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arah Stripp knew she wanted to work at Springboard to Opportunities after she heard Chief Executive Officer Dr. Aisha Nyandoro speak about the nonprofit organization’s mission to help families who live in lowincome residences. At the time, Stripp was a part-time barista at the now-closed Koinonia Coffee House but had formerly worked at the Spencer Perkins Center, a nonprofit that developed programs for young people. In 2016, the Michigan native landed a part-time job with Springboard as the community specialist at Northwood Village. Eventually, the position eventually turned into a full-time one. As the community specialist at Northwood, a Section 8 housing complex for low-income residents, Stripp helps families by providing different on-site resources for finding jobs, educational options and financial coaching. She also advocates on behalf of families facing eviction. Stripp believes in Springboard’s “radically resident-driven” mission to concentrate on the whole family life in one community, instead of solely focusing on one aspect. “Ultimately, what I’d love to see is generational cycles of poverty ended, families building assets and looking toward homeownership,” the 25-year-old says.

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“People have been told by society that they don’t matter, which isn’t true. They are loved and cared for, and have every right to achieve their dreams.” Stripp particularly enjoys tutoring and mentoring the children in the community during the afterschool and summer programs. During her undergraduate years at Calvin College in Michigan, she originally pursued teaching, but changed her mind due to feeling restricted in the classroom. She graduated from the college in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in literature. These days, Stripp helps with the curriculum development and chooses the books for the programs, a freedom that wasn’t present before. “It is less restricting than before. I can actually develop relationships with the kids … and if the kids bring an issue to me, I can communicate it with the parents,” she says. Stripp loves Jackson’s communityoriented culture. Initially, she planned to reside in Mississippi for only a year, but she found that she enjoyed her work and the great community of people she met. She enjoys hosting dinners, cooking vegetarian meals and baking cakes. This year, Stripp, who owns Sarah’s Cakes, baked cakes and won an award in Taste of West Jackson. —LaShanda Phillips

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6 ............................ Talks 12 ................... editorial 12 .................. Sorensen 13 ...................... opinion 16 ............ Cover Story 20 ......................... 8 Days 21 ........................ Events 21 ....................... sports

7 JPS’ ‘Unprecedented’ Situation

Jackson Public Schools contracted with consultants to work on its corrective action plan, but months later it is still eligible for takeover. Why?

12 Don’t Be Silent

“As a white person yelling in a room full of people of color about racism, it proves no real connection to moving in the direction of liberation or righteousness.” —“A Voice for the Oppressed,” Funmi “Queen” Franklin

22 .......................... music 22 ........ music listings 32 ...................... Puzzles 24 ......................... astro 25 ............... Classifieds

22 Love and Lavender

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4 ............ Editor’s Note

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by Amber Helsel, Managing Editor

Fighting the Good Fight for Jackson

recently finished re-watching the first season of the anime “Food Wars.” You can probably guess from the title why it’s my favorite: Its main focus is food. The anime follows the adventures of chef-in-training Soma Yukihira as he battles his way through the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy. My favorite arc is when Soma goes back to his hometown and finds that Sumiredori, the shopping district where his family restaurant, Yukihira, is located, now looks like a ghost town. The local train station had just been renovated and got a bunch of new shops, including a popular fried-chicken restaurant, and took a lot of the customers away from the shopping district. As I re-watched that story line, I couldn’t help but note how hard it hit home, especially after finishing my big cover story in our birthday issue (“Jackson’s Creative Pulse: What Has Changed Since 2002, What Is Still Ahead,” Vol. 16, Issue 3, Sept. 20-26). I learned a lot about Jackson while writing that story, and as I did the reporting and the research, I found myself wishing that I could have been part of the city 15 years ago. At the time, I think my only interactions were the occasions when my mom would take me into the city to do things like get fitted for a bridge for my teeth. When I was 16 and had a real driver’s license, that began to change. My friends and I began to hang out in Fondren, and get food and drinks at businesses such as Cups Espresso Café, Rooster’s and Fondren Beverage Emporium. We would attend live shows at Swell-o-Phonic and then go to Jerusalem Café. I remember walking through Fondren

Corner back then not knowing everything going on in the building. I learned from my recent cover-story research that even there was a budding art movement happening within the building’s four walls. I remember walking down State Street downtown and looking at all the abandoned spaces and wondering what, if anything, would happen to them. I went to shows on the weekends at venues such as W.C. Don’s (I even spent my 18th birthday there) and 121 Studios in midtown.

It was about a community banding together. When I moved away for college at the University of Mississippi, I mostly forgot about those Jackson adventures. By that time, my friends and I had grown apart, so when I would come home, I’d spend most of my time at home. It was my job at the Jackson Free Press that renewed my interest in the capital city. I began exploring more and more until eventually, adventuring through the city became a regular activity. Last weekend, I attended Jackson Newcomers & Natives at Lucky Town Brewing Company, and while I’m not a huge fan of being in a space with a bunch of people, the event turned out to be amazing. I spent time talking to people such as

Kristen Tordella-Williams, connecting with old friends and making new ones. As I sat there watching people converse, I thought back to that time in my life—how much I knew about Jackson, how much I wanted to know and how much I know now. As I talked with one old friend, I noted how many people either came up and talked to me or waved at me. It was weird thinking about how back then, my circle was pretty small. Now, though? I’ve gotten to know so many people that I’ve thought about investing in an old-timey Rolodex. I also know a decent amount about Jackson. I know the shortcuts between downtown and Fondren. I know how to navigate Old Canton Road to get from Ridgeland to Jackson. I know where the good food is (Nashville hot chicken sliders at Rooster’, for instance). I know where to buy art supplies locally, and if you tell me to go somewhere unfamiliar, I can normally find it without a lot of help from GPS. When I talked to people for the cover story, the main question I asked was, “How have you seen the city change in 15 years?” It was a broad question, but they often found an entry point from their place in the community and began to tell me stories about everything from the arts community to the local restaurant industry to the medical community and everything in between. As I listened, I thought about how different the city is now, both in good and bad ways. Downtown has fallen off some, but it’s rising back up. Fondren and midtown are both art Meccas now. West Jackson has seen improvements, helped by Jackson State University’s investment in the community. And sadly, south Jackson hasn’t seen much improvement. We still have a lot of problems—fail-

ing infrastructure, a potential state takeover of Jackson Public Schools and not enough money to go around, for a few examples— but the main idea that the cover story hammered in for me was the idea that the city is worth fighting for. It’s going to take a lot of effort, a lot of community organizing, cooperation across dividing lines and aisles, and a lot of understanding between people, but we can do it. In the end of the Sumiredori arc in “Food Wars,” Soma, his friends and the local businesses manage to find a way to bring people back. OK, so an innovative fried-chicken dish is at the center of the boom, but local businesses helped out in the process. While the largest focus of the arc was on the dish (it is a show with “food” in the name, after all), it ended up being about more than that: It was about a community banding together to fight back against Big Business. While that drives home the concept of shopping and eating local, it’s also about a community fighting against people who want to tear it down and see it fail because it’s full of mom-and-pop shops or because it’s not shiny and new. Jackson is filled with locally owned businesses and restaurants. A lot of people in outer counties want to see the city fail. They want to move the capital away from the cool, urban center of great food, music, art and culture that is Jackson. The difference is that Jackson has a lot of great people fighting to make sure it stays alive and keeps growing. Managing Editor Amber Helsel is a Gemini, feminist, writer, artist and otaku. She loves travelling, petting cats, hoarding craft supplies and more. Email story ideas to amber@jacksonfreepress.com.

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contributors

LaShanda Phillips

Alex Thiel

Arielle Dreher

William H. Kelly III

Imani Khayyam

Micah Smith

Meghan Garner

Zilpha Young

Freelance writer LaShanda Phillips is a graduate of Jackson State University. She is the third oldest of seven children. She contributed to the cover package on local food.

Freelancer Alex Thiel is a Jackson-native writer, filmmaker and musician. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he asserts that his Ole Miss fandom was biologically determined, and in fact, not a choice. He contributed to the cover package.

News Reporter Arielle Dreher is working on finding some new hobbies and adopting an otter from the Jackson Zoo. Email her story ideas at arielle@jacksonfreepress. com. She wrote about House Bill 1523 and JPS CAP plan.

City Reporter Intern William H. Kelly III is a student at Jackson State University and is originally from Houston, Texas. Send him city news tips at william@jacksonfreepress.com. He wrote about city news, including the Fondren hotel.

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 many photos in the issue.

Music Editor Micah Smith is a longtime fan of music, comedy and all things “nerd.” He is married to a great lady, has two dogchildren named Kirby and Zelda, and plays in the band Empty Atlas. He wrote about the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.

Digital Marketing Strategist Meghan Garner avoids crowds and is most often spotted hiding behind a dry martini. She works to help local businesses thrive through JFP’s website building, content marketing, SEO and digital creative services.

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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“So stay tuned. Rest assured that we will do everything humanly possible to continue to fight this harmful law on the merits in order to protect our nation’s constitutional values and the LGBT citizens of Mississippi.” — Attorney Roberta Kaplan, who challenged House Bill 1523 in court, in a press release following the 5th Circuit’s decision to not hear the case against it.

Wednesday, September 27 Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, scolds Donald Trump for a weekend tweet about a nonexistent Iranian missile launch and rules out renegotiating the Iran nuclear accord.

Friday, September 29 The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals votes to deny a rehearing in Barber v. Bryant, the case against the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act.” Saturday, September 30 The Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance offers help for people to renew their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals documentation ahead of the program’s upcoming deadline.

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Sunday, October 1 A gunman named Stephen Craig Paddock opens fire at the crowd at an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas, killing at least 58 people and wounding 400 more in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. … Catalonia’s regional government declares a landslide win for the “yes” side in a disputed referendum on independence from Spain.

Monday, October 2 U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves revives CSE v. Bryant, the original case that sought to legalize same-sex marriage in Mississippi, after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a full panel hearing for House Bill 1523 case. Tuesday, October 3 Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan announces that a National Rifle Association-backed bill to ease regulations on gun silencers will be shelved indefinitely after the Las Vegas shooting. Get breaking news at jfpdaily.com.

New Head: ‘Public Works a Contact Sport’ by William H. Kelly III

he City of Jackson has a new director of public works to deal with ongoing infrastructure issues, including always-present potholes. Robert Miller, who is the outgoing deputy executive director of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, traveled to Jackson for his confirmation hearing during the Sept. 26 council meeting. Confirmation hearings usually occur separately from the regular council meetings, but the members addressed all questions and concerns during the council meeting. “My beliefs are based on … I serve the Lord by serving his people. And I serve the people by providing high-quality and reliable and affordable public services,” Miller told the council members. The council questioned Miller about his abilities and approach towards solving issues such as potholes, public works equipment, customer service, deploying money to improve the streets and infrastructure in a timely manner, and building relationships with the state and businesses. “I hope that you will have trouble finding me in my office. Because my belief is that public works is a contact sport,” Miller responded. “You’ve got to get out in the community, (and) you’ve got to be talking to the citizens, the developers, the contractors (and) the funding entities.”

Miller, whom Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba appointed, is expected to arrive to begin his job here by mid-October. Jerriot Smash is the interim director

The council also confirmed Ison Harris as director of parks and recreation and reappointed James Henley and Lawanda Harris to the Jackson Municipal Imani Khayyam File Photo

Thursday, September 28 The U.S. Department of Education grants $15 million over five years to charter schools in Mississippi. … Under pressure to do more for hurricaneravaged Puerto Rico, Donald Trump waives the Jones Act, a federal restriction prohibiting foreign-flagged ships from shuttling goods between U.S. ports.

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Charles Hatcher, the city director of administration, said the biggest change to the city’s 2016-2017 budget is a $1-million transfer to the parks and recreation department to help fund landscaping responsibilities.

of public works until Miller arrives. The council vote 5-1 to approve Miller with Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes voting against him. Council President Charles Tillman participated via video chat but was unable to vote due to service being disconnected.

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JPS: In the Midst of an ‘Unprecedented’ Situation by Arielle Dreher correctly,” Ross told the Jackson Free Press. An ‘Unprecedented’ Process At least one reason the MDE investigative audit, released Aug. 31, revealed little change or improvement in some areas of the district could be due to timing. JPS

“We should recognize that it is unprecedented that a corrective action plan was agreed upon at the same time the audit has taken place,” Lumumba said on Sept. 12 to a group of Jacksonians opposed to a state takeover at the former Central High Imani Khayyam

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba called the move to put Jackson Public Schools under a corrective action plan at the same time as an investigative audit “unprecedented” last month, when the State Board of Education recommended a takevover of the district.

had its corrective action plan—which addressed the limited audit conducted in April 2016—approved in December. JPS began work on its corrective action plan then, simultaneous to MDE auditors conducting a full investigative audit of the district. Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba called out MDE for this move when news broke that the Commission on School Accreditation would consider declaring an “extreme emergency” in Jackson Public Schools.

in general funds to the Department of Parks and Recreation due to fiscal-year 2016-2017 budget shortfalls On Sept. 28, a special city council meeting convened to revise the 2016-2017 budget to assist the parks department, which has struggled with its landscaping responsibilities after exhausting its 2016-2017 budget. “They just needed more than we thought they needed,” Charles Hatcher, director of administration, told the Jackson Free Press this week. “At the end of every quarter, my department has to tell city council how

School building, which now serves as MDE headquarters. He repeated his sentiments after the Commission declared an “extreme emergency” on Sept. 13. Moore, who worked at MDE for 30 years, agreed. When asked if she had ever seen a district go through an audit while implementing a corrective action plan, Moore said: “Unprecedented,” repeating Lumumba’s cry. Typically, if MDE conducts an au-

the budget has been revised to reflect changes. Because the budget is just a plan …,” he added. Hatcher says that the biggest change in the fourth quarter was the transfer of the nearly $1.34 million to parks and rec. The fiscal-year 2017-2018 budget began on Oct. 1 and Parks and Rec. received $5,703,053 for the 2017-2018 budget, compared to the revised fiscal year 2016-2017 budget of $5,151,621. The Jackson City Council approved a 2-mill increase in property taxes last month, which will go into

dit, it would finish it in about four weeks, Moore said, and then publish its report in 30 days. The district would then get 30 days to respond. Districts also typically receive a full year to implement a CAP. The exception to this rule, however, is when MDE looks to declare an “extreme emergency” in the district. Ross and Moore were working with JPS administrators to prepare their 30-day response to MDE’s investigative report but quickly pivoted to help the district respond on an even tighter deadline, before the commission met on Sept. 13—just two weeks after MDE released its investigative audit report. Facing More Deadlines The MDE investigative audit report actually lists new “timeline” dates for certain corrective actions for later this fall. For example, Standard 20, which Ross says is a broad standard, has a new date of Nov. 20, 2017, the Aug. 31 report shows. The JPS Board of Trustees approved a separate contract worth more than $100,000 with the Bailey Group to help them work on Standard 20, which ensures that JPS is following an instructional management system. “It’s specifically teacher coaching and leadership (or) principal coaching, so that’s more of a narrow focus. Their interest was to try to identify some of the neediest schools and offer some teacher coaching support there and principal coaching,” Ross told the Jackson Free Press. Ross said Standard 20 is about how a district can get the most people into a classroom to affect student performance in the more JPS, see page 8

effect in February. The increase, which will impact renters more than homeowners that can qualify for tax exemptions through the state, will generate $2.3 million. The new administration will also freeze all vacant positions to save approximately $700,000. The tax increase is a part of the city’s new budget, which began on Oct. 1. Email reporter William Kelly III at william@jacksonfreepress.com.

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hen the Mississippi Board of Education recommended a takeover of Jackson Public Schools, the district was almost finished implementing a corrective action plan that the department of education approved in December 2016. The district is now more than 90 percent finished addressing the issues listed in the limited 2016 audit, consultants working with the district say. If that is indeed true, how is it possible that MDE auditors found the district out of compliance with even more standards this year leading up to the proposed takeover? Addressing standards is not the same as complying with them, Bailey Education Group consultants Pat Ross and Ann Moore, whom JPS paid starting in April to help implement the corrective plan, called the CAP, told the Jackson Free Press. “There’s a misconception that if you implement a corrective action, you will be in compliance, and it doesn’t work that way,” Moore said in an interview. In other words, just putting a new policy down on paper is not enough alone to satisfy MDE’s requirements. Ross and Moore, both former MDE employees, are familiar with the accreditation process and how standards are evaluated. The consultants clarified previous statements made both in JPS Board meetings and publicly during the impending takeover outcry about the district’s CAP plan being almost 90-percent complete. “Many of the things in (the CAP)… those policies or new procedures are not validated until you use them—until you can prove that you use them and use them

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1. “Hotel Project Pops Up in Fondren, Demolished Houses Cause Outrage” by William Kelly III 2. “Yep, JPS Takeover Is a Conspiracy. Prove Me Wrong.” by Donna Ladd 3. “Fondren Residents Demand Rejection of Patio Variance for Precinct Lofts” by William Kelly III 4. “Garrad Lee” by Jan M. Richardson 5. “The Poverty-Crime Connection” by Lacey McLaughlin

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by Arielle Dreher

ouse Bill 1523, the law Gov. Phil Bryant signed that can allow Mississippians acting on their religious beliefs to discriminate against LGBT citizens, is set to become state law this Friday—unless the 5th Circuit U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decides differently. The 5th Circuit voted to deny a rehearing in Barber v. Bryant, the case against the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act,” late on Sept. 29. The law protects Mississippians, from

attorney who is helping represent the Barber plaintiffs, told the Jackson Free Press. Sommer said attorneys for the Barber plaintiffs plan to ask the 5th Circuit to stay the mandate that would enable HB 1523 to become law—but if the 5th Circuit does not issue the stay, the law takes effect Friday. Rob McDuff, the lead attorney for several plaintiffs in the Barber v. Bryant case, announced that they will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case. “This is an unfair and unconstituArielle Dreher File Photo

most timely and direct way. “It all comes back down to what kind of level of teaching is going on in that classroom, and do they have a leader instructionally who can lead that?” Ross said. Ross and Moore will work in five schools in JPS for the duration of their new contract. On the whole, JPS addressed the policy and curriculum standards that the first limited audit, released in 2016, showed, but seeing tangible change in student performance in certain subject areas or on state tests, for example, will take time. Ross said that for a benchmark like Standard 20, a district would not see any tangible change until student data start coming out. “The bottom line is, are more kids proficient than they were last year?” he said. “Internally, you would see it, externally, you wouldn’t see it until grades came out next fall.” Next fall is likely too late for JPS, whose fate rests in Gov. Phil Bryant’s decision to declare an “extreme emergency” or not, which he expects to do later this month. MDE will release district grades and rankings Oct. 19, and preliminary data from the agency show JPS receiving an “F” grade for the second year in a row. Last year 21 of JPS’s 58 schools received an “F” grade, while 37 other schools all received “D” grades or higher. Read more on the JPS takeover saga at jfp.ms/jpstakeover.

HB 1523 May Become Law This Week

House Bill 1523 sparked statewide protests and never became law in 2016, but it could this week after the majority of 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges decided with a vote of 12-2 to not review the case before a full panel.

circuit clerks to physicians, from government discrimination if they act according to their religious belief or moral conviction that “marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman; sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage; and male (man) or female (woman) refer to an individual’s immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy and genetics at time of birth.” Critics call the legislation the “nation’s most sweeping anti-LGBT law,” while supporters of the bill argue it protects religious freedom of Mississippians. Attorneys for plaintiffs plan to ask the 5th Circuit for a stay, to maintain the status quo, and not allow HB 1523 to become state law, while they appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. “Even if you are ... asking the Supreme Court to take the case, that in and of itself does not stop the law from taking effect,” Susan Sommer, a Lambda Legal

tional law, and we are taking our claim to the Supreme Court,” McDuff said in a press release. “People should not have to live through discrimination in order to challenge it.” After attorneys file the petition before the Supreme Court, it could be weeks before plaintiffs know whether or not the high court will consider the case. “Our hope would be that it might be possible for the Supreme Court to hear this case in this coming term,” Sommer told the Jackson Free Press. How We Got Here HB 1523, which the Republican supermajority supported in the Mississippi Legislature in 2016, did not become law initially after several Mississippians brought two lawsuits against Gov. Phil Bryant after he signed the bill. U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves blocked the bill from becoming state law, but Gov. Phil Bryant and Mississippi Department

of Human Services Director John Davis, both named defendants in the case, appealed to the 5th Circuit. A three-judge panel of 5th Circuit judges reversed Reeves’ ruling back in June but did not rule on the merits of the case. The only legal question is whether or not the plaintiffs have standing to bring the lawsuit. “The plaintiffs have not shown an injury-in-fact caused by HB 1523 that would empower the district court or this court to rule on its constitutionality,” the June 2017 three-judge opinion said. The court did not shut down the possibility of further litigation where plaintiffs could prove that they suffered injury due to the bill’s implementation. The plaintiffs petitioned the court for a full re-hearing on the question of standing, but last Friday, the majority of judges polled voted against a re-hearing by a vote of 12-2. Two judges dissented the decision, saying the Mississippi plaintiffs do have standing. “The plaintiffs’ allegations are thus sufficient to establish their standing to bring a challenge under the Establishment Clause,” Judge James Dennis wrote in his dissent. “This conclusion is consistent with the holdings of at least two of our sister circuits, which have recognized that stigmatic harm caused by government policies or regulations to individuals within their own political community is sufficient to establish standing for purposes of the Establishment Clause.” Reviving an Old Case Roberta Kaplan, lead attorney for the Campaign for Southern Equality and their plaintiffs, could be back in Mississippi for another lawsuit she filed to legalize same-sex marriage in the state after U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wasted no time in reviving the original case CSE v. Bryant case. Reeves, also the judge who blocked HB 1523 from becoming law in another case, had issued a stay in the samesex marriage case, pending what the 5th Circuit decided to do. When the 5th Circuit announced it will not hear the House Bill 1523 case before a full panel of judges, Judge Reeves revived the CSE v. Bryant case on Monday, setting up a telephone conference for later this month with attorneys. Back in the spring of 2016, when lawyers scrambled to file lawsuits against the newly signed “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimimore HB 1523, see page 10

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LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS JACKSON GATEWAY COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION PROJECT: Phase I – Part II The Mississippi Housing Partnership (MHP) wants to contract with an Architectural/Engineering (A/E) consulting firm for the rehabilitation/ reconstruction of homes which is Part II of Phase I of the Jackson Gateway Comprehensive Rehabilitation Project. Statements of Qualification will be accepted by the Mississippi Housing Partnership at 1217 N. West Street, Jackson, MS 39202, until 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 18, 2017. The proposed contract will include complete Architectual/Engineering services for 3 pre-existing home sites and development, including blueprints, home design, project costs, material, civil engineering, environmental phase services, construction management, and other services as it relates to the design and construction of a new structure. Architectural/Engineering (A/E) firms interested in providing these services may so indicate by furnishing the MHP with seven (7) copies of a Statement of Qualification, which should consist of the following: 1. A cover letter specifying the complete project name, JACKSON GATEWAY Comprehensive Rehabilitation PROJECT, the name of the firm’s project manager, and the location and address of the office to be assigned the majority of the work. 2. A resume for each principal member, the project manager, and employee(s) of the firm anticipated to be assigned to the project including consulting engineers. Also, provide an organizational chart and list each person’s experience and qualifications, including proof that the Project Manager is licensed as a Mississippi Professional Architect/Engineer and that the firm has met state licensure and certification requirements. Include a business recovery plan in the event of a disaster. 3. Evidence of the Firm’s knowledge of HOME procurement processes, Section 3 requirements, certified payroll, Davis-Bacon Act, and other reporting requirements of HOME funded projects. 4. A description of similar type work completed during the past five (5) years which qualifies the consultant for this work; the cost and scheduled completion (or actual completion) of this work with project owner’s reference contact information. 5. In addition to the information requested above, complete Part II of the Standard Form (SF) 330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications. This Form can be obtained at (http://www. gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116486). Timothy Collins Executive Director

The MHP will evaluate the Statements of Qualification based on the following factors listed in their relative order of importance: 1. Experience of the firm in performing specific services and experience in preparing architectural/engineering design and construction projects funded by HOME dollars. 2. Qualifications and experience of staff and consultants to be assigned to the project based on requested scope of services. 3. Size of the firm’s professional and technical staff with respect to the services required. 4. Resume of the firm’s current and completed projects of a similar nature. 5. Local presence of the firm within the Jackson Metro Area. The MHP reserves the right to select one (1) consultant or select a short list of consultants from whom more information will be required. The MHP reserves the right to reject any and all Statements of Qualification, discontinue Contract execution, and/or request additional information with any party at any time prior to final Contract execution. For any Statement of Qualification questions, contact Tim Collins, Mississippi Housing Partnership, Executive Director: timcollins11@comcast.net or Robbie Smith, Director of Housing, rsmith1217@ comcast.net. The Mississippi Housing Partnership is committed to the principle of nondiscrimination in public contracting. It is the policy of the Mississippi Housing Partnership to promote full and equal business opportunity for all persons doing business with the MHP. The MHP hereby notifies all proposers that, in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4, that all proposers will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex, in consideration for an award.

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buildings materials, and what looked from the street like a satellite dish street mixed into the debris. The machinery knocked the yellow house down with fence poles lining the property, but no actual fencing in place during the demolition. Brian Heffner, now a Madison resident but who calls himself a “Fondrenite” at heart, says he witnessed toxic clouds

Brian Heffner, a former Fondren resident, says he lived at 521 Fondren Place 29 years ago. After his old duplex was torn down for a new hotel, he spotted and reported what he believed to be asbestos, causing a work stoppage.

contaminate the air once the initial demolitions ended on the site. Heffner does architectural drafting as well as home design and remodeling for a living. After he heard of the demolition, he went to snap photos of his former residence for “fond memories.” When he arrived on Sept. 25 at approximately 10 a.m., Heffner approached his old duplex only to find construction workers tearing it apart. They were not properly uniformed, he says. “As the building came down, and I could see what was going on in the backyard, I was horrified because the bucket truck operator and one other human being

HB 1523 from page 8 nation Act,” Kaplan asked Reeves to consider re-opening her first case filed in Mississippi federal court: Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant. That case sought to legalize same-sex marriage and have the state recognize out-ofstate same-sex marriages in Mississippi. Reeves agreed to re-open the case in 2016 due to HB 1523, under a limited scope. House Bill 1523 contains a section that says circuit clerks, registers of deeds or their deputies, “may seek recusal from authorizing or licensing lawful marriages based 10 upon or in a manner consistent with a sincerely held reliOctober 4 - 10, 2017 • jfp.ms

that were on the site were just wearing street clothes,” Heffner said. The Madison resident said two or three other properties were already demolished and covered in what he believed to be an asbestos trail by then. Heffner contacted the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency immediately, he said. “I was conBrian Heffner

he long-time building housing Que Sera Sera restaurant, and more recently Green Ghost Tacos, is a pile of rubble, and the State is assuring nervous residents now that it is monitoring multiple demolitions in the two-acre plot in the heart of the Fondren business district after confirming asbestos on the site. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality told the Jackson Free Press that although it did not find asbestos on an initial visit to the site, it soon learned that some of the structures on the proposed Hilton Homewood Suites site did still contain asbestos and that it had temporarily halted demolition last week to monitor it. “The report of no asbestos involved the demolition activity that was occurring during our initial visit to the site,” MDEQ spokesman Robbie Wilbur said. “[W]e were continuing to investigate other structures scheduled to be demolished. During follow-up inspections it was determined that some of the other structures did indeed contain asbestos which was verified by sample analysis.” At that point, he said, activity stopped until MDEQ could ensure that demolition crews were following proper procedures. “The site contractor halted demolition and debris removal activities until they could ensure those activities were compliant concerning asbestos containing material,” he said. “Demolition and removal activities have resumed at the site, and our observations indicate they are being done so in accordance with the asbestos regulations.” Nervous talk about possible asbestos began two weeks ago when developers of a Hilton Homewood Suites hotel sent in machinery on Sept. 21 to destroy buildings. That day, the demolition of the yellow “Fondren House”and a neighboring building left piles of rubble with floor-to-ceiling

cerned from an environmental point of view,” Heffner said. “These homes were being taken down and, although they were already down and the atmospheric pollution was already in place, at least in the disposal of the rubbish, I could exercise a conscience into getting someone to acknowledge that asbestos was on the site.” MDEQ defines asbestos on its website: “Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that has been used extensively in building materials and products primarily for its excellent fireproofing or insulating properties. Asbestos is also often found in other building materials including floor tile, ceil-

gious belief or moral conviction defined in the bill. Reeves wrote in his June 2016 order that the portion of HB 1523 that allows a clerk or officer of the state to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to samesex couples “significantly changes the landscape of Mississippi’s marriage licensing laws.” He reopened the case accordingly. Lawyers for the state argued that the law is legal because it says that “[t]he person who is recusing himself or herself shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the authorization and licensing of any legally valid marriage is not impeded or delayed as a result of any recusal.” Reeves questioned that argument and allowed the case to be re-opened to amend the permanent injunction

ing texture, and transite wallboard.” The MDEQ site also explains the care that must be taken when buildings are repaired or destroyed. “When disturbed during demolition and renovation activity, asbestos can become airborne and pose a significant potential human health risk. Therefore, the regulations affecting demolition and renovations are to prevent and minimize air emissions of asbestos that may be inhaled. Also, persons who perform asbestos abatement activity, must have proper training and certification by the MDEQ Asbestos Accreditation and Certification Program.” On the site, it lists the various requirements developers must follow before and during demolition. Wilbur confirmed that Heffner had submitted a complaint about possible asbestos, and that MDEQ had responded to the scene to bring the site into compliance. “[W]e’ve been to the Fondren site several times, and they are in compliance,” he said. Wilbur could not confirm if samples were sent to Baton Rouge, as Heffner said. Site reports are not yet complete and available to the public, Wilbur said on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Reached via email, hotel investor Alan Lange, who was also the initial property owner of the hotel site, did not confirm or deny rumors that the site was temporarily shut down for environmental testing after Heffner called MDEQ. “The demolition is fully operational and on schedule,” Lange wrote in an email to the Jackson Free Press on Oct. 3. “The Green Ghost building came down today.” “We appreciate your continued interest in the project,” the developer added. Donna Ladd and Arielle Dreher contributed to this report. Email reporter William Kelly III at william@jacksonfreepress.com. See jfp.ms/fondrenhotels for related stories.

agreed to in July 2015 when the decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case in the U.S. Supreme Court legalized samesex marriage nationwide. “(In House Bill 1523) the State is permitting the differential treatment to be carried out by individual clerks. A statewide policy has been ‘pushed down’ to an individuallevel policy,” Reeves wrote. “But the alleged constitutional infirmity is the same. The question remains whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires marriage licenses to be granted (and out-of-state marriage licenses to be recognized) to same-sex couples on identical terms as they are to opposite-sex couples.” Read more about HB 1523 and its journey from the statehouse to the courthouse at jfp.ms/HB1523.

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A Voice for the Oppressed

t’s distressing yet important to acknowledge that in this country, oppressed people have no voice. Though we yell and scream for attention and assistance, our voices don’t travel beyond our network and our community. We’ve organized marches and boycotts. We’ve listened to leaders. We’ve taken knees, written letters, lit candles, called meetings, and let us not fail to mention, cried, begged and prayed. Not much ground has been covered. In fact, it has worsened. It’s important to note that oppressed people have never been silent. The discrimination, unfair treatment, even murders of our people is not a new phenomenon. It does not shock us. The shock, if any, belongs to the privileged, to those who have the ability to decide if racism exists. When a Caucasian individual becomes “aware” that injustice is blatant and obvious, the burden of speaking out falls on that person. But discussing among your friends how wrong it is for black men to be killed in the street without yelling it to the top of your white soul is useless. Don’t mistake my point. A few have taken racists to task. But often it stirs the question: Who’s being targeted? Some of these conversations fall on the ears of the agreeable. They know the deal. They don’t need convincing. However, those who do need to hear from you aren’t being called to task. If they are, it’s not with any real intent to sway their perception. It’s a way to attack their character. That doesn’t lead to mental elevation. That simply leads to a bunch of counterproductive words. Then, of course, we have the people who are so aware that they are more aware than the oppressed. While never understanding privilege or having felt discrimination in any fashion, they have convinced themselves that they know what the black and brown folk feel and need to do to rise above oppression. No! That behavior is just a few levels higher in privilege than those who can’t identify white privilege. It’s not necessary (or understandable) to try to take ownership of a feeling, a pain or a frustration that those without black or brown skin can’t comprehend. Let’s be clear: Most can only identify right and wrong. Stay in that lane. If one hasn’t known the pain of being oppressed as a people, it’s impossible to tell that group of people how to accept, interpret or react to being oppressed. The acknowledgement is available to that person—acknowledgement that it is wrong. Unfortunately, as a human race, wrong and right isn’t cut and dry. It’s hard to change wrong when so many think wrong is right. But those who see it and those who get it can’t afford to be silent. Step outside of your private conversations and your talks with brown and black folk. We know already. In fact, often, your arguments against discrimination and racism are direct repeats of something you’ve heard from a person who has felt it. Acknowledge that, too, while you’re at it. Don’t just complain about injustice to black and brown folk in safe spaces any longer. For one thing, we’re over it. For another thing, for all your secret huffing and puffing and singing to the choir, your voice is as silent as ours. As a white person yelling in a room full of people of color about racism, you prove no real connection to moving in the direction of liberation or righteousness. In fact, it’s pretty damn disrespectful. If you can’t say it to your family in between n-words at the family reunion, you’re not contributing. You’re not being a rebel. You’re not advocating for justice. Telling a fish how to swim—while it swims—won’t keep a shark from eating it. Your attention should be on the shark. 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, 12 awareness and sisterhood. Plus, she has a wicked addition to Lemonheads. October 4 - 10, 2017 • jfp.ms

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Mississippi Lawmakers, Lead on Health Care

ongress let the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which insures kids who come from low-income families but are not eligible for Medicaid, expire last week. Now lawmakers are scrambling to renew the program, established in 1997 with bi-partisan support. CHIP funds in Mississippi will run dry by April, so the countdown has begun. What is most noteworthy is the support from Mississippi’s Republican senators to renew CHIP, despite their continued calls and votes to repeal and replace Obamacare since Donald Trump moved into the White House. It is no secret that Mississippi has the most to gain and the most to lose when it comes to more health-care support from the federal government. Mississippi is one of the poorest and unhealthiest states in the union, meaning health outcomes follow those trends to their obvious problems, ailments and consequences. More than 78,000 Mississippi children benefit from CHIP, with federal dollars funding 100 percent. That number grew from the initial 48,000 enrolled in CHIP only after the Affordable Care Act changed limits and regulations, enabling more low-income children to benefit from health insurance without costing the state of Mississippi a cent. The state’s Medicaid rolls are also predominantly made up of children and the disabled and blind, arguably the most vulnerable populations in Mississippi. Most of the proposals to end the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a hodgepodge of other policy options would have meant

thousands of people losing health insurance, even in Mississippi, where Republicans adamantly opposed expanding Medicaid due to partisan politics. If U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran can both openly support funding CHIP, why did they vote to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act multiple times in a move that would leave other vulnerable Mississippians without coverage? It is time to ditch the partisanship of the stalled health-care conversation and start working across the aisle for reforms going forward. We need Mississippi representatives and senators in Congress to understand how vital financial health-care assistance is to the well-being of Mississippians, and recent moves in the Senate seem to show they do. Wicker and Cochran’s suggestions to ensure more seniors can benefit from cost-effective telehealth were a part of the Senate CHRONIC Care Act of 2017. Recent failed votes have shown that Congress Republicans will likely need to work across the aisle to make necessary changes to the ACA, and it is vital that Mississippi lawmakers are fighting for every ounce of federal support that the state can get. With one of the slowest-growing economies in the nation, Mississippi needs the federal support to keep its citizens healthy, enabling the next generation in particular to stay healthy as they work to get an education and change the narrative of this state. We need Mississippi lawmakers to not buy into Trump’s “let it fail” narrative because allowing our health-care system to fail is letting down thousands of vulnerable Mississippi children.

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Clockwork Gun Violence

t’s like clockwork, at this point. There’s a deadly shooting in this country, followed by an ocean of “thoughts and prayers,” then a debate over whether more gun control is needed, then not a damn thing done. Every time someone mentions their personal disdain toward this country’s gun violence, a wave of conservative, National Rifle Association-talking-point-carrying soldiers acquire their marching orders and take to the streets and social media to spew out pro-gun rhetoric, as if gun control were the equivalency of “freedom” control. The day guns became synonymous with freedom was the day America became a nation obsessed with protecting that “freedom” by any means necessary. The protection is so obsessive that people go out of their way not to defend the person committing the atrocities but defend the gun used to commit those atrocities— which include killing schoolchildren at Sandy Hook or club-goers at Pulse or concert-goers in Las Vegas. As long as the gun culture is ingrained in American society, organizations like the NRA will remain as American as apple pie, never mind that the NRA’s great source of power resides in the money from gun purchases and not perceived American freedoms. The organization’s propaganda campaign has allowed it to seemingly sit on this moral perch as it proudly defends Second Amendment rights that each and every American citizen is guaranteed at birth (except if you’re Philando Castile, of course), even if those same Second Amendment rights had everything to do with the right to bear arms against the Red Coats in 1791 and nothing to do with personal gun ownership in 2017. While people see other constitutional amendments such as the First Amendment—which apparently doesn’t protect ashy knees caused from kneeling during the national anthem—as conditional, the Second Amendment, our three branches of government say, is fairly absolute. A conservative-led majority on the Supreme Court reiterated the Second Amendment’s power in the 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller. The court held that the “Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with

service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as selfdefense within the home.” The president of the United States, also known as the Great Divider, has spoken time after time about his obsession with “gun freedom,” and Congress is so bought and influenced by pro-gun organizations that they couldn’t even pass an assault-weapons ban after 20 children between the ages of 6 and 7 were fatally shot in Newtown, Conn. Once again, America will decide that a massive amount of lives lost is the cost we must pay to have our (their) Second Amendment rights. After an endless amount of thoughts and prayers as the only combative threat against gun control and mass killings in this country, we all know there will be no federal gun legislation passed of any kind, even if the Second Amendment’s language bears the words “well-regulated.” In a country where it is easier to purchase a gun than it is to purchase health care, smarter gun legislation shouldn’t be viewed as anti-gun—it should be viewed as pro-humanity. But instead of humanity prevailing, the paranoia of taking away one’s “freedom” wins the day. The foundation supporting this freedom paranoia isn’t a romantic “give me liberty or give me death” mystique. No, the true real-world reason is that guns are a business, and business is booming, baby. If our Congressional “leaders” were to disrupt the gun trade in any way, the bribes, I mean donations, would stop, threatening their job security. This fact isn’t nearly as romantic and mystifying as a bald eagle soaring through the skies, holding a semi-automatic rifle. So, like clockwork, as America combats rampant gun violence with thoughts-andprayers legislation, the Second Amendment remains true and absolute. The same Second Amendment that was drafted when one had to reload a musket against tea-sipping Red Coats from across the pond, not a fully powered assault rifle. Leslie McLemore II, a Jackson native, is now in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Jackson State University, North Carolina Central University School of Law and American University Washington College of Law.

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Estelle Wine Bar & Bistro Executive Chef Matthew Kajdan says his favorite dish to make at the bistro is the grilled redﬁsh.

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stelle Wine Bar & Bistro Executive Chef Matthew Kajdan says that his favorite dish to make at the bistro is the grilled redfish. He prefers the dish, which comes with sauteed lobster, avocado, tomato jam and a citrus vinaigrette, because redfish is indigenous to Mississippi, and we’re the only state where people commercially fish for it. “That’s unique to Mississippi,” he says. Kajdan became a chef through happenstance, he says. After he graduated from high school early, his mom told him that he had to get a job, so in 2001, he started working as a line cook at BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar. He says it took him a while, but eventually, he began to take it seriously. Kajdan credits Nick Apostle, who owned Nick’s Restaurant, with inspiring him to look at cooking as a potential career. “He really showed what it meant to be a chef, a great businessman and an ethical businessman,” he says. When Kajdan was 20, he moved to upstate New York to work as a cook at The Sagamore in New York. After about a year, he became the sous chef. In 2008, he came back to be the chef at Apostle’s Mermaid Café in Lake Caroline. He worked there for about three years, eventually taking on the role as general manager in addition to chef. Five years ago, family member Mart Lamar, who owned Parlor Market, asked Kajdan to help him out at the restaurant. “He asked if I would like to run Parlor Market,” Kajdan says. “I was the executive chef. I ran the front-of-thehouse, the back-of-the-house, the operations, the payroll, taxes, you name it. I did it.” 16 He had always been excited about the Westin proj-

About six months before opening in August, the Westin Hotel asked Matthew Kajdan to be the executive chef at Estelle Wine Bar & Bistro.

ect because of its potential to help downtown Jackson. He says that hotel investment group principals Joseph Simpson and his father, Jesse Simpson, would come to Parlor Market often to talk about downtown restaurants and businesses. About six months before opening, Westin Hotel management asked Kajdan if he would like to

be the executive chef at Estelle. To him, the Westin and Estelle are pieces in revitalizing downtown Jackson and Jackson as a whole. “I was very excited about the project and what it’d do for the revitalization of downtown Jackson,” he says. Around May of this year, Derek Emerson of Walker’s Drive-in, CAET Wine Bar and Local 463 Urban Kitchen bought Parlor Market. In Kajdan’s position, he gets to plan and write all of the menus, including the ones for breakfast, lunch, dinner and banquets. “It’s a new experience, something I’ve never done before,” he says. “It’s a beast—twenty-four hours, seven days a week, 365 days a year, so it’s a very exciting project to be a part of.” Kajdan says he likes to pair different cuisines together in his dishes. “I love southern food, so (for example) I like to put a twist on a classic French dish, an Italian dish or an Asian dish. I like to merge different cuisines together and do fusions,” he says. The chef has advice for those who aspire to be a chef: “Go get a job. Go find a kitchen. Being a chef and cooking are two different things. You have to cook for a living before you can become a chef. At some point in time, I was the best dishwasher, I was the best grill guy. “I have literally done every position in the kitchen to get to the point where I am. A lot of people think they’re going to go to culinary school and become a chef and that’s just not the way it works. If you want to cook, you need to get a job in a kitchen. Washing dishes, peeling onions, whatever it may be, but you need make sure you’re willing to do that for the rest of your life before you go off to school.” For more information, visit estellejackson.com.

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BBQ on the Boulevard, Oct. 7, Clinton Plaza Shopping Center (224 Clinton Blvd., Clinton) If you love barbecue, this is the event for you. Churches, organizations, businesses and restaurants will compete to see who makes the best barbecue in town. The event, which is $5, will also have live music and children’s activities. BBQ on the Boulevard is Saturday, Oct. 7, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit mainstreetclintonms.com.

One of the burgers on the Fine & Dandy menu will be “The Standard,” which has American cheese, dill pickles, lettuce, tomato and red onion.

ones you can buy,” says Houston, who was named a semifinalist for a James Beard Award for “Best Chef: South” in 2016. “When you think of tater tots and how much you love them, no one’s making those at home.” His iteration of the dish at the Natchez Food & Wine iteration included truffled creme fraiche, smoked salmon roe, pickled shallots, cucumber, sea salt and dill. The entire menu, Houston says, is designed for “snacking, munching or noshing.” Burgers will be snack-sized. Salads will be composed vegetable dishes, not “about how much grilled chicken and cheese we can put on a bunch of lettuce.” They also teamed up with former

Burgers & Blues Stands With Ashley Lewis, Oct. 7, Burgers & Blues (1060 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland) Cancer treatment is expensive, but having a community behind you can help. Burgers & Blues General Manager Ashley Lewis is undergoing chemotherapy for stage 3 breast cancer, so the restaurant is throwing a fundraising event to aid her and her family in the expenses. The event, which is from noon to 9 p.m., will have a hot dog-eating contest, cornhole tournament, music, silent auction, raffles and more. For more information, find the event on Facebook.

Saltine Bar Manager Mark Leopold to create a “forward-thinking, on-trend” cocktail menu that will cultivate a refined-yet-relaxed atmosphere. “We really want that to be the reason why you come: cocktails and snacks,” Houston says. Miller says that he and Houston are fleshing out some other concepts for future collaborations, but their current focus is staffing up Fine & Dandy’s management team and making sure everything is in place for their launch later this fall. “We want to create these restaurants that both foodies and families can enjoy,” Miller says. For more information, find the restaurant on Facebook.

An Evening in Tuscany, Oct. 8, The Chapel at Livingston (116 Livingston Church Road, Flora) The Mississippi Opera Guild’s latest fundraiser combines celebrity sightings and fine dining. “An Evening in Tuscany” features dinner from County Seat head chef Jeremy Enfinger and Katie Dixon, who was a finalist on season seven of Food Network’s “MasterChef.” Dixon also recently opened her own restaurant, The Birdhouse Café, in Hattiesburg. The event is $150 per person, and includes a silent auction, wine bar and live entertainment. For more information, visit msopera.org. 17 October 4 - 10, 2017 • jfp.ms

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have done an outstanding job,” Miller says. “As we travel around the country, there are a lot of similar developments that are successful. It’s right there on I-55. It’s almost a ‘welcome to Jackson.’” The multipurpose development, which is slated to open later this year, emphasizes a central outdoor green area where kids can hang out while parents grab a snack or a cocktail after work. A large part of the menu will simply be called “snacks.” Miller describes them as akin to small plates or tapas (“wellcomposed and thought through,” he says), but still approachable and casual. “Jesse’s food really fits my style of food,” Miller says. “It’s got some whimsy and humor to it, but at the same time, he has an amazing talent to create a balanced dish, and a balance in flavor.” Houston, formerly of Saltine Restaurant and Parlor Market, has already whipped up a couple of the restaurant’s dishes and tested them in competition. One is called “The Worst Ribs In Town,” so named to avoid comparisons to established barbecue styles, as well as “Tater Tots We Didn’t Make,” which Houston debuted at the Natchez Food & Wine Festival earlier this year. “You cannot Ray-Scott Miller (left) and Jesse Houston (right) say make tater tots as the concept for Fine & Dandy is “classy burger joint.” good as the frozen

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hen Ray-Scott Miller saw the plans for The District at Eastover, he knew immediately that the space called for a certain type of restaurant: a “classy burger joint.” “When I saw the space, I decided, ‘This is exactly where I want to be,’” he says. Miller says that he negotiated the lease for Fine & Dandy before the “classy burger joint” concept had been fully fleshed out and before he had hired local chef Jesse Houston as the culinary director. “The developers at The District

[ Fall Food Issue ] See the longer version of this story online at jfp.ms/ cakesbycrystal. For more information on Cakes by Crystal (139 E. McDowell Road, 601-278-5954), visit cakesbycrystalonline.com or find the business on Facebook.

What drew you to cakes? After I got married, I started to look at the cake-decorating classes at Michaels—you know, you’re wedding shopping, and you’re shopping for decorations, and you see those Crystal Kelly little posters. … Looking at the cake pictures kind of interested me, like “Wow, how do they do that?” So I took a couple of classes … (and)_after taking those classes, I would take the cakes to work to get rid of them so I wouldn’t have a bunch of cake laying around the house because me and my husband would just eat them, and that wouldn’t

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s a child, Mobile, Ala.-native Crystal Kelly says that her dream was to own her own business. She moved to Jackson in 2000 to study business management at Jackson State University and graduated in fall 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. After college, she worked for the YMCA in Jackson on Farish Street in child care, delivered packages for FEDEX, worked for title loan companies, and did retail management with stores such as Lane Bryant, Rainbow shops and New York & Co. She says she fell in love with cake-baking in 2009 and began her business, Cakes by Crystal, that year. She opened her storefront in south Jackson in July 2016. Cakes by Crystal can create cakes and other desserts for everything from weddings to birthdays to baby showers. She recently sat down to talk to the Jackson Free Press about the business of baking cakes.

Crystal Kelly opened her business, Cakes by Crystal, in south Jackson in July 2016.

be good. When I took them to work, everybody ate them, they loved them, and they started asking me, “Well, how much would you charge me to do this or do that for my baby or grandbaby?” … That’s how I got started. I just made me a little price list, and I baked from home. What would you say is the toughest cake you’ve ever had to do? [She points to a photo of a three-tier gift-box cake with a Tiffany’s box as the topper] It’s a Tiffany’s gift box cake, but it’s actually three tiers, and the gift box has a top on it, and the top sits up off of the cake so it looks like jewels are flowing down the cake.

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Finalists: Deep South Pops (1800 N. State St., 601-398-2174; 4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 173, 601-398-0623; deepsouthpops.com) / Fusion Coffeehouse (1111 Highland Colony Pkwy., Ridgeland, 601-856-6001, fusioncoffeehouse. com) M7 Coffee House (111 N. Wheatley St., Ridgeland, 601-790-7971) / Mocha Mugs (multiple locations, mochamugs.com) / Sneaky Beans (2914 N. 18 State St., 601-487-6349, sneakybeans.com)

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ven if the weather does not believe it, it is officially fall. The leaves are beginning to change colors; students are well into their first few weeks of classes; and the fair is in town this week. As the weather gets chillier, many people may abandon iced coffee in favor of something a little hotter. If you’re looking for a good way to warm up and caffeinate yourself, turn to this year’s Best of Jackson winners for Best Place to Get Coffee. Keep a look out for the nomination ballot in November with the next winners announced in January.

That was in my earlier cake days, but it just so happened that it turned out really well, and a lot of people order that cake to this day. Was that cake for a wedding? It was actually a birthday party, it was a 50th party, but it was kind of on that wedding scale where it was really grand. What would you say is the hardest part of baking cakes? The hardest part for me is the time that goes into it. You have to kind of manage when is the right time to start. It could be a huge cake or a huge order, but then you can’t start it at the beginning of the week because everything needs to be fresh, so it’s that timing, trying to make sure that everything is perfect and is done in perfect timing, but at the same time, you don’t want to do anything at the last minute, and then accidents happen and then you have to redo something. I always try to get the date and time that the customer needs it so that I’ll know exactly when to start on it versus all the orders I have all together. What are your busiest seasons? The busiest seasons are going to be Valentine’s Day; the wedding season, which are going to be the spring months; the holidays, I have specials where I do all of those holiday favorite cakes—red velvet, German chocolate, and I do pies as well—so Thanksgiving time is a huge time where I usually do a sale if you order early, and then last minute, I get … rush of people who are tied up cooking that don’t want to cook dinner and dessert. And then Christmas is another big time where everybody needs desserts. There’s a lot of purple in your business. Why purple? Purple has always been one of my favorite colors. … In marketing, (we learned) how to put your brand in people’s minds, how do they remember your product, how do they remember you, so with a lot of the different marketing and the decorations in here, I decided to go with one steady theme: purple and white. That way when people see my cake jars, and they see purple towels or purple spoons, they already know that’s Cakes by Crystal.

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THURSDAY 10/5

SATURDAY 10/7

SUNDAY 10/8

The “Writing on the Wall” exhibition is at Fischer Galleries.

The Jackson Walk to End Alzheimer’s is at the Mississippi State Capitol.

Skillet performs for the Air1 Positive Hits Tour is at the Mississippi Coliseum.

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WEDNESDAY 10/4

The Mississippi State Fair is from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds (1207 Mississippi St.). The fair features livestock shows, pig races, a children’s barnyard, a petting zoo, food and drink vendors, rides, games, and music from the Brothers Osborne, Brian McKnight, the Temptations, the Oak Ridge Boys, Plain White Ts and more. Additional dates: Oct. 5-6, 11 a.m.10 p.m., Oct. 7, 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Oct. 8-13, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Oct. 14, 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Oct. 15, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $5 admission, $5 per car, free weekdays 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; call 601-961-4000; msfair.net.

THURSDAY 10/5

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Fondren After 5 is at 5 p.m. in Fondren. The family-friendly street festival takes place on the first Thursday of each month and includes live entertainment, food and drinks for sale, art and crafts vendors, pop-up art exhibits, pet adoption drives and more. Free admission; fondren.org.

The Wailers, the former backing group for Bob Marley, perform at Duling Hall on Thursday, Oct. 5.

FRIDAY 10/6

The Human Rights Campaign Interfaith Symposium is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fondren Presbyterian Church (3220 Old Canton Road). The keynote speaker is Rev. Ed Bacon, author of “8 Habits of Love.” Local faith and community leaders of all backgrounds engage in facilitated dialogue sessions and discuss topics such as social justice, civil rights and LGBT rights. Free; hrc.org.

SATURDAY 10/7

Burgers & Blues Stands with Ashley Lewis is from noon to 9 by Micah Smith p.m. at Burgers & Blues (1060 E. County Line Road, Ridgejacksonfreepress.com land). The fundraising event is for Burgers & Blues General Manager Fax: 601-510-9019 Ashley Lewis, who is currently unDaily updates at dergoing chemotherapy for breast jfpevents.com cancer. Includes live music, a silent auction, a hot-dog eating competition at noon and a cornhole tournament at 2 p.m. Winners split the pot with Ashley Lewis. Free admission, $30 entry fee per contest; call 601-899-0038; find it on Facebook.

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Toi Henderson (pictured) was one of the models for last year’s Pink the Runway, which takes place at the Arts Center of Mississippi on Oct. 8.

… The Wailers perform at 7:30 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The reggae group is best known as the backing band for the late Bob Marley. LUTHI also performs. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $30 in advance, $35 at the door; 20 call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

SUNDAY 10/8

Pink the Runway is at 6 p.m. at the Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). The sixth annual fashion show is a fundraiser for Friends of Survivors, a local

nonprofit that assists people undergoing cancer treatments. Pink carpet show at 6 p.m., and fashion show at 7 p.m. Teezy Thomas and Kelsmopolitan are the hosts. $20 admission, $40 VIP; ticketmaster.com.

MONDAY 10/9

Blue Monday is from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). The Central Mississippi Blues Society’s weekly event includes the Front Porch Acoustic Hour at 7:15 p.m. and the Blue Monday Band at 8:30 p.m. Musicians are invited to jam with the CMBS members. Cash bar available. $5 admission, $3 for members; centralmississippibluessociety.com.

TUESDAY 10/10

The Jennifer Egan book signing is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Eudora Welty House and Garden (1119 Pinehurst St.). The Pulitzer Prize-winning author signs copies and reads from her new book, “Manhattan Beach.” $28 book; call 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

WEDNESDAY 10/11

The “Walking Out” film screening is at 7 p.m. at Malco Grandview Cinema (221 Grandview Blvd., Madison). The survival drama stars Matt Bomer, Bill Pullman and Josh Wiggins. Includes a Q&A session with producer Brunson Green. Limited space. $7 per person; email info@ crossroadsfilmfestival.com; crossroadsfilmfestival.com.

SPORTS & WELLNESS

Fall Dialogue Circles Oct. 7-8, 9 a.m.-noon, at Mississippi Youth Media Project (125 S. Congress St., Suite 1330). Dialogue Jackson hosts the discussion groups for people from diverse backgrounds to discuss a variety of social issues. Two series available with three sessions in each. Contact for more information if interested. Email todd@jacksonfreepress.com; jackson2000.org.

AKA 5K Oct. 7, 8-11 a.m., at Tougaloo College Health and Wellness Center (500 W. County Line Road). Features a 5K run/walk and a onemile fun run at 8 a.m., and a health fair at 9 a.m. Registration at 7:30 a.m. Proceeds benefit Matt’s House Shelter and the Arthritis Foundation. $25 race registration, free fair; msgreekweekend.com.

COMMUNITY One Voice Mississippi Black Leadership Summit Oct. 5-6, at Jackson Marriott Hotel (200 E. Amite St.). Includes guest speakers, seminars on topics such as new ways to impact policy, idea pitches with elected officials, and more. Free; call 601-960-9594; eventbrite.com. Fondren After 5 Oct. 5, 5 p.m., in Fondren. The street festival takes place on the first Thursday of each month and includes live music, food and drinks for sale, art and crafts vendors, pop-up art exhibits, and more. Free admission; fondren.org. Human Rights Campaign Interfaith Symposium Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at Fondren Presbyterian Church (3220 Old Canton Road). The keynote speaker is Rev. Ed Bacon, author of “8 Habits of Love.” Local faith and community leaders of all backgrounds engage in facilitated dialogue sessions. Free; hrc.org. Renaissance Euro Fest: Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Show Oct. 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Renaissance at Colony Park (, Ridgeland). The annual auto show features classic and vintage vehicles from Britain, Germany, Italy and other European countries. Free; visitridgeland.com. Pop-Up Retro Boutique Oct. 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at The Flamingo (3011 N. State St.). The popup shopping event features vintage furniture, housewares, clothes art and more. Free admission; flamingojxn.com. Pumpkin Adventure Oct. 11-13, 9 a.m.-noon, Oct. 14, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 18-20, 9 a.m.noon, Oct. 21, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 25-27, 9 a.m.-noon, at the Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). Visitors can go on hayrides, visit exhibits, choose a pie pumpkin to take home, and more. $7 per person; msagmuseum.org.

FOOD & DRINK Champions of Justice Dinner Oct. 5, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). The Mississippi Center for Justice fundraising dinner honors historian Alfredteen Harrison and former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus. $100; mscenterforjustice.org. BBQ on the Boulevard Oct. 7, 2-5 p.m., at Main Street Clinton. The barbecue cook-off features local restaurants, churches, businesses and individuals competing for best recipe. $5; call 601-924-5472; mainstreetclinton.com. An Evening in Tuscany Oct. 8, 5:30 p.m., at The Chapel at Livingston (116 Livingston Church Road, Flora). The fundraiser features dinner from County Seat head chef Jeremy Enfinger and Katie Dixon of “MasterChef.” Includes a silent auction, wine bar and live entertainment. Proceeds go to the Mississippi Opera Guild. $150, $1,200 for table of eight; msopera.org.

Michael Rubenstein Memorial Kidney Walk Oct. 7, 9-10:30 a.m., at Mississippi Kidney Foundation (3000 Old Canton Road, Suite

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“Walking Out” Film Screening Oct. 11, 7 p.m., at Malco Grandview Cinema (221 Grandview Blvd., Madison). The drama stars Matt Bomer and Josh Wiggins. Includes Q&A with producer Brunson Green. $7; crossroadsfilmfestival.com.

Mississippi Greek Weekend Downtown Block Jam Oct. 6, 6-10 p.m., at Farish Street. The block party features food and drink vendors, and music from BlkCrwn, DevMaccc, Yung Jewelz, Krystal Gem, Bridget Shield, Jesse Robinson, and more. $5 per person; msgreekweekend.com.

CONCERTS & FESTIVALS

Events at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.) • Bravo I: Voicing Joplin Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. The Scott Joplin opera features the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, a cast of national and local singers, and choirs from Jackson State University, Mississippi College and Tougaloo College. $20-$62; msorchestra.com. • The Lavender Pen Tour Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus performs with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and the New Orleans Gay Men’s Chorus. $12-$40; sfgmc.org.

Mississippi State Fair Oct. 4-15, at Mississippi State Fairgrounds (1207 Mississippi St.). The fair features livestock shows, a petting zoo, rides, music and more. $5, $5 per car; msfair.net.

the best in sports over the next seven days

by Bryan Flynn, follow at jfpsports.com, @jfpsports

New Orleans made history with its shutout victory over Miami on Sunday, Oct. 1. The Saints became the third team since 1933 to avoid a turnover on offense in the first four games of a season. Thursday, Oct. 5

MLB (3-6:30 p.m., FOX Sports 1): The AL Division Series pits the Astros against the Red Sox only four days after their regular-season series. … NFL (7:25-11 p.m., CBS): The defending champion New England Patriots try to bounce back on the road against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Friday, Oct. 6

MLB (6:30-10 p.m., TBS): The defending champion Chicago Cubs hit the road to face the Washington Nationals in game one of a NL Division Series. Saturday, Oct. 7

College football (11 a.m.-2 p.m., SECN): The University of Mississippi tries to get back on track against Auburn after the Crimson Tide crushed the Rebels last week. Sunday, Oct. 8

NFL (3:25-6:30 p.m., FOX): Longtime NFL rivals collide, as the Green

100). The walk is a fundraiser for the Mississippi Kidney Foundation. Includes a $1,000 grandprize golf ball drop for each team or individual to raise more than $100. Registration at 8 a.m. $50 minimum donation; kidneyms.org. Jackson Walk to End Alzheimer’s Oct. 7, 10 a.m., at Mississippi State Capitol (400 High St.). The 2.5-mile walk is a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association. Registration at 8 a.m. $100 fundraising minimum; alz.org.

STAGE & SCREEN “Love Soliloquy” Viewing Party Oct. 8, 5-8 p.m., at AND Gallery (133 Millsaps Ave.). The Independent Black Film Collective presents a screening of Clouds & Crayons’ visual album, “Love Soliloquy.” Includes a Q&A with Astin Rocks. Free admission; find it on Facebook.

Bay Packers travel to Texas to take on the Dallas Cowboys. Monday, Oct. 9

NFL (7:30-10:30 p.m., ESPN): Two NFC North foes, the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings, clash, with both teams trying to keep pace with Green Bay. Tuesday, Oct. 10

NBA (7-9:30 p.m., ESPN): Tune in for some preseason NBA action, as the championship runner-up Cleveland Cavaliers host the Chicago Bulls. Wednesday, Oct. 11

College football (7-10 p.m., ESPN2): A clash of the Sun Belt’s best and worst sees No. 1 Troy host South Alabama, who is tied for No. 8. Last week’s victory was the first shutout for the New Orleans Saints since their 41-0 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012. It was also their first road shutout since a season-ending defeat of the New York Jets in 1995.

Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • J Roddy Walston & the Business Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. The Tennessee-native rock band performs. Sleepwalkers also performs. $15 in advance, $20 at the door; ardenland.net. • The Wailers Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m. The reggae group was the backing band for the late Bob Marley. LUTHI also performs. $30 in advance, $35 at the door; ardenland.net. • Young Valley Oct. 6, 8 p.m. The Woodland and Codetta South also perform. $10 in advance, $12 at the door; ardenland.net. • Shelly Fairchild Oct. 7, 8-10:30 p.m. The Clinton-native country artist performs. $12 in advance, $15 at the door; ardenland.net. • Anse Rigby CD Release Show Oct. 10, 7 p.m. The Forest, Miss.-native singer-songwriter’s album is titled “All Along.” Ben Ford also performs. $8 in advance, $10 at the door; ardenland.net.

Mississippi Community Symphonic Concert Oct. 7, 3-5 p.m., at Christ United Methodist Church (6000 Old Canton Road). The Mississippi Community Symphonic Band performs. Free admission; call 601-594-0055; mcsb.us. Air1 Positive Hits Tour Oct. 8, 7 p.m., at Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.). Skillet, Britt Nicole, Colton Dixon, Tauren Wells and Gawvi perform. $20-$50; ticketmaster.com.

LITERARY & SIGNINGS “Savage Country” Oct. 4, 5 p.m., at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Robert Olmstead signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26.95 book; lemuriabooks.com. “Dinner at the Center of the Earth” Oct. 6, 5 p.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). In Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex, room 215. Nathan Englander signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26.95 book; lemuriabooks.com. Cora Norman Lecture: Ibram X. Kendi Oct. 7, 6-7 p.m., at Russell C. Davis Planetarium (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Kendi is the author of 2016 National Book Award-winning book “Stamped From the Beginning.” Free; find it on Facebook. Jennifer Egan Book Signing Oct. 10, 5-8 p.m., at Eudora Welty House & Garden (1119 Pinehurst St.). The Pulitzer Prize-winning author signs copies and reads from her book “Manhattan Beach.” $28 book; lemuriabooks.com.

EXHIBIT OPENINGS Writing on the Wall: Mississippi Literary Portraits Oct. 5, 5-7 p.m., at Fischer Galleries (736 S. President St.). Artist Stacy Underwood presents a selection of portraits celebrating literary icons. Free; fischergalleries.com.

BE THE CHANGE Pink Patio Party Oct. 11, 5-9 p.m., at Babalu Tapas & Tacos (622 Duling Ave., Suite 106). The fundraiser features light appetizers, music from Kerry Thomas, a silent auction, and more. Free admission; find it on Facebook. 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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Oct. 5 - Thursday Capitol Grill - Jesse Robinson & Friends 7:30-10:30 p.m. Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 5:30-8:30 p.m. Duling Hall - The Wailers w/ LUTHI 7:30 p.m. $30 advance $35 door F. Jones Corner - Raul Valinti & the Challenge Band 10 p.m. $5 Georgia Blue, Flowood - Jonathan Alexander Georgia Blue, Madison - Chad Wesley Hal & Mal’s - Jerry Brooks Duo free Hops & Habanas - Astro Motel w/ Stonewalls 7 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Travelin’ Jane 6:30-9:30 p.m. free Kemistry - DJ Airbrush 9 p.m. MS State Fair - William Michael Morgan 7:30 p.m. Pelican Cove - Robert King 6 p.m. Shucker’s - Barry Leach 7:30 p.m. Sneaky Beans - Fides, Furrows & Southern Komfort Brass Band 5:30-9:30 p.m. free Surin of Thailand - The Saltines Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m. Underground 119 - Fred T & the Band 7-10:30 p.m.

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Bonny Blair’s - The American Band 7:30-11:30 p.m. free Cerami’s - Linda Blackwell & James Bailey 6:30-9:30 p.m. Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m. Drago’s - Greenfish 7-10 p.m. Duling Hall - Young Valley w/ The Woodland & Codetta South 8 p.m. $10 advance $12 door F. Jones Corner - Jonté Mayon midnight $10 Farish Street - BlkCrwn, DevMaccc, Yung Jewelz, Krystal Gem & more 6-10 p.m. $5 The Flamingo - Clouds & Crayons, Jackson Jackals, James Crow & Silent G 7 p.m.-midnight Freelon’s - First Friday feat. DJ Dream & DJ Pretty Ricky Georgia Blue, Flowood - Andy Tanas

Oct. 7 - Saturday Bonny Blair’s - Phil & Trace 7:30-11:30 p.m. free Christ UMC - MS Community Symphonic Band w/ Ryan Coffey & MS Swing 3 p.m. free

Underground 119 - Lady L & the River City Band 9 p.m.

Oct. 8 - Sunday 1908 Provisions - Knight Bruce 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Char - Big Easy Three 11:45 a.m.1:45 p.m. The Hideaway - Sunday Jam 4-8 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Greenfish 6-9 p.m. Kundi Compound - Mic Club 8 p.m. $10 MS Coliseum - Skillet, Britt Nicole, Colton Dixon, Tauren Wells & Gawvi 7 p.m. $25-$50 MS State Fair - The Revelations 2 p.m.; Jason Gibson & Destiny Project 4 p.m. Pelican Cove - Big Dan & Marty 5 p.m. Shucker’s - Luckenbach 3:30 p.m. Table 100 - Raphael Semmes Trio 11 a.m.; Ronnie Brown 6 p.m. Thalia Mara Hall - San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus w/ Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir & New Orleans Gay Men’s Chorus 7:30 p.m. Wellington’s - Andy Hardwick 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Oct. 9 - Monday Hal & Mal’s - Central MS Blues Society 7 p.m. $5 Kathryn’s - Stevie Cain 6:30-9:30 p.m. MS State Fair - The Temptations 7:30 p.m. Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m. Shelly Fairchild

Drago’s - Barry Leach 6-9 p.m. Duling Hall - Shelly Fairchild 8 p.m. $12 advance $15 door F. Jones Corner - Big Money Mel & Small Change Wayne 10 p.m. $1; Todd Thompson & the Lucky Hand Blues Band midnight $10 Georgia Blue, Flowood - Brandon Greer Georgia Blue, Madison - Jason Turner Hal & Mal’s - Swinging Hammers free Iron Horse - Nellie Mack 9 p.m. Jose’s Tamales - Pearl Jamz 6 p.m. Kathryn’s - Fade2Blue 7-10:30 p.m. Martin’s - Space Jesus w/ Esseks, Digital Ethos & GVNGBVNG 10 p.m. $17 advance $20 door MS State Fair - Fred T & the Band 8 p.m. Pelican Cove - Sid Thompson & DoubleShotz 6 p.m. Shucker’s - Big Al & the Heavy Weights 3:30 p.m.; Lovin Ledbetter 8 p.m. $5; Josh Journeay 10 p.m. Thalia Mara Hall - MS Symphony Orchestra’s “Voicing Joplin” 7:30-9:30 p.m. $20-$62

10/8 - Thundercat - Varsity Theatre, Baton Rouge 10/10 - Four Year Strong - Zydeco, Birmingham

Oct. 10 - Tuesday Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 5:30-8:30 p.m. Duling Hall - Anse Rigby Album Release Show w/ Ben Ford 7 p.m. $8 advance $10 door Fenian’s - Open Mic 9 p.m. Kathryn’s - Andrew Pates 6:30-9:30 p.m. MS State Fair - The Oak Ridge Boys 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 11 - Wednesday Alumni House - Pearl Jamz 5:30-7:30 p.m. Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 5:30-8:30 p.m. Hal & Mal’s - New Bourbon Street Jazz Band 6 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6:30-9:30 p.m. Martin’s - Keychain w/ Project Nine 9 p.m. MS State Fair - Plain White T’s 7:30 p.m. Pelican Cove - Acoustic Crossroads Duo 6 p.m. Shucker’s - Steele Heart 7:30 p.m. Spacecamp - Okey Dokey w/ El Obo & Fides 8-11 p.m. $5 Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

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Alumni House - Doug Bishop 5:30-7:30 p.m. Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 5:30-8:30 p.m. Duling Hall - J Roddy Walston & the Business w/ Sleepwalkers 7:30 p.m. $15 advance $20 door Kathryn’s - Gator Trio 6:30-9:30 p.m. free MS State Fair - Brothers Osborne 7:30 p.m. Pelican Cove - Jonathan Alexander 6 p.m. Shucker’s - Sofa Kings 7:30 p.m. Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Madison - Shaun Patterson Hal & Mal’s - Swing de Paris free; 69 Boyz w/ 5th Child, BlkCrwn, Flywalker & more (red room) 8 p.m. $7 advance $10 door Iron Horse Grill - Chris Derrick & the Psychedelic Blues Experience 9 p.m. Kathryn’s - Steele Heart 7-10:30 p.m. free Kemistry - DJ Trigga 8 p.m. Martin’s - Motel Radio w/ Shake It Like a Caveman 10 p.m. MS State Fair - Lady L & the River City Band 8 p.m. Pop’s - Jessie LaRae 10 p.m. Shucker’s - Sofa Kings 5:30 p.m.; Lovin Ledbetter 8 p.m. $5; Shayne Weems 10 p.m. Sombra, Flowood - Tatum Shappley 6 p.m. Underground 119 - Southern Komfort Brass Band 8:30 p.m.

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The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus performs in Jackson on Sunday, Oct. 8.

he shooting at Orlando nightclub Pulse in June 2016 was a shock to Chris Verdugo, as it was to members of the LGBT community and supporters around the country. However, for the Florida native, it was also a call to make a change. “When I heard about the Orlando massacre, it really affected me, and I don’t think I even knew quite how much it affected me until the next day,” he says. Verdugo, who had been the executive director for the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles for five years, began thinking about the comfortable life decisions that he was making. Meanwhile, there were 49 people who died in Orlando and would never make a decision again, he says. A few days later, he learned that the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, which was the United States’ first openly gay choir, had begun searching for an executive director. Verdugo says that, through his work with the GMCLA, he had gotten to know SFGMC Artistic Director Tim Seelig and learn about the chorus’ work, and knew it was the right place for him. In late June 2016, the SFGMC appointed Verdugo as its new executive director. This year, the chorus enters its 40th season, but instead of its string of international shows planned for next year, the SFGMC is launching the landmark season with a tour of the southern U.S. Verdugo says that Steve Huffines, chairman of the board of directors, brought up the idea less than a day after the presidential election. “(Huffines) said, ‘What do you think about canning all our international travel for 2018 and instead focusing on an area of our country that we know is already undergoing a great amount of turmoil?’” Verdugo says. “We now know, ... under this new administration, it’s going to get rougher. We just didn’t know how rough.”

Ultimately, that idea laid the groundwork for the eight-date Lavender Pen Tour, which also features the Oakland Interfaith Choir and kicks off with several events in Jackson on Sunday, Oct. 8. That morning, the Oakland Interfaith Choir will sing at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church (5400 Old Canton Road) at 10:30 a.m., and SFGMC will sing at Fondren Presbyterian Church (3220 Old Canton Road) at 11 a.m. The tour’s stop in the capital city will culminate in a concert at Thalia Mara Hall, with the New Orleans Gay Men’s Chorus as guests. Proceeds will go to the AIDS Services Coalition, Human Rights Campaign, and ACLU of Mississippi’s Transgender Education and Advocacy Program. The Lavender Pen Tour also includes stops in Selma, Ala., where the choirs will sing at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church and march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Birmingham, Ala., Knoxville, Tenn., Greenville, S.C., Charlotte, N.C., and Winston-Salem, N.C. The name of the tour comes from a gift that Harvey Milk, California’s first openly gay elected official, gave to San Francisco Mayor George Moscone. The late mayor used the pen to sign the city’s first gay-rights ordinance into law in 1978. Later that year, former City Supervisor Dan White murdered both men in city hall. “For us, that pen really stands as a symbol of the struggle for LGBT equality, a continued struggle,” Verdugo says. “It also—more so, I should say—stands as a symbol of hope, which was Harvey’s message. If there’s anything about Harvey Milk, that you know about his life or his message, it’s, ‘We have to give them hope.’” The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus performs 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 8, at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). Ticket prices range from $12 to $40. For more information, visit sfgmc.org.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

Actress and author Carrie Fisher wrote three autobiographies. Speed skating Olympics star Apolo Anton Ohno published his autobiography at age 20. The rascal occultist Aleister Crowley produced an â&#x20AC;&#x153;autohagiography.â&#x20AC;? To understand that odd term, keep in mind that â&#x20AC;&#x153;hagiographyâ&#x20AC;? is an account of the life of a saint, so adding â&#x20AC;&#x153;autoâ&#x20AC;? means itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the biography of a saint penned by the saint himself. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m bringing up these fun facts in the hope of encouraging you to ruminate at length on your life story. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to write a whole book, please take a few hours to remember in detail the gloriously twisty path you have trod from birth until now. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the best way to heal what needs to be healed is to steep yourself in a detailed meditation on the history of your mysterious destiny.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

If you go to the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Germany, you will see a jug of wine that was bottled in 1687. In accordance with astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suggest that you find a metaphorical version of this vintage beverageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and then metaphorically drink it! In my opinion, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for you to partake of a pleasure that has been patiently waiting for you to enjoy it. The moment is ripe for you to try an experience youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve postponed, to call in favors that have been owed to you, to finally do fun things youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been saving for the right occasion.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

If a late-night TV talk show called and asked me to be a guest, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say no. If People magazine wanted to do a story on me, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d decline. What good is fame like that? It might briefly puff up my ego, but it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enhance my ability to create useful oracles for you. The notoriety that would come my way might even distract me from doing what I love to do. So I prefer to remain an anonymous celebrity, as I am now, addressing your deep self with my deep self. My messages are more valuable to you if I remain an enigmatic ally instead of just another cartoon-y media personality. By the way, I suspect youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll soon face a comparable question. Your choice will be between whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flashy and whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authentic, between feeding your ego and feeding your soul.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

A Canadian guy named Harold Hackett likes to put messages in bottles that he throws out into the Atlantic Ocean from his home on Prince Edward island. Since he started in 1996, he has dispatched more than 5,000 missives into the unknown, asking the strangers who might find them to write back to him. To his delight, he has received more than 3,000 responses from as far away as Russia, Scotland,and West Africa. I suspect that if you launch a comparable mission sometime soon, Aquarius, your success rate wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be quite that high, but still good. What long-range inquiries or invitations might you send out in the direction of the frontier?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intensifyâ&#x20AC;? is one of your words of power these days. So are â&#x20AC;&#x153;fortify,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;reinforce,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;buttress.â&#x20AC;? Anything you do to intensify your devotion and focus will be rewarded by an intensification of lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gifts to you. As you take steps to fortify your sense of security and stability, you will activate dormant reserves of resilience. If you reinforce your connections with reliable allies, you will set in motion forces that will ultimately bring you help you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know you needed. If you buttress the bridge that links your past and future, you will ensure that your old way of making magic will energize your new way.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

You wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect a 5-year-old child to paint a facsimile of Picassoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guernicaâ&#x20AC;? or sing Pucciniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opera, â&#x20AC;&#x153;La

bohĂ¨me.â&#x20AC;? Similarly, you shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fault your companions and you for not being perfect masters of the art of intimate relationships. In fact, most of us are amateurs. We may have taken countless classes in math, science, literature and history, but have never had a single lesson from teachers whose area of expertise is the hard work required to create a healthy partnership. I mention this, Aries, because the next seven weeks will be an excellent time for you to remedy this deficiency. Homework assignments: What can you do to build your emotional intelligence? How can you learn more about the art of creating vigorous togetherness?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to slow down and create a wealth of spacious serenity. Use an unhurried, step-by-step approach to soothe yourself. With a glint in your eye and a lilt in your voice, say sweet things to yourself. In a spirit of play and amusement, pet and pamper yourself as you would a beloved animal. Can you handle that much self-love, Taurus? I think you can. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high time for you to be a genius of relaxation, attending tenderly to all the little details that make you feel at ease and in love with the world.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If an angel were to tell us something of his philosophies, I do believe some of his propositions would sound like 2 x 2 = 13.â&#x20AC;? So said the German scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799). Now maybe you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe in the existence of angels, and so you imagine his idea doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apply to you. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here to tell you that an influence equivalent to an angel will soon appear in your vicinity. Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a numinous figure in your dreams or a charismatic person you admire or a vivid memory resurrected in an unexpected form or a bright fantasy springing to life. And that â&#x20AC;&#x153;angelâ&#x20AC;? will present a proposition that sounds like 2 x 2 = 13.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

Unless you have an off-road vehicle, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drive directly from North America to South America. The PanAmerican Highway stretches from Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a distance of about 19,000 milesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;except for a 100-mile patch of swampy rainforest in Panama. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to call your attention to a comparable break in continuity that affects your own inner terrain, Cancerianâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a grey area where two important areas of your life remain unlinked. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to close the gap.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

Based in Korea, Samsung is a world leader in selling smartphones and other information technology. But it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start out that way. In its original form, back in 1938, it primarily sold noodles and dried fish. By 1954, it had expanded into wool manufacturing. More than three decades after its launch as a company, it further diversified, adding electronics to its repertoire. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the next 10 months should be an excellent time for you to do the equivalent of branching out from noodles and dried fish to electronics. And the coming six weeks will be quite favorable for formulating your plans and planting your seeds.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

In my opinion, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not quite ready to launch full-tilt into the rebuilding phase. You still have a bit more work to do on tearing down the old stuff thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the way of where the new stuff will go. So I recommend that you put an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under Constructionâ&#x20AC;? sign outside your door, preferably with flashing yellow lights. This should provide you with protection from those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand the complexity of the process youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re engaged in.

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