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Artists to Watch + Mississippi Releases 2016 Smith, pp 16-18

‘Amazon Tax’ For State?

Dreher, pp 7 - 8

LatinFest 2016 Hawa, p 22

Blissful Weddings Helsel, p 24

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ate Theisen, a professor of visual arts at Belhaven University for the last 15 years, started working there out of a desire to bring the arts into a religious climate.

“I had been looking for a small Christian school to work for, and I saw an ad for Belhaven online one day and thought it was just what I was looking for,” he says.

“I moved to Jackson for the job and fell in love with the friendliness and openness of Belhaven’s campus. I’ve long felt the need to bridge what I see as a gap between the church and the arts, and found this school to be a great place to build stronger ties with the local contemporary-art community.”

Theisen, 42, primarily does abstract sculptures that “explore the relationship between form, material and meaning,” he says. He has helped develop several courses and programs at the university dealing with the subject of one’s world view and how people understand and perceive their own.

At age 12, Theisen started teaching himself art, beginning with landscape and figure drawings. He remained primarily self-taught through college, after which he began exploring other possibilities for art such as sculpture, which Theisen says is “the most immediate way to express how bodies move and how we relate to our environment.”

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He received a bachelor’s degree in painting from the University of South Dakota in 1998 and a master’s degree in painting and sculpture from Wichita State University in Kansas in 2001. While in college, Theisen spent a few years in Germany doing an apprenticeship under a sculptor named Anatol Herzfeld as part of a foreign exchange program. Theisen traveled around Europe with Herzfeld and toured museums to learn more about European and American art styles.

Since he started teaching at Belhaven, Theisen says many of his students have become involved in the Jackson metro area art scene. Some of his former students include Erin Fults, owner of Acorn Studios in Clinton; Lee Cason, who owns a glass-fusing studio in Florida; David West, owner of Art Space 86; and several students who now work at Pearl River Glass.

The arts department at Belhaven recently received a Mississippi Arts Commission Visual Arts Fellowship grant courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts.

With the grant, he plans to take students to museums and studios around Jackson and help them explore new materials.

Theisen and his wife, Marie, have been married for 20 years. They have a son, Jeremiah, and a daughter, Lily.

—Dustin Cardon

cover photo photo of Savvy

by Imani Khayyam

6 ............................ Talks 14 ................... editorial 15 ...................... opinion 16 ............ Cover Story 19 ........ music listings 22 ........... food & Drink 24 ...................... Hitched

7 Lost Revenue

In Mississippi, particularly in rural areas, the “Amazon tax” loophole is “like a slap in the face” to small businesses.

22 Celebrating Cuban Culture

Read up on LatinFest before the event this weekend.

26 .......................... music 26 ......................... 8 Days 27 ........................ Events 30 ....................... sports 28 ...................... Puzzles 29 ......................... astro 29 ................Classifieds

24 A Blissful Day

“(Weddings are) supposed to be such a happy, truly blissful time, and they’re getting so frazzled over all these little details.” —Kathy Joyner, “Blissful Brides”

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by Amber Helsel, Assistant Editor

Our True Mental States

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was listening to a playlist on Spotify last week when I stumbled upon “Avalanche” by Bring Me The Horizon. As soon as the song ended, I stopped for a minute. At first, it was just the music itself that drew me in. But on the second time I listened to it, the lyrics were what drew me in more. So much that I listened to it for two days straight. (I’m not kidding).

I connected with the lyrics in a way that I don’t think I ever have with a song before. Some of the lyrics echo how life can feel sometimes, especially when dealing with mental wellness: “Give me a remedy ’cause my head wasn’t wired for this world” and “I need a cure for me ’cause a square doesn’t fit the circle.”

And the more I listened to it, the more I realized that mental health isn’t such a crazy thing to talk about. Or at least it shouldn’t be.

The song is about attention deficit hyperactive disorder, which lead singer Oliver Sykes was diagnosed with prior to the release of the band’s 2015 album, “That’s the Spirit.” That story made me love it even more because it shows that the song is an honest, refreshing take on what I imagine it’s like to deal with ADD and ADHD, and also what it’s like to deal with mental-health issues:

“It’s like an avalanche / I feel myself go under / ‘cause the weight of it’s like hands around my neck.”

I’m no stranger to mental-health problems. I’ve had them since my early teen years, when my hysterics were so commonplace that hardly anyone batted an eye.

Sometimes, I did things and said things that I couldn’t understand in the moment.

Luckily, things calmed down in my early 20s, so these days, it’s mostly anxi-

ety that occasionally plagues me. Many people have it worse than I do, and lately, I’ve started to think about that—a lot, and I’ve begun wondering more about it. Many will openly admit to having some mentalhealth issue, but do they actually talk about it? Do they talk about what it’s like to live in their head every day?

No, they don’t. Think about it. What do people say in response when you ask someone, “How are you?” Most of the time,

It’s just going to take that one step.

the person responds, “Good.” But they may not actually be good. Everything that day or week or month or season in their life might suck, but we don’t talk about that part. Most of us just give a perfunctory response. No reason to go beneath surface.

But I argue that there is.

The National Institute of Mental Health said that in 2014, 43.6 million adults 18 years or old in the U.S., or 18.1 percent of the population, had a mental illness. Women represented 21.8 percent of people with mental illnesses, while men represented 14.1 percent. People ages 26 to 49 had the highest statistic with 20.4 percent. The races that had the highest percentage were people with two or more ethnicities (27.1 percent) and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (22.3 percent).

That same year, 9.8 million U.S.

adults 18 and older, or 4.2 percent had a serious mental illness.

So 18.1 percent of the total U.S. population has a mental illness, and 50 percent of adults are likely to experience some type of mental illness in their lifetime. And yet we don’t talk about it. Many of us see mental-health problems as a sign of weakness.

In 2014, I attended a Friday Forum where African American beauty blogger Laqwanda Roberts spoke about her own dealings with depression. At age 15, she attempted suicide. She went on to become a psychotherapist. In January 2010, she admitted herself to a psychiatric hospital emergency room after dealing with bouts of psychosis. After a suicide in the family in February 2012, Roberts said that in the midst of learning about it, she realized that she hadn’t actually spoken out about her own journey with mental health, so she started doing videos about it.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health says that African Americans are 20 percent more likely to report serious psychological distress than white people, and black teenagers are more likely to attempt suicide than white teenagers. Black people are also more likely to be victims of violent crime, which makes them more likely to meet the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Still, talking about our mental states, no matter what race we are, is something we just don’t do in today’s society. How many people suffer alone because we don’t want people to share the burden of what’s really going on in our heads, because we think it’ll make us sound whiny or weak?

I’ll tell you something that someone once told me: You’re not the first or the last person to deal with this. It’s harsh, yes, but it

also means that you’re not alone.

What do we all want in life? To be accepted, to feel wanted, to feel like someone is listening. But I have a feeling that many of us may feel like we’re screaming into the abyss, and no one is around to listen. I know I do sometimes, and it can be hard to snap out of that mindset. We’re all suffering, just in different ways. At times, we probably all think we’re crazy and are tired of dealing with that nagging voice inside—the one that tells you over and over that you’ll never be good enough or pretty enough or strong enough.

I’m going to guess that because we suffer silently, we don’t really believe that mental health is that important. There’s a stigma surrounding it. Some may believe that if you ask for help from a professional, you’re weak. Or that if you decide to address your mental state through meditation or yoga or something else, you’re crazy. Or that if you openly talk about it, you’re needy. But I think it’s just going to take that one step— just being honest with yourself and others.

Writer James Altucher says that if we’re really honest with people, seven things might happen: 1. People will stop speaking to you. 2. They’ll start thinking you’re going to kill yourself. 3. They’ll think you’re crazy.

4. They’ll get scared. 5. You’ll amuse them.

6. People will begin trusting you.

And 7. Finally, you’ll be free.

So find someone to confide in and talk to them, and don’t be afraid to seek professional help when you need it. Start taking care of yourself—right now.

Assistant Editor Amber Helsel likes to cook, eat, make art and pet cats. Pottermore sorted her into Gryffindor, but she knows that her true house is Slytherin. Email her story ideas at amber@jacksonfreepress.com

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Micah Smith

Dustin Cardon

Onelia Hawa

Sierra Mannie

Arielle Dreher

Tim Summers Jr.

Imani Khayyam

Mary Osborne

Music Editor Micah Smith is married to a great lady, has two dog-children named Kirby and Zelda, and plays in the band Empty Atlas. Send gig info to music@jackson freepress.com. He wrote the cover package.

Web Editor Dustin Cardon is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. He enjoys reading fantasy novels and wants to write them himself one day. He wrote about Jacksonian Nate Theisen.

Freelance writer Onelia Hawa is an average 20-something-yearold Atlanta native, journalism and nonprofit graduate from USM, bilingual, massive foodie, activist and lover of all things Frida Kahlo.

She wrote about LatinFest.

Education Reporting Fellow Sierra Mannie is a University of Mississippi whose opinions of the Ancient Greeks can’t be trusted nearly as much as her opinions of Beyoncé. She wrote about makerspaces.

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 tax loopholes and tire-plant hiring.

City Reporter Tim Summers Jr. enjoys loud live music, long city council meetings and FOIA requests. Send him story ideas at tim@jacksonfree press.com. He wrote about the City’s arts cuts and abortion-clinic protests.

Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam is an art lover and a native of Jackson. He loves to be behind the camera and capture the true essence of his subjects. He took lots of photos for the issue, including the cover.

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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“What the City has done is declare a free-for-all in front of my clinic. In front of my legally operating, tax-paying business.

And they didn’t have the balls to call me.”

The City of Jackson settled with Pro-Life Mississippi protesters p 12

– Diane Derzis, owner of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Fondren, the state’s only abortion clinic

Wednesday, October 5

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant declares October to be racial-reconciliation month, six months after Confederate Heritage Month. … The City of Jackson enters into its second consent decree with a group of anti-abortion protesters, preventing JPD from interfering with Pro-Life Mississippi protestors.

Thursday, October 6

The Brenda Travis Educational Foundation announces a series of workshops on racial issues and activism at Higgins Middle School in honor of 131 students expelled for walking out in a 1961 civil rights protest.

Saturday, October 8

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says Donald Trump’s remarks about women are unacceptable but stops short of withdrawing support.

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Sunday, October 9

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton engage in the second presidential debate of the election in a town-hall event at Washington University in St. Louis. He vows to jail her. Polls show that she won the debate handily.

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Monday, October 10

GOP House Speaker Paul announces that he will devote his energy to ensuring Hillary Clinton doesn’t get a “blank check” with a Democratic-controlled Congress, not helping Trump win. … The Jackson Hinds Library System begins reducing hours at all 15 libraries due to a recent $50,000 cut to the library system’s state-based Personnel Incentive Grant program.

Tuesday, October 11

President Obama announces that the U.S. will help build “new habitats” to send humans safely to Mars.

Breaking news at jfpdaily.com.

by Sierra Mannie

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unoErin, a design studio based in components­­­­—curriculum, and have access friendly for them outside the walls of the downtown Jackson, glows with to a true makerspace in their afterschool space they make for themselves. color and light. With its pristine program.

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, relight-up furniture and colorful It is the first time in Mississippi that search associate in the department of physgaming tables illuminating restaurants, public-school students have had access to a ics at the University of Washington, Seattle, hospitals and hotels all over the world, the so-called “makerspace,” also often referred says those initial cool opportunities might company meshes high technology with to as a hackerspace, a community work- not be enough. “I would say that having color and fun. When the pair who runs it, place stocked with a variety of tools and access to such a (maker) space can be rewith backgrounds in manufacturing and materials participants can use to create dif- ally useful for piquing the interest of young sculpting, collaborated with Brown El- ferent projects. people, but they’re not sufficient to keep ementary students, they had just finished Teachers and students alike agree that them in the pipeline,” she said. developing a children’s gaming platform, the makerspace and the after-school techwhere users can solve problems and play nology program provide opportunities for STEM Challenges simple games on a touch screen.

Love for math and science usually spurs kids at low-income schools such as Brown.

Co-founder Erin Hayne says that But the world of STEM may not be as students to want to study STEM. Money through collaborations with the students’ teachers, they met several times with the Brown students and gave design workshops. “We’re interested in giving children a chance to see what their future can be—building confidence, and serving their abilities,” she told the Jackson Free Press in an interview.

At Brown Elementary, students have 3D printers and build their own robots and computers. They manipulate software and hardware to complete projects, and their proficiency in science has risen almost 30 percent, Director Darko Sarenac says. Students do all this as part of the STEAM­—STEM, with Brown Elementary’s STEAM students build robots and computers after school. the addition of art (and design)

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Friday, October 7

WikiLeaks posts what it says are thousands of emails obtained in a hack of the Clinton campaign chairman’s personal email account. … The Washington Post and NBC news post a 2005 video of Donald Trump, in which he brags about grabbing women’s genitals.

Making Their Own Space

News Headlines That Don’t Exist—But Should

by Micah Smith

This issue has plenty of serious and thorough articles to keep you informed on Jackson’s goings-on. But a lighter side can be a good thing, too. You need your heartfelt “Hey Jude,” but you also need your whimsical “Yellow Submarine.” Here are some headlines that would definitely live in the latter category.

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“There’s a great opportunity for growth and as a millennial, Continental has provided that and encouraged that.”

“This council does a huge service to the city, and everything we do makes the (city) council and the administration look good.”

– Zach Morrow, one of Continental Tire’s first Mississippi hires – Janet Scott, executive director of the Greater Jackson Arts Council

Lost Revenue: Closing the ‘Amazon Tax’ Loophole

by Arielle Dreher

interest of being STEM majors,” PrescodWeinstein said.

“But, they don’t end up majoring at the same rate that white students do, despite having an interest in those majors. So it’s clear that something’s happening during their freshman year of college.”

When it comes to keeping black, Latinx and Native students in STEM in higher education, Prescod-Weinstein says representation matters in faculty; those students might be less likely than their white peers to see themselves represented in a diversity of positions. Students also may face

social and psychological stress due to racial discrimination.

On a K-12 level, however, the availability of advanced math and science courses through middle school and high school usually encourages students to choose STEM majors.

But schools need to maintain qualified teachers in order to buoy that coursework, which might be difficult for schools in lower-income areas.

But the initial impact on Brown’s STEAM students, however, is clear. Tenyear-old Jacqueria is in fifth grade and loves

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science—there are plenty of things you can find out, she says. Participation in the program is giving her choices for the future that she hadn’t considered.

“At first, when I was little, I wanted to be a doctor,” she said.

“But when I started taking STEM, I wanted to be a scientist. I just want to build stuff and experiment.”

Sierra Mannie is an education reporting fellow at the Jackson Free Press and The Hechinger Report.

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might make the difference, too; in 2014 the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projected that STEM careers would grow to more than 9 million between 2012 and 2022.

The National Association of Colleges and Employers reported in 2016 that more than half of employers looked to hire college graduates with bachelor’s degrees in STEM subjects, and not only that, but also to pay them well—for starting salaries, anyway—at an average ranging from $55,087 to $64,891..

“If you look at the data, black students actually enter universities with high rates of

“The position of the Tax Foundation is that, particularly when we’re talking about purchases on the Internet, we really need a (national) solution for this problem and not a solution of the states,” Kaeding told lawmakers last week.

She pointed to the 10,000 tax jurisdictions around the country, created by county, municipal and state taxation, as well as the interstate commerce rules that make enforcing the use tax—or creating laws to force online retailers to collect sales tax—complicated.

The Tax Foundation supports tax breaks for businesses, however. They’ve suggested that Mississippi speed up the phase-out of the corporate franchise tax and eliminate any taxes it forces on business transactions outside the final product.

Lamar wants to enforce the use tax on online purchases, as other states have done. He said Mississippians are saving money by ordering online—and not reporting their use tax in April on their returns.

“People aren’t doing that because they’re saving 7 cents; they’re doing it because they don’t have to drive somewhere and go in a store and shop,” Lamar told the Jackson Free Press. “The more and more people do that, the less and less we’re collecting in actual sales tax to support the state’s budget.”

In a state like Mississippi, where small businesses have the potential to thrive, particularly in rural areas, the use-tax loophole particularly hurts. Lamar calls it “a slap in the face” to small businesses in Mississippi.

“We’re making them do something (charge and collect sales tax) that we don’t make somebody in California or New York (operating an online or mail order business) do, and it puts them at a competitive disadvantage,” Lamar said.

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n the state’s never-ending search for revenue—and as $20 million annually. A 1990s court set that standard, and corporate and individual income-tax cuts loom—law- many lawmakers believe it is time for change. makers are looking to shift the state’s tax code, all while not losing revenue in the process.

How exactly Mississippi’s tax code will shift is largely in the hands of the Republican supermajority in the statehouse and the tax panel that Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn direct.

Thus far, the suggestions of Nicole Kaeding, an analyst from the conservative-leaning Tax Foundation, are largely steering the panel. Sen. Juan Barnett, DHeidelberg, asked Kaeding last week why encouraging an Internet sales tax is not a part of her plan.

“I feel like that’s a tax that should be included because I think that takes a lot of money out of our state,” Barnett told the tax panel.

The State is losing millions of dollars by not collecting sales and use taxes on e-commerce purchases.

But the problem is complex. Mississippi does have a use tax, which, as defined by the Department of Revenue, is tax on personal property acquired in any manner for use while living in Mississippi, if a resident has not already paid sales or use tax on it in another state at an equal or higher rate.

Mississippi has the second-highest sales-tax rate in the nation (tied with several other states) at 7 percent, Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, is pushing for a solution which means that most of the time, items bought out to the State of Mississippi’s loss of revenue from online of state come with some kind of use tax. States every- retailers using a tax loophole. Time for an “Amazon tax”? where have struggled with how to collect this tax, however, particularly on sales from online retailers.

Use tax made up $226.5 million or 4 percent of the general fund revenue in fiscal-year 2015. Businesses that Bi-Partisan Support have a physical presence in the state, including an online Enforcing the payment of the use tax, at least so far in retailer with a warehouse here, must collect the state’s sales tax-panel discussions, seems to have bi-partisan lawmaker tax. Kathy Waterbury at the Department of Revenue says support. Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, asked Kaeding reMississippi has about 1,000 voluntary collectors of sales tax, peatedly last week to defend why the Tax Foundation does with no presence inside the state that contributes close to not support states looking to create such taxes.

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Continental: Conservation, Excavation and New Hires

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struction began work on the site in early October located off Interstate 20 between the Norell Road and Bolton exits.

Blackwell said her company wanted to hire a Mississippi-based company for the job, but there were few competitive

Mississippi native Zach Morrow, Continental Tire’s first in-state hire, is the on-site civil engineer overseeing construction at the Hinds County location of the new tire plant.

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bidders. Price is not the only aspect to consider, though. Blackwell said contractors must meet certain “internal compliance measures.” Only when companies satisfy those criteria does price tag come into play.

Arielle Dreher

ach Morrow was born and raised in Ackerman, Miss., and has been doing construction work since he was 18 years old. He has worked in and out of the state since graduating in 2010 from Mississippi State University with a bachelor’s degree in construction management—until now.

Continental Tire hired Morrow to be on-site construction manager and civil engineer of the tire plant’s location in Hinds County. He and a Mississippi-based accountant are the German-based tire manufacturer’s only two in-state hires so far.

“I’m overseeing the daily operations, safety protocols and making sure we’re staying within the boundaries of the project,” Morrow said. “We’re just getting kicked off with the clearing and grubbing stage.”

Continental hired a Georgia-based contractor to do the site-clearing and grubbing, said Kathryn Blackwell, vice president of communications and marketing for Continental Tire North America. The company Brad Cole Con-

effect this November, AL.com reports. South Dakota has sued online retailers for not collecting the tax, and in Colorado, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the state’s Amazon-tax law.

The Direct Marketing Association sued Colorado’s Department of Revenue based on their law, claiming it posed an undue burden on interstate commerce.

The lower court agreed with the association, but the 10th Circuit disagreed. That court ruled that the Quill v.

North Dakota case, which set the physical presence standard, is not “controlling.”

“If anything, by asking us to strike down Colorado’s law, out-of-state mail order and Internet retailers don’t seek comparable treatment to their in-state brick-and-mortar rivals, they seek more favorable treatment, a competitive advantage, a sort of judicially sponsored arbitrage opportunity or ‘tax shelter,’” wrote 10th Circuit Court Judge Neil Gorsuch in a concurring opinion.

Kaeding and others believe differently. She told lawmakers last week that Congress or the courts would best resolve the issue. The Tax Foundation submitted an amicus brief in the Colorado case, asking the court to side with the Direct Marketing Association and strike down Colorado’s law, affirming the lower court’s decision.

“Colorado’s Challenged Statute, if upheld, will be used to justify statutes and ordinances across the country, smothering the internet and direct mail industries in com-

pliance costs,” the June 2015 brief says.

Lamar and other lawmakers disagree. He said he is not married to a particular solution but wants the problem fixed. “This might not be a popular thing to say, I don’t want to pay any more taxes either … but it’s the right thing to do, and it’s right for the state,” he said.

When asked about the online sales tax idea, House Speaker Philip Gunn responded with an emailed statement. “As I have said from the beginning, we are evaluating the entire tax structure. We’ve made no firm decisions on anything, but all options are being looked into during this process,” Gunn wrote.

The Bigger Picture

Use tax makes up around 4 percent of the state’s general-fund receipts. Sara Miller, senior policy analyst at the Hope Policy Institute, said enforcing the use tax is not equivalent to adding a new tax just because Mississippians are not paying it.

A 2009 University of Tennessee study estimated that, from that year to 2012, Mississippi lost about $616 million in state, local sales tax and use tax due to e-commerce.

Those estimates are conservative. Miller says the State could use the extra revenue, and that the tax would likely be equitable in nature.

“Who is spending the most online? It’s going to be higher-income folks; there may be an equity issue there— (although) there’s no data on that,” she said. “It’s sort of logic would tell you that the folks spending the most on Amazon are higher-income folks.”

A 2015 Experian study found that 55 percent of e-

“We want to hire Mississippi companies, and we will but at this point, we’re seeing bids coming in that are significantly higher than some out of state firms,” she told the Jackson Free Press.

Continental Tire did hire a Jackson, Miss.-based company called Embellished Events & Interiors to manage their groundbreaking event scheduled for later in November.

Blackwell noted that the company is an African American, female-owned company, and said if all goes well, more contracts for local, female-owned businesses will be forthcoming.

Those two contracts are the only ones Blackwell knows that the company has awarded so far in the tire plant’s construction process.

Continental Tire refers to the Mississippi Development Authority’s master list of Mississippi-based companies when considering contractors, and Blackwell more CONTINENTAL see page 10

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commerce shoppers live in households with incomes above $75,000. The median household income in the U.S. hovers around $53,000. In Mississippi, the median household income is $39,000.

While enforcing what is often called the “Amazon tax” might be more equitable, Miller said the state’s overall tax structure is not, as sales tax makes up 38 percent of the state’s general fund.

“Mississippi’s tax system is regressive ... (it places) the higher burden on low-income folks,” Miller said. “Then you also have historical problems of not being able to fund state services in a way to get us off the bottom.”

Forcing online retailers to pay use tax may help, Miller said, but it won’t solve all the state’s financial problems.

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Arts Head Blasts City for Cuts, But Deep Everywhere

by Tim Summers Jr.

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Tim Summers Jr.

he Jackson City Council moved funding back to over $136,000 over the last year to more than 187 different the Greater Jackson Arts Council on Oct. 4, but recipients, which vary from individuals to groups, includit was not up to the level of last year—nor did it ing festivals and events. come quickly enough to restore the organization’s Scott referenced a 2012 study about the economic confidence in its relationship with the City administration. impact of arts organizations—including the GJAC—across

Meantime, City officials respond that other vital programs took cuts just as deep, if not much deeper than the arts group.

Janet Scott, executive director of the Greater Jackson Arts Council,

The city council, exercising its powers said that city residents benefit as the legislative branch of municipal govfrom funding the arts in Jackson. ernment, moved the funding for half the salary of the director of the Department of Public Works from the general fund to the water/sewer revenue fund, freeing up $80,000 to restore to the GJAC’s budget.

That is $60,000 less than the amount the City of Jackson allotted for the organization last year. Its total budget is $441,000, and GJAC has four fulltime and three part-time employees with $160,000 in total compensation listed on its 2013 tax return. GJAC Executive Director Janet Scott did not respond to a request for more recent salary and other budget figures by press time.

Economic Benefits of Art Jackson. The 2012 study, “Arts and Economic Prosperity

Scott praised the council’s efforts council to put mon- IV: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture ey back into the program in an Oct. 5 interview.

Organizations and Their Audiences in Greater Jackson

“This council does a huge service to this city, and ev- Area,” summarizes certain economic indicators that corerything we do makes the council and the administration relate with the investment Jackson’s arts organizations, inlook good,” Scott said. “Not only that, we also put a lot of cluding but not limited to the GJAC, bring into local arts. money back into the community in our grants program, Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit “for advancing and we have managed this building for them for six years the arts and arts education,” put the study on national arts with zero financial help from the City.” impact together with information from local member orga Jon Salem, assistant director of the GJAC, recently nizations like the GJAC. told the Jackson Free Press that the organization distributed For the 2010 fiscal year, seven of the 19 “total eligible

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CONTINENTAL from page 8 encouraged potential contractors to get registered on the Mississippi.org/ continental website.

As of Oct. 6, 644 companies had registered with MDA. Of those 644 companies, 237 Mississippi companies list “Construction” as one of their specialties, and 161 of those Mississippi companies that list “Construction” have an annual revenue over $1 million.

Investing in Wildlife

To build the tire plant, Brad Cole Construction has to clear a significant 10 amount of trees and brush on the 915-

acre land plot. To balance the scales, Continental Tire invested $5 million to restore close to 1,000 acres of land along the Bayou Pierre River, about 40 miles southwest of the tire-plant site.

The corporation is partnering with Wildlife Mississippi, a nonprofit dedicated to conserving natural habitats and species around the state, to facilitate the restoration.

James Cummins, the nonprofit’s executive director, said the donation will go toward restoring natural habitat along the Bayou Pierre River to help preserve native species of plants and animals.

Cummins said the plan is to remove invasive plant species like Chinese privet and climbing ferns, replacing them with more than 10 species of hardwood trees native to Mississippi. The work along

nonprofit arts organizations” in the Jackson area put about $4 million into the local economy, including 252 full-time jobs, with around $150,000 in revenue from those expenditures ending up in local government coffers.

GJAC has used that money to maintain the Arts Center of Mississippi, a building the City owns. Previously, it was the site of the Mississippi Museum of Art before it moved into a new nearby facility.

“And we’ve put almost a quarter of a million dollars of our money, and that includes renovations, salaries, exhibits, everything, in those six years to keep this building going, so that there was … an alternative for people to rent and people to utilize that’s economically viable,” Scott said.

Arts and culture audiences spent a total of $6,715,101 at events, the study found, equating the impact to 219 fulltime jobs and $436,000 in tax revenue to local government entities. An estimated 200,000 participants attended arts and cultural events in the city; more than 55 percent of them traveled from outside Hinds County.

In 2010, visitors to Jackson spent an average $31.83 per event, compared to $28.25 for locals.

“We’ve done that, and the fact that we’ve done that and that they have a list of every single penny, where it goes, who it goes to, and what it’s for, and they turn around and zero us out,” Scott said of the City administration, adding that the reduction was a “statement,” and not a good one.

“It shows that arts and what arts can do, especially for the children of this city—they showed that is not a priority,” Scott said.

Vendetta Against GJAC?

Michael Raff, the director of the Arts Center and deputy director of the City’s Department Human and Cultural Services, said the decision was not over how the administration feels about the GJAC.

the riverbank will begin this winter, he said. Most of the restoration project will be in Copiah County, following along the Bayou Pierre River as it runs to Port Gibson and joins the Mississippi River just beyond.

The project will ultimately protect the bayou darter fish, an endangered species that lives in the river.

Cummins said that as the restoration of the riverbank and natural habitat develops, there will be less run-off into the river—run-off that hurts the bayou darter fish and other species struggling to survive in dirty river water.

The restoration project will likely include a combination of land open to the public and wildlife preserve.

“It is such a pretty river; we’re trying to establish some blue-water trials

more ART, see page 12

(because) kayaking and canoeing have increased in popularity,” he said.

Morrow, 28, says that landing the job at Continental helps solidifies things for him career-wise. He lived in Magee currently, but he and his wife will likely move closer to the site.

Continental flew Morrow to Germany for training, and his job will roll into an on-site engineer role once the plant is up and running.

“There’s a great opportunity for growth and, as a millennial, Continental has provided that (to me) and encouraged that,” he said.

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City Agreement Outrages Abortion Clinic Owner, Staff

by Tim Summers Jr.

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he director of the bright-pink Jackson Women’s Health Organization clinic in Fondren says anti-abortion protesters approach the vehicles of patients visiting the clinic and follow them down the street to their cars, as well as set up on the sidewalks near the facility, often with large signs. The protesters’ actions have often attracted the attention of the Jackson

have taken away every right I have. They have put my staff in danger. And the first thing I did was call my lawyer.”

The people inside the clinic must have a voice, the clinic’s owner added.

“This is unconscionable,” Derzis said.

“I never heard a word from a single policeman, a single official, and they made this decision without making us aware of it. I Trip Burns/File Photo

The Pro-Life Mississippi protesters and the City of Jackson recently entered into a consent decree limiting the steps police can take to curtail any aberrant behavior by anti-abortion activists.

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Police Department whether from calls from neighbors or the clinic itself, but a new legal agreement may limit what the police can do to curtail their behavior.

Pro-Life Mississippi protesters reached an agreement with the City of Jackson recently in federal court to limit what they say are breaches of their constitutional right to protest. But the two parties did not consult with the clinic’s owner, manager or any of the women who visit for treatment.

“I am outraged,” Diane Derzis, owner of JWHO, said during an Oct. 6 interview.

“Absolutely outraged. Don’t you think that the City of Jackson should have contacted the only abortion clinic in the state? They

ARTS from page 10

“As far as the funding goes, frankly, we didn’t have the money,” Raff said. “We were cut over a million dollars in the department.

That meant closing the child-care center, closing the senior center, losing our home12 less coordinator, losing our Fresh Start Cen-

have to find out by reading the newspaper.

I am pissed.”

The Agreement

The consent decree, entered into the federal-court docket for the case on Oct. 4, ends a two-year-long court battle between the City and the protesters, referred to as “anti’s” by the clinic operators.

The terms of the consent decree dictate that the Jackson Police Department have agreed not to interfere with certain “First Amendment rights” of the anti-abortion demonstrators. This includes “holding signs and speaking and/or preaching on the public sidewalks and right-of-ways;” doing

ter, the re-entry program,” Raff said. “We lost 12 (employees) altogether, and we lost six over here in Cultural, which I am over.”

“So that’s the situation; there was not money in our budget to fund that,” Raff said. “Now, what happened at city council is that the money to fund (GJAC) did not come out of our budget, and we were delighted to see that there was some source

so while “letting the held signs rest on the sidewalk” next to the speaker, “provided that the sign does not cover the entire width of the sidewalk.

The consent decree says that protesters with medical conditions or who are elderly can sit on a stool on the sidewalk with a sign next to them, “provided that neither the sign or stool or combination cover the entire width of the sidewalk.”

JPD must also return all the signs confiscated over the years, and the City agreed to pay $2,500 to Pro-Life Mississippi. The group’s organizers declared the victory in an emailed statement, declining to comment over the phone because of past experience, a representative stated, of their words being “twisted” by media.

“By signing the Consent Decree with the award of damages, the City of Jackson has acknowledged that we have been subjected to disparate treatment and that our Constitutional rights have been violated at the site of Jackson Women’s Health Organization,” the statement emailed to the Jackson Free Press from Pro-Life Mississippi board member Judy Batson explained.

“Pro-Life Mississippi is a peaceful organization,” the statement added.

“We are pleased to know our rights will be respected going forward as we carry out our mission of sharing information with the vulnerable women as they enter this facility,” the group stated.

The Consequences

Shannon Brewer, the director of the clinic, said during an Oct. 7 interview that she is concerned about the safety of all involved, even the protesters.

“I just really feel like they have basically told them that they can do whatever they want to do, and there will be no repercussions behind it,” Brewer said.

Brewer said that the protesters became bolder since the consent decree, even block-

ing the entrance to the clinic—behavior that has occasionally occurred in the past.

“Normally, when our patients are coming in, (the protesters are) either standing in the middle of the driveway, or they’ll wait until a car is getting ready to turn in, and they will pretend like they are walking across the driveway real slow to stop the car,” Brewer said. “The car stops in the street, then they run to the car and start trying to throw pamphlets at them.”

“They chase them down the street, and the patients tell them to leave them alone, and they keep chasing them, and they do anything they want to do,” Brewer said.

Brewer said that she worries for the safety of all involved, especially now that the consent decree muddies the water on what behavior is allowed and what is not.

Matt Steffey, law professor at the Mississippi School of Law, said that the City has the ability to limit free-speech actions in the interest of safety.

“The government is always free to make reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on speech even in a traditional public forum of the sidewalk,” Steffey said.

“But they have to be content-neutral.”

“Certainly getting on and off the sidewalk, letting the traffic go by are legitimate government interests,” Steffey said, adding that those sorts of safety requirements fall under those courts normally allow. “If the Americans with Disabilities Act requires a certain area to be clear then that is a reasonable time, manner or place restriction.”

The question is, with the new consent decree, where is that line between safety and permissible free speech? Derzis for her part feels completely left out of the discussion.

“They’re standing out there, now they are in the driveway,” Derzis said. “What the City has done is declare a free-for-all in front of my clinic. In front of my legally operating, tax-paying business. And they didn’t have the balls to call me.”

of funding. They are very important to our operation.”

Raff said his department took significant hits to its own personnel roster before it considered the cuts to GJAC.

“We lost employees. We lost three vacancies, spots, at the planetarium. We lost one at Smith (Robertson Museum and Cultural Center). We lost two at the (Jack-

son Municipal Arts Gallery). Right now we only have the manager at the to run the whole gallery by himself,” Raff said.

“We are hurting. People don’t realize this, but we took a big hit ourselves before we cut anyone off.”

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r. Announcer: “In the ghetto criminal-justice system, the people are represented by members of the newly established Ghetto Science Community Peace Keeping Unit: police officer and part-time security guard at the Funky Ghetto Mall Dudley ‘Do-Right’ McBride, attorney Cootie McBride of the law firm McBride, Myself and I, and guest rookie peace officers Deacons Jones and Richardson of Rev. Cletus Car Sales Church. This is their story.”

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Why it stinks: The fact that a presidential candidate excused away his past sexist, demeaning comments that suggested he could get away with sexual assault as mere “locker room talk” not once but four times in a presidential debate is not only reprehensible but unacceptable. Trump apologized for his 2005 remarks but immediately followed up by dismissing his comments as “locker room talk,” which he apparently believes is an acceptable form of communication among men. Well, his comments are not acceptable, and they both admit and excuse sexual assault. It’s not acceptable in any sense of the word, and to go a bit deeper, the old adage “What you say about others says a lot about you” seems appropriate here. Apologies aside, the fact that Trump managed to couch his and Billy Bush’s horrifying as innocent “locker-room talk” proves the same sexist, objectifying sentiments remain—and that wreaks.

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State Leaders: It’s Time to Dump Trump

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f our state’s political leaders were looking for an easy opt-out of supporting Donald Trump for president, they missed that precious 48-hour window of opportunity to speak out and say so.

Last week’s NBC video revealing Trump’s disparaging comments that condone sexual assault, as a get-out-of-Trumpland-free-card for the GOP. Several Republican leaders around the U.S. reached out and grabbed it. Next door, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, a Republican, formally announced he would not be voting for Trump for president.

“I endorsed Governor John Kasich for president because I felt like he was the most qualified and the best person to lead our nation,” an emailed statement to AL.com says. “I certainly won’t vote for Hillary Clinton, but I cannot and will not vote for Donald Trump.”

Alabama Republican Rep. Martha Roby withdrew her support on Twitter. “Donald Trump’s behavior makes him unacceptable as a candidate for president, and I won’t vote for him,” her statement says. “Hillary Clinton must not be president, but with Trump leading the ticket, she will be.”

Arizona Sen. John McCain took back his endorsement of Trump. Beyond Trump’s “locker room talk,” McCain cited Trump’s treatment of the Khan Gold Star family and the Central Park Five, a group of men wrongfully convicted for a rape in Central Park. Trump again declared the group guilty last week in an on-air interview, despite the DNA evidence that helped exonerate them all.

“Donald Trump’s behavior this week, concluding with the disclosure of his demeaning comments

about women and his boasts about sexual assaults, make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy,” McCain said.

So where are all the Mississippi leaders swallowing their pride and un-endorsing the man they praised a few months ago at the Coliseum? Nowhere. While some state GOP leaders condemned Trump’s women comments, they stopped short of un-endorsing him. Gov. Phil Bryant told the Associated Press that his comments “do not square with the man I have gotten to know the past few months.

He has done the right thing and apologized.”

These leaders are showing hypocrisy on the values they claim to hold dear as they watch a businessman who doesn’t pay taxes destroy them, presumably because they want the tax cuts he is promising (and which economists say would be devastating to the U.S.). Would our leaders not have more to gain by tossing their candidate out the window?

By redefining their values (which does not have to include endorsing Clinton), they could offer to citizens an informed conservatism, one that doesn’t disparage women, promote racist policing tactics (stop-and-frisk), or demonize immigrants and Muslims at every turn.

By not rising up to this moment—and actually taking a “risk” by un-endorsing their candidate, these leaders choose to keep Mississippi where it is—firmly in last place, including in public opinion. And they cement their own future legacies by being willing to go down in flames with a sexist, bigoted madman. Not smart. And, we’d bet they will embarrass their own families for years to come.

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From Walls to Bad Cops: It’s Time We Awaken from Fear

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would like to apologize to the many people I have told “this is a free country” in order to justify any argument, because I was wrong and sadly mistaken. This is not a free country, at least not for black (or brown) people.

That is a lie that many white people push to fool us into thinking this country is limitless. Or maybe it isn’t a lie.

Maybe it only applies to white people, and a black person just so happened to be in the room when it was said.

Every summer, the nation celebrates the Fourth of July, which was when America gained its independence.

But where were black people when all this happened? Still picking cotton, and serving their masters at his party for the white independence.

If this were a free country, the police couldn’t kill black people on a near-daily basis, while white suspects are usually properly detained, and the only shots fired toward most of them are from taser guns. If this was a free country, black people wouldn’t receive life sentences for crimes they didn’t commit, while a white person only gets six months for rape.

Donald Trump is saying he wants to make this country great again. I want to know which era that was because for black people, there was no such thing.

This country was never great for us.

Trump wants to put up a wall to keep out illegal immigrants and has the nerve to say Mexico must pay for it. But many may not want to come to this country in the first place.

True, they hear America has a much better lifestyle. Then they get here, and it is an entirely different story. People tell them they can live the “American Dream,” but the dream soon turns into a nightmare.

Immigrants come to America to make better lives for their families, and ignorant Americans say they’re stealing jobs from them. Nobody is stealing from you. How can a person, in

general, “steal” your job? Did they walk up to your desk, push you out of your swivel chair, sit in it and say, “This is my job now. You can go home”?

It’s not even your job to begin with; it’s a job, and one they worked hard to get and keep. But many Americans are too privileged to realize that.

I think 2016 is the year of awakening. People are now bringing attention to public officials that the system is really messed up, and black people are sitting here like, “Duh!” This is not to say that all white people are unaware of what is going on and aren’t interested in helping out. Many are, but many aren’t.

My dad is a police officer. I want him to stay on the force to represent the police officers who actually care about his or her community, to stay true to the oath they pledged when they signed up. But at the same time, I fear for his safety when he’s on duty.

I fear for his life because some ignorant black people use situations like police violence as an opportunity only to commit crimes, like in Dallas and Baton Rouge.

If you keep killing the good cops, you’re only making room for the bad ones. This just goes to show that we black people also have a long way to go.

I truly fear for this country and its future. I fear for what is to come, for black people and other minority groups. I fear Trump, and what’ll happen if he becomes president.

Soon Americans are going to flee to other countries. We’ll get a taste of our own medicine when leaders of other countries refuse to let us in.

America is now 240 years old.

However, we are still young and very ignorant, but it’s time to grow up.

Asia Mangum is a junior at Murrah High School and was a Mississippi Youth Media Project student in the summer. She plans to attend UCLA and aspires to be an author, an award-winning poet and TV producer. This column first appeared at jxnpulse.com.

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Road began. While T.J. and Laura-Leigh have always sung together, the band first started as a solo project for T.J., who wanted to perform but wasn’t connected in the local music community T.J. and LauraLeigh Burnham front Brandon country band Burnham Road.

at the time. Over time, he befriended other musicians and formed Burnham Road, which also consists of lead guitarist Rodney Canoy, drummer Brian Schilling and bassist Shane Collier.

Walking the line between original act and

cover band can be difficult, as some crowds respond well to original material, and others can’t go long without a familiar tune, T.J. says.

“You may sing ‘She’s Country,’ and everybody and their mama is out in the front,” he says. “You can turn around and play an original song, and half of them leave to get a beer. Sometimes, that can be a slap in the face, but then ... I’ll look out into the crowd, and there’s people in the crowd that know my songs and are singing along like it’s a cover song. That’s really cool.”

The secret is searching for a happy medium, he says, and finding a way to write about the familiar in a clever way that inspires the listener to say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” It’s a question he asks himself often while listening to country artists that inspire him, including Brantley Gilbert and Eric Church, and it’s a question that he hopes to inspire in others with the songs that he and Laura-Leigh write.

Visit artistecard.com/burnhamroad.

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ip-hop was a constant source of inspiration for Savanta Hunter when he was growing up in west Jackson’s Queens neighborhood. Hunter, whom music fans may know better as Savvy, lived two houses down from rapper David Banner and grew up watching him perform.

In the sixth grade, Hunter began rapping himself with a small group of friends.

“We used to wake up in the morning and rap in the den on a microcassette. Then it (evolved) to recording on a microphone hanging out the attic,” he says.

While the group members are still friends, most grew apart as they got older, except for Hunter and best friend, Charles Palmer, who continued to pursue music as Jackson hip-hop duo Savvy & Gutta Boy in the late 2000s.

The pair still collaborates regularly, but those collaborations have taken on a different form in recent years. Palmer has shifted his focus toward production, working on tracks such as Atlanta rapper Rocko’s latest single, “99 Ways,” as well as many of the tracks for Savvy’s solo re-

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ver the years, I’ve done plenty of interviews with local Jackson acts and nationally known recording artists, and I’ve been surprised at how many of the same topics of conversation come up for both.

One of the most common is the concept of “home base,” the location where bands or solo artists choose to record music, tour out of and advocate on behalf of. Naturally, some feel the need to relocate to the handful of “cities where music gets made,” including Nashville, Los Angeles and New York City. However, as any of Mississippi’s myriad entertainers will tell you, there’s no shortage of great music getting made right here.

For proof, I submit this whopping list of new albums, EPs, mixtapes and singles that Mississippi-based artists have released in 2016 so far.

For updates, visit jfp.ms/ msalbums.

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or Brandon, Miss., natives T.J. and LauraLeigh Burnham, making a name in original music was always the goal.

The brother-sister duo fronts country band Burnham Road, which has built a fan base in the Jackson metro area over the past five years by covering contemporary hit-makers. In the last year and a half, however, the group has also expanded its profile as an original act, opening for artists such as Little Big Town, The Lacs and Josh Turner, and completing work on its debut EP, “Cheers to Goodbye,” scheduled for release in late October.

“It’s just been a learning experience, kind of getting into the circuit better and getting to know a lot of people,” T.J. says.

“You know, we got our originals recorded, and I finally got a group of guys that are all good musicians and have good attitudes.

We really clung together and decided, ‘If we want to make this work, it’s not just one person pulling all the weight.’”

It’s a stark contrast from where Burnham

The tricky part of putting together the JFP Music Issue’s annual “Artists to Watch” section is choosing from the multitude of acts that are worth watching.

These are by no means the only up-and-coming musicians from Mississippi, but hopefully, they’ll provide a few new names for you to follow in fandom.

Savanta Hunter is Jackson-based hiphop artist Savvy.

Hunter says both “chapters” act as a prelude to his eventual full-length album, “The Bottom Line. The first single from the album, “End of Every Tunnel,” came out July 7.

“I just wanted to give people the preface to the greatest album to ever come out of the state

of Mississippi, in my eyes,” he says. “I listen to a lot of music, I’ve got a lot of favorites—Big K.R.I.T., Banner—but I really do think this is going to put us in the spotlight.”

That’s not to say that his most recent project is short on big talent. Hunter says he recorded “Chapter 2” during a wave of media attention on Mississippi hip-hop. To capitalize on that, he emphasized featured artists, such as Banner, Coke Bumaye, Hollywood Luck and Dolla Black. However, his purpose was the same, he says: to portray his artistry to the best of his abilities and to be real with his audience.

“They look for authenticity,” he says.

“I could go trap if I want to; I grew up in the ’hood, but that don’t mean I have to talk about the ’hood. I actually try to use my story as enlightenment. Even though I graduated and got a bachelor’s degree, I still haven’t made it in my field, and I’m still struggling. I talk about those struggles of being a college grad that’s got to pay back loans. People like to hear that. … I try to paint those real-life pictures as best as I can.”

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hen Grenada, Miss., natives hearing its debut self-titled EP, released in “Whenever we get asked what style we Logan Owensby and Dustin January 2015, May Queen is a different are or whatever, we always get kind of iffy and go with the simplest term, like ‘indie Wright began alternative experience now, Owensby says. rock,’ but that’s super cliché,” he band May Queen, says. “... The way we kind of see it the goal was to combat that most is that we all grew up in punk and ubiquitous of illnesses: boredom. hardcore, but we also like other

“I think for me and Logan, kinds of music, so we always wantwell, there was really nothing else ed to not necessarily write punk to do in Grenada,” Wright says. music but try to incorporate it.”

“We were always hanging out, and While the band has continour connection was music, so we ued performing in Jackson, where got bored and started playing.”

Owensby, Almakky and Boyd live,

While Owensby already sang and around the state, the members and played guitar, Wright didn’t decided not to leap into recording play an instrument until the band’s or heading out on a large tour until unofficial formation about two they have a set of songs that they years ago, when he, Owensby and feel best represent May Queen.

Owensby’s brother, Noah, who Left to right: Hayden Boyd, Logan Owensby, Salar “We’ve written so many songs played drums for May Queen at Almakky and Dustin Wright are May Queen. that have so many different kinds the time, began learning songs from acts such as Tame Impala, Coldplay, Since those first recordings, the band of influences, so we’re trying to narrow it The Killers and Kings of Leon. From there, mates added two more members—guitar- down,” Owensby says. “At the same time, they worked on full-band arrangements of ist Salar Almakky and drummer Hayden we don’t want to limit anything. We just solo songs that Owensby had written, and Boyd of Dream Cult—and they’ve written want to do what feels good when we play before long, May Queen was performing new material that leans into heavier and because that’s where the whole concept around Mississippi. more dynamic elements. As far as where of May Queen started: just some friends,

Considering the acts that the band that puts them stylistically, Wright says they some brothers, playing music for fun.”

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ike many of the music greats, Shuqualak, Miss., native Briar Jonnee Blakley’s first performing experiences came from singing in church.

At 5 years old, she began leading songs for the choir at Ivy Grove Missionary Baptist Church, where her mother, Shirley Blakley, served as choir director. About two years later, she began playing piano, first taking lessons and then learning to play by ear.

“That’s really where I kind of found a love for music because I would try to mimic the songs on the radio,” she says.

“Whatever I would hear on the radio, I’d go back and try to play it, and I thought that was fun as a kid.”

These days, Blakley, who performs as Hattiesburg-based electronic artist Briar Lunar, isn’t so concerned with mimicking pop radio as she is with turning it on its head. Although relatively new to songwriting, she has already released several collections of recordings in the past two years, including 2015’s “The Enlightenment” EP and 2016’s “March Badness” EP, as well as a self-produced single, “Love Struck,” which she released Aug. 16 on iTunes.

She says: “I try not to think about,

Briar Lunar ‘Oh, well, I want radio play, so I need to make this more radio-friendly,’ or ‘I need to not make it a guessing game and make it a song that people know or understand the elements that go into it.’ I’m trying to be Courtesy Briar Lunar

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more true to myself, and I’m working on some tracks right now where it’s interesting because I’m kind of finding myself. I want to make it Briar.”

Blakley’s quest to find her own sound began shortly after she appeared on NBC’s “The Voice” last year. After a successful blind

audition with Rihanna’s “Take a Bow,” she joined Pharrell Williams’ team before being eliminated in the battle rounds two weeks later. While she says her experience on the show was a positive one, it made her realize that she didn’t want to make a career singing other people’s songs.

Those who know Blakley from “The Voice” might also be surprised to know that she doesn’t consider herself an R&B artist as the show presented. Elements of many genres work their way into Briar Lunar tracks, but Blakley describes her work as alternative-electronic music, first and foremost. With that broad category, she says she’s free to experiment and follow her creative energy wherever it takes her.

“The most creative people that I know that are artists, they don’t aim to ride all the waves of trends,” she says. “It’s just whatever they want to do. That’s what people know them for. Whatever you do makes you the artist that you are. People go to you to get you. They don’t go to someone else.

Just being true to who I am is the biggest lesson I’ve learned.”

Find Briar Lunar on Soundcloud or visit briarlunar.com.

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Soliloquy” (Homework Town Records/ Elegant Trainwreck) • Codetta South— “Pocket Watch” Single • Coke Bumaye— “Keys to the Streetz” Single • Cue Cards— “~​~​~” EP • the CUT—“the DAEH EP” • D. Horton—“The Sessions 2” • Dead Gaze—“Easy Travels” (Ernest Jenning Record Co.) • Dream Cult— “Weekend” (Old Flame Records) • Festivals/ Phargo.—“Festivals// Phargo” Split-EP • Fides—“Across the Yard” • Finding Peace in Gunshots— “3:00” Single • Grady Champion— “One of a Kind”

(DeChamp Records/ Malaco Records) • Hartle Road— “Maxx” (Arkam Records) • The Holy Ghost Electric Show—“Sinai” EP • Holy Vision— “King Cash” • HVY YETI—“E.P. 1” • if i die in mississippi—“keep everything” • J. Skyy—“Focus” • Jason Miller Band— “Dirt on Me” Single • Jimbo Mathus— “Band of Storms” EP (Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum Records) • jj Thames—“Raw Sugar” (DeChamp Records/Malaco Records) • Justin Peter KinkelSchuster—“Laid Low” (Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum Records) • K. Gautier—“The Prevailing” • KB Killa—“Method to My Madness”

• Kerry Thomas— “After the High” • Lil Lonnie— “T.K.W.G.O. 2” • Living Together— “Esperanza” EP • Lo Noom—“Pretty Woman” EP • Messages—“New Year” EP • Metaphive—“The Divergence” (S.P.V. Records) • Miles Flatt—“White Flag” and “Cowboy Dream” Singles • Mr. Fluid—“The Sowing” • Oh Jeremiah—“The Other End of Passing Time” • Patrick Stumped— “No Bukowski” Single • Prymo Linan—“The broly. EP” • PyInfamous—“10th Wonder” Mixtape • Ray Kincaid— “Artistic Depression” • Sam Mooney—“Find My Way” EP • Satellite Company—“Satellite

Company” EP • Seth Power— “Show Me” EP • Silas—“The Day I Died” • Spirituals—“THEY” • Stace & Cassie— “The Ruins” (Old Trace/Malaco Records) • Stevie J Blues— “Cradle Robber” Single • Stonewalls— “Change the Subject” EP • Surfwax— “Surfwax EP” • Swear Tapes— “Cherish the Cabin” Cassette • Tanner Gray—“The Peddlers” EP • The Tallahatchies— “Still with Me” • Teneia—“Reference” Single • Tyler Keith & the Apostles—”Do It for Johnny” • Water Spaniel —“Live at the Hi-Tone” EP

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Duling Hall - Michael McDermott & Hugh Mitchell 7:30 p.m. $10 advance $15 door Fitzgerald’s - Sonny Brooks & Russell Arnold 7:30 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Taylor Hildebrand free Kathryn’s - Jeff Maddox 6:30 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Stevie Cain 6:30 p.m.

Shucker’s - Silverado 7:30 p.m.

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MS State Fair - Old Dominion 7:30 p.m.

Old Capitol Inn - Ronnie Brown 5:30 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Stevie Cain 6:30 p.m.

Shucker’s - Lovin Ledbetter 7:30 p.m. free

Iron Horse Grill - The Sal-tines 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Bill & Temperance 7 p.m. free Kemistry - Aretha Henry M Bar - Flirt Fridays feat. DJ T. Lewis free Martin’s - Larry Keel Experience 10 p.m.

McB’s - Phil & Trace 8 p.m.

MS State Fair - Miles Flatt 8 p.m.

Old Capitol Inn - Lee Harrington Ole Tavern - Stevie J Blues 9 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Acoustic Crossroads 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Travelin’ Jane 5:30 p.m. free; Snazz 8 p.m. $5; Billy Mauldin 10 p.m. free Soulshine, Flowood - Stace & Cassie 7-10 p.m.

Soulshine, Ridgeland - Stevie Cain 8-10 p.m. free WonderLust - DJ Taboo 8 p.m.

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he Mississippi Chambre Music Guild is kicking off its new season with a tour of French music, cuisine and other cultural accoutrements. And good news—you won’t even need a passport.

On Saturday, Oct. 15, the Chambre Music Guild and the Alliance Française de Jackson will present “All Things French,” a concert event featuring professional musicians based in the Jackson metro area performing works from famed French composers Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré.

Violinist Marta Szlubowska of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will play Debussy’s “Violin Sonata” with Millsaps College professor Lynn Raley on piano. Several young musicians from the Millsaps Conservatory of Music will perform Debussy Mississippi Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Veronica Parrales is one of the pieces, as well. Baritone James Marperformers for the Mississippi Chambre tin will perform Fauré’s nine-part “La Music Guild’s “All Things French.”

Bonne Chanson” with accompaniment from a piano and string quartet. Szlubowska will then join pianist Rachel Heard, viola player Tammy Luke and one of the MSO’s newest addition, principal cellist Veronica Parrales, for a performance of Fauré’s “Piano Quartet, No. 1.”

The event will also include an extended intermission, during which audience members can enjoy crepes, French wine and hors d’oeuvres, as well as a selfie photo booth and a raffle drawing with prizes such as French cookbooks and cooking supplies.

“All Things French” is at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 15, in the recital hall at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). General admission is $25, and student admission is $5. For more information, visit mscmg.net.

—Micah Smith

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Like clock work, my grandfather made espresso at 7 a.m. each day. It was black as night, strong enough to last the entire day and sweetened abundantly with sugar to give me one, maybe even two, cavities per sip. I remember waking up to the sound of the gas stove crackling and the aroma of dark-roast espresso making its way into my bedroom. Offered after nearly every meal, the cultural staple is an example of something that effortlessly joins family, friends and neighbors.

Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean. Lying only 90 miles south of Key West, Fla., people know it best for its abundant sugar cane, Cuban cigars, and music legends like Celia Cruz, Gloria Estefan and the Buena Vista Social Club. Colorful buildings and iconic 1950s-style cars line its iconic capital city, Havana.

On Saturday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., the Latin-American Business Association, or LABA-Link, of Mississippi is hosting the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fifth annual LatinFest at the Multipurpose Complex in Canton, and this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event will celebrate Cuba.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We decided to make some changes this year,â&#x20AC;? Israel Martinez, marketing cochairman of LatinFest and a local entrepreneur, told the Jackson Free Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We decided to incorporate a theme, so this year we are celebrating Cuba. We are looking forward to celebrating Colombia, Brazil and Mexico in the following years.â&#x20AC;?

Cuban American immigrants have contributed to the American economy, culture, and entertainment through decades and centuries of music, food, language, laughs and tradition. Desi Arnaz, who played Ricky Ricardo in the 1950s sitcom â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Love Lucy,â&#x20AC;? is known internationally for

his role in the television series. Actresses Rosario Dawson, best known for her roles in the musical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rentâ&#x20AC;? and Netflix show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daredevil,â&#x20AC;? and Cameron Diaz, known for her roles in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Something About Maryâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angels,â&#x20AC;? are both of Cuban descent.

The eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;LatinFest showcases the talent and professionalism of the Latin community. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cultural celebration that attracts people from all backgrounds and walks of life. The festival will present some of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best dancers, cuisines and musiciansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this year, including local and out-of-state bands that play jazz, blues, salsa, merengue and bachata.â&#x20AC;?

Canton Nissan and many other local businesses are sponsoring the event.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nissan has seen that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great event and that both the festival and the company have such an impact on the local community,â&#x20AC;? Martinez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every year, the Red Cross supports LatinFest with volunteers, and the organization wants (to bring more awareness to the) Hispanic community about the services they provide.â&#x20AC;?

A portion of the proceeds from LatinFest will go to the Red Cross.

Martinez says the festival is open to all individuals. The website and the festival program are all in English, and half the songs played will be in English, and half in Spanish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have people coming from all overâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Japan, Germany, Africa and Europe,â&#x20AC;? Martinez said.

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The business can do wedding registries, and can also help with gifts for hostesses, bridesmaids and groomsmen, bachelor and bachelorette party gifts, wedding favors and welcome-bag gifts. Some brides can also get custom-designed jewelry from designers in Atlanta and Dallas.

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WEDNESDAY 10/19

Drive for Life Golf Tournament is at Lake Caroline Golf Course in Madison.

The 2016 Sun King Run and Walk is at St. James’ Episcopal Church.

1 Million Cups is at Coalesce Cooperative Work Environment.

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The Presidential Election Forum is at 11:30 a.m. at the Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.).

Surrogates for the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns discuss their candidates’ positions and take questions from those in attendance. $12, $10 for members; call 601-960-1500; email todd@jacksonfreepress.com; jackson2000.org. … “Almost Sunrise” Screening is at 7 p.m. at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). The film presents the true story of two veterans who embark on a journey in their effort to heal from war. Free; call 601-9741019; crossroadsfilmfestival.com.

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The Four Seasons of the Cedars Fall Art Show is at 5 p.m. at The Cedars Historic Home (4145 Old Canton Road). Includes works from Pryor Buford Lampton, Buttons Marchetti, Key Neville Whitehead and Susan Clark. Free; fondren.org. … American Authors performs

Almost Sunrise

WEDNESDAY 10/12

Iraq War veterans Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson are the subjects of the documentary “Almost Sunrise,” which screens Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Millsaps College.

FRIDAY 10/14

The Boombox Classic Comedy Throwdown is at 7 p.m. at The Hideaway (5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The event stars J. Anthony Brown, Keith Glason, Marvin “Icedawg” Galloway and Skipper da Comic. $25 advance, $30 at the door; call 291-4759; eventbrite.com.

SATURDAY 10/15

¡LatinFest! is at 11 a.m. at the Canton Multipurpose Center (501 Soldiers Colony Road, Canton). The fifth annual

by TYLER EDWARDS festival includes dance, food and music from Rumba Buena, Mariachi Jalisco and Treces del Sur. $8; jacksonfreepress.com call 859-4830; latinfestms.com.

Fax: 601-510-9019 … The Sixth Annual Youth Art, Daily updates at Poetry & Justice SLAM is from 6 jfpevents.com to 10 p.m. at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.). High-school and college students and compete. Cash prizes and door prizes given. Free; email jepopp@gmail.com.

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Stand-up comedian J. Anthony Brown performs for the Boombox Classic Comedy Throwdown on Friday, Oct. 14, at The Hideaway.

at 7:30 p.m. at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds (1207 Mississippi St.). The Brooklyn-based pop band is known for hit songs such as “Best Day of My Life” and “Go Big or Go Home.” $5 admission, free for under age 6; call 26 601-961-4000; msfair.net.

SUNDAY 10/16

The National Veterans Creative Arts Festival is at noon at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The theme is “Creativity Flows in the Magnolia State” and features art, creative writing, dance, drama and music for veterans treated in the Department of Veterans Affairs national health care system. Free; call 601-368-4477; va.gov.

MONDAY 10/17

Author Nell Zink signs copies of “Nicotine” at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26.99 book; call 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

TUESDAY 10/18

Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Press is at 2 p.m. at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.).

The Mississippi Humanities Council is the host. The symposium explores the historical and contemporary role of black newspapers in the South. Free; call 601-432-6752; mshumanities.com. … Greensky Bluegrass is at 8 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The five-piece bluegrass band is from Kalamazoo, Mich. Wood & Wire also performs. Doors open at 7 p.m. $20 in advance, $25 at the door; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

WEDNESDAY 10/19

From Victim to Victor Women’s Conference Oct. 19, 9 a.m., at The Cypress Room (507 Springridge Road, Clinton). From Combat Boots to Red Bottoms and Simply Monique host the Christian women empowerment conference. $30 in advance, $40 day of event; call 301-7768645; email vladzcompany@yahoo.com; squareup.com. … Michael McDermott performs at 7:30 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The Chicago-based rock singersongwriter performs. Hugh Mitchell also performs. $10 in advance, $15 at the door; ardenland.net.

FOOD & DRINK

¡LatinFest! Oct. 15, 11 a.m., at Canton Multipurpose Center (501 Soldiers Colony Road, Canton). The fifth annual festival includes dance, food and music from Rumba Buena, Mariachi Jalisco and Treces del Sur. $8; latinfestms.com.

BBQ on the Boulevard Oct. 15, 2 p.m., at Clinton Plaza Shopping Center (224 Clinton Blvd., Clinton). Includes food, live music, kid’s activities and a barbecue cook-off competition. $5; call 601-924-5474; clintonms.org.

Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Press Oct. 18, 2 p.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.). The Mississippi Humanities Council is the host. The symposium explores the historical and contemporary role of black newspapers in the South. Free; call 601-432-6752; mshumanities.com.

Pints and Plates Oct. 18, 6:30 p.m., at The Strawberry Cafe (107 Depot Drive, Madison).

The event features a five-course dinner with select beer pairings. $45 per person; call 601856-3822; strawberrycafemadison.com.

HOLIDAY Spanish Heritage Month Program Oct. 13, 11:30 a.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.). Free; call 601-979-1563; email keith.l.mcmillian@jsums.edu; jsums.edu.

Pumpkin Adventure 2016 Oct. 19, 9 a.m., at Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). The event includes a hayride around the grounds, snacks and a pumpkin patch with pumpkin pie for sale. Groups of 10 require a reservation. $7 admission; call 601432-4500; msagmuseum.org.

COMMUNITY Presidential Election Forum Oct. 12, 11:30 a.m., at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Surrogates for the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns discuss their candidates’ positions and take questions from those in attendance. $12, $10 for members; call 601-960-1500; email todd@jacksonfreepress. com; jackson2000.org.

Events at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.) • Mississippi’s Spanish Heritage: Selected Writings, 1492-1798 Oct. 13, 6 p.m. Instructor Esperanza Velásquez and MDOT archaeologist Lizbeth Velásquez present on the Spanish encounter in Mississippi and how it left its mark. Free; call 601-979-2121; jsums.edu.

• 100 Years of the Pulitzer Prize Oct. 18, 1 p.m. The event features a panel discussion about the history of the African American press and the Pulitzer Prize. Free; call 601-979-3935; email robert.luckett@jsums.edu; jsums.edu.

Mississippi Public Health Association Annual Conference Oct. 13-14, at Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road). Dr. Samuel Jones is the keynote speaker. Public health professionals meet to learn about new directions and advancements in Mississippi public health. $25-$120; call 601-957-2800; email execdir@mspha.org; mspha.org.

Jackson Newcomers & Natives Meet-Up Oct. 14, 5:30 p.m., at Green Ghost Tacos (2801 N. State St.). New Jackson residents meet longtime Jacksonians to learn more about the city. Free; find the event on Facebook.

National Veterans Creative Arts Festival Oct. 16, noon, at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The theme is “Creativity Flows in the Magnolia State” and features art, creative writing, dance, drama and music for veterans treated in the Department of Veterans Affairs national health care system. Free; call 368-4477; va.gov.

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Proceeds benefit the MORA Public Education Fund to help promote awareness of organ, eye and tissue donation. $175, $650 team of four; call 601-853-4023; msora.org.

2016 Sun King 5K Run and Walk Oct. 15, 8 a.m., at St. James’ Episcopal Church (3921 Oakridge Drive). The event features door prizes, a mile fun run that begins at 8:50 a.m. and a breakfast afterwards. $20 pre-registration, $25 registration; call 572-6530; email lizmontambault@gmail.com; sunking5k.racesonline.com.

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Dak Prescott is still interception-free after another week in the NFL. The Dallas QB has thrown 155 passes without being picked off.

Thursday, Oct. 13

NFL (7:25-11 p.m., CBS): The defending Super Bowl champions, the Denver Broncos, take a short trip to face the San Diego Chargers.

Friday, Oct. 14

College football (9:15 p.m.-1 a.m., ESPN): Mississippi State faces a mustwin road game against Brigham Young if there is going to be any hope of a bowl game at the end of this season.

Saturday, Oct. 15

College football (6-10 p.m., ESPN): Expect for things to get wild when the UM Rebels and Arkansas Razorbacks mix it up. … College football (6:3010:30 p.m. SECN): Southern Miss tries to gain its second SEC win this season against LSU. Sunday, Oct. 16

NFL (11 a.m.-7 p.m., FOX): Tune in for a doubleheader in which the Saints return from their bye week to face the Panthers, and Prescott may make his final start with the Cowboys against the Packers before Tony Romo returns.

KIDS Fall Festival: Pop Into Comics! Oct. 15, 6 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Museum Blvd.). Includes costumed heroes, superhero training camp, face-paint and more.

Proceeds benefit the MCM Literacy Initiative. $25; mschildrensmuseum.org.

6th Annual Youth Art, Poetry & Justice SLAM Oct. 15, 6-10 p.m., at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.). High-school and college students and compete with justice-themed pieces. Free; email jepopp@gmail.com.

SPORTS & WELLNESS Drive for Life Golf Tournament Oct. 13, 8:30 a.m., at Lake Caroline Golf Course (118 Caroline Club Circle, Madison). Lunch is at

Monday, Oct. 17

NFL (7:30-11 p.m., ESPN): The New York Jets, who only have one win so far this season, travel west to face the Arizona Cardinals in an AFC EastNFC West matchup.

Tuesday, Oct. 18

MLB (TBA, TBS): Watch game four of the American League Championship Series, with the winner of this series earning the right to play in the World Series.

Wednesday, Oct. 19

MLB (TBA, FOX or FOX Sports 1): Watch game four of the National League Championship Series, where the winner will face the AL champion for the world title.

Prescott is now just eight pass attempts without an interception away from breaking Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s record as the best start of a career. He had his first turnover when the Bengals sack-stripped him last week.

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STAGE & SCREEN “Almost Sunrise” Screening Oct. 12, 7 p.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). The film presents the true story of two veterans who embark on a journey in their effort to heal from war. Free; crossroadsfilmfestival.com.

Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus—LIVE Oct. 13-14, 8 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The off-Broadway hit comedy is based on the best-selling book by John Gray. Doors open at 7 p.m. $45, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

The Boombox Classic Comedy Throwdown Oct. 14, 7 p.m., at The Hideaway (5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The event stars J. Anthony Brown, Keith Glason, Marvin “Icedawg” Galloway and Skipper Da Comic. $25 advance, $30 at the door; eventbrite.com.

CONCERTS & FESTIVALS Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • Amanda Shires Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. The singersongwriter and fiddle player performs. Lilly Hiatt also performs. $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; ardenland.net • Greensky Bluegrass Oct. 18, 8 p.m. The fivepiece bluegrass band is from Kalamazoo, Mich.

Wood & Wire also performs. $20 in advance, $25 at the door; ardenland.net.

• Michael McDermott Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.

The Chicago-based rock singer-songwriter performs. Hugh Mitchell also performs. $10 in advance, $15 at the door; ardenland.net.

Events at Mississippi State Fairgrounds (1207 Mississippi St.) • Old Dominion Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. The Nashville-based country band’s latest album is called “Meat and Candy.” $5 admission, free for under age 6; call 601-961-4000; msfair.net.

• American Authors Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. The Brooklyn-based pop band is known for hit songs such as “Best Day of My Life” and “Go Big or Go Home.” $5 admission, free for under age 6; call 601-961-4000; msfair.net.

The Gettys in Concert Oct. 16, 6 p.m., at First Baptist Jackson (431 N. State St.). Keith and Kristyn Getty, the writers of hymns such as “The Power of the Cross” and “In Christ Alone,” perform. Free; firstbaptistjackson.org.

LITERATURE & SIGNINGS Events at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202) • “El Paso” Oct. 12, 5 p.m., at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Winston Groom signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $27.95 book; lemuriabooks.com.

• “Who Killed These Girls?” Oct. 13, 5 p.m.

Beverly Lowry signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $27.95 book; lemuriabooks.com.

• “The End of White Christian America” Oct. 15, 1 p.m. Robert Jones signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $28.00 book; lemuriabooks.com.

• “Nicotine” Oct. 17, 5 p.m. Nell Zink signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26.99 book; lemuriabooks.com.

• “The Secret Keepers” Oct. 18, 5 p.m. Trenton Lee Stewart signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $18.99 book; lemuriabooks.com.

EXHIBITS & OPENINGS The Four Seasons of the Cedars Fall Art Show Oct. 13, 5 p.m., at The Cedars Historic Home (4145 Old Canton Road). Includes works from Pryor Buford Lampton, Buttons Marchetti, Key Neville Whitehead and Susan Clark. Free; call 601-366-5552; fondren.org.

Collectors Club: Studios of Richard Kelso and Laurin Stennis Oct. 13, 6 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Features works from Cleveland, Miss., artists Richard Kelso and Laurin Stennis. $45; msmuseumart.org.

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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“Kaidoku”

Each of the 26 letters of the alphabet is represented in this grid by a number between 1 and 26. Using letter frequency, word-pattern recognition, and the numbers as your guides, fill in the grid with well-known English words (HINT: since a Q is always followed by a U, try hunting down the Q first). Only lowercase, unhyphenated words are allowed in kaidoku, so you wonít see anything like STOCKHOLM or LONG-LOST in here (but you might see AFGHAN, since it has an uncapitalized meaning, too). Now stop wasting my precious time and SOLVE! psychosudoku@gmail.com

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

Most of us can’t tickle ourselves. Since we have conscious control of our fingers, we know we can stop any time. Without the element of uncertainty, our squirm reflex doesn’t kick in. But I’m wondering if you might get a temporary exemption from this rule in the coming weeks. I say this because the astrological omens suggest you will have an extraordinary capacity to surprise yourself. Novel impulses will be rising up in you on a regular basis. Unpredictability and spontaneity will be your specialties. Have fun doing what you don’t usually do!

During the final 10 weeks of 2016, your physical and mental health will flourish in direct proportion to how much outworn and unnecessary stuff you flush out of your life between now and Oct. 25. Here are some suggested tasks: 1. Perform a homemade ritual that will enable you to magically shed at least half of your guilt, remorse and regret. 2. Put on a festive party hat, gather up all the clutter and junk from your home, and drop it off at a thrift store or the dump. 3. Take a vow that you will do everything in your power to kick your attachment to an influence that’s no damn good for you. 4. Scream nonsense curses at the night sky for as long as it takes to purge your sadness and anger about pain that no longer matters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

A Buddhist monk named Matthieu Ricard had his brain scanned while he meditated. The experiment revealed that the positive emotions whirling around in his gray matter were super-abundant. Various publications thereafter dubbed him “the happiest person in the world.” Since he’s neither egotistical nor fond of the media’s simplistic sound bites, he’s not happy about that title. I hope you won’t have a similar reaction when I predict that you Sagittarians will be the happiest tribe of the zodiac during the next two weeks. For best results, I suggest you cultivate Ricard’s definitions of happiness: “altruism and compassion, inner freedom (so that you are not the slave of your own thoughts), senses of serenity and fulfillment, resilience, as well as a clear and stable mind that does not distort reality too much.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Now is a perfect moment to launch or refine a project that will generate truth, beauty and justice. Amazingly enough, now is also an excellent time to lunch or refine a long-term master plan that will make you healthy, wealthy and wise.

Is this a coincidence? Not at all. The astrological omens suggest that your drive to be of noble service dovetails well with your drive for personal success. For the foreseeable future, unselfish goals are well-aligned with selfish goals.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

Has your world become at least 20 percent larger since September 1? Has your generosity grown to near-heroic proportions? Have your eyes beheld healing sights that were previously invisible to you? Have you lost at least two of your excuses for tolerating scrawny expectations? Are you awash in the desire to grant forgiveness and amnesty?

If you can’t answer yes to at least two of those questions, Aquarius, it means you’re not fully in harmony with your best possible destiny. So get to work! Attune yourself to the cosmic tendencies! And if you are indeed reaping the benefits I mentioned, congratulations—and prepare for even further expansions and liberations.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

Some astrologers dwell on your tribe’s phobias. They assume that you Pisceans are perversely drawn to fear, that you are addicted to the strong feelings it generates. In an effort to correct this distorted view, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I hereby declare the coming weeks to be a Golden Age for Your Trust in Life. It will be prime time to exult in everything that evokes your joy and excitement. I suggest you make a list of these glories, and keep adding new items to the list every day. Here’s another way to celebrate the Golden Age: Discover and explore previously unknown sources of joy and excitement.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

A study published in the peer-reviewed Communications Research suggests that only 28 percent of us realize

when someone is flirting with us. I hope that figure won’t apply to you Aries in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological situation, you will be on the receiving end of more invitations, inquiries and allurements than usual. The percentage of these that might be worth responding to will also be higher than normal. Not all of them will be obvious, however. So be extra vigilant.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

The ancient Greek sage Socrates was a founder of Western philosophy and a seminal champion of critical thinking. And yet he relied on his dreams for crucial information. He was initiated into the esoteric mysteries of love by the prophetess Diotima, and had an intimate relationship with a daimonion, a divine spirit. I propose that we make Socrates your patron saint for the next three weeks. Without abandoning your reliance on logic, make a playful effort to draw helpful clues from nonrational sources, too. (P.S.: Socrates drew oracular revelations from sneezes. Please consider that outlandish possibility yourself. Be alert, too, for the secret meanings of coughs, burps, grunts, mumbles and yawns.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

The Helper Experiment, Part One: Close your eyes and imagine that you are in the company of a kind, attentive helper—a person, animal, ancestral spirit or angel that you either know well or haven’t met yet. Spend at least five minutes visualizing a scene in which this ally aids you in fulfilling a particular goal. The Helper Experiment, Part Two: Repeat this exercise every day for the next seven days. Each time, visualize your helper making your life better in some specific way. Now here’s my prediction: Carrying out The Helper Experiment will attract actual support into your real life.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22):

New rules: 1. It’s unimaginable and impossible for you to be obsessed with anything or anyone that’s no good for you. 2. It’s unimaginable and impossible for you to sabotage your stability by indulging in unwarranted fear.

3. It’s imaginable and possible for you to remember the most crucial thing you have forgotten. 4. It’s imaginable and possible for you to replace debilitating self-pity with invigorating self-love and healthy self-care. 5. It’s imaginable and possible for you to discover a new mother lode of emotional strength.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

It’s swing-swirl-spiral time, Leo. It’s ripple-sway-flutter time and flow-gush-gyrate time and jive-jiggle-juggle time. So I trust you will not indulge in fruitless yearnings for unswerving progress and rock-solid evidence. If your path is not twisty and tricky, it’s probably the wrong path.

If your heart isn’t teased and tickled into shedding its dependable formulas, it might be an overly hard heart. Be an improvisational curiosity-seeker. Be a principled player of unpredictable games.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

Some English-speaking astronomers use the humorous slang term “meteor-wrong.” It refers to a rock that is at first thought to have fallen from the heavens as a meteorite (“meteor-right”), but that is ultimately proved to be of terrestrial origin. I suspect there may currently be the metaphorical equivalent of a meteor-wrong in your life.

The source of some new arrival or fresh influence is not what it had initially seemed. But that doesn’t have to be a problem. On the contrary. Once you have identified the true nature of the new arrival or fresh influence, it’s likely to be useful and interesting.

Homework: Happiness, that elusive beast, may need to be tracked through the bushes before capture. What’s your game plan for hunting down happiness? Truthrooster@gmail.com

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