnson plays Toto #2. Lelane Higgins plays West Witch, J.J. Shipman stars as the Tin Man, Bradley Davis plays the Scarecrow and Tommy Chevelle stars as the Cowardly Lion.

Along with the regular performances, Mayhan decided to create the opportunity for children in the district to experience the play.

Ronnie McGehee, who is the superintendent of the Madison County School District, has arranged bus transportation for students from other parts of Madison County so they can attend a matinee performance of the play. Mayhan says they are doing this to expose youth as possible to the performing arts.

“Normally, it would not be an easy task, transporting so many, but luckily, it appears to be a walk in a park for us,” Mayhan says.

The Center Players Community Theatre will perform will perform “The Wizard of Oz” at the Madison Square Center for the Arts (2103 Main St., Madison) from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2.Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. For more information, visit madisoncenterplayers.org.

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(Left to right) Bradley Davis, Tommy Chevelle, Hannah Brady, JJ Shipman and (bottom) Cece Johnson star in the Center Players Community Theatre production of “The Wizard of Oz,” Sept. 29-Oct. 2 at the Madison Square Center for the Arts.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

Thank you for all the entertainment you’ve provided in the past 12 months, Libra. Since shortly before your birthday in 2015, you have taken lively and gallant actions to rewrite history. You have banished a pesky demon and repaired a hole in your soul. You’ve educated the most immature part of yourself and nurtured the most neglected part of yourself.

To my joyful shock, you have even worked to transform a dysfunctional romantic habit that in previous years had subtly undermined your ability to get the kind of intimacy you seek.

What’s next? Here’s my guess: an unprecedented exemption from the demands of the past.

Are you able to expand while you are contracting, and vice versa? Can you shed mediocre comforts and also open your imagination to gifts that await you at the frontier? Is it possible to be skeptical toward ideas that shrink your world and people who waste your time, even as you cultivate optimism and innocence about the interesting challenges ahead of you? Here’s what I think, Scorpio: Yes, you can. At least for right now, you are more flexible and multifaceted than you might imagine.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

You Sagittarians are famous for filling your cups so full they’re in danger of spilling over. Sometimes the rest of us find this kind of cute. On other occasions, we don’t enjoy getting wine splashed on our shoes. But I suspect that in the coming weeks, the consequences of your tendency to overflow will be mostly benign—perhaps even downright beneficial. So I suggest you experiment with the pleasures of surging and gushing. Have fun as you escape your niches and transcend your containers. Give yourself permission to seek adventures that might be too extravagant for polite company. Now here’s a helpful reminder from your fellow Sagittarian, poet Emily Dickinson: “You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

I believe that during the coming weeks, you will have an extra amount of freedom from fate. The daily grind won’t be able to grind you down. The influences that typically tend to sap your joie de vivre will leave you in peace. Are you ready to take full advantage of this special dispensation? Please say, “YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES.” Be alert for opportunities to rise above the lowest common denominators. Be aggressive about rejecting the trivial questions that trap everyone in low expectations.

Here are my predictions: Your willpower will consistently trump your conditioning. You won’t have to play by the old rules, but will instead have extra sovereignty to invent the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you can expect an unlikely coincidence or two in the coming days. You should also be alert for helpfully prophetic dreams, clear telepathic messages, and pokes from tricky informers. In fact, I suspect that useful hints and clues will be swirling in extra abundance, sometimes in the form of direct communications from reliable sources, but on occasion as mysterious signals from strange angels.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

You know that inner work you’ve been doing with such diligence? I’m referring to those psycho-spiritual transformations you have been attending to in the dark ... the challenging but oddly gratifying negotiations you’ve been carrying on with your secret self ... the steady, strong future you’ve been struggling to forge out of the chaos?

Well, I foresee you making a big breakthrough in the coming weeks. The progress you’ve been earning, which up until now has been mostly invisible to others, will finally be seen and appreciated. The vows you uttered so long ago will, at last, yield at least some of the tangible results you’ve pined for.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

What’s the difference between a love warrior and a love worrier? Love warriors work diligently to keep enhancing their empathy, compassion and emotional intelligence.

Love worriers fret so much about not getting the love that they want that they neglect to develop their intimacy skills. Love warriors are always vigilant for how their

own ignorance may be sabotaging togetherness, while love worriers dwell on how their partner’s ignorance is sabotaging togetherness. Love warriors stay focused on their relationship’s highest goals, while love worriers are preoccupied with every little relationship glitch. I bring this to your attention, Aries, because the next seven weeks will be an excellent time to become less of a love worrier and more of a love warrior.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

How will you deal with a provocative opportunity to reinvent and reinvigorate your approach to work? My guess is that if you ignore this challenge, it will devolve into an obstruction. If you embrace it, on the other hand, you will be led to unforeseen improvements in the way you earn money and structure your daily routine. Here’s the paradox: Being open to seemingly impractical considerations will ultimately turn out to be quite practical.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

Is it possible that you’re on the verge of reclaiming some of the innocent wisdom you had as a child? Judging from the current astrological omens, I suspect it is. If all goes well, you will soon be gifted with a long glimpse of your true destiny—a close replica of the vision that bloomed in you at a tender age. And this will, in turn, enable you to actually see magic unicorns and play with mischievous fairies and eat clouds that dip down close to the earth.

And not only that: Having a holy vision of your original self will make you even smarter than you already are. For example, you could get insights about how to express previously inexpressible parts of yourself. You might discover secrets about how to attract more of the love you have always felt deprived of.

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I’m not asking you to tell me about the places and situations where you feel safe and fragile and timid. I want to know about where you feel safe and strong and bold. Are there sanctuaries that nurture your audacious wisdom? Are there natural sites that tease out your primal willpower and help you clarify your goals? Go to those power spots. Allow them to exalt you with their transformative blessings. Pray and sing and dance there.

And maybe find a new oasis to excite and incite you, as well. Your creative savvy will bloom in November if you nurture yourself now with this magic.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

One of your old reliable formulas may temporarily be useless or even deceptive. An ally could be withholding an important detail from you. Your favorite psychological crutch is in disrepair, and your go-to excuse is no longer viable. And yet I think you’re going to be just fine, Leo. Plan B will probably work better than Plan A. Secondary sources and substitutes should provide you with all the leverage you need. And I bet you will finally capitalize on an advantage that you have previously neglected. For best results, be vigilant for unexpected help.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

Attention! Warning! One of your signature fears is losing its chokehold on your imagination. If this trend continues, its power to scare you may diminish more than 70 percent by Nov. 1. And then what will you do? How can you continue to plug away at your goals if you don’t have worry and angst and dread to motivate you? I suppose you could shop around for a replacement fear—a new prod to keep you on the true and righteous path. But you might also want to consider an alternative: the possibility of drawing more of the energy you need by feeding your lust for life.

Homework: What most needs regeneration in your life? And what are you going to do to regenerate it? FreeWillAstrology.com.

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