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Helsel, pp 15-26

MIDNIGHT BUDGET MISSISSIPPI: RON ETHERIDGE’S MELTDOWN FASHION FORWARD ‘WOLVES’ Dreher, pp 8-10

Ware, p 28

Smith, p 34

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JACKSONIAN Sarah MacInnis Imani Khayyam

arah MacInnis is a dual-threat artist as a graphic designer and guitarist. While she was growing up, the Madison native’s parents encouraged her creative exploits. “I always took music lessons as a kid,” MacInnis says. “I was in Mississippi Choral, Girls’ Choir, and I took guitar and drum lessons.” “Being creative is just so much fun,” she says. “You can really delve into it and lose yourself. Music and art have always just been dominant in my life.” She says she sold the drum kit to pay rent for her first apartment in Jackson when she moved to the capital city in 2011. After the move, MacInnis attended Hinds Community College, where she completed her associate’s degree in graphic design in 2013 and went on to be a graphic designer for Signs First in Jackson MacInnis, 24, says that she likes working for the business, as it allows her to strike a balance between the traditional work of standard designs, and flexing her creative muscles through custom logos and looks for individuals and businesses. While she stepped out of the music world to finish up school, it unexpectedly came back into her life in 2015 when Chrissy Valentine approached her to play lead guitar in the band No Ma’am.

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“Everybody really took me under their wing, and I got right back into it,” she says. “And ever since then it’s been like music all day, every day.” After playing guitar for No Ma’am, MacInnis went on to play with Lisbon Deaths and is currently working on her own musical project. But being a woman in the music world is not without its challenges, she says. “Like any other industry, it can be sexist without intention to be,” MacInnis says. “A lot of girls are (pushed to) be a musician but not for their opinions with that music. We kind of have to prove ourselves a little bit more.” Through her involvement in the arts and music, she says she has learned not to be shy about speaking her mind. “Say what you mean when you mean it,” MacInnis says. “It can be hard to function as a band because no one will want to say, ‘Do a part like this,’ so I’ve learned to always be open and honest, and don’t drag out talking about something.” This is a philosophy that she says can be applicable to anything, the arts, family, work or otherwise. “If you want a promotion, go and tell them why you deserve it,” she says. “If you want a part of a song changed, show them how it can be better.” —Tyler Edwards

cover photo Left to Right: Nader Dabit, Christopher Lomax, and J.C. Hiatt by Imani Khayyam

6 ............................ Talks 12 ................... editorial 13 ...................... opinion 15 ............ Cover Story 28 ............................ Arts 30 ........... food & Drink 32 ......................... 8 Days 33 ........................ Events 33 ....................... sports 34 .......................... music 35 ........ music listings 36 ...................... Puzzles 37 ......................... astro 37 ............... Classifieds

8 Capitol Helping the Capital?

The Capitol Complex legislation to help Jackson fund infrastructure projects is still alive, for now.

28 Hooray for Beignets

That New Orleans delight will soon take Jackson —and another option for healthy food.

34 Ron’s ‘Wolves’

“Anything that pushes Mississippi songwriters I think is a good thing. It feels good to be a part of (Malaco Records), especially if we’re making good music, and I think we are.” —Ron Etheridge, “Weighing in on ‘Wolves’”

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4 ..... PUBLISHER’S Note

JB Lawrence; courtesy Better Beignets; Imani Khayya,m

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PUBLISHER’s note

by Todd Stauffer, Publisher

Growing Jackson’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

hen we started the Jackson Free Press about 15 years ago, we noted in our business plan (and our first cover story) that Jackson, Miss., had ranked high on Richard Florida’s “creative class” index in his book, “Rise of the Creative Class.” We were pumped. The mix of professionals, creatives, educators, musicians, artists, college students and nonprofit innovators seemed to us not just an audience for something like the JFP, but also a cache of important stories to tell and a community of people that we would help bring together through coverage, calendars, events, awards and the sort of stuff that scruffy startup local media companies can do. Looking back, it seems clear that Jackson was ready to burst onto a few different scenes—a redevelopment thing was happening, a medical boom, a foodie revolution, a re-ignition of the city’s music scene. And while not everything we imagined then and afterward has happened (see Farish Street, Old Capitol Green, a greenway corridor on the Pearl, fewer potholes), an amazing amount of stuff has. That includes downtown residential, Fondren’s renaissance, the UMMC/Medical Mall corridor expansion, the King Edward and Standard Life, JSU’s makeover, and so on. There’s a word for what Jackson has developed for certain industries, especially food, medical-technology, nonprofit and government work, even law—it’s an “ecosystem.” Because these industries have a clustering of talent and ideas, there’s innovation. You see the Up in Farms Food Hub happening, in part, because Jackson is (and has been) an agricultural hub and, in part, because it’s a growing foodie hub. You see medical innovation happening because of

UMMC and the other hospitals clustered here in the capital city, which attracts medical talent and ideas. One thing that hasn’t felt like it was happening in Jackson was a technology boom. For years, one of the “creative class” categories that was missing seemed to be the programmer or coder who toils and tinkers in solitude and harmony with the craftsperson, artist, teacher, writer, chef and musician. Even with so many of the latter

It seems clear that Jackson was ready to burst onto a few different scenes. here in Jacktown, it seemed the 601 didn’t really support and encourage the former. And that’s disconcerting, because nationally and globally there is a lot of excitement—and investment—around technology and tech-driven entrepreneurship, and it’s something that a low-cost-of-living, capital city such as Jackson should actually be able to pull off pretty well. Now, fortunately, I think we’re witnessing Jackson at the very early emergence of a technology ecosystem. In the past 18 months, Coalesce and Mantle have both appeared as co-working spaces that encourage technology businesses and meetings about technology. Innovate Mississippi moved into the “innovation hub” on State Street near Coalesce and, in concert with

that, helped shepherd the Code Mississippi effort to fruition. Now there’s a site, codems.org, that documents the resources and ways that technologists (and aspirants) can connect over coding in the state. Coalesce co-owner Matthew McLaughlin just announced that they’re bringing the Co.Starters program to Jackson, which is (in my opinion) awesome. This two-month program allows local startup companies to go through a facilitated learning process to build a business plan, test ideas, plan the marketing, work out the financials and build toward a final pitch, all while getting advice from mentors and hearing from speakers who are professionals and specialists. While not tech-exclusive, this sort of emphasis on entrepreneurship is an important part of building an ecosystem that encourages startup businesses in a place like Jackson. Oh … and Jackson is a pretty good place for a startup business, especially a tech venture. Fiber is plentiful in parts of town, both to the home and in offices. If you need a friendly face every now and then, the coworking spaces offer a way to get started in a professional atmosphere and relatively cheaply. For technology specific startups, you’ll find support at JXNTech (meetup. com/jxntech/) and JAWAD (meetup.com/ Jackson-Area-Web-And-App-Developers/) meet-ups. For all sorts of startups (and what some call an hour of “entrepreneurial church” on Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m.), come down to Coalesce for 1 Million Cups Jackson and hear a variety of business and nonprofit pitches, from tech to food to farms and everything in between. Most importantly, the technology businesses and technologists themselves are getting connected—that’s how you form

an ecosystem. Coding among the trees in the ’burbs is one thing (and you’re free to have fun with that), but a thriving ecosystem needs ideas, relationships, sounding boards, criticism and constant learning. Something that any growing economic cluster offers the individual is mobility— the opportunity to change jobs or work contract or freelance, and thus to create a pool of labor, ideas and innovation. That, in turn, draws the attention of companies that need that talent pool (and, worldwide, that talent is needed.) This weekend adds another new element—the tech festival. I’m super-excited about the Sandbox Live event that Christopher Lomax of Mantle. is hosting. From the hack-a-thon to the films, live music and— of course—the biz-focused keynotes and panel discussions, there is nothing that can help signal “ecosystem” like a well-attended event (plus craft beer). Keynote speakers are Rachael Qualls, CEO of Venture360, a private equity portfolio management tool that connects investors and entrepreneurs. Prior to running Venture360, Qualls was with Angel Capital Group, a group specializing in early-stage investments. Nick Moran is the dynamic host of “The Full Ratchet” podcast and a partner in New Stack Ventures, which is another early-stage seed fund. Between their insights, panel discussions (I’ll host the venture-capital one), startup pitches, jazz, film, food, networking and beverages, it should be quite an event; I tip my hat to Christopher for taking this on. Sandbox Live (sandboxlive.io) is free to attend, or you can get VIP admissions by buying the All Access Wristband. I’ll see you there—let’s help grow this thing! See more about the event on pages 15-16.

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contributors

Imani Khayyam

Amber Helsel

Tyler Edwards

Emerald Alexis Ware

Arielle Dreher

Donna Ladd

Mary Osborne

Zilpha Young

Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam is an art lover and a native of Jackson. He loves to be behind the camera and capture the true essence of his subjects. He took the cover photo and lots of inside photographs.

Managing Editor Amber Helsel is a demolitions expert, otakuin-training and a curious Gemini who likes art, cats, food, music, all things kawaii and more. Email story ideas to amber@ jacksonfreepress.com. She wrote the cover package.

Events Editor Tyler Edwards loves film, TV and all things pop culture. He’s a Jackson native and will gladly debate the social politics of comic books. Send events to events@jacksonfreepress.com. He wrote about Jacksonian Sarah MacInnis.

Freelance writer Emerald Alexis Ware is a senior at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has raging wanderlust and loves all things 20-something. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @imemeraldalexis. She wrote about Mississippi Fashion Week.

News Reporter Arielle Dreher is working on finding new hobbies and adopting an otter from the Jackson Zoo. Email her story ideas at arielle@ jacksonfreepress.com. She wrote about the Legislature passing a budget—sort of.

JFP Editor, CEO and co-founder Donna Ladd is a graduate of Mississippi State and Columbia j-school. As a huge Dak fan, she is adjusting to her new allegiance to the Dallas Cowboys. She wrote about Jackson funding and politics.

Sales and Marketing Assistant Mary Osborne is seeking out new ways to share all things good, all the time, because what the world needs now is love. Send your thoughts to mary@jacksonfreepress.com.

Zilpha Young is an ad designer by day, painter, illustrator, seamstress and freelance designer by night. Check out her design portfolio at zilphacreates.com. She designed ads for the issue.

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“The idea was to develop this into a citywide newspaper, an alternative to the monopoly-run Jackson dailies.”

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—Late renowned journalist Bill Minor in 1973 after purchasing “The Capital Reporter.” Minor passed away on March 28.

Thursday, March 23 Mississippi lawmakers announce the induction of 18 artists into the inaugural Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Hall of Fame class at the Capitol. Friday, March 24 Gov. Phil Bryant signs the “Back the Badge Act,” which adds law-enforcement officials, firefighters and emergency personnel as protected classes under Mississippi’s hate-crime laws. … President Donald Trump and GOP leaders pull their Obamacare repeal bill off the House floor after it becomes clear the measure will fail badly. Saturday, March 25 The 27 remaining European Union nations mark the 60th anniversary of the organization’s founding with a renewed vow for continued unity in the face of Britain’s EU departure.

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Sunday, March 26 President Donald Trump attacks conservative lawmakers for the failure of the Republican bill to replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law and tweets that he believes Obamacare will “explode” in the coming days.

Monday, March 27 Gov. Phil Bryant signs Senate Bill 2710, which says cities, state agencies and public colleges can’t prevent employees from asking someone’s immigration status or give legal status to people who entered the country without permission. Tuesday, March 28 Wilson F. “Bill” Minor, a journalist who chronicled Mississippi through almost 70 years of change, including its turbulent struggle over civil rights, dies at his home in Jackson. He was 94. Get breaking news at jfpdaily.com.

Capitol Still Could Help Capital City by Donna Ladd

he year 2017 may be the charm for Jackson, at least when it comes to getting upward of $20 million a year from the State of Mississippi to help repair crumbling infrastructure around where lawmakers and most state workers drive, meet, dine and debate for four months a year, give or take a special session or two. As this goes to print, the Capitol Complex Improvement District legislation, House Bill 1226, is still alive, although it is still caught up in the final conference process, in which six lawmakers must decide on the final wording before it goes back to both the House and the Senate for final votes. The deadline for it to come back for a vote is Thursday, but lawmakers could move faster than that, amid talk at the Capitol that legislators plan to end early this session. Efforts to convince the Mississippi Legislature to kick in dollars to help Jackson have failed in previous legislation sessions, including at the last hour last year. But this may be the year that changes. “We are continuing to negotiate on this important bill. The state should help w(ith) infrastructure around state-owned buildings,” Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, tweeted Tuesday morning. The legislation, as drafted, says the State will divert 12-1/2 percent of the total sales tax collected inside Jackson to

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Wednesday, March 22 The Mississippi Senate sends Senate Bill 2689, which would ban lawmakers and other elected officials from spending campaign money for non-campaign purposes such as a mortgage payments, funerals, clothing, automobiles, tuition or undocumented loans, to Gov. Phil Bryant for signature.

Mayor Tony Yarber believes the Capitol Complex Improvement District will finally happen for Jackson, meaning more than $20 million a year to help pay for infrastructure improvement, police and fire service within its boundaries.

the Capitol Complex fund; 15 percent of that amount would compensate Jackson for police and fire protection within the district. The House language states that no less than 95 percent of the fund must be used for improvement projects and police/fire protection. One sticking point has long been the size of the district itself and what areas of the city are included. This year’s House map included downtown Jackson near the Capitol down to South Street and

STEM Helps Kids

east to the Pearl River. The northern part covers the Fondren business district up to Mitchell Avenue and east to Ridgewood Road. The House lines include very little of west Jackson, save the area around Jackson State University, and none of south Jackson. Mayor Tony Yarber said in an interview last week that he is fine with a district that only includes some of Jackson because that allows the City to retain more resources for areas of the

by Amber Helsel

We’ve heard a lot of talk as of late about pushing students into science, technology, engineering, and math fields (also known as STEM). Here are some facts about those fields.

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On average, people in STEM fields tend to make 70 percent more than the average income.

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Eight out of 10 most-wanted employees that the U.S. Department of Labor lists were ones with STEM education.

Not enough students are graduating with degrees in STEM fields to fill all of the available jobs.

The U.S. Bureau of Statistics says that in the next 20 years, 80 percent of jobs will require technical skills. In the next decade, the U.S.’s demand for scientists and engineers is expected to increase at four times the rate of all other fields. STEM education helps students learn critical thinking and problem solving, increases science literacy and gives them a better understanding of the world. Credits:visual.ly, stemcareer.com, isa.org

“We’re trying to coordinate everything with the bicentennial anniversary—so we’re just excited.” —Rep. Charles Young, D-Meridian, on the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience Museum opening in his district this winter or early spring 2018.

Ahem, City Candidates by Donna Ladd

—Rep. John Read, R-Gautier, the House appropriations chairman discussing the fiscal-year 2018 budget.

Rouge, La. He spent 34,580.67 in 2016; his largest disbursements were to LDTM for consulting and marketing ($9,200). That company’s president is Telisha Goree, the sister of Jackson Economic Development Director Jason Goree, who recently left his position; the secretary of

ixteen people may be running for mayor, but as of press time, only two of them had met the Jan. 31, 2017, annual reporting deadline—nearly two months later. Mayor Tony Yarber and challenger Chokwe Lumumba have reports on file with the city clerk—a candidate report from Yarber and a PAC report from Lumumba showing that, as of Jan. 31, Yarber was leading the money race by over $10,000. Virgi Lindsay is the only Jackson City Council candidate who filed. That means any candidate for city office who raised or spent campaign funds in 2016 is violating election law. Yarber’s report shows that he raised $37,300.43 in 2016, much of it connected to contracting and engineering firms. His largest donation on that report was $2,000 from Marty Broussard of CES Compliance Envirosystems LLC, a sewage and drainage company in Baton

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Chokwe Lumumba was one of two mayoral candidates who filed campaign reports by Jan. 31, 2017.

state’s office says the company provides professional and temporary help services. Yarber’s other large expense was $6,000 to The Daniels Group; owner Roosevelt Daniels provides political and public-affairs services. He also spent $1,204.76 at the Hilton Hotel in Norfolk, Va.

A PAC of the Michael Baker International Holdco Corp., an engineering and consulting firm in Pennsylvania, also filed a 2016 report. It had spent little of $63,068.95 raised, with $500 going to Yarber, $250 to Simmons for Senate in Cleveland, Miss., and $1,000 to Fofo Gilich’s mayoral campaign in Biloxi. Lumumba’s PAC report shows $21,635 raised in 2016 and $27,191.45 spent. His largest donors in 2016 were $2,525 from Lumumba’s law firm; $1,500 from Warren and Gennie Jones of Madison; $3,450 from Charter Investments in Jackson, registered to Tonarri Moore and Marvin Dawson; $2,500 from SMD Exclusive (Snap Man’s Designs), registered to Ernestene W. Owens. Lumumba’s largest payments were to Space Age Marketing & Printing for signs; $3,215.98 for August 2016 salary to Ervin Bradley; and $1,600 to AC Bail Bonds for rent on campaign headquarters. Lindsay, the only council candidate who filed for 2016, had raised $20,550 and spent $9,407.11 as of Jan. 31. She had multiple $1,000 donations, and all her 2016 payments went to consultants Chism Strategies of Jackson and Bill Washington of Flora. See reports at jfp.ms/documents.

JFP Wins Two First-Place AP Awards by Todd Stauffer “Coming Home to the Washington Addition, “Ceasefire in the City? How Police Can (and Cannot) Deter Gunfire,” and “‘Police vs. Black’: Bridging the ‘Racialized Gulf’.” The four stories kicked off a larger and ongoing series called “Preventing Violence” (jfp.ms/preventingviolence) that the full news team contributed to and continues to develop. Second place went to the Thibodaux Daily Comet and third place to The Vicksburg Post. In the Division I - Editorials category, the JFP Staff won for its collection of editorials submitted: “Don’t Let Up On the State Flag, It Must Change,” “Hosemann Right on Reform, Wrong on ID,” “Don’t Appeal Frivolous Planned Parenthood Law. The judges said of the editorials, “Gutsy work among many strong contenders.” Second place went to the Meridian Star and third place to the Greenwood Commonwealth.

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he Jackson Free Press staff has won two first-place awards from the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Broadcasters and Media Editors; the winners were announced at a banquet this weekend held at the Jackson Hilton. In the Division I - Investigative/ Public Service category, Editor-in-Chief Donna Ladd and Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam won first place for “A Hunger to Live: Interrupting Violence in Jackson, Miss.” and several followup stories. The series documents efforts in Jackson to interrupt the cycles of violence.The judges’ notes for the series said: “An in-depth look at the serious problems of poverty and violence done with compassion and fairness. An outstanding example of what journalism can be for a community.” The stories in the “Hunger to Live” series are: “A Hunger to Live: Interrupting Violence in Jackson, Miss.,”

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city not included in the Capitol district. “The sticking point right now has to do with the boundaries,” he said March 24. “The Senate wants to remove the boundaries; the House version keeps their version. “I’m fine with the House version,” Yarber continued. “Even if there are boundaries, what it gives me the opportunity to do is not worry about what’s inside the boundaries. We can worry about what’s outside the boundaries.” Another question has been over who would oversee the funds and how they are spent within the district. Typically for commissions appointed to govern funds involving Jackson, the House originally required that only two of the five members of the commission be from the capital city itself, with the other three appointments would be allowed to come from the larger metropolitan area. The Senate then changed the language to say that the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration would oversee the project, with an advisory committee offering suggestions. Lawmakers must hammer out those disagreements in order for the district to happen. “With this next effort with the Capitol City complex and infrastructure fund, we want the State to finally take responsibility, direct responsibility, for a lot of the infrastructure around this $5.6 billion worth of real estate in stateowned buildings that are not subject to taxation,” Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, recently told the Jackson Free Press. Horhn has helped push for similar legislation in recent years and is now running for mayor against Yarber and other candidates. Yarber is confident that the district will happen, saying his staff has devoted significant lobbying time to the effort. “The fact that only six people oppose the House version—that’s a lot to say about what hasn’t been able to be done in Jackson in a long time,” Yarber said last week. Follow editor-in-chief Donna Ladd at @donnerkay. Read city election coverage and candidate interviews at jfp.ms/ election2017

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A Bi-Partisan Mutiny Over Roads and Bridges by Arielle Dreher

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Bi-partisan Solidarity On Monday afternoon, Rep. Charles Busby, R-Pascagoula, took the podium and asked the House to take a strong stand by

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sending the MDOT budget back to committee so lawmakers could consider adding their use tax language into the bill. “There’s a lot of give and take in politics, and some people seem more intent on always taking and never doing the giving,” Busby told the House, as some members whistled. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, agreed, saying the Department of Transportation’s budget bill does include several highway projects some legislators initiated for their

members cheered and clapped, signaling a bi-partisan middle finger to the Senate for refusing to work with them on funding for roads and bridges. They played brinksmanship, opting to kill MDOT’s budget if the Senate did not play ball. The House passed the second MDOT budget bill overwhelmingly, but had a couple “no” votes. After the Rebellion Lt. Gov. Reeves held a press briefing Imani Khayyam; Arielle Dreher

ightning flashed outside as storms gathered inside the Mississippi Capitol late the night of Monday, March 27, a pivotal deadline day for budget legislation. Lawmakers milled about, refilling styrofoam cups with ice or coffee, lounging in chairs, striking up conversations. They were all out of the loop unless they were inside the inner circles of the leaders of the two chambers: Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn. The budget stand-off continued until it was almost midnight. Even then, it did not end, with Reeves and Gunn unable to agree on budgets for the Mississippi Department of Transportation, State Aid Road Construction, or Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood’s office. Tensions between the House and the Senate have rumbled all session long, in side comments and statements on the floors of both chambers (“Why aren’t we using the House version of this bill?” “The Senate passed this measure unanimously, but the House killed it.”) While compromising on some bills such as the House’s campaignfinance reform and the Senate version of the “Back the Badge Act,” the two chambers have remained divided on funding for roads and bridges. The House had presented proposals three separate times, initially taking proactive measures to introduce legislation, then later amending bond bills. Its bi-partisan strategy is to use parts of the state’s use tax—also called the Internet sales tax— collections to fund infrastructure, to the chagrin of the Senate. Reeves blocked or killed any attempt to divert what he says is an “unconstitutional tax” to fund roads and bridges—reflecting a conservative argument that Internet sales taxes are illegal even as multiple states already collect them, including Mississippi to a certain degree.

Deadline day morphed into a showdown between House Speaker Philip Gunn (left) and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves (right) over road funding

home areas, including Flowood (where the lieutenant governor resides) and Natchez, which take precedent over prioritizing and funding highway projects in the entire state. “There is money that needs to be re-negotiated and needs to be put back in the bill,” Johnson said, alluding to the usetax diversion funds the House has pushed for all session. “If you don’t stand up now, if you don’t stand for something, you will have nothing.” The House responded with an unusual show of solidarity with all members voting in favor of recommitting the MDOT budget bill. As the vote board lit up green,

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after the House’s rebellion, telling reporters that the bill was not really about road and bridge repair, but instead about the Internet sales tax. “They so badly want to raise the internet sales tax that they’re willing to blow up a budget agreement that they agreed to,” Reeves told reporters. Senators sent the same budget language back to House members, Reeves said, and he put the onus for passing the budget back on the House. “House Republicans are going to have to decide if … unconstitutionally raising taxes is important enough to them to go against an agreement that they made,” Reeves said. However, a handful of Republicans, such as Rep. Joel Bomgar of Madison, voted against extending the Internet sales tax in earlier bills, but voted with the House to continue to work toward road funding. Monday. After the 6 p.m. deadline passed with no House action on the MDOT budget, Gunn held a press conference in his office with key GOP lawmakers responsible for the House’s push for infrastructure

funding. Gunn first debunked the idea that the House’s proposal was “unconstitutional,” an argument that the Koch brothers-funded Americans for Prosperity is pushing at the Capitol and in a column in last week’s Jackson Free Press. The new language to divert funds to roads and bridges, most recently in Senate Bill 2939, would divert “use tax revenue above the first $50 million collected from voluntary taxpayers and deposited into the State General Fund.” Amazon and other online retailers, with no brick-and-mortar location in the state, already collect use tax and give it to the Department of Revenue, and they would be considered the “voluntary taxpayers” in the bill. Litigation to require all retailers to collect the tax could get to the U.S. Supreme Court in coming years, and House lawmakers added language to conform to federal law if it changes. Until then, however, as Rep. Jason White, R-West, pointed out, “we are getting the money now, and we’re going to get more.” White, Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, and Rep. Charles Busby, R-Pascagoula, were all in Gunn’s office to express their frustration with the Senate not considering or sitting down to meet and talk about solutions to funding infrastructure. “Policy we strongly support ought to be given due diligence at the other end of the hall,” Busby said. Gunn defended the House’s decision to push road and bridges funding to a special session, pointing out that legislators have left early several Fridays this session, leaving unspent funds that can pay for the special session. “The idea that ‘the House wants to increase taxes’ is not true; we are trying to devote time and attention to funding roads and bridges,” Gunn told reporters Monday night. “We were willing to do that (force a special session) for the purpose of exploring other avenues.” Target: AG, State Parks The Legislature also neglected to fund the attorney general’s budget by the Monday deadline, due to last-minute language added to the conference report. The budget bill for the attorney general’s office included language that would have required his office to deposit lawsuit settlement funds into the state’s general fund within 15 days of more MUTINY see page 10

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MUTINY from page 8 receiving those funds. The new section required the attorney general to do this before receiving any state funding for his agency. The Senate debated this code section, with Democrats crying foul at the last-minute change. In the House, minority whip Rep. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis, raised a point of order about the language. Then, the House Rules Committee passed a resolution to amend the budget and take out 10 the section, sending it to the Senate to keep

need it least. “The purpose is to put your thumb on the scale and reward the wealthiest districts in the state,” Blount said. He said that money should instead go to MAEP, which was originally intended to fund all schools equitably. No new education funding formula plan, spurred by the New Jersey nonprofit

but for now, the Legislature signed off on a budget to fund schools through MAEP.

EdBuild’s recommendations for the state, surfaced during budget discussions. Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, called for the Legislature to hold off re-writing the funding formula until it had conducted an open process for Mississippians to provide input on the new formula. The governor would have to call a special session to re-write the school’s education funding formula before the 2017-2018 school year,

Rep. Sam Mims, R-McComb, presented several health-related budget bills Monday morning, repeatedly telling House members that the budgets were “challenging” but without specifying what positions or services are facing cuts. Democrats questioned the chairman repeatedly and consistently offered motions to send the health budget bills back for further conference—to hopefully add more

funds or work on them further. “We have a challenging budget this session ... we’re not going to be able to find more money in this process, so let’s move forward,” Mims said in opposition to the motions. Rep. John Read, R-Gautier, who chairs the House Budget Committee, said there is no more revenue to add to the bills. Addressing the struggling budget, Read told the House he’s “never seen it this bad.” The Department of Mental Health’s budget will see more than $10 million in cuts this year. Mims said the department would have some flexibility in how it handled the reduction in funding. Mims estimated that hundreds of positions are at risk but that the agency would start by not re-hiring into positions of those retiring. Last week, Attorney General Jim Hood announced he had recovered more than $34 million mainly from settlements with Moody’s Corp. In a statement, he urged lawmakers to appropriate $7 million of the funds for the mental-health department, which had to close its chemical dependency unit last year due to budget cuts. Rep. Tom Miles, D-Forest, asked if budget writers had added those additional funds to the Department of Mental Health’s budget, like Hood suggested. Rep. Read said lawmakers used that money to plug current fiscal-year deficit holes in the Division of Medicaid’s budget instead. The State still faces two federal lawsuits for its over-reliance on institutionalization in providing mental-health services, one focusing on children, the other on adults. Email state reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@ jacksonfreepress.com.

the attorney general’s budget alive. In the meantime, Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Terry Burton, R-Newton, presented a resolution to extend the deadline and keep both transportation budget bills alive, saying he wanted an 8:30 p.m. deadline. “Certainly reasonable people in both of these chambers who were sent here to do the people’s business can do this … because the negotiations have been done, it’s a matter of signing the report and filing it,” Burton told the Senate. After both chambers exchanged resolutions, for over three hours neither the House nor the Senate moved on the other’s

resolution, killing the three budget bills. “We have met our deadline of midnight tonight … (but) the House has chosen evidently to not take up our suspension resolution to avoid spending $30,000 a day of taxpayer’s money,” Reeves said before gaveling out at midnight. In another last-minute surprise, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries budget bill contained new language to allow the executive director to privatize state parks, which Democrats strongly opposed. Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, said the new section would authorize a new state program. “This isn’t right—if we’re going to

have a proposal to privatize state parks... that ought to go through the normal process, and there ought to be debate about it, and you shouldn’t have a take-it-or-leaveit proposition that we’re stuck with here,” Bryan told the Senate. One senator raised a point of order on the park section, but unlike Baria’s in the House, his point was not well-taken, and the Senate passed the budget bill. Gov. Phil Bryant will have to call a special session for lawmakers to fund bills they left on the floor for politics’ sake. Comment at jfp.ms. Follow @arielle_ amara on Twitter for breaking news.

Mental-Health Jobs on Line The Legislature also cut millions of dollars from state health-care services, including the state’s largest agency, the Department of Mental Health. Imani Khayyam

ublic schools should prepare for more budget cuts, as the Mississippi Adequate Education Program took a hit in the budget lawmakers passed late Monday, March 27. Budget writers decided to decrease funding for MAEP by $20 million, while funding the School Recognition Program for the same amount, as Senate Democrats pointed out. The School Recognition Program, created in 2014, is a salary supplement program for teachers based on each public school’s performance. The Legislature did not fund the program last year, but this year the six lawmakers signed off on the $20.38 million needed to fund it. “A” and “B” schools receive $100 and $75 per pupil in average daily attendance under the program as well as any school that improves at least one letter grade in the 2015-2016 school year. The extra funds must be used for salary supplements for teachers and staff—not administrators, state law says. Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, questioned Senate Education Chairman Sen. Gray Tollison, R-Oxford, about the program. “So essentially we are making a choice to fully fund without cuts the School Recognition Program but not fully fund MAEP,” Blount said Monday night. “That money actually comes out of our education program funds, so I would argue that it comes out of the General Education Programs (budget line) that money was put into,” Tollison said. General Education Programs received a $7.7-million funding increase in the budget legislators passed Monday, while MAEP received a $20-million cut. Blount said the School Recognition Programs is designed to help districts that

Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, slammed the Senate majority for fully funding the School Recognition Program by putting their “thumb on the scale” to “reward the wealthiest districts in the state.”

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n April, five states will officially celebrate Confederate History Month (or Confederate Heritage Month): Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In Georgia, which stopped the celebrations after a neo-Confederate killed nine black churchgoers in neighboring South Carolina in 2015, a lawmaker is pushing to bring it back, citing Trump’s election and the end of the era of “political correctness.” To be clear, Confederate History Month isn’t about remembering our past and taking lessons from it. Key proponents of the month’s continued existence are the Sons of Confederate Veterans, whose revisionist history of the Confederacy and the Civil War minimizes and even denies the role of slavery in southern secession. On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered in Virginia. Yet 152 years later, many in our region are still fighting the lost war. Some of us do it by flying Confederate flags, complete with lofty slogans like, “The South Will Rise Again!” and “Heritage, Not Hate!” Some of us do it in more insidious ways. For no good reason, we work overtime to make sure those “Yankees” don’t come in and wreck our perfectly dead-last economies. We definitely don’t want those federal Yanks telling us how to run our education system. And despite the fact that we are the region that most needs health-care options that the Affordable Care Act offers, we did everything we could to thwart any effort from the Obama administration to help improve our miserable condition. We rejected “Obamacare” because we don’t need no federal government helping us. Of course, the funny thing about that is that we are the most dependent region on the federal government in the country. Mississippi, for example, gets around $3 in subsidies from the federal government for every $1 it pays the federal government in taxes. South Carolina gets $7.87 back for every $1 it sends in. Yes, this means that those evil, liberal, Yankee blue states subsidize us. But at least our citizens aren’t getting decent health-care options—especially not thanks to a black president. Celebrating Confederate History Month without even attempting to put it in its proper context of human slavery and racism is just another one of the things we do to refuse to let go of our white supremacist past. It’s a strange thing that some white southerners will tell black people to get over slavery and segregation in one breath, and then turn around and raise a Confederate flag and boast about “heritage” in the next. Then again, maybe it isn’t so strange if you consider that both actions are premised on one motive: the upholding of white supremacy. The South needs to get over itself. Why should our Confederate heritage be more important than our American heritage? Why do we commemorate the battles of great, great, great, great-grandfathers we never knew, but we don’t give the same adoration and attention to the grandfathers and great-grandfathers—many still with us—who fought for our country in World War II and in Korea? Why isn’t that heritage so cherished? Not a single person who fought in the Civil War, who was born to a parent who fought in the Civil War, or who lived in the Old South, is still alive. It is a civilization, to quote Margaret Mitchell, that is “gone with the wind.” It’s been gone for a century and a half. Instead of fighting on behalf of people you never knew and a nation that was never your home, fight for the South you inherited. Fight for the world you live in now. Fight for the people here now who desperately need health care and whose children need better educations. Instead of waiting for the Old South to rise again, rise up and help move her forward. Ashton Pittman is the editor-in-chief and founder of Deep South Daily. Follow him on Twitter at @ashtonpittman. 12 March 29 - April 4, 2017 • jfp.ms

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Cheers to Bi-partisanship in the Mississippi House

he blame for the budget meltdown belongs to both the House and the Senate, but if you believe that bipartisanship, maintaining the state’s infrastructure and compromise are important in how laws are made, give your House members a high-five the next time you see them. The House unanimously asked the Senate, particularly Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, to play ball on Monday when they recommitted the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s budget for more work. House leaders, led by House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, have led a bi-partisan effort all session long to attempt to find new streams of revenue to direct to the state’s infrastructure. Throughout the session, Reeves repeatedly struck down the House’s attempts to divert online sales-tax revenue collected from retailers without a brick-and-mortar store in the state—called a use tax—for road and bridges funding. He cited the U.S. Supreme Court precedent preventing states from collecting this tax, calling any mandate to collect tax from all out-of-state online retailers “unconstitutional.” (A ruling some states are appealing.) The House’s current proposal, however, is certainly not “unconstitutional.” It defines “voluntary taxpayer” in their legislation, which would include online retailers such as Amazon, which has already agreed to collect use tax and deliver it to Mississippi’s Department of Revenue. Money is already flowing to DOR from this agreement, and House lawmakers want to use around $200 million from that revenue to work on the state’s roads and bridges. As

Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, who has advocated for this legislation for almost a year now, said, this is a “very conservative approach” to working on the state’s infrastructure—and a plausible one. Gunn, for his part, has come a long way on this issue. He went from “will consider options” at the beginning of the session to forcing the Senate’s hand on Monday night, refusing to back down. House lawmakers told reporters late Monday that the Senate leaders would not sit down with them to discuss their proposal—and said they want to have those discussions. Now, they will get to, likely in a special session. The question will be whether or not Reeves and Senate leaders can set aside their pride and give bi-partisanship collaboration a chance for revenue for roads and bridges. To echo House Republicans, their current proposal does not raise taxes. This is not an attempt to raise the gas tax (although, for the record, that’s likely going to happen if we want to repair roads and bridges at a decent rate and in an equitable way). It asks for revenue that voluntarily comes through use taxes to fund roads and bridges. The Federal Highway Administration re-inspected more than 100 bridges this year, and they’ve closed (partially or fully) 72 bridges in the state. Most Republicans and Democrats agree roads and bridges are a core function of government. Senators who agree need to encourage across-the-statehouse cooperation ion the issue. To sacrifice infrastructure funding, even if it’s a small amount, because of political pride is selfish, stupid and frankly, a bad campaign tactic.

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ou are such a beautiful woman for your size.” Yep. In 2017, someone said that to me. I recall a time in my life where I would have felt like this statement was a compliment, especially coming from another woman. But my 42-year-old self had to immediately tame the lioness that was awaking in my entire soul at that moment. I was immediately offended. Should I share with this woman how offensive these words are to me? Should I explain to her that her attempt to be nice (or funny) was the exact opposite of that? There’s been a lot of talk on platforms such as Instagram about how curvy women are neglecting their health while embracing their bodies. I felt offended and ashamed reading one particular post about how society is becoming more accepting of “people being fat” while I sat on the couch in Sneaky Beans, and several beautiful, thin women seemed to parade back and forth from the room. I thought, “What irony is this?” Sure, women are adding to their bodies, and it has become popular to have thick thighs and full buttocks. I can appreciate a woman wanting to feel full-bodied. Of course, men have taught women that this is what beauty looks like. Let us be honest about this. When they say they are doing this to feel beautiful, understand that it is because society has determined, yet again, what the standard of beauty should be. So in an effort to meet that demand, some women have decided to be curvaceous. I didn’t make a decision to be curvaceous. In fact, for most of my life, looking the way I look hasn’t been that much of a prize for me. As I grew older and began attracting older men, I learned that there was a lane there for me. But it wasn’t all-inclusive by any stretch. One guy could literally tell me that I was super fine, and another would tell me two seconds later that I was “too big.” So I never truly accepted the idea that being “not thin” was a cool thing. I just stayed in the lane that worked for me. As with anything, there will be naysayers. Now that popular society has become more accepting of women who have decided to flaunt their imperfect (by traditional standards) bodies, we have those who are driving attention to the idea that we are either oblivious to what we really look like,

or we are unhealthy. Anything to shame a confident woman because, let’s face it, that’s what this is. It’s an attempt to murder what you don’t understand and cannot identify with by pretending to give a damn about our health. Ha! First of all, hardly any woman in the world who is overweight decided that she wanted to be that way. Most would like to believe that it is the result of just being lazy. I can assure you that this isn’t always the case. Several causes lead to having extra weight. Sometimes it isn’t as simple as working out or dieting. I would be willing to bet that eight out of 10 women who are overweight have struggled most of their lives with their weight and have tried all the things one could imagine to lose it. So don’t be so quick to dismiss the idea that if there is an unhealthy approach to living, it could be psychological more than physical. Plenty of women eat clean, work out and practice safe, healthy lifestyles but may simply never be thin. More importantly than any of that is to not shame a woman when she finds confidence in a world that seems to take great care to keep her in self-doubt and a lack of self-acceptance. Lend her strength and support. I looked deeply into the lady’s eyes after the few moments it took for me to curb my initial reaction to her “compliment.” I saw that she felt that her comment wasn’t well received. Guess what! She grabbed my arm and said: “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it like that. You are a beautiful woman.” I smiled at her and figured that at least she is aware enough to apologize. Admittedly, her compliment fell on deaf ears as much as her apology. I returned with: “Thank you. Maybe if it were not for my size, you wouldn’t have noticed how beautiful I am.” Women don’t decide to hate their bodies; people teach them to do it. So if that’s the case, why can’t we teach each other to love our bodies enough to take good care of ourselves, enough to heal the hurt that causes eating binges, enough to see ourselves in the mirror and not the model on the magazine cover because “shame weighs more than fat”? Funmi “Queen” Franklin is a word lover, poet, a truth yeller and community activist. She is the founder of an organization that promotes self love, awareness and sisterhood.

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April 1 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.: Network breakfast, Mantle., needs all-access wristband 10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.: Rethink Mississippi technology-education panel, Duling Hall, free 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.: jazz music from a high-school jazz program in Yazoo County, Duling Hall, free 1 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.: JAWAD <:Hello-Jxn Panel/>, Duling Hall, free 2 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.: Screening of Red Squared Productions’ “Mississippi Left Me Out” documentary on the state not expanding Medicaid, Duling Hall, free 3 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.: Keynote address from portfolio-management company Venture360 co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Rachael Qualls, Duling Hall, free 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.: Tech-investing panel moderated by Jackson Free Press and BOOM Jackson Publisher Todd Stauffer, Duling Hall, free 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Mantle startup idea pitches, Duling Hall, free 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.: Keynote address from Nick Moran, co-founder and managing director of New Stack Ventures and Moran Capital Partners, and the host of venture-investing podcast, The Full Ratchet, Duling Hall, free 7 to 8 p.m.: special screening of “Kudzu Zombies,” Duling lawn, free 8:30 to 10 p.m.: jazz music from Raphael Semmes and other musicians, Duling Hall, free Locations Mantle Co.Working (622 Duling Ave.) Duling Lawn (Duling Avenue) Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) Mantle. Suites (2906 N. State St.) Brent’s Drugs (655 Duling Ave.) Sandbox Live is March 31 and April 1. Most events are free, but food and drink are not. All-access wristbands are $20, and $50 for all-access plus, which includes discounted beer and food. They will get guests into every event unless specified. For more information, visit sbljxn.live.

by Amber Helsel

ver in Duling Hall, Mantle. is bustling with activity. People occupy conference and meeting rooms and offices, and the chatter makes it almost too hard to hear. On March 31 and April 1, both Fondren and Mantle. will be bustling with more activity as Mantle. gears up for its first annual Sandbox Live, which is an event that will combine technology, film and music into one platform. From Law to Technology Mantle. co-owner Christopher Lomax grew up in Mobile, Ala. He met his wife, Lauren, at law school at the University of Mississippi, where he graduated with a law degree in 2009. The couple moved to Jackson after Lomax’s graduation and married in March 2010. Lomax worked as a lawyer for Attorney General Jim Hood for several years before starting to design a shopping/ social-media app called Aimlitstly on the side, but he says his wife wasn’t happy. “Lauren told me I couldn’t do that anymore,” he says with a laugh. “I couldn’t both be an attorney and develop an app, and so the next thing I knew, I quit my job and went back and got my (master’s in business administration around 2014) at Millsaps. … I don’t think that ... was the result that she expected.” After about a year and a half of working on the app, Lomax says he ran out of money and time to work on it. But the project ended up being fruitful: He came up with the idea of Mantle. during the process. When he was working on it, he says that he noticed that Mississippi didn’t have many locations for creatives such as himself at the time (and no technology incubators outside of ones at colleges and universities), and the state didn’t have an excess of coders. So he decided to tackle both with the creation of Mantle. Lomax says that at its core, co-working (part of what Mantle. is) is essentially office space, a place for people to work in outside of their work or home offices, but Mantle. is also a technology incubator. If a business or individual is at the idea stage of an app or technology-centered business, he or she can apply at Mantle. For a portion of the equity in the company, Mantle. will give the owners and creators free office space for a year, free legal work and business-plan develop-

ment, and help them find investors. At press time, Mantle. currently has three companies involved in this program—financial-research platform Finaius; Marketect, which helps businesses with finance and investor outreach and reporting; and Padrick, a facility-management tool

The event begins on Friday, March 31, with a patio party on the patio of Duling Hall and goes through Saturday, April 1, with entertainment-based activities, such as live music and a silent-disco-esque screening of “The Wizard of Oz,” which will give viewers the option of watching the movie Imani KHayyan

March 31 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Kickoff party, Duling Hall patio, needs all-access wristband 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.: JAWAD hackathon, Mantle. and Brent’s Drugs, free 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.: “The Wizard of Oz” Two Ways (viewers can switch between a version of the regular audio and a second version remixed with Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.”), Duling lawn, free for silent film, $10-$15 for film with sound

Creating a Sandbox

Mantle. co-owner Christopher Lomax wants Sandbox Live to be similar to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

that aids businesses such as gyms, membership clubs and storage facilities. Those companies are art of what Lomax wants to showcase in Sandbox Live. Showcasing the Sandbox Lomax says Mantle.’s name is a reference to the part of an oyster that produces a shell and turns foreign substances such as grains of sand into pearls. The idea of an incubator like Mantle. echoes that idea, he says: filter lots of grains of sand (technology start-ups and businesses) until it turns into something valuable such as a pearl. That’s also where the name of the company’s newsletter, Sandbox, comes from. “The idea was we wanted to … showcase all that sand,” he says. He says that Sandbox Live is essentially the live version of the newsletter. It focuses on three areas: technology, music and film.

to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”; educational panels, such as the Rethink Mississippi Tech-Ed Panel, where Rethink Project Coordinator Jake McGraw will discuss brain drain, and Jackson-Area Web & App Developers’ Hello-JXN Panel, which will address software and app development in the capital city and throughout Mississippi; and pitches from the Mantle incubator businesses. Sandbox Live’s music offerings will focus on jazz because, as Lomax says, jazz and technology because both riff off classical organization to make something new. “Going forward, my model, or kind of ideal result of this is kind of like South by Southwest in Austin,” he says. He says a good part of the event is that it all takes place in and around Fondren—

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Life in Code: Nader Dabit by Amber Helsel

How hard was it to teach yourself how to code? I would say, maybe 10 or 20 years ago, it was a lot harder to get into, but now, especially, but even seven years ago whenever I learned how to do it, there was quite a bit of online resources for free. It took a lot of time, but there was never a time when I wasn’t able to find an answer because there’s so much stuff online, and it makes it really easy for people who want to learn to teach themselves. Tell me about Jackson Area Web and App Developers. I actually moved to Los Angeles about five years ago back in 2012 and lived there for a while. While I was there, I attended a meetup similar to the one I started here, ... and

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Fondren Corner, Mantle., Brent’s Drugs, Duling Hall and the lawn near it, and possibly the Capri Theater. “That’s kind of our idea is we want to—in the sense of collaboration like we do in co-working—get everyone in the neighborhood working together, to get everyone inspired on some pretty creative topics,” Lomax says. He says the event is tech-heavy because that’s what Mantle. does best, but he hopes the event becomes more than that, growing organically with the neighborhood in the years to come. And although Sandbox fo16 cuses on Fondren, Mantle wants to include

they were actually really cool events that were hosted and catered by big tech companies like Google and YAHOO! at the time, and there was a lot of free food and drinks and socializing going on there. I really enjoyed going to those meetups when I was in California. When I moved back to Mississippi, we didn’t really have anything like that here, so courtesy Nadar Dabit

ackson native Nader Dabit is a self-taught coder. Dabit attended Holmes Community College from 2000 to 2001 and Mississippi College from 2001 to 2002, and his major was political science. After leaving school, he worked in real estate and at Suit City, which his father, Elias Dabit, owns. His first foray into coding was an e-commerce website he created for the business. Dabit told the Jackson Free Press that after the success with that website, he decided that coding was what he needed to do. He founded technology meetup group Jackson Area Web and App Developers after moving back to Jackson from Los Angeles in 2013. He began working as a software developer for Mississippi-based education technology company SchoolStatus about two years ago, doing mobile app development and some website work. He is also the cofounder of React Native Training, a company that teaches coding and app development around the world. The Jackson Free Press recently talked to him on the phone about his experience in coding, the importance of data in education, and the coding scene in Mississippi and Jackson.

Nader Dabit says more Mississippi politicians need to take improving the state’s technology infrastructure more serious.

I ended up reaching out to a couple of companies I worked with (such as CSpire Wireless and Coalesce), and they agreed to sponsor a similar meetup here, so once I secured the sponsors, I was able to start the meetups here, and we kind of used (them) to socialize and network but also to learn and teach each other different skills that we’ve learned that week or that month.

Jackson and the state as a whole. “We want to bring in Jackson because, without Jackson, Fondren is nothing, and we want to bring in Mississippi because, without Mississippi, Jackson is nothing, and then Fondren is nothing,” he says. “… I would like to grow in such a way that we do this every year, and we start inspiring, not even in tech … but in music and film, as well.” Creating Opportunities Besides Sandbox Live’s focus on helping technology and business start-ups, the event has a secondary purpose: to try and give more opportunities to Jackson Public Schools students through Sandbox Prep. Lomax says the proceeds from Sandbox Live, plus some additional matching

What has been the response to JAWAD? So far, it’s been pretty positive. When people find out we have over 500 members, they’re usually shocked because (they) don’t assume that there’s that many people that are interested in software development around this area. Some people that I meet, they don’t really understand or get why we do that, why we meet and what’s the point of the meetups and stuff, but for the most part, everybody that hears about it and comes really enjoys coming and they usually come back. Tell me about SchoolStatus. I was working for CSpire at the time, and I met the guys that own SchoolStatus at a (JAWAD) meet-up. I guess they were coming to the meetup to hire developers because they were opening an office here, and I met with them, and they told me about SchoolStatus and what the company was planning on doing. I learned about the culture and everything about the company, and after talking to them, I decided I wanted to work with them, and they needed developers, so they hired me. What does it do? Basically, the whole gist of what we do is we make the aggregation of data a lot easier than the traditional ways. Before, schools had to gather data from a bunch of different data sources, and it was all very old-school methods of collecting data and it was a lot of spreadsheets and paper and stuff like that. We basically gather all that data electronically, and we present it to them with our web application. That’s our main product is basically showing student data, showing attendance data and giving them feedback about where they stand versus other school dis-

funds from other local entities, will go toward the possible creation of Sandbox Prep coding school. The idea behind the school is that graduating JPS seniors who are not going to college will apply to be part of the program and learn how to code both websites and apps, with the end goal of creating a product or using their coding ability in the freelance world. “The only thing that’s preventing them from doing that is they probably don’t have a computer, and they probably don’t have the knowledge to do it,” Lomax says. “That’s what’s so beautiful about (the information economy) is that the barrier to entry is an Internet connection and a laptop. … (The goal) is to take small groups of JPS kids and turn them into developers. … We’re just building that workforce.”

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Lomax says that if Mississippi is going to participate in the future of the economy, it’s important to have more young people active in studying technology. He wants the students to know that even if they do not pursue higher education, they still have options besides trade skills such as plumbing and electrical work, or industries such as the food service and hospitality one. “If we can find those creative kids who can code, not only can they then build something potentially awesome, they can also be independent,” Lomax says. “You’re not working for somebody else. You’re working for yourself. You can be entrepreneurial. … It’s all about opportunity.” For more information about Sandbox Live, visit sbljxn.live.

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TICKETS AND PASSES AVAILABLE ONLINE Welcome to the 18th annual Crossroads Film Festival! What a great year – and for that we thank the fi lmmakers, fi lm buffs, our sponsors, volunteers, and everyone who makes Crossroads the great festival of fi lms, music, and fun that it is! We hope you enjoy the festival, Mississippi and metro-area hospitality, and of course the great fi lms in this year’s lineup. Thanks for being here!

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thursday april 6. 2017 YOU ARE EVERYTHING 5:00 PM - Screen A

Feature Narrative (108 min.) / Dir. Lena Geller, Prod. Matthias Becker / Germany / Road movie Journalist Georg and his girlfriend Vera meet DJ Dave at an open-air festival. As their trip unfolds, their love is tested.

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Feature Narrative (105 min.) / Dir. Leif Tilden / USA / Romantic comedy After a teen’s friends die in an accident, running allows him to remember, but also brings him notoriety. Should he keep the past alive… or make new memories?

GLANCE

THURSDAY, APRIL 6 5:00 PM 7:00 PM

You Are Everything (Screen A) 1 Mile to You (Screen A)

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Forgotten Bayou (Screen A) The Truth of Us and other stories of Universal experience (Screen B) When Speaking Up Gets You Locked Up (Screen A) Never and other (love?) stories (Screen B) Black Magic: stories from the Black experience (Screen A) Memories Station: Punk, Oldies, & Blues (Screen B) I Am Not Your Negro & panel discussion (Screen A) Speech and Debate (private cast & crew screening) (Screen B) Train to Busan (Hal & Mal’s)

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Molasses & Lemon and other visually striking shorts (Screen B) Eyes on Mississippi (Screen A) Last Stop on Market Street & other kid-friendly films (Screen C) Girls Just Wanna Make Films & extended panel discussion (Screen A) The Eggman and other quirky comedies (Screen B) All Are Welcome Here and other films to make you really think (Screen C) The Five Wives and Lives of Melvyn Pfferberg and a buffet of other comedies (Screen B) Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs (Screen C) Powerful Medicine and other Mississippi stories (Screen A) September 12th (Screen A) Eden and other dystopian tales (Screen B) “Mixtape” (Screen C) Hate Crime: an LGBT story & panel discussion (Screen A) Balcony: stories from the edge of darkness (Screen B) “Late Night Radio” & other music videos (Screen C)

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NEVER AND OTHER (LOVE?) STORIES

1:00 PM Malco Screen A

Maze (Labyrinth) (USA premiere) Short Doc (15 min.) / Dir. Susanna Duellmann, Prod. Susanna Duellmann, Carsten Simon / Germany A stone labyrinth lies on the former site a chemical company. Forgotten Bayou (MS premiere) Feature Doc (73 min.) / Dir. Victoria Greene, Prod. Victoria Greene, John Darling Haynes & Paul E. LeDoux / USA A large sinkhole begs the question for locals: move away, or stay and face the risks?

THE TRUTH OF US AND OTHER STORIES OF UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE

1:30 PM Malco Screen B

Wintry Spring (Rabie Chetwy) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Mohamed Kamel / Egypt / Drama An Egyptian schoolgirl who lives alone with her father begins puberty. The Block Short Doc (10 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Nadine Boller / Switzerland In Kyrgyzstan, an old cement foundation is a gathering place for many. Normal (MS premiere) Short Narrative (17 min.) / Dir. Vadim Lasca, Prod. Mariale Fleitas / Venezuela / Drama Now might be time for Fabricio and his ex to settle their differences. The Truth of Us (MS premiere) Short Narrative (6 min.) / Dir. Destinee Stewart, Prod. Destinee Stewart, Frankey Dey, Krishna Smitha / USA / Drama Amy faces a difficult choice. The News Today (MS premiere) Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. Lisa Donato, Prod. Emily Irion / USA / Drama Familiar and mundane moments become precious in an instant.

Brenda at 10, 15, 30 (USA premiere) Short Narrative (3 min.) / Dir. Ana de Lara, Prod. Ana de Lara & Pamela Stringer / Canada A breast cancer survivor’s life in 3 acts. Gardening At Night (MS premiere) Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. Shayna Connelly, Prod. Wendy Roderweiss / USA / Drama While waiting for bad news, Samantha puts a neglected garden in order. The Ashes (Las Cenizas) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (7 min.) / Dir. Jacob Kirby, Prod. Ning Zhao / USA / Drama Two siblings travel to Cuba hoping to find peace in their late father’s homeland. (D&A) He and She (Er & Sie) Short Narrative (16 min.) / Dir. Marco Gadge, Prod. Mike Brandin & Marco Gadge / Germany / Dramedy While moving, Thomas meets Annemarie at a gas station. (AS, AL)

WHEN SPEAKING UP GETS YOU LOCKED UP

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2:45 PM Malco Screen A

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Inside These Walls (MS premiere) Short Doc (44 min.) / Dir. Lorraine Price, Juliet Lammers, Prod. John Christou, Aisling Chin-Yee / Canada Political prisoner Wang Bingzhang’s family campaigns for his release. The Culprit Short Narrative (3 min.) / Dir. Michael Rittmannsberger, Prod. Bernd T. Hoefflin, Lars Buechel, Michael Rittmannsberger / Germany / Drama A young man accused of a crime seems proud of what he did. The Parchman Ordeal: The Untold Story Feature Doc (57 min.) / Dir. G. Mark LaFrancis, Prod. G. Mark LaFrancis, Darrell White & Robert Morgan / MS

3:30 PM Malco Screen B

Renewable (Renovable) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (13 min.) / Dir. Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga, Prod. Xabier Berzosa, Javier Bonilla / Spain / Rom-com Years after their breakup, Tania and Josean meet again. Never (Mai) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (20 min.) / Dir. Giulio Poidomani, Prod. Isabella Roberto / Italy / Drama After being abandoned by her ex, Claudia begins a very personal journey. Agata (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Alberta Molajoni, Prod. Paolo Soravia / Italy / Comedy, drama An at-home insemination kit is mistakenly delivered to a single woman. Speechless Short Narrative (16 min.) / Dir. Julian

BLACK MAGIC: STORIES FROM THE BLACK EXPERIENCE

4:45 PM Malco Screen A

On Time (MS premiere) Student (8 min.) / Dir. Xavier Burgin, Prod. Tony Ducret, Tim Astor, Kendra Cole, Angelica Lopez / USA / Drama A mother makes a difficult decision. (AL) Counter Act (MS premiere) Short Narrative (16 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Heath Affolter, Jon Affolter, Thomas Affolter, Nathan Affolter / Canada / Drama Alice learns what it takes to stand up for what you believe in. (AL, AS, V) Request Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. Kat Axtell, Prod. James Charboneau / MS / Drama A preacher who has lost his faith is visited by three strangers. (AL)

MEMORIES STATION: PUNK, OLDIES, & BLUES

Pawelzik, Prod. Mario von Grumbkow, Kim Münster / Germany / Drama A connection evolves between a deafmute man and an illiterate woman. Tilda Short Narrative (14 min.) / Dir. Katja Benrath, Prod. Katja Benrath, Daniela Sandhofer, Florian Hirschmann, Felix Striegel / Germany / Drama When Pastor Krause spills wine on his collar, everything changes. Valentin Short Narrative (16 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Ingrid Hübscher / Germany / Rom-com Claudia’s Valentine’s Day takes an unexpected turn.

Olde E (MS premiere) Student (15 min.) / Dir. Xavier L. NealBurgin, Prod. Jenna Cavelle , Jacob Eben / USA / Drama Demarkus enacts revenge against his abusive father. (AL, D&A, V) Black Magic (MS premiere) Student (12 min.) / Dir. Rachel Bass, Prod. John Sayage / USA / Comedy An imaginative black teenager must defend her beliefs. (AL) Rayven Choi (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Shequeta L. Smith, Prod. Natasha McCrea / USA / Thriller Bounty hunter Rayven Choi pursues the hitman who murdered her parents. (AL, V)

Shake ‘Em On Down Feature Doc (57 min.) / Dir. Joe York, Prod. Joe York & Scott Barretta / MS The story of Blues legend “Mississippi This is Not a Love Song (MS premiere) Student (11 min.) / Dir. Ursula Ellis, Prod. Fred McDowell.” (D&A) Max Rifkind-Barron, Emerson Nosek / USA / Teen Drama Two teenage girls attend their first live punk rock show. (AL, V) Memories Station (MS premiere) Short Doc (17 min.) / Dir. Derek Frank / USA Bob Bittner owns and programs four pop radio stations.

5:30 PM Malco Screen B

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6:15 PM Malco Screen A

I Am Not Your Negro Feature Doc (104 min.) / Dir. Raoul Peck Oscar-nominated doc of the proposed book by James Baldwin.

Social Media + Your Film = Honoring the Platform

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SPEECH AND DEBATE

7:30 PM Malco Screen B

Saturday, April 8 / 11:00 AM / Arcade Festival Director, Filmmaker, and former Social Media Director Melanie Addington discusses why working with each social media platform.

Speech and Debate (private cast & crew screening) Feature Narrative (105 min.) / Dir. Dan Harris, Prod. Tom Rice / USA / Drama Private screening of the film for local cast and crew (by invitation only)

Screenwriting: What It Takes to Make It Hollywood

TRAIN TO BUSAN

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Pastime Short Narrative (3 min.) / Dir. & Prod. John Blankenship / USA / Drama, suspense A lonely boy searches for keepsakes from a time before the plague. Train to Busan Feature Narrative (118 min.) / Dir. Sangho Yeon, Prod. Lee Dong-ha / South Korea / Horror, thriller Korean zombie apocalypse! (AS, V)

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Saturday, April 8 / 5:00 PM / Arcade Blue Magnolia Films and Barefoot Workshops will facilitate 10 workshops in 10 towns, addressing the theme of small town revitalization. This overview will introduce the tools, share examples of new media stories, and invite questions about this statewide storytelling project.

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SATURday - april 8. 2017 MOLASSES & LEMON AND OTHER VISUALLY STRIKING SHORTS

11:15 AM Malco Screen B

Moo (MS premiere) Short Narrative (11 min.) / Dir. Samuel Hunter Galloway, Prod. Peter Camilleri / Australia / Comedy She must decide: paint what makes her happy, or be accepted by her peers? Molasses & Lemon (MS premiere) Short Documentary (4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Robert Sickels / USA / Experimental drama The ways people talk about love and heartbreak are often intimately related. E is for Evolution Student (6 min.) / Dir. Paul Kusmaul, Prod. Oliver Arnold / Germany/Animated Animated ABCs of evolution. (AS, N) Prisma Experimental (9 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Coop Cooper / MS / Sci-fi, horror A tape conceals a brain-altering signal. Fruit Animation (7 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Gerhard Funk / Germany / Experimental

EYES ON MISSISSIPPI

11:45 AM Malco Screen A

Eyes on Mississippi Feature Documentary (58 min.) / Prod. Ellen Ann Fentress / MS Since 1947, Bill Minor has been documenting historical milestones.

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Dead Color (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. PaulAnthony Navarro, Prod. Megan Morrison, Paul-Anthony Navarro, Joshua Franzos, Tim Murray, Myles Lam / USA / Thriller Adulterous lovers Joel and Hannah plot Rodney’s demise. (AL, AS, V)

LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET & OTHER KIDFRIENDLY FILMS

11:30 AM Malco Screen C

Rise into being, mature, perish. Daewit (MS premiere) Animation (15 min.) / Dir. David Jansen, Prod. Fabian Driehorst / Germany / Drama Rescued from his violent father, Daewit grows up among wolves. (AS, V, D&A) Baggage Man Short Narrative (4 min.) / Dir. Matthias Gerding, Dennis Colquhoun, Prod. Matthias Murmann, Philipp Kaßbohrer / Germany / Experimental Journey through memories in the form of snapshots of a rough youth. Remember Animation (9 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Shunsaku Hayashi / Japan / Fantasy “I got a phone call. The house exploded. I went to work and continued as normal.” Couplets for an Everlasting Eve (MS premiere) Animation (5 min.) / Dir. Begoña Vicario, Prod. Patxi Azpillaga / Spain Improvisational verse-maker Maialen Lujanbio denounces gender violence. A Robot’s Tale (Tristes Deserts) Short Narrative (8 min.) / Dir. Stephanie Winter, Prod. Daniel Moshel / Austria / Experimental A lonely baroque robot is caught between good and evil. All the World Is a Stage Animation (2 min.) / Dir. Hannes Rall, Prod. Hannes Rall, Daniel Keith Jernigan & Seah Hock Soon / Germany Shakespeare’s “All The World’s A Stage” narrated by Samuel West. Other People’s Heads (MS premiere) Experimental (13 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Stephen Winterhalter / USA / Satire In a decadent world, 12 legal officials preside over executions. (V)

HB1523: Growing Up LGBT in Mississippi Youth (8 min.) / Dir. Eli Bettiga, Maggie Jefferis, Prod. Mississippi Youth Media Project / MS / Doc Thoughts and feelings of an LGBT community affected by the wildly controversial bill. A Swarm Come April (MS premiere) Student (12 min.) / Dir. Mary McDade Casteel, Prod. Rashada Fortier, Daniel Kleinpeter / USA / Thriller A small community prepares for the insects that terrorize them every spring.

Ami Animation (8 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Gonzalo San Vicente / Germany Little Ami’s mother tells her a white lie to ease her mind while she is away. Last Stop on Market Street Short narr. (12 min.) / Dir. Eric J. Smith, Prod. Louisa WhitfieldSmith / USA / Doc Matt de la Peña’s award-winning book comes to life through animation. A Little Love Goes a Long Clay Youth (3 min.) / Dir. Juliet Buckholdt / MS / Drama The perils of cyber bullying. Chika, the Dog in the Ghetto Animation (16 min.) / Dir. Sandra Schießl, Prod. Björn Magsig, Marion Heinßen, Katrin Pilz, Marcus Horn, Annick Hillger / Germany / Drama Mikasch and Chika are separated when Jewish people are deported. Uka (MS premiere) Animation (3 min.) / Dir. Valle Comba Canales, Prod. David Castro González, Valle Comba / Drama Uka changes how she sees the world. The Darkness Keeper (MS premiere)

Short narr. (18 min.) / Dir. Rodrigo Atiénzar Jiménez, Prod. Marta Gila Ahijón / Spain / Thriller May is afraid of the dark. The Big Diamond Chase (not in comp.) Short narr. (6 min.) / Dir. Meredith Jordan, Ava Ainsworth, Lillian Boggan, Will Weems, Isaac Rossett, Caleb Reed / MS / Comedy, drama The President sends Superhero Boomerang to retrieve a stolen gem.

Ode to the Port Student (5 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Desiree Dawn Kapler / USA / Autobiography A filmmaker poetically recalls her experience with childhood cancer. (N) Elport Chess and the 1947 Lanier High School Bus Boycott (World premiere) Short Doc (19 min.) / Dir. Wilma E. Mosley Clopton / USA Elport Chess refused to give up his bus seat, igniting revolution. Pulse Short Doc (6 min.) / Dir. Alison Fast, Prod. Alison Fast & Chandler Griffin / USA NunoErin design studio explores themes of literacy, imagination and play. Writer’s Blocks Short Narrative (5 min.) / Dir. E. J. Carter, Prod. Tammy Devin, Barbara Ann Synowiez, E. J. Carter / MS / Comedy

Royals (not in comp.) Short narr. (5 min.) / Dir. Mary Margaret Martin, Jonah Holliday, Adam Scott, Carson Weems, Preston Cobbins, Maddlyn Moudy / MS / Drama In the basement, Mary Margaret finds a genie who grants her three wishes. Ways to Get Kicked Out of a Restaurant (not in comp.) Short narr. (5 min.) / Dir. Madison Chappell, Nathan Reed, Asher Walls, Ethan Stone, Tanner Horne, Kenyan Phillips / MS / Comedy Skylar wants to prevent her boyfriend from breaking up with her. Ghost Hotel (not in comp.) Short narr. (7 min.) / Dir. Helen Kilgore, Jack King, Austin Starnes, William Lindsey, Daniel Barnett / MS / Horror A girl checks in at a spooky hotel. Inside Madness (not in comp.) Short narr. (6 min.) / Dir. Kurt Collins, Veronica Prisock, Edi Craft, Colby Burleson, Isabella Ragazzi / MS / Drama A girl trapped in a video game attempts to escape. Arrows (not in comp.) Short narr. (5 min.) / Dir. Brady Permenter, Anna Hutchinson, John Byars, Xenia Minton, Laura Cosby / MS / Drama A standoffish teenage boy hopes to be reunited with someone he has lost. A battle between willpower and writer’s block ensues. Tinker Short Narrative (18 min.) / Dir. Glenn Payne, Prod. Glenn Payne & Casey Dillard / USA / Comedy, Drama There are some things tools can’t fix.

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Craig Prod.Craig Blair, CraigBlair, Debra Blair,Debra Debra Brazilian Brazilian Steakhouse Steakhouse Steakhouse (Espeto (Espeto (Espeto THETHE THE FIVE FIVE FIVE WIVES WIVES WIVES ANDAND AND Brazilian Markowitz, Markowitz, Markowitz, Elias Elias Plagianos EliasPlagianos Plagianos / USA/ /USA USA Comedy / /Comedy Comedy Corrido) Corrido) Corrido) (MS (MS premiere) (MSpremiere) premiere) LIVES LIVES OF OF MELVYN OFMELVYN MELVYN Photog Photog Photog Sean Sean Wheeler SeanWheeler Wheeler needsneeds aneeds lucrative a alucrative lucrative LIVES Student Student Student (20 min.) (20 (20min.) /min.) Dir./Felipe /Dir. Dir.Felipe da Felipe Fonseca dadaFonseca Fonseca celebrity celebrity celebrity photophoto photo to re-launch totore-launch re-launch his career. his hiscareer. career. PFFERBERG Peroni, Peroni, Peroni, Prod.Prod. 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5:15 PM Malco Screen A

EDEN & OTHER DYSTOPIAN TALES

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September 12th (MS premiere) Malco Screen B Feature Narrative (99 min.) / Dir. David The Swelling Heinz, Prod. Matt Miller, Fiona Walsh / Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Tom USA / Musical drama Bewilogua, Prod. Chris Krüger / Two stranded folk musicians take a road Germany / Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama trip to New York in the days after 9/11. “X-33“ lives in a rundown complex where a strange bulge in the wall follows his every move. Curve (MS premiere) “MIXTAPE” Short Narr. (10 min.) / Dir. Tim Egan, 5:30 PM Prod. Ahren Morris / Australia / Horror Malco Screen C Clinging to a smooth surface, a girl tries Porgies & Bass (MS premiere) to cover the few feet back to safety. Short Narrative (16 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Dark Alp (Am Berg) Thomas Barnes / USA / Drama, suspense Short Narrative (7 min.) / Dir. Nicole Two men in a primal quest for fish clash Scherer, Prod. Michael Freudenthaler, cultures. (V) Bernhard Pausch, Nicole Scherer / For Your Own Safety (Zu Ihrer Eigenen Sicherheit) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Florian HATE CRIME: AN Heinzen-Ziob, Prod. Florian HeinzenLGBT STORY & PANEL Ziob, Georg Heinzen / Germany / Drama DISCUSSION Neither his colleagues nor his boss 7:15 PM appreciate Jonas’ commitment to fighting terrorism. Malco Screen A Hattie Goes Cruising Pool (Piscina) (MS premiere) Short Documentary (18 min.) / Dir. & Short Narrative (29 min.) / Dir. Leandro Prod. Konstantin Bock / USA / Doc Goddinho, Prod. Amina Jorge, Leandro An elderly gay man shares memories, Goddinho / Brazil / Drama, suspense insights, and advice for picking up guys. Claudia meets an old lady who keeps (AS, AL, N) her memories in a pool without water. The Highwayman (USA premiere) Student (9 min.) / Dir. Oliver Chater, Prod. Henry Isaksen / United Kingdom / Period, Drama Romantic tragedy based on the 1906 poem “The Highwayman.” (V) Cain’s Shadow (L’Ombra di Caino) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (29 min.) / Dir. Antonio De Palo, Prod. Antonio De Palo, Hate Crime (MS premiere) Giampietro Preziosa, Giuseppe Schettino Feat. Narrative (105 min.) / Dir. Steven / Italy / Sci-fi, Thriller Esteb, Prod. Alicia Allain / USA / Drama In 2025, Abel, Ada, Eddi, and Agnes As a killer is executed, two sets make a shocking discovery. (V) of parents must deal with the consequences. (AS, V)

“LATE NIGHT RADIO” & OTHER MUSIC VIDEOS

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7:30 PM Malco Screen C

“Breaking My Heart” by Jason Turner

(4 min.) / Dir. J.B. Lawrence, Prod. Old Trace Records (div. of the Malaco Music Group)

“Cold Blooded Killer” by Faith Evans Ruch (4 min.) / Dir. Edward Valibus

“Dying from Advice” by Drew McKercher (5 min.) / Dir. Drew McKercher

“Late Night Radio” by Don Jacobs (3 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Don Jacobs

“Never Make Love” by Clouds & Crayons

Austria / Drama, Horror A hunter returns to his chalet. Eden (MS premiere) Student (18 min.) / Dir. Brodin Plett, Prod. Wesley Yen / USA / Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama A clone girl lands on the surface alone and yearns for human interaction. Millennium: Eternal Sunrise (MS premiere) Student (11 min.) / Dir. Vlad Aksenov, Prod. Elena Aksenova / USA / Thriller An ancient legend may hold the key to resurrection. Kryo Student (30 min.) / Dir. Christoph Heimer, Prod. Eric Bouley, Christian Schega, Christopher Sassenrath / Germany / Sci Fi, Thriller David and Evelyn wake up from cryo sleep trapped and alone.

BALCONY: STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF DARKNESS

7:15 PM Malco Screen B

Risky Game (Va Banque) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Stefan Plepp / Germany / Drama When Melanie fails a test, she tries to blackmail her teacher. (AS, AL) Son (Fils) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Cyrus Nevshad / Luxembourg / Drama Sébastien cannot come to terms with his son’s coma, and question his reality. St. Jude’s Crossing (MS premiere) Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. Iddo Goldberg, Prod. Iddo Goldberg, Bryan DeLorenzo, Seth Gabel / USA / Drama

www.msccd.org (800) 721-7255 “Opening doors together” Officer Hollis walks a thin line between life and death. (AL, V) Rainbow Party (Regnbogapartý) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Eva Sigurdadottir, Prod. Eva Sigurdadottir, Ragnheidur Erlingsdottir, Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Thora Karitas Arnadottir / Iceland / Drama In her quest for acceptance, Sofia makes a sacrifice. (AL, AS, D&A, S) Pet (MS premiere) Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Chris Moraitis / Greece / Drama When Dimitri’s cold parents treat him like a pet, he responds in kind. (V) Balcony (MS premiere) Short Narrative (17 min.) / Dir. Toby Fell-holden, Prod. Tom Kimberley, Ali Mansuri / United Kingdom / Drama Amidst racial tension, a local girl falls for a recent arrival. (AS, AL, D&A, V) Negative Feedback Loop (World premiere) Student (6 min.) / Dir. Sabina Vajraca, Prod. Joel David Santner / USA / Thriller A woman works to break the loop of self-destructive thoughts. Home Education (MS premiere) Student (25 min.) / Dir. Andrea Niada, Prod. Chiara Cardoso / United Kingdom / Thriller A girl is told by her controlling mother that her late dad will resurrect.

“Reality” by Jessica Frech

“One-Way Ticket” by Gena Steele “She’s Got Such a Lovely Pair” by (4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. JB Lawrence Gary Vincent (3 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Coop Cooper & Gary “Staples” by Desolate

“Stomping Ground” by Robert King

“Wayward Wind” by Jimbo Mathus

“Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” by Chris Milam

“The Waves” by Kerry Thomas

“Fashion Sense” by Black Titan

“Blown Out” by Fides

“My City” by Adam “AJC” Collier

“Until We’re All Free” by John Kilzer & Kirk Whalum

“Broken Paths” by Stace and Cassie

“My Verse” by Killa Verse

(4 min.) / Dir. Astin Rocks., Prod. Astin Rocks., Diane Robertson

(4 min.) / Dir. Tracy S. Facelli, Prod. Jessica Frech

(4 min.)

(3 min.) / Dir. J Lee, Prod. Johnny Coleman

(4 min.) / Dir. Joe Smiley, Prod. Peter Kelly

(5 min.) / Dir. J.B Lawrence, Prod. Stace and Cassie & Malaco Music Group

“Invisible Man” by David Cortello (4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. David Cortello

(4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Jacob Walker

(3 min.) / Dir. Rick Guy

(4 min.) / Dir. Gideon C. Kennedy

(5 min.) / Dir. Philip Scarborough, Tom Beck (4 min.) / Dir. Ormond White

Vincent

(3 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Chris Milam

(5 min.) / Prod. Ward Archer

“Conversation With A Junkie” by Chief Lion (3 min.) / Dir. Chris Windfield

“Nukkin’ Futz” by LyRanda Aalece “East $ide Nights/ Home” by Matt (4 min.) / Dir. Johnny Coleman, Prod. Lula Jones Lucas “Only One” by Jason Turner (3 min.) / Dir. Rah-Imhotep Verderosa-Ishakarah (5 min.) / Dir. J.B. Lawrence, Prod. Old Trace Records (div. of the Malaco Music Group)

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CROSSROADS!

PEOPLES BANK MENDENHALL, MS SID DAVIS, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

CELEBRATES THE 18TH ANNUAL

CELEBRATES

THE 18TH

ANNUAL CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL

CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL!

Each year Crossroads Film Society commissions a piece of original artwork from a Mississippi artist or craftsman to be the prize for the “Ruma Award for Most Promising Mississippi Filmmaker.” The 2017 Ruma artwork, designed by Jackson artist Wade Acuff, is entitled “Always recording, so make something beautiful” (mixed media: ink and watercolor).

About Wade

Wade Acuff is a professional artist for TV and Film productions, whose works focus on imagery as narrative that includes a science fiction or fantasy twist. After attaining an MFA from Mississippi State University, he has contributed to multiple educational television programs and films both nationally and internationally. With the variety of work he produces, Wade is able to pursue unique artistic endeavors that continue to push his artwork to new places.

2017 Filmmakers and Guests in Attendance

Alison Fast, Allen Blackwell, Astin Rocks., Ben Giroux, Bryan DeLorenzo, Cassie Shook, Chandler Griffin, Chelsy Ables, Coop Cooper, Cy Parks, Damian Samuels, David Cortello, David Heinz, David Matthews, Desiree Kapler, Don Jacobs, Drew McKercher, Eli Bettiga, Elias Plagianos, Elizabeth Canavan, Ellen Ann Fentress, Frank Vittoli, Garrett Kruithof, Gena Steele, Guillermo Londoño, Iddo Goldberg, Isabella Roberto, J.B. Lawrence, Jaren Mitchell, Joe York, Johnny Coleman, Juliet Buckholdt, Kelly Buckholdt, Kevin Spencer, Konnor Megginson, Laura Jean Hocking, Lysa Nevarez, Louisa Whitfield-Smith, Marc Novak, Mark LaFrancis, Mary McDade Casteel, Megan Morrison, Nicole Kapler, Ormond White, Paul Williams, Peter Holden, Peter Kelly, Philip Scarborough, RahImhotep Verderosa-Ishakarah, Rex Gilbert, Jr., Rick Guy, Robbie Coblentz, Roy Adkins, Samuel Shearer, Scott Baretta, Stace Shook, Steven Esteb, Susanna Duellmann, Thomas Barnes, Ursula Ellis, Vadim Lasca, Victoria Greene, Ty Parker

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RUMA AWARD

about

CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL 2017 Crossroads Film Society Board Members Robbie Fisher, President Jerel Levanway, Vice President Rick Patt, Secretary Marcia Abbott, Treasurer Dean Blackwell Sid Davis Michelle Dawson Brad Franklin Monte Kraus, Kentrell Liddell, M.D. Susan Marquez Chuck McIntosh Zach Prichard Kevin Slark Jenni Smith Greg Smith Amanda Wells Kai Williams

Advisory Board Members Ed Inman • Mark Knight • Jeanne Luckett • Anita Modak-Truran • Joy Parikh • Nina Parikh • Philip Scarborough • Todd Stauffer • Ferrell Tadlock

Crossroads Film Society is the sponsoring organization of the annual Crossroads Film Festival. We are a multi-cultural, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access to international, national, and local fi lm and video. We also encourage discussion and production of fi lm and video, particularly as related to the cultural, educational, and economic vitality of the state and region. Our society’s objectives are met through year-round programming, including special events, lectures, workshops, and the annual Crossroads Film Festival. Crossroads Film Society celebrates the art of fi lmmaking in all of its diversity and depth. The Crossroads Film Society facilitates and promotes a broader spectrum of fi lm and video for the community, presents and honors fi lms and videos related to Mississippi and the South, and provides educational opportunities and facilitates general discussions for fi lm lovers and aspiring fi lmmakers. The Society aspires to be a cultural crossroads, bringing the world to the Deep South and sharing Southern perspectives with the world.

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Why Film in Mississippi?

Recently expanded and improved, the Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Program is now among the best in the United States. It specifically includes feature film, television, documentary, commercial, video game, and new technology. The incentive is a simple and direct cash rebate program of 25% on local spend, 25% on non-resident cast and crew payroll, and 30% on Mississippi resident cast and crew payroll, plus a 5% bonus rebate on the salaries of honorably discharged Veterans. We have a very low $50,000 minimum spend, and $10 million rebate limit per project, with an individual salary cap of $5 million and a $20 million annual rebate cap. For information about the Mississippi Incentive Program, call the Mississippi Film Office at 601.359.3297, or visit us online at www.filmMississippi.org.

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Podcasts Beau York began local podcasting business Podastery a few years ago. In it, he works with local businesses such as The

Country Squire Tobacconist on podcasts. Under the Podastery umbrella, he also produces podcasts such as Let’s Talk Jackson where he and other hosts such as Chellese Hall talk to Jacksonians and metro-area people about the community and their businesses. York and Brian Bowser also created the Satchel Player app, which allows people to search for podcasts in their local area. Jackson also has podcasts such as The Roguish Gent, which Melvin Robinson hosts, and Mississippi Made, which Casey Combest hosts. To see more about Jackson podcasts, go to jfp.ms/ podcasts. Coding With the rise of technology, coding has become more important than ever. For those who code or even those who want to learn, Jackson has options. Jackson Area Web and App Developers: As the name suggests, this meetup, which Nader Dabit started when he moved back to Jackson in 2013, is for area web and app developers to socialize and network and

CODE from page 16 tricts and stuff like that, if they’re doing well, if they’re not doing well. We also have an application in our company that allows administrators to grade the teachers. … Another application that we have is a communications platform that allows teachers and parents and administrators to communicate with each other, so a parent can communicate with a teacher about if there’s any difficulties or problems going on with that student. A teacher can reach out to the parent and check on them, and if they didn’t show up for school for a couple of days, or if a parent has a question about why their kid has a bad grade or something, and they can reach out. The communication platform does all this anonymously, as far as actual phone numbers and email addresses, so they’re basically able to communicate without exposing their email addresses or personal phone numbers. Why is it important for teachers and administrators and to have access to this data? … Being able to look at all this information and get a big-picture view of what’s going on is very power-

learn some skills in the process. Kids Code Mississippi: With the world well into the Information Age, coding has become more important than ever. It can not only be a way to establish a career, but sites such as Kodable.com show that learning to code can also empower kids to express themselves in creative ways, it can teach problem-solving and logic, and it helps them learn how to think more creatively. Mississippi has been slow to catch up, but it’s getting there with the help of organizations such as Kids Code Mississippi, an organization that advocates for teaching kids how to code. Sandbox Prep: The school hasn’t come to fruition yet, but with the help of proceeds from Sandbox Live, and some matching funds from donors, it could. Mantle. coowner Christopher Lomax says the idea behind Sandbox Prep is to get graduating seniors from Jackson Public Schools who are not going to college to apply to the program. They’ll get to learn coding, with the end result being either a product or even

ful because then they’re able to step in earlier and help the kids because they’re able to notice negative patterns a lot easier with our platform, whereas, before, sometimes it would take years to crunch all of the data for a particular set of students. By then they were already out of the school because there’s just so much information to look at, so our platform very quickly lets people get an idea of where their school stands and where their classroom stands and where and when they need to step in and change things and help the kids out at an earlier stage. … The communication platform is really powerful. A lot of times, there’s a lot of friction, I guess you would say, between the parents and the teachers, so we’re basically eliminating that wall, and … the second an issue comes out, they’re able to reach out and get an answer without having to worry about going and finding out how to contact the teacher. People are so busy these days. With our app, they can just literally pick up their phone and communicate with the teacher or parent really quickly. Why is it important to teach coding and technology? ... 2017 with technology is kind of where I would say the world was 200 years ago with agriculture. Agriculture at that time was kind of ingrained into everything and everything going on in business, and now in 2017, technology is

learning how to take their skills into the freelance programming world. For more information, see pages 15-16. Code Mississippi: This group is trying to grow the state’s coding ecosystem. It updates a central website, codems.net, with information on resources, events and job listings related to coding and computer science. The idea is to aggregate all of Mississippi’s coding ecosystem into one place, which could help the state organize its coding assets.

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basically ingrained in every single business. ... Almost every company basically relies on technology, so giving people coding abilities just opens the door for so much opportunity, especially in Mississippi because coding is something that is accessible to everybody, regardless of what family they came from, what neighborhood they were born into, what their income level is. If they have access to a computer, they can learn how to code, and they can potentially make a very high income and have a very good high quality of life. What would you say the tech scene in Jackson and Mississippi needs? I think we need more backing of our local politicians to take technology as seriously as they’re attempting to take old-school manufacturing. Right now, a lot of politicians have kind of pitched this idea to their constituents that they’re going to bring back manufacturing ideas that worked 100 years ago in the old economy that just don’t work in this new economy. So instead of spending $600 million to bring a tire plant, if they instead spent $600 million in the state of Mississippi investing in technology infrastructures such as coding schools, putting computers in the hands of kids at a younger age and pushing coding curriculum, I think that would be the main thing that Mississippi is missing right now. 25 March 29 - April 4, 2017 • jfp.ms

ackson and Mississippi are synonymous with blues music and comeback sauce and authors such as Eudora Welty and Richard Wright. But sometime soon, Jackson could be known for its technology scene. In this issue, we cover tech goings-on such as Sandbox Live and updates in the technology community, but we also want this issue to be your guide to navigating that world. Here is a roundup of what the tech scene in Jackson looks like.

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DIGITAL from page 25 Health Care In a state that is one of the unhealthiest in the nation, we could potentially use more of a focus on combining technology and health care. Luckily, some locals are doing just that. Health Data Analytics: Gathering health data can be difficult, as Denise Krause, who is the associate director for research and technology for the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce and an associate professor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, knows. But her new company, Health Data Analytics, is trying to make it easier for physicians and other medical professionals (and possibly patients) to gather needed data and possibly improve health statuses and outcomes. It even has a tool that geographically maps health providers, health determinants and Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health outcomes. For more information, visit viz4health.com. Center for Telehealth at UMMC: Telehealth has gained traction as a way to get health care to people remotely, and believe it or not, Mississippi is a leader in this field. Telehealth provides a way for patients who may not have easy access to health care to be able to get it. The center at UMMC can do things such as evaluate mental health, do remote electrocardiogram readings and do teleconsults with patients. The center can also do corporate wellness, meaning employees can virtually see a doctor if they get sick at work. For more information, visit umc.edu.

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Education With education still not being fully funded in the state of Mississippi, our students need all the help they can get. SchoolStatus: This Mississippi-based company aggregates education data and gives students, teachers and administrators a better platform to communicate with. For more information, see pages 16-25.

Technology Student Association: Mississippi TSA, which is a chapter of the national organization, is the only career and technical student organization in the state that is dedicated to students in middle and high schools who are enrolled in or have taken technology-education courses. The students who participate learn through competitive events, leadership opportunities and more. For information about Jackson schools that participate, email Shanta Villanueva at svillanueva@mdek12.org.

Business Tech companies need platforms to build off of, and luckily, some local businesses can help. JXNTech: This is a meetup group for those who want to start, grow, work for, invest in or provide resources to tech companies in the area. Organizer J.C. Haitt said at a recent 1 Million Cups Jackson that he hopes the group can have strategy hacks, where people come together and build a business plan, focusing on business model and scaleability, and also monthly webinars. 1 Million Cups Jackson: If you want to get involved in the local business and the startup community, this is a good place to go. 1 Million Cups Jackson, which is every Wednesday in Coalesce at 9 a.m., gives a platform for businesses to get the word out about their product or service and to also hear feedback from the community. Innovate Mississippi: The organization strives to drive innovation and further economic development in the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s technology sector. The website, innovate.ms, lists tech jobs, and the organization also has a speakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bureau with experts on topics such as innovation management, innovation-led economic development, and entrepreneurship in the energy sector. This is not a complete list. Add more at jfp.ms/techroundup.

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berry ones, and the “Game Changer,” a breakfast sausage with two beignets as buns. The business has also partnered with Mississippi Cold Drip Coffee & Tea Co. to provide coffee. For more information, call 504210-5337 or find the business on Facebook. Mama Nature’s Juice & Salad Bar’s Soon to Expand Since November 2016, Tkeyah Williams has been doing catering and delivery for her business, Mama Nature’s Juice & Salad Bar, but by May or June of this year, she plans on opening a storefront at 5054 N. State St. The business has vegan and other natural items such as juice cleansers, smoothies, salads, oats and more, along with special meals and meal plans for people with conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure. “At Mama Nature’s, I promote optimal health and weight loss for everyone,” Williams told the Jackson Free Press. “I also aim to inform the Jackson community of the health benefits of eating fresh, raw produce, as well as healthy eating in general.” Mama Nature’s is currently open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Saturday. Williams says the storefront will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 601-9546462, visit mamanatureswellness.com or find the business on Facebook.

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Arts Day at the Capitol is from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Mississippi State Capitol (400 High St.). The Mississippi Arts Commission highlights the significant contributions of the arts in the state and hosts an opportunity for artists and arts organizations to share how the arts impact community life with legislators. Free; call 601-3596030; find it on Facebook. … Hari Kunzru signs copies of “White Tears” at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26.95; call 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

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Mann’s World Family Tour is at 7 p.m. at the Jackson Revival Center (4655 Terry Road). Singer Tamela Mann and comedian David Mann perform a concert and comedy show. $30 admission, $75 VIP; call 407-490-2547; email info@kingdomtickets.com; kingdomtickets.com.

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The opening day of “Dinos” is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). The exhibit features a fossil dig, a Pachyrhinosaurus photo op, an augmented reality app to access special content and a pack of 12 life-size, life-like prehistoric creatures. The exhibit runs through July 2. $2 plus admission; call 601-352-2580; jacksonzoo.org. … Sante South Wine Festival is from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland). The festival features Mississippi wine and food. The festival is held in conjunction with the by TYLER EDWARDS Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival and Ridgeland OBO Tandem Rally jacksonfreepress.com as part of Ridgeland’s “Art, Wine and Wheels” weekend. Proceeds Fax: 601-510-9019 benefit Alzheimer’s Mississippi. Daily updates at $80 grand tasting, $125 VIP; call jfpevents.com 601-519-0900; santesouth.org.

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(Left to right) Kyle Jahnke and Andy Baxter of singer-songwriter duo Penny & Sparrow perform Tuesday, April 4, at Duling Hall.

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Sandbox Live is at 5 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Features startup technology companies, local jazz artists and a screenings of independent films. Proceeds benefit Sandbox Prep, a new coding school for Jackson. Some 32 events free; call 877-987-6487; sbljxn.live.

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Vintage Market Days is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rankin County Municipal Pavilion (649 Marquette Road, Brandon). The upscale, vintage-inspired, covered open-air market features original art, antiques, clothing, jewelry, home decor, outdoor furnishings, seasonal plantings, live music, food trucks and more. Additional dates: March 31-April $5 one-day, $10 three-day pass; call 985401-1950; vintagemarketdays.com.

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Taste of Mississippi is from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The South Warehouse (627 E. Silas Brown St.). Features 40 local restaurants, ten beverage distributors, live entertainment and a live auction. Proceeds benefit the Stewpot. $65 in advance, $80 at the door; call 601-353-2759; email racheljames601@gmail.com; atasteofms.org.

TUESDAY 4/4

The “Diamonds in the Rough” Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Talk is at noon to 1 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive). Bruce Means, the president and executive director of the Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy in Tallahassee, Fla., discusses his book, “Diamonds in the Rough,” and the history, behavior and ecology of the Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake. Free with admission; mdwfp.com. …Penny & Sparrow perform at 7:30 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) The Texas-based singer-songwriter duo perform. Lowland Hum also perform. $10 in advance, $15 at the door; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

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Meet the Next Mayor Night is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). The candidates running for mayor interact with students, faculty, staff and alumni of Millsaps College, and other members of the community. Free; call 601-974-1438; find it on Facebook.

Sante South Wine Festival April 1, 6-10 p.m., at Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland). The festival features Mississippi wine and food. The festival is held in conjunction with the Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival and Ridgeland OBO Tandem Rally. Proceeds benefit Alzheimer’s Mississippi. $80 grand tasting, $125 VIP; call 601-519-0900. Taste of Mississippi April 3, 7-10 p.m., at The South Warehouse (627 E. Silas Brown St.). Features 40 local restaurants, ten beverage distributors, live entertainment and a live auction. Proceeds benefit the Stewpot. $65 in advance, $80 at the door; call 601-353-2759; atasteofms.org.

COMMUNITY Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement March 29, 6:30 p.m., March 30-31, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., April 1, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., April 2, 3 p.m., at Tougaloo College (500 W. County Line Road). Movement veterans, historians, community organizers, educators and students convene for strategy sessions on modern issues. Includes book signings, spoken word, open mic, poetry, dancing and music. $25 for one day, $75 five-day pass; mscivilrightsveterans.com. Final Friday March 31, 5 p.m., at Midtown Arts District. Includes studio tours, live entertainment, extended store hours, food and drink vendors, and more. Free; madeinmidtownjxn.com. Sandbox Live March 31, 5 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Features startup technology companies, local jazz artists and a screenings of independent films. Food and alcohol available for purchase. Proceeds benefit Sandbox Prep, a new coding school for Jackson. Some events free, $20 all-access, $50 all-access plus; sbljxn.live. Events at Jackson Medical Mall Foundation (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.) • Mayoral Town Hall March 31, 5:30-7 p.m. The Jackson Association of Educators host the education focused forum for mayoral candidates. Includes food, talent and giveaways. Free; call 601-354-4463; find it on Facebook. • 2017 Jackson Mayoral Candidates Forum April 4, 5:30 p.m. The candidates for mayor speak and take questions as part of the forum. Food and beverages provided. Free; call 601982-8467; find it on Facebook.

Sweetness Fest 5K April 1, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., at Walter Payton Center (34 Walter Payton Drive). The 11th annual 5K run/walk and one-mile fun run aims to increase obesity awareness in Mississippi and to promote physical activity in the community. $15-$75; call 601-979-1368; jsums.edu. Fight for Air Climb April 1, 8 a.m.-noon, at Regions Plaza (210 E. Capitol St.). Participants climb the Regions Plaza stairwell, 22 floors and 425 steps, in an effort to raise funds and awareness around lung disease. $100 fundraising minimum; call 601-508-0717; ridgelandms.org.

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Moon” on the other. $10, $7 for children; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net. “It’s Who You Know” April 1, 7:30 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). Los Angeles acting coach Chambers Stevens performs his one-man-comedy-show. $15 at the door; call 948-3531; newstagetheatre.com. “The If Project” Film Screening April 5, 6 p.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). The film follows a group of inmates incarcerated in a maximum-security women’s prison taking part in a writing workshop. Free; millsaps.edu.

the best in sports over the next seven days by Bryan Flynn

This is one of my favorite sports weeks of the whole year. The Final Four in the men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments and WrestleMania are all on TV over the next few days. Thursday, March 30

College baseball (7-10 p.m., ESPNU): The UM Rebels and MSU Bulldogs play the first matchup in a three-game SEC series. Friday, March 31

College basketball (6:30-11:30 p.m., ESPN2): Tune in for a doubleheader in the NCAA Women’s Tournament semifinals, with Stanford playing South Carolina, and Mississippi State playing UConn. Saturday, April 1

College basketball (5-10:30 p.m., CBS): The men take the floor with a semifinals doubleheader in the NCAA Men’s Tournament, with South Carolina taking on Gonzaga, and North Carolina taking on Oregon. Sunday, April 2

College basketball (5-7:30 p.m., ESPN): A champion will take the crown in the NCAA Women’s Tournament final between the two teams left standing from Friday’s games.

FOOD & DRINK

STAGE & SCREEN

Jacktown Throwdown BBQ Contest March 31, 12:30-11 p.m., April 1 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). The Kansas City Barbecue Society presents the contest featuring teams from all over the country. Includes live entertainment, carousel rides, a petting zoo, jump houses and more. All proceeds benefit local charities. $10; call 601-942-4985; find it on Facebook.

Women’s Liberation Month Film Night March 30, 6-9 p.m., at Cooperation Jackson (939 W. Capitol St.). Participants view three films about Ella Baker, Fanie Lou Hamer and Assata Shakur, women leaders who advanced the black liberation movement. Free; find it on Facebook.

SPORTS & WELLNESS

“Sketching the Soul” March 30-April 1, 7:30 p.m., at Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). The play is about an artist struggling with the conflict between her growing celebrity and her Amish upbringing. $10; $5 for seniors and students; belhaven.edu.

Run Now, Wine Later 5K March 31, 6:30-8 p.m., at Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Pkwy, Ridgeland). The 5K includes a private wine and cheese party for participants. $35; call 601-519-0900; raceroster.com.

A Silent Film: The Wizard of Oz March 31, 6:30 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). On the Duling Hall lawn. Participants can experience the film’s traditional audio or a remixed version with Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the

Monday, April 3

College basketball (8-10:30 p.m., CBS): The last two teams standing in the NCAA Men’s Tournament will battle for a national title as the collegebasketball season comes to an end. Tuesday, April 4

College baseball (6:30-9:30 p.m., SECN+): MSU returns to the diamond against Florida International. … College softball (6-9 p.m., SECN+): The UM Rebels host Central Arkansas in a midweek clash. Wednesday, April 5

College softball (6-9 p.m., SECN+): MSU hosts JSU in an in-state battle, with both teams going out of conference for a game. Did you know that a U.S. president took part in the “show of shows,” WrestleMania? Look for a JFP Sports Blog post later this week on that and WrestleMania 33 predictions. Follow Bryan Flynn at jfpsports.com, @jfpsports

CONCERTS & FESTIVALS Mann’s World Family Tour March 30, 7 p.m., at Jackson Revival Center (4655 Terry Road). Gospel singer Tamela Mann and comedian David Mann perform. $30-$75; kingdomtickets.com. Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • Motel Radio March 30, 9 p.m. The New Orleans-based indie-rock band perform. The StoneCoats also perform. $5 advance, $10 at the door; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net. • Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band March 31, 8 p.m. The drummer and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band performs. The Marcus King Band also perform. $20 in advance, $25 at the door; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net. • Penny & Sparrow April 4, 7:30 p.m. Lowland Hum also performs. $10 in advance, $15 at the door; ardenland.net.

• Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors April 5, 7 p.m. The Tennessee-native Americana band perform. $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $70 VIP; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net. Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival April 1, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., April 2, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Pkwy.). Features work from local artists, local musicians, children’s craft centers, student art galleries and more. Free entry; ridgelandartsfest.com. NatureFEST April 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive). Includes a live reptile program and behind the scenes tours of the aquariums and research wing. Also features food truck vendors. Free with admission; call 576-6000; mdwfp.com. Events at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.) • Movie Music of John Williams April 1, 7:30-9:30 p.m. The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra performs selections from “Jurassic Park,” “Star Wars,” “Harry Potter,” “E.T.” and more. $18.00-$52.00, $5 student tickets; call 601-960-1565; msorchestra.com. • Rain—A Tribute to the Beatles April 5, 7:30 p.m. The Beatles cover-band performance takes place as part of the 50th anniversary of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band.” $35-$100; call 601-960-1537; raintribute.com.

LITERARY & SIGNINGS Events at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202) • “White Tears” March 29, 5 p.m. Hari Kunzru signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26.95; call 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com. • A Conversation with Taylor Brown and Ted Geltner April 1, 4 p.m. The authors sign copies. Reading at 4:30 p.m. Book prices vary; call 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

EXHIBIT OPENINGS “Attic in a Glass House” Opening Reception March 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Pearl River Glass Studio (142 Millsaps Ave.). Features a collection of artwork in assocation with Attic Gallery in Vicksburg. Free admission; pearlriverglass.com. Opening Day of “Dinos” April 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). The exhibit features a fossil dig, a Pachyrhinosaurus photo op, an augmented reality app to access special content and a pack of 12 life-size, life-like prehistoric creatures. The exhibit runs through July 2. $2 plus admission price; jacksonzoo.org.

LGBT Transgender Day of Visibility March 31, 8 a.m., at Mississippi Food Network (440 N. Beatty St.). The ACLU of Mississippi hosts members of the trans- and gender-non-conforming community volunteering at the Mississippi Food Network. The day culminates with live music at Green Ghost Tacos at 7 p.m. Free; aclu-ms.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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ping Vat Studio in Monticello, Miss., and also played guitar for much of the album. Etheridge says the two hit it off instantly and connected over a desire to make a more atmospheric, cinematic-sounding record, which they spent about two months in Malaco Studios achieving. “It was a long process, but it was really good. The studio is a great, beautiful studio at Malaco, and we kind of had free-range. We had as much time as we needed, so we would work from 9 in the morning till 1 in the morning sometimes, and it was long days. Toward the end, Tommy was like, ‘All right, guys, we’ve got to wrap it up,’” Etheridge says with a laugh. “But we probably could have kept going.” Ultimately, the last song that they recorded best captured the sonic quality they were going for, he says. In the final days of recording, when he and Smith were just putting finishing touches on the album, Etheridge brought in an idea for the closing track, “The Next Chapter.” “I came in with this song and said, ‘I’ve got a new song that kind of want to lay it down,’ and he was like, ‘Oh great, another one?’ because we were just about done,” Etheridge says. “I said, ‘Let me just play it for you, and if you get some ideas, throw ’em at me.” Only a few moments later, Smith came up with the song’s signature lead-guitar part, and the duo spent about six more hours in the studio, working the composition into the track that listeners will hear on “There Will Be Wolves.” Etheridge says that “The Next Chapter” will give his supporters a clear picture of where he’ll be heading on his next album. “There Will Be Wolves” is available now on most digital retailers. For more information, find Ron Etheridge on Facebook.

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Alumni House - Pearl Jamz 5:30-7:30 p.m. Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Fitzgeraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s - Johnny Crocker 7:30 p.m. Hal & Malâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s - Sherman Lee Dillon & the Dillionaires free Johnny Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s - Jonte Mayon 5-8 p.m. free Kathrynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6:30 p.m. free Old Capitol Inn, Rooftop - Jonathan Alexander 6-9 p.m. Pelican Cove - Brian Jones 6 p.m. Shuckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s - Shayne Weems 7:30 p.m. free

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The dragon that stole your treasure will return it. Tulips and snapdragons will blossom in a field you thought was a wasteland. Gargoyles from the abyss will crawl into view, but then meekly lick your hand and reveal secrets you can really use. The dour troll that guards the bridge to the Next Big Thing will let you pass even though you don’t have the password. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just described is only metaphorically true, not literally.

According to legend, Buddha had to face daunting tests to achieve enlightenment. A diabolical adversary tempted him with sensual excesses and assailed him with vortexes of blistering mud, flaming ice and howling rocks. Happily, Buddha glided into a state of wise calm and triumphed over the mayhem. He converted his nemesis’ vortexes into bouquets of flowers and celestial ointments. What does this have to do with you? In accordance with current astrological omens, I hope you will emulate Buddha as you deal with your own initiatory tests. APRIL FOOL! I wasn’t completely honest. It’s true you’ll face initiatory tests that could prod you to a higher level of wisdom. But they’ll most likely come from allies and inner prompts rather than a diabolical adversary.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

Since I expect you’ll soon be tempted to indulge in too much debauched fun and riotous release, I’ll offer you a good hangover remedy. Throw these ingredients into a blender, then drink up: a 1,000-year-old quail egg from China, seaweed from Antarctica, milk from an Iraqi donkey, lemon juice imported from Kazakhstan and a dab of Argentinian toothpaste on which the moon has shone for an hour. APRIL FOOL! I deceived you. You won’t have to get crazy drunk or stoned to enjoy extreme pleasure and cathartic abandon. It will come to you quite naturally— especially if you expand your mind through travel, big ideas or healthy experiments.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

Hire a promoter to create gold plaques listing your accomplishments and hang them up in public places. Or pay someone to make 1,000 bobble-head dolls in your likeness, each wearing a royal crown and give them away to everyone you know. Or enlist a pilot to fly a small plane over a sporting event while trailing a banner that reads, “(Your name) is a gorgeous genius worthy of worshipful reverence.” APRIL FOOL! What I just advised was a distorted interpretation of the cosmic omens. Here’s the truth: The best way to celebrate your surging power is not by reveling in frivolous displays of pride, but rather by making a bold move that will render a fantastic dream 10 percent more possible for you to accomplish.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

Endangered species: black rhino, Bornean orangutan, hawksbill turtle, South China tiger, Sumatran elephant and the Leo messiah complex. You may not be able to do much to preserve the first five on that list, but PLEASE get to work on saving the last. It’s time for a massive eruption of your megalomania. APRIL FOOL! I was exaggerating for effect. There’s no need to go overboard in reclaiming your messiah complex. But please do take strong action to stoke your self-respect, self-esteem and confidence.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

Race through your yoga routine so you have more time to surf the Internet. Inhale doughnuts and vodka in the car as you race to the health-food store. Get into a screaming fight with a loved one about how you desperately need more peace and tenderness. APRIL FOOL! A little bit of selfcontradiction would be cute, but not THAT much. And yet I do worry that you are close to expressing THAT much. The problem may be that you haven’t been giving your inner rebel any high-quality mischief to attend to. As a result, it’s bogged down in trivial insurrections. So please give your inner rebel more important work to do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

Research shows that a typical working couple devotes an average of four minutes per day in meaningful conversations. I suggest you boost that output by at least 10 percent. Try to engage your best companion in four minutes

and 24 seconds of intimate talk per day. APRIL FOOL! I lied. A 10-percent increase isn’t nearly enough. Given the current astrological indicators, you must seek out longer and deeper exchanges with the people you love. Can you manage 20 minutes per day?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

In a way, it’s too bad you’re about to lose your mind. The chaos that ensues will be a big chore to clean up. But in another sense, losing your mind may be a lucky development. The process of reassembling it will be entertaining and informative. And as a result, your problems will become more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. You won’t really lose your mind. But this much IS true: Your problems will be more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. That’s a good thing! It may even help you recover a rogue part of your mind that you lost a while back.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

You say that some of the healthiest foods don’t taste good? And that some of your pleasurable diversions seem to bother people you care about? You say it’s too much hassle to arrange for a certain adventure that you know would be exciting and meaningful? Here’s what I have to say about all that: Stop whining. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, there will soon be far fewer reasons for you to whine. The discrepancies between what you have to do and what you want to do will at least partially dissolve. So will the gaps between what’s good for you and what feels good, and between what pleases others and what pleases you.

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RePublic Schools is looking for dynamic, determined teachers to join our Jackson middle schools. Must have an unwavering belief that all children can achieve at high levels and change the world. Must be willing to obtain certification if not currently licensed. Competitive salary and full benefits. Visit http://www.republiccharterschools.org/ careers to apply Print and Digital Marketing Representative We’re looking to add a special new member to the JFP/BOOM Jackson sales team. You should have sales or customer service (retail, restaurant) experience, along with a drive to build your career while helping local businesses get ahead in the Jackson Metro. You must be personable, outgoing, persistent, and willing to learn. Commission-driven position with a paid training period and access to benefits; potential $3,000-$5,000/mo and beyond! Visit our Jobs Page to apply. Office Assistant Wanted Full time position available for articulate individual with good clerical and computer skills. Fax resume to 601-981-0258.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

You should begin work on a book with one of the following titles, and you should finish writing it no later than April 28: “The Totally Intense Four Weeks of My Life When I Came All the Way Home” ... “The Wildly Productive Four Weeks of My Life when I Discovered the Ultimate Secrets of Domestic Bliss” ... “The Crazily Meaningful Four Weeks When I Permanently Anchored Myself in the Nourishing Depths.” APRIL FOOL! I lied. There’s no need to actually write a book like that. But I do hope you seek out and generate experiences that would enable you to write books with those titles.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

If you were a passenger on a plane full of your favorite celebrities, and the pilot had to make an emergency landing on a remote snowbound mountain, and you had to eat one of the celebrities in order to stay alive until rescuers found you, which celebrity would you want to eat first? APRIL FOOL! That was a really stupid and pointless question. I can’t believe I asked it. I hope you didn’t waste a nanosecond thinking about what your reply might be. Here’s the truth, Aquarius: You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when the single most important thing you can do is ask and answer really good questions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

You now have an elevated chance of finding a crumpled onedollar bill on a sidewalk. There’s also an increased likelihood you’ll get a coupon for a 5-percent discount from a carpet shampoo company, or win enough money in the lottery to buy a new sweatshirt. To enhance these possibilities, all you have to do is sit on your ass and wish really hard that good economic luck will come your way. APRIL FOOL! What I just said was kind of true, but also useless. Here’s more interesting news: The odds are better than average that you’ll score tips on how to improve your finances. You may also be invited to collaborate on a potentially lucrative project, or receive an offer of practical help for a bread-and-butter dilemma. To encourage these outcomes, all you have to do is develop a long-term plan for improved money management.

Homework: Carry out a prank that makes someone feel good. Report results at Truthrooster@gmail.com.

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The effect that the diagnosis of cancer has on the roles of partners in LGBTQ relationships. I am looking for LGBTQ couples with a partner diagnosed with cancer to volunteer. Your participation will contribute to healthcare practitioners gaining a better understanding of the experience of LGBTQ couples, by providing them with validated research.

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