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July 25 - August 7, 2018 Vol. 16 No. 45

ON THE COVER Ariel Hurley photo by Delreco Harris

4 Editor’s Note 6 Talks

10 Bond Referendum The district wants $65 million to repair buildings.

8 Sorensen

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ekeydra Lee was in California, “living her best life,” she says, when she got a phone call from her father, Tim C. Lee, who is an alumnus of Jackson State University.

“He called me, and he was like, ‘What are you doing for school?’” she says.

At the time, Lee had decided to take a year off before going to college. “He was like, ‘No, you’re not. I got you a flight booked. You’re already enrolled in Jackson State. Classes start on Monday,’” she says.

The Boyce, La., native moved with her sister, Jhavmon Lee, to Jackson in 2011 to attend JSU, and says it turned out to be the best decision.

“I’m grateful for that because I went to a predominantly white elementary, junior high, high school,” she says. “I went to the same school K-12. Jackson State, it’s an HBCU (historically black college or university), so I got to experience my own culture. Jackson State is like home.”

Lee graduated from JSU in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in biology, and she recently got accepted into Jackson State’s graduate biology program in preparation for medical school.

In the future, she plans on becoming a pediatric oncologist.

Though Lee has plans to go into the medical field,

Not if, but when.

Tekeydra Lee

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entrepreneurship is also important to her, something her father instilled in her at a young age.

In 2017, she became the youngest owner of a TCL Financial & Tax Services at age 24.

“My dad, he has always taught us about being financially independent. Because he had his own tax office, it just automatically made me want to learn, and from me learning, I actually just enjoyed doing (it),” she says.

“It’s something that I love doing. As well as, it’s another source of income. It’s keeping my father’s legacy alive. It’s something I can pass down to my kids.”

She began working for the company, of which her father owns and is the chief executive officer, in 2011 and moved her way up from receptionist to tax advisor and officer manager, and eventually, she became an owner.

“(I’m) following in my dad’s footsteps,” she says.

In her free time, she likes to help with volunteer events for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., spend time with family and go to the movies. She also loves to go bowling.

“I don’t think people like bowling with me because I’m too competitive,” she jokes.

—Amber Helsel

18 Back to School

14 Cover Story 20 Events 20 arts 22 Food & Drink

26 Be Heard This group is bridging divides through performance.

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by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief and CEO

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ental-health problems lead to crime,” one student says. “And trauma,” another one adds.

“Young people don’t have enough to do to keep us out of trouble.”

“Adults don’t respect us enough.”

“We have to sit in straight rows, and we don’t discuss things. We just write down what they say to memorize for the tests.”

“We can’t talk in the cafeteria.”

“Or in the halls,” another adds.

“They suspend us for anything.”

For the third straight summer, I’ve been surrounded by teenagers from throughout Jackson, the majority of whom are from the Jackson Public School District. The Mississippi Youth Media Project, my side project with its own newsroom next door to the Jackson Free Press, invites young people of various backgrounds, and we don’t shy away from accepting young people who have struggled in school or the community.

We also accept private-school kids, including three from St. Andrew’s this summer.

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The idea is to put all the young people into one big, inspiring learning space with great views and the tools of creativity— from big Macs to lots of dry-erase markers and white boards—and see what they can figure out together. Yes, we’re teaching them workforce and executive skills, time and project management, communications tools, how to act and not act when you’re getting paid (as they are, thanks to funders), and even how to navigate group dynamics and the inevitable conflicts at work.

We also must teach some students to clean up after themselves and not deface other people’s property. We take up their phones part of the time and bring in a yoga and meditation trainer to help teach them to focus. We tell them to use their inside voices, not wear ripped jeans and wear their belts. I tell a couple of my male students regularly to “tighten those belts!”

They make me crazy and exhausted, and I love all of them and believe each has immense potential if we work hard to help them tap it and bring it forward. My favorite moment this summer was when one young man, who might not have lasted as long in many programs, thanked me, say-

ing he knew he was still there because I wanted him to be. And I do.

But here’s the thing: Young people need more than lessons and modeling from us on how to behave in a workplace. They need to be heard. And to be asked. They have wisdom to share that even well-meaning adults do not bother to seek out.

Allow me to be blunt. I’ve been in many rooms with a lot of passionate talk about what young people need, and are going through, and how much money is needed to pay adults to fix everything for them—and I look around and don’t see a single face under 30, much less 18.

Meantime, our young people are brilliant treasure chests of wisdom and ideas— especially those who grew up in single- or no-parent homes; have gone through bullying and/or abuse; don’t always have food to eat or clothes they need; don’t have laptops or iPads; are screamed at and talked down to—inside or outside school and home and, repeatedly, in social and regular media.

All we have to do is ask them. Every summer, YMP students have arrived in Capital Towers, gawked at the views, complained about the elevators, wrestled with focusing and distraction—and still come up with powerful, important story ideas on their own. What’s funny is how many adults think they show up wanting to write about sports, fashion or hip-hop—and most of them decide among themselves to research and write about poverty, racism, mental illness, crime, bad policing, bullying, abuse, inequitable schools, sexism and much more. They barely need a prompt.

Why? Because they experience these things in their lives, often on a daily basis, in one way or the other. (And not just the Jackson Public School students.)

Donna Ladd

Of Love, Ego and Believing in All of Our Children

Summer 2018 Youth Media Project students are embracing lessons on video, writing, photography, music production, project management, communication—and relaxation and focus, thanks to trainer Laurel Isbister.

The only real difference I see in the students at the outset is that some of them have been held to high standards with the tools and support systems to back them up and help ensure success; and too many have not. They really do suffer from a bigotry of low expectations (and not the way George W. Bush meant it). That’s really it. OK, along with some ADHD here and there.

This summer, YMP is working with the Better Together Commission to help with youth engagement in the quest for JPS to improve educational outcomes for children. The commission was not proscriptive, thankfully, agreeing to allow our students to interrogate and explore five focus areas for improving the local community and schools—dignity, safety, stability, ability to learn and opportunity—and see what they came up with.

contributors

Marie Weidmayer

Delreco Harris

Amber Helsel

News Intern Marie Weidmayer is a Michigan native who is still trying to adjust to the heat of a Mississippi summer. She wrote the cover story. She is the editorin-chief of the State News at Michigan State University this fall—if we let her leave.

Delreco Harris, also known as RaRCharm Artiste, is a professional photographer, singer, songwriter and artist based out of Brandon. He is the owner of RaR Productions, LLC. He took the cover photo and contributed photos to the issue.

Managing Editor Amber Helsel is a storyteller who moonlights as an artist. She loves food, cats, anime and art supplies. You can often catch her running sound at CityHeart Church. Email story ideas to amber@jackson­freepress.com.

She wrote the Jacksonian story.

They are now creating multimedia packages on their ideas: mental illness and trauma, the need for community centers, disparities between Jackson and suburban schools, issues teenage girls face and school safety. Wait until you see the work, hopefully posted at jxnpulse.com by Sept. 1.

But here are my takeaways. We must be willing to shut up and listen to young people. We must center them at events and step back, allowing them to lead. We must teach young people well, but we must allow them to teach us right back. We must not give up on young people who have suffered from low expectations and standards, but help them get there, even if belatedly.

Maybe more than anything: Beyond immediate safety concerns, we cannot give up on “troubled” young people and just serve the “good” students or just focus our efforts on younger kids. We are continuing the cycle if we do that, because the teens we neglect become parents themselves and can pass along what they didn’t get.

(I have a teenage mother this summer, who chased me for weeks until I let her into YMP. She is great. I’ve loved our journeys around Jackson to shoot B-roll together.)

Adults who work to serve young people, especially neglected ones, cannot see ourselves as their saviors and above reproach. Youth people can save themselves and our community if we stop getting in their way. Put your ego in the closet, and start listening to them. All of them.

Please read more about YMP at youth mediaproject.com and watch for new student work going up daily at jxnpulse.com.

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Targeting Birth Control

Wicker got more than 20 senators and 90 members of Congress to sign onto an amicus brief, which anti-abortion Americans United for Life attorneys wrote, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Gee v. Planned Parenthood case.

AUL is opposed to far more than abortion, including various forms of emergency contraception, including IUDs and birth-control pills, as what it calls “abortifacients,” meaning that they interfere with

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yler Harden grew up in Hattiesburg, graduated from high school and began attending Jackson State University in 2014. It was not until she got to Jackson that she realized that the state’s only Planned Parenthood clinic was tucked away in her hometown. She stopped in at the clinic on breaks back at home to get birth control that she could afford due to the sliding fee scale.

“I felt like that was the first time a health provider didn’t judge me. … It was a safe space for me, and I hadn’t felt that (way) in a health center for most of my life,” Harden said.

Her work on reproductive rights blossomed at JSU, and she began to volunteer for Planned Parenthood. “I just, was like, I want to work with these people and want to help other people like me,” she said.

Harden moved home after graduating from JSU and became an organizer at the Hattiesburg Planned Parenthood clinic. It provides testing for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, as well as birth control and family-planning services; however, the state’s only Planned Parenthood location does not offer abortions.

This has not stopped U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, the state’s senior senator, from leading the congressional charge against the family-planning provider nationwide.

Specifically, he wants states to have the right to ban Medicaid dollars from use at local Planned Parenthood clinics.

“Congress gave states broad authority to determine which organizations can participate in their Medicaid programs,” Wicker said in a May press release.

“This ruling undermines congressional intent and state laws to prevent taxpayer funding of abortion. I hope the Supreme Court will take up this case and rule in favor of states’ rights and the unborn.”

“If the bond issue doesn’t pass, there is no way we can address roughly $15 million in facility issues that we’ve been cited on by MDE.”

Planned Parenthood Braces for Battle

by Arielle Dreher

While the Hattiesburg Planned Parenthood does not perform abortions, it provides services such as testing for pregnancy and STIs, as well as birth control and familyplanning services.

a fertile egg being implanted in the first place—an ideology that Mississippi voters rejected in the failed “Personhood” referendum vote in 2001.

“[A] new human organism is created before the developing embryo implants in the uterus—i.e., before that time at which

some people consider a woman ‘pregnant,’” AUL attorneys wrote in an earlier amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court.

AUL is among groups that oppose women being able to use health insurance they earn from employers to access either abortion or the contraception it opposes.

The Louisiana court case began when Gov. Bobby Jindal was still governor, and he challenged a Planned Parenthood clinic from receiving Medicaid reimbursement for their services.

States have repeatedly lost court cases where they have tried to defund Planned

Being a foster parent: Myth VS Fact

by Marie Weidmayer Foster parents must be rich.

Myth. Foster parents need to earn wages and be able to support themselves.

The state pays a stipend for each child.

If you have pets, you cannot foster children.

Myth. As long as the animals are vaccinated and they are not aggressive, pets

are allowed in the house.

Foster parents must have a spouse.

Myth. You can foster a child if you are legally single or legally married, but you must be at least 21.

Caring for a foster child is the same as caring for your own child.

Fact. Children in foster care need the same level of care and love as other children.

You can foster as many children as possible to make a lot of money.

Myth. The Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services limits four foster children per home.

Fostering a child means they live with you until they age out of the system.

Myth. The goal of foster care is to reunite children with their families, and the length they stay with you can be a few days, weeks, months or years.

Map PIZZA-STUFFED POTHOLES? Well, not quite. But Domino’s has pledged $5,000 to help fill some of Jackson’s potholes because the fool things muck up the pies during delivery.

OVER THE RAINBOW (2807 OLD CANTON ROAD) On Tuesday, July 17, Rainbow Co-op hosted a meeting to discuss the cooperative’s closure and to get input on the business’ future. We suggest downtown Jackson.

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ANALYZE THE CRIMES (1400 JOHN R. LYNCH ST.) The city council voted on Tuesday, July 17, to work with Jackson State University and the Jackson Police Department so JSU can do research and analysis on crime data to try to reduce gun-related crimes. Why? Homicide is way up in 2018 in Jackson.

MAKING THE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER? (219 S. PRESIDENT ST.) On July 17, the city council gave the mayor and the Jackson Police Department permission to apply for a grant through Project Safe Neighborhoods—also known as #ProjectEject.

Hmmm. Google it.

WHERE’S ANTAR? Lo and behold, the City told us where the mayor is this week (claps): in NYC with other mayors studying leadership Harvard profs.

WATER WOES ... AGAIN (219 S. PRESIDENT ST.) City officials announced on Thursday, July 19, that the City of Jackson has violated a water-treatment policy, though they say the water is still safe to drink.

ET TU, CONGRESS STREET AARP is giving $15,000 to fix up Congress Street near City Hall. Seniors tired of bad streets relocating spines. Maybe not, but thanks, AARP.

Parenthood through the state’s Medicaid system.

AUL attorneys argue that the Medicaid Act allows states to exclude or include Medicaid providers, which, in this case, would pertain to a state including or excluding Planned Parenthood from reimbursement.

“Individually, and even more so read together, these exclusion provisions clearly contemplate that States have the authority to suspend or exclude providers from State Medicaid programs for reasons other than those upon which the Secretary has authority to act,” the amicus brief says.

Federal funds cannot pay for abortions, but antiabortion rights advocates and lawmakers object to funding Planned Parenthood at all with federal and state dollars due to the fact that they still offer abortions.

In an election year, abortion rights clearly divide

Wicker and his challenger, state Rep. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis, in November for his Senate seat. Baria, who neglected to vote on recent anti-abortion legislation that has since been stopped and challenged in federal court, told the JFP last month that he supports a woman’s right to choose.

“I think abortion should remain safe and legal, so that we don’t have a situation where only wealthy women are capable, because of their wealth, of getting an abortion by flying to some country where it’s legal,” Baria said in his sitdown candidate interview (see jfp.ms/baria). “I think that this should be a woman’s right to make that decision, in consultation with her family and her physician.”

Been There, Been Blocked The Mississippi Legislature has already tried to cut off

state Medicaid funds to the state’s one Planned Parenthood clinic—and failed—in 2016 when lawmakers passed Senate Bill 2238. Planned Parenthood took the state to court almost immediately and won.

“Essentially every court to consider similar laws has found that they violate … the so-called ‘Free-Choice-ofProvider-Provision,’” U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan wrote in his order blocking the bill from becoming law.

Jordan’s ruling relied on the Planned Parenthood of Gulf Coast v. Gee case, which at the time the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had just handed down. It ruled the Louisiana Planned Parenthood clinic could continue to receive Medicaid reimbursements. The state appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, teeing up a potential hearing on Medicaid nationwide. more PLANNED p 8

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The Hattiesburg Planned Parenthood clinic offers services on a sliding scale and accepts Medicaid patients. Back when the Mississippi Legislature attempted to defund Planned Parenthood in 2016, Medicaid payments to the clinic totaled less than Courtesy WICker for senate

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker signed an amicus brief that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case that could allow states to block the use of Medicaid at Planned Parenthood.

$500 in three years. The Division of Medicaid did not give the Jackson Free Press those new totals in time for publication.

Technically, a ruling in Gee will not have an impact on Mississippi’s one Planned Parenthood clinic after Jordan’s ruling. The

Hattiesburg clinic just hired a new provider who will work with Medicaid patients in need of family-planning services.

The Next SCOTUS Fight?

Planned Parenthood staff is worried about Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, especially after his campaign promise to overturn Roe v. Wade. The group immediately opposed his nomination after Trump announced his anti-abortion position.

His vice president, Mike Pence, is a supporter of the Personhood provisions that failed in Mississippi. Gov. Phil Bryant led the Personhood campaign here.

“Trump has made clear that his Supreme Court nominee would ‘automatically’ overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that affirmed the constitutional right to access abortion in this country,” a Planned Parenthood press statement says.

“Judge Kavanaugh has already ruled to limit access to safe, legal abortion—just last year, he used his judicial power to try and prevent a young, undocumented woman in U.S. custody from accessing the safe, legal abortion she had asked for.”

The district court overturned Ka-

vanaugh’s ruling, which allowed the young woman to obtain an abortion, but his initial decision was all the evidence abortion-rights groups needed to oppose his nomination.

Mississippi’s Planned Parenthood clinic continues to offer reproductive health care. Harden said her main goal now is to work on advocacy and awareness of the clinic and its services in her community.

She wants advocates for the clinic to look

like the people who use its services, she says, instead of the historically white and economically secure supporters.

“My outreach activity in Hattiesburg is about getting women of color and LGBTQ folks and the people who use us … to take ownership of the services they already use,” Harden said.

Read more at jfp.ms/abortion and jfp. ms/personhood.

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ow many times do we have exterior lighting in more than half of the $14,355,000 on the 33 elementary schools, but the bond price is set, Interim JPS Suto say something before buildings, and making bathrooms and fixing problems such as drainage, lighting, perintendent Freddrick Murray said. someone actually hears it?” walkways handicap accessible. restrooms and repairing playgrounds.

It will take about three years to com Maisie Brown, an in- Until those items are resolved, the The district will spend $11,225,000 plete the projects, McCrackin said. The coming junior at Murrah High School, was threat of a state takeover of the district still on 14 middle schools, with every school district will complete most projects in the expressing frustration at the lack of action looms, Luckett said in the interview. receiving an upgraded and/or renovated summer; however, that is not enough time to improve and repair Jackson schools at “If the bond issue doesn’t pass, there is science lab. Some schools do not have a sci- to do every project, so some will happen Grove Park Community Center in Jackson no way we can address roughly $15 million ence lab, and others are barely functioning, during the school year. on July 17. Brown said she is tired of seeing in facility issues that we’ve been cited on by McCrackin said. Drainage and soil-erosion “I must admit, some people will be her classmates not have the resources they MDE,” Luckett said. “We quite frankly control are among other suggested repairs. inconvenienced because a hundred projects need to succeed at school. can’t come out from under that audit with- JPS will spend almost $39.5 million going on in the summer, all of it will not

“We’re looking for change, and we’re out this bond issue.” on renovations to the district’s nine high be completed within 60 days,” McCrackin hoping for change,” Brown, who previously The election is set for Aug. 7 because schools. Most buildings need drainage and said. “Without disrupting classes, some of attended Jim Hill School, said. the work will be after hours

Teachers, students and and the weekends.”

Jackson Public Schools board members filled the community Transparency Concerns

by Marie Weidmayer center in Jackson on July 17 for

A common concern is a people’s assembly in support transparency of how the board of the upcoming $65-million spends the money. The district bond referendum. could create a bond commit More than 70 people tee, with residents from each spoke about the need for the of the city’s wards, to oversee bond to pass, although the how the money is spent, but crowd thinned as the twoit is unclear if it will happen,” hour meeting continued.

McCrackin said.

Then, attendees divided into

“As a board, we are comsmall groups to discuss quesmitted to seeing this through tions about tax rates, repairs and doing our due diligence to and the necessity of the bond, seeing this through,” Luckett which does not come at a cost said. “We all believe in the chilto taxpayers. dren of Jackson Public Schools

Trustees and event orgaand that the future of this city nizers assured people that, no, depends on Jackson Public taxes will not increase, and yes, Schools.” the bond is necessary if the

The majority of people district wants to avoid a state at a town-hall meeting about takeover. the bond issue at Barack H. Murrah High School student Maisie Brown (left) and Michelle Henry of the Jackson Council PTA

“That state takeover Obama Magnet School on (right) talk at the People’s Assembly on Jackson Public Schools’ bond referendum on July 17. threat is still going to be there July 16 and the People’s Asand with the half-a-millionsembly meeting on July 17 dollars facility budget in our capital budget if it is not renewed by Aug. 15, the millage soil-erosion control, as well as repairs to the supported it. for next year, there’s no way we can address property tax is reduced. If the bond does air conditioning units.

“This bond referendum is about the those issues,” JPS Board Member Robert not pass, taxes will decrease. If the bond About $19 million will upgrade the humanity of our children,” JPS teacher Luckett told the Jackson Free Press. passes, taxes will remain at the same level. science labs, renovate libraries and academy Olivia Coté said at the meeting. “That’s it.

If the bond passes on Aug. 7, it will The urgency in passing the bond is be- spaces and renovate and upgrade Newell This is basic human necessity.” pay for repairs to the 56 school buildings cause inflation will increase, which means Field. It will also help build a new JROTC Jackson resident Vinson Bibbs said he in the JPS district. The Mississippi Depart- any future tax will be more expensive to get building and a new baseball and softball voted for the bond referendum in 2006, ment of Education developed a list of 1,700 the same $65 million, Luckett said. complex by the Capital City Alternative but he will not vote for the one in August. items that need to be repaired or replaced School, documents from JPS say.

“They have to do more with less,” under its improvement plan for the district. The Repairs

“Our children deserve this,” Luckett Bibbs told the Jackson Free Press.

There are about 300 items left to fix, total- If the bond passes, the district will said at the meeting. “They deserve schools “They’re going to make it happen with ing roughly $15 million. make the required $15 million of MDE- that they are proud of. They deserve state- less money this go round. We are not going

The repairs MDE requires relate to the mandated repairs, and then spend the rest of-the-art facilities to enable a world-class to keep bailing them out, wasting money safety of the students, Executive Director of of the money fixing and improving the education. I can tell you, on behalf of the and all of that stuff.”

Facilities and Operations Don McCrackin buildings. For the 2018-2019 academic school board, we are completely committed For more information on the bond, told the Jackson Free Press. Some of those year, the district has a budget of $500,000 to doing our due diligence and working as visit http://Jackson.k12.ms.us. The election repairs include replacing windows and fix- to make capital improvements to the 56 hard as you can to ensure that these projects is Aug. 7. Absentee voting is available from ing structural errors in the buildings. buildings, which include replacing broken are accomplished and every dollar is spent 8 a.m. to noon on July 28 and Aug. 4 at

The remaining $50 million will fund windows, fixing drainage issues, and repair- for the good of our children.”

City Hall. needed repairs and renovation, including ing walls and doors.

The district arrived at $65 million by Email Marie Weidmayer at marie@ the addition of canopies over elementary The district published a list outlining asking contractors to estimate the costs of jacksonfreepress.com and read related coverage 10 school playgrounds, fixing interior and how it will spend the money. JPS will spend each item project. The price may fluctuate, at jfp.ms/jpstakeover.

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ettlers originally founded Jackson in the early 1800s on Lefleur’s Bluff, the highest bank of the Pearl River in the region. They didn’t have the technology or the data we have today to understand river flows, but they did know one thing: rivers flood.

Many proponents for flood-control structures like the “One Lake” project say river flooding is unpredictable. This is inaccurate. Data support this, as the Pearl River has flooded almost once every year from 1960 to 2018, usually between November and May. However, predicting the magnitude or severity is harder, mainly because of localized rainfall events.

This explains a lot about the settlers’ choice of Lefleur’s Bluff. See, along with being close to the Pearl River and Natchez Trace, the area is the highest point near the Pearl River. Settlers instinctively knew that the highest ground was the best place for a town, regardless of the flood magnitude.

However, since the early 1900s, the development of Jackson, Pearl, Richland and Flowood has moved down the hill and into the Pearl River’s floodplain where early settlers knew it would flood. Many development areas brashly encroach the floodplain, almost as if they are thumbing their nose to the mighty Pearl River.

These include flood-prone areas that are both commercial and residential properties (e.g., lower High Street, Lakeland Drive, the Eastover area of north Jackson and Fondren area around Eubanks Creek).

When floodplain areas are developed, not only are places, people, dwellings and businesses in the next big flood’s path, but it also leads to wetland losses. Development also increases coverage of impervious surfaces like concrete. These surfaces lead to faster run-off, and this accelerates flooding.

The Easter Flood of 1979 was record event for the Pearl River in Jackson, and it cost the city and its residents $1.7 billion in damages in today’s dollar value. But now it seems like a distant memory, and development has continued at a faster pace in the floodplain. The “One Lake” project proposes to develop it even more, and this will put additional people and structures in the path of the mighty Pearl.

The project will put Jackson and surrounding municipalities in a much more precarious position than in 1979.

So the big question is, “Will the ‘One Lake’ project be the salvation for Jackson in the event of a massive flood like the Easter Flood of 1979?” Not likely. The project is tiny at only 1,500 acres. Most

Great egrets are one of the species that call the Pearl River home.

flood-control lakes are massive and have huge capacities for water storage. “One Lake” won’t be able to deliver on its flood control promises because it cannot store nearly the volume of water needed during a massive rain event.

One can only look at the massive flooding that happened in east Baton Rouge and Denham Springs in 2016 to see the effects of unpredictable massive rainfall events. The region north and east of Baton Rouge received more than 2 feet of rainfall in two to three days, and this equated to 7.1 trillion gallons of water in a one-in1,000-year event. The Amite River crested almost 5 feet above its previous record. In 2017, Hurricane Harvey inundated much

It is going to flood. of the low-lying Houston metro area when the hurricane stalled southwest of the city.

So what would happen if we had a similar rainfall event, let’s say a tropical storm, that stalled around Jackson, dumping 20 to 30 inches of rain in the upper Pearl River Basin? I could imagine a scenario where flooding is much greater than in 1979, and this would inundate most of the low-lying areas and more. Regardless of the exact scenario, no flood-protection measure would ever be able to protect lowlying areas from such a massive event.

At the same time we are considering construction of “One Lake,” there is a major movement throughout the United States to remove dams on rivers, not build them. State and municipal governments

are learning that they are very costly to maintain and often cause more environmental harm than anticipated. Therefore, an alternative to the construction of “One Lake” would be the development of a greenway and floodway to border the Pearl River. Greenways and floodways are undeveloped, natural areas along rivers, and they often have parks, outdoor viewing opportunities, and walking and hiking trails.

The Jackson area currently has three major properties already in place to anchor such a system: the Fannye Cook Natural Area, Lefleur’s Bluff State Park, and properties that the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District owns. To connect these three properties, people could acquire adjoining properties, especially those with a high flood risk. Developing a greenway and floodway could benefit all metro residents, and if planned and marketed correctly, it be an ecotourism draw for visitors. So rather than trying to beat the river, this would allow us to work with the river.

We must learn from the original settlers of Jackson: build on the high ground and avoid developing the floodplain. The Pearl River is strong and quite predictable. … It is going to flood. However, we don’t know the magnitude of future floods, so it is possible that another big one will happen. The best course of action is to give the floodplain forest back to the Pearl River, and the wildlife and fish species that call it home. Making a greenway and floodway is the best solution to resolve Jackson’s flooding woes, not “One Lake.”

Will Selman is an assistant professor of biology at Millsaps College.

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The Future of

Foster Care in Mississippi

by Marie Weidmayer

Terry Hurley, back, and her daughter Ariel Hurley, 2, play outside on July 18.

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riel Hurley does not know she died three times. She does not know her kidneys do not work.

She does not know she is supposed to be in a wheelchair because the doctors thought she was too weak to walk.

The 2-and-a-half-year-old’s nightly dialysis treatments from her mother, Terry Hurley, are a normal part of her young life.

When Ariel goes to bed, she has tubes connected to her and for 12 hours, a machine pumps fluid into her abdomen to clean her 14 kidneys and then drain the fluid out.

Terry said she spends the nights near Ariel to make sure the tubing doesn’t become tangled. When a tube is crimped, an alarm goes off on the machine, and Terry has to untangle it. As a 2-year-old, Ariel rolls in her sleep a lot, and regularly wraps the tubes around her torso.

“She doesn’t know there’s anything wrong with her,” Terry said. “When I do the dialysis at night with her, it’s just another part of going to bed.”

When Ariel was 9 months old, Terry received a call from Methodist Children’s

Homes of Mississippi asking if she wanted to meet Ariel, a “medical baby,” and consider fostering her. She said yes and was the only person out of 70 who was willing to take care of Ariel.

During Ariel’s birth, she was stuck in the birth canal and died three times during the medical flight to a hospital in Jackson.

She spent nine months in the hospital and her kidneys do not function. The process for kidney transplants will start in September, Terry said. After the transplant, Ariel will not need dialysis.

When Terry began fostering Ariel, she thought it would be temporary until a different family was ready to adopt her. But, Terry said she fell in love with Ariel and could not imagine giving her up, and Ariel’s adoption paperwork finalized on June 20.

“Of course I love her to death; nobody’s taking her now,” Terry said. “I prayed about it and had to make a decision, and the decision was ‘I’m going to keep her.’ I’ve never had the first doubt that it was the right thing to do, for her or for me.”

A Funding Crisis Foster care in Mississippi is facing a financial crisis. The budget for the 2019 fiscal year is $23 million short, stretching an already-thin budget even further.

There is also a chance the foster-care system will enter into receivership. The “Olivia Y” lawsuit, originally filed in 2004, is still ongoing.

In 2017, the lawsuit allowed the system time to meet the court-ordered requirements, including mandating that 90 percent of caseworkers meet their caseloads, which means staff cannot work with more than a set number of cases. In December, Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services reached 61 percent, but in May, it regressed to 52 percent.

The most recent filing in the lawsuit, on July 20, seeks to hold the State of Mississippi in contempt of court for failing to meet caseload requirements and require the appointment of a receiver. The State says the lack of funding excuses the failure to meet the requirements.

However, the filing says the years of non-compliance have formed a pattern that is no longer excusable. The plaintiffs requested a scheduling conference to help move the process forward. The State has to respond by Aug. 7.

“We want a receivership at this point because this judgment has been in effect for a very long time,” Marcia Lowry, the primary attorney and executive director at A Better Childhood, which advocates for children in welfare systems, told the Jackson Free Press. “We’ve renegotiated it twice now. The State has promised repeatedly, time after time after time, that they’re going to come into compliance, and they never have.

“We think it’s a dangerous system for children. We think that children are being maltreated in foster care. We know that homes were not licensed.”

MDCPS declined to comment on the lawsuit, instead deferring to a statement from May 31.

“Mississippi’s foster care system has made great strides and recorded significant

deemed high risk, MDCPS Director of Communications Lea Anne Brandon told the Jackson Free Press.

The program funding starts in October 2019, and the federal government will fund 50 percent of the new program from until 2026. It aligns with what Mississippi was already starting to do, Brandon said.

“We were really excited to see that now the federal government will be providing additionally funding for some of the things we had been trying to do on our own,” she said. “We’re excited about that.”

Canopy offers a service to “wrap care” around a child who is still with his or her family, and there is not a great risk to a child’s safety, Damon said. Professionals work 15 to 20 hours in a week to give parents the skills, education, therapy, and more that they need to be successful and keep the children in their homes.

Ariel Hurley, 2, plays in a ball pit at her house on July 18.

direction that’s maybe not good for us. Our kids are survivors, so they’re just going to do what it takes to survive, and they don’t have a lot of people to call upon for support.”

Family Separation

In February, the Family First Prevention Services Act became a law in nationwide. One part of the law diverts money from foster care to the prevention of family separation. This means instead of immediately removing children from homes, the State works with the families to provide services to create the necessary level of care.

This only happens in homes that are not

In the past nine years, Canopy had a 97percent success rate of keeping kids out of state custody and 87 percent success rate for reunifying kids and family, Damon said.

“Given our state’s tight budget, we need to lean into programs that have a demonstrated track record of success, and it can prevent and divert kids from entering the system,” Damon said. “If we concentrate dollars there and work very hard to take the kids that are in the system and move them to permanency … then you’re left with the fewer kids in the system, which means a higher concentration of dollars to help those highly

complex, traumatized kids.”

Preventing the separation of families is the end goal for MCH, but a lack of funding can be frustrating, Kalahar said.

“When you already don’t have enough money to care for the kids that you’re currently caring for, now we’re shifting some of that money to the kids that we want to keep out of the system next year,” she said.

“It’s going to reduce the federal funding from even more.”

MCH offers community mentalhealth services and works with families to prevent separation. Sometimes that means the child stays with their parents, but it can also mean they stay with an aunt, uncle, older sibling or grandparent.

“If we can provide services to families that are struggling right now, or they’re having a hard time coping,” Kalahar said.

“Our goal would be to put ourselves out of service by helping families stay together, and that’s why we opened the community mental health center. That’s why we placed it between Queens and Presidential Hills.”

‘Temporary Intervention’?

Foster care suffers from a shortage of homes available for the 5,243 kids in the system as of July 1, Brandon said. Hinds County has 443 foster children, and Rankin County has 74, as of July 1.

“At best, foster care is intended to be a temporary intervention for children who need the safety and security of an out-ofhome placement. It was never intended to be a long-term or permanent solution to the problem,” MDCPS Commissioner Jess Dickinson said in a statement. “We operate on the conviction that children develop best when raised in families and that all children and youth both deserve and need a permanent and loving family.”

MDCPS is actively recruiting new foster families with staff in every county to help families become licensed. It also has a new program called Rescue 100 that works with faith-based groups to recruit potential parents. It offers a week-long, condensed training to help more people get their license, Brandon said.

“That has been highly successful, because we’re finding that community groups and faith based groups, are also, at the same time at the time that they’re recruiting from their membership for foster families, they’re providing support services to those families,” Brandon said.

But, it can be hard for potential parents to enter the system. Valenthia Nichols and her husband, Brian, were overwhelmed when they first looked into fostering. The state’s website had a lot of information and she said she had no idea where to start.

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Samantha Kalahar said in an interview.

The goal of MCH is to provide care and help children work through their trauma. Once a child turns 21, she or he ages out of the State’s foster-care system, but MCH is still there to help young adults start their lives, Kalahar said.

In one instance, Loggins helped a 25-year-old alumna of MCH obtain a driver’s license. Getting the proper identification, including a birth certificate and Social Security card, is hard for foster-care kids, he said.

“Those small nuances of just everyday life for most young people, and if you think about it, most of us are successful because we had a support system,” Loggins said in the interview.

“When we made poor decisions— which we all did—we had someone to call on and maybe save us from going down a

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improvement since MDCPS was established in 2016,” the statement said. “We are confident we are moving in the right direction to ensure the continued protection and safety of at-risk children and their families.

“We disagree with the plaintiff’s assertions and will continue working diligently each day to care for the thousands of abused and neglected children entrusted into our custody for protection.”

If Mississippi foster care enters receivership, it will be the second system in the United States to do so. Washington, D.C., ended its six-year receivership in 2001.

It is unclear what receivership in Mississippi would look like exactly, because there is only one example, Lowry said. But, it is likely the receiver would take over all budget and management functions and report to a federal judge.

The U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, where the lawsuit is filed, will set guidelines of what it would be, if the court grants receivership.

John Damon, chief executive officer of Canopy Children’s Solutions, a private foster-care provider, said receivership will hurt foster care. It needs leadership from people who know the system.

In June 2017, the Clarion-Ledger reported Canopy was facing a lawsuit from a mother claiming the organization forcibly vaccinated her daughter against HPV.

“Of course, our hope is that a receiver is not involved because we really believe that decisions for our kids should be held locally and by local stakeholders who know the kids, the families, the resources,” Damon told the Jackson Free Press.

“We want to work with the State for a successful resolution to really see a world-class child-welfare system developed here in Mississippi. Someone coming from the outside who does not know the various systems—our concern is it would be a long learning curve before the right trajectory is set. We don’t want to see kids suffer during that learning curve.

That’s a concern for us.”

No matter what happens, the care children receive at Methodist Children’s Homes of Mississippi will not change, CEO Devon Loggins said in an interview.

He said MCH, which started in Water Valley in north Mississippi has taken care of foster kids since 1896, and the children will always be the first priority.

About 80 percent of Methodist Children’s Homes budget comes from government funding, while the other 20 percent comes from private donations. MCH does therapeutic care for kids, meaning it gets kids who experienced severe trauma and need an extra level of care, including intensive therapy. When a kid arrives at MCH, it’s an average of his or her 10th foster placement, which can exasperate trauma,

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to Methodist Children’s Homes. Without MCH, Valenthia said she and her husband might have given up on fostering. MCH walked them through the process and sat with them as they filled out paperwork, to answer any questions they had.

“It’s not like it was a lot of stuff,” Valenthia said. “But, if I was just handed paperwork and just said do this and bring it

going to respect you. They’re going to act out. They’re going to be a wayward child.’

But it’s not true.

“… I don’t see where my son doesn’t treat me like his mom because he calls me Mom every day. He calls my husband Dad every day. He doesn’t say Mr. or Mrs. Nichols. He tells us he loves us, he shows it. He acts like our own child.”

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Terry Hurley poses for a portrait at her house on July 18.

back, I would probably never do it because ‘OK, this is a lot.’”

The stigmas around foster care were also potential deterrents to the Nichols.

But, being foster parents proved the stigmas were wrong.

“I’ve definitely learned that the stigma isn’t true towards foster care,” Valenthia said. “People think ‘Oh well, you’ve got a child that’s not yours in your home. They’re not going to treat you like mom and dad.

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Their son is 12 years old and the second child they have fostered. Their first was a girl, and they had to make the decision to allow her to return to MCH for treatment for mental-health issues. “She fit, she was a perfect fit,” Valenthia said.

“I was like ‘I don’t want to seem like a failure. I want to help her.’ But I knew, my husband and I, we both prayed about it, and it was like ‘Hey, this is beyond what we can do. If she needs more help, then let her get that help. We would be blocking her

from what she needs if she stays here.’ We had to look at it that way. Once we decided to let her go back and everything to get some further treatment, we ended up with our son, and it’s been amazing.”

The girl returned to MCH in March 2017, and their son joined their family in May 2017. The Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services requires children’s identities to remain confidential.

“I’ll suffer through the sleepless nights if I have to stay up to do something for my son, or whatever,” Valenthia said. “As a foster parent, when you see the outcome of positivity and just seeing that ‘OK, he really or she really cares, and they see that themselves.’ It’s eye-opening for me, and it’s eye-opening for that child because they’ll start opening up to you more, talking to you more.”

Those who want to become involved with foster care can go to mdcps.ms.gov/ become-a-resource-fosteradoptive-parent/ or call 1-800-821-9157 for more information, Brandon said.

“It’s very important to get the message out that the foster-care crisis is not a CPS problem; it’s a State of Mississippi problem,” Damon said. “The solution is not a CPS solution, it’s a State of Mississippi solution. … It will take everybody’s help to solve this. We can’t look to the governor, to CPS, we need everybody to say ‘What can I do to help?’”

Shortage of Employees

The Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services has more than 100 job postings on its website. In Hinds County, there are seven open positions.

The shortage of employees means the department cannot comply with the terms of the “Olivia Y” lawsuit.

From January 2017 to March 2018, MDCPS hired 398 frontline workers and 295 left their jobs, meaning there was a net gain of only 103 new frontline workers, as the JFP previously reported.

“Our needs change every day and in each county, so we’re doing a really in-depth analysis on that,” Brandon said. New workers have joined since March, she added.

Court-ordered requirements say 90 percent of caseworkers cannot exceed the number of children they are supposed to manage. The most recent numbers say 52 percent of caseworkers meet that requirement.

“I don’t understand why they have so many kids to one worker, but it’s because they don’t have the staffing,” Valenthia said.

“That’s not good at all. Eventually, something is going to happen, or fall through

the cracks, or a child may not get as much attention as they should.”

Since they started fostering, the Nichols have had two caseworkers. Valenthia said she is not sure why the first person left, but she feels burnout may have contributed to the departure.

A 2016 study from California State University San Bernardino reports that “social workers appear to be potentially more burned out and have less feelings of personal accomplishment than other human service workers.”

When the Nichols cannot take their son to a doctor’s appointment, a school meeting or anything similar, Methodist Children’s Homes will send someone. But, if MCH does not have a worker available, the caseworker must go to the appointment.

“I have to schedule everything around my son,” Valenthia said.

“I know the social worker is not going to have time. I know she’s not. I try to make appointments that’s more conducive to me.

If I know that there’s a shortage, why I am going to make an appointment that I know they’re not going to be able to do? That just further brings a strain.”

Valenthia is the parent who takes her son to the majority of his appointments. Brian is legally blind, so he cannot drive, and public transportation is too unreliable, she said.

The caseworker for Ariel quit two weeks after her adoption finalized in June, Terry Hurley said.

“With (Ariel) I only had one (caseworker). She told me ‘I’m going to stay with you as her CPS worker until she’s adopted, and then I’m going to quit.’

And she quit two weeks after she was adopted,” Terry said.

The number of children in foster care fluctuates often, so it is hard to say how many children a caseworker has to look after, Brandon said.

“Because we have started putting an emphasis on working with the family in the home, whenever safely possible, we’re seeing a drop in the number of children in actual foster care,” she said.

Adoptions increased in 2017, which also contributed to fewer children in foster care, Brandon said. More than 600 children were adopted in 2017, more than double the amount for 2016.

“My main goal is, I want to make a difference,” Valenthia said. “I know I’m going to have to go through obstacles to get to that goal, but that’s fine. It’s worth it.”

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Back to the School Grind

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of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s office will also make guest appearances.

For more information, call 601-604-3160 or find the event on Facebook.

Stuff the Truck

The City of Jackson will host “Stuff the Truck” on Saturday, July 28, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex (105 E Pascagoula St.). During the event, people will stuff a truck with school supplies, which will then go to the Jackson Public Schools Resource Center for teachers to take what they need for their students.

Stuff the Truck will also have health screenings for visitors as well as food and vendors on site.

The City is seeking donations of items such as dry-erase markers, highlighters, threering binders, crayons, widerule paper, 70-page wide-rule spiral notebooks, two-pocket folders, backpacks, composition notebooks, pencils, pens, glue sticks and more. Community members can also donate supplies at Vision Unlimited (5261 Greenway Drive) and Valvoline (4950 Interstate 55 N.). For information, visit backtoschooljackson.org.

Excel By 5 School Readiness Rally & Health Fair

St. Paul AME Zion Church (505 S. Union St., Canton) will host its Excel By 5 School Readiness Rally & Health Fair on Friday, Aug. 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the church’s Family Life Center.

The event will feature

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Education Celebration 2018

The Jackson Federation of Teachers, Paraprofessionals and School Related Personnel will host Education Celebration 2018 at Smith Park (320 E. Amite St.) on Thursday, July 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The back-to-school event is free to attend, and will include giveaways of books and school supplies for students and teachers.

The event will also feature snacks, prize giveaways and food. Robert Blaine, chief administrative officer for the City 18 of Jackson, and representatives

and insurance provider UnitedHealth Group will all provide school supplies and games at their exhibitor tables.

Excel By 5 will also feature guest speakers who will hold presentations on helping children prepare for school. Henry Moore, lead family partner with nonprofit children’s behavioral health organization Families as Allies, will present “Partnering in Your Children’s Education”; Kim Halford from Families First will present “What You Can Do Now to Ensure Your Child is School filephoto/ pixabay

t’s time for children to go back to school, which means one thing: school supplies. Here are some local supply drives, education celebrations and more.

Getting ready to send children back to school can be stressful, but local organizations are here to help.

free health, vision and dental screenings along with school supply giveaways, games, face painting, manicures, and free hot dogs and chips.

The Madison County Business League will provide book bags for each school-age child who attends the event, and medical organization Magnolia Health Plan, nonprofit organization Families First for Mississippi, medical clinic Merit Health Central

Ready”; and Tonja Johnson from the Madison County Library System will present “Every Child Ready to Read.”

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 601-331-8263 or find the event on Facebook.

Back to School Health Fair

Flowood Urgent Care (2605 Courthouse Circle) will host Maxem Health Urgent

Care Back to School Health Fair on Saturday, July 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair will include free sports physicals, blood-pressure screenings, glucose checks and more. The event will also have backpacks full of school supplies, though that is first come, first served.

Flowood Urgent Care will also hold a raffle in which the center’s parent company, Maxem Health, will pay for a student’s school uniforms and entire school-supply list.

The fair will also have free food, face painting, games, a bounce house, giveaways and more. For more information, call 601-397-6174.

Back to School Fun Fest

Cara DeLong, owner of Classik Dezignz LLC, will host a back-to-school event called Back to School Fun Fest at Battlefield Park (801 W. Porter St.) on Saturday, Aug. 4, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

DeLong will have Tshirts at the event and will give more out as door prizes.

Jasmine Washington, owner of Make-up by Jas, will do makeup for visitors during the event, and Casey Bouldin of Stuffy Buddies LLC will set up a stuffed-animal-crafting station. Carm’s Sweets LLC will give away candy apples and Rice Krispies treats.

The event will have more sponsors such as Moe’s Southwest Grill, Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop and McAlister’s Deli.

Back to School Fun Fest will also offer free book bags and school supplies while they last, as well as snow cones and containers of slime for children to take home. For more information, call 601-983-8261 or email classikdezignz@gmail.com.

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School Supplies Kindergarten

Pack of eight large crayons Pack of 16 regular crayons Washable markers Hand sanitizer 8-ounce 8-ounce school glue Glue sticks 12-inch-by-18-inch Manila paper Scissors (blunt, Fiskars preferred) Primary pencils Six-line manuscript tablets Two pocket folders Change of clothes in a plastic bag (all clothing labeled with child’s name)

Grade 1

Crayons (24-pack) Washable markers 8-ounce school glue Glue sticks Hand sanitizer 12-inch-by-18-inch Manila paper Scissors (blunt, Fiskars preferred) No. 2 pencils Eight-line manuscript tablets Erasers (Pink Pearl or Artgum) Six pocket folders (assorted colors) 12-inch plastic ruler (should have lines of differing lengths indicating 1/4-inch, 1/8-inch and 1/16-inch markings)

Grade 2

Crayons (24-pack) Washable markers Colored pencils Hand sanitizer 8-ounce school glue Glue sticks 12-inch-by-18-inch Manila paper Scissors (Fiskars preferred) No. 2 pencils Wide-ruled notebook paper Two spiral-bound notebooks or composition tablets (wide-ruled; standard paper size) Erasers (Pink Pearl or Artgum) Six pocket folders (assorted colors) 12-inch plastic ruler (should have lines of differing lengths indicating 1/4-inch, 1/8-inch and 1/16-inch markings)

Grade 3-5

Crayons (48-pack) Washable markers Colored pencils 8-ounce school glue Glue sticks Hand sanitizer 12-inch-by-18-inch Manila paper Scissors (Fiskars preferred) No. 2 pencils Wide-ruled notebook paper Four spiral-bound notebooks or composition tablets (wide-ruled, standard paper size) Erasers (Pink Pearl or Artgum) Six pocket folders (assorted colors) 12-inch plastic ruler (should have lines of differing lengths indicating 1/4-inch, 1/8-inch and 1/16-inch markings)

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Grade 5

Protractor Package of grid paper (1-centimeter square grids)

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Premier Wedding Show July 26, 5-8 p.m., at Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). The wedding-planning event features exhibitors, cake and cupcake tastings, live models showcasing the latest styles in bridal fashion, swag bags, food, drinks, photo booths and more. $15 general admission, $45 VIP; premierweddingshow.net.

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“A Night of One Acts” is at 7:30 p.m. at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St.). The annual event showcases one-act plays from Mississippi playwrights. Featured works include Brent Hearn’s “...Of My Dreams,” Charles Cannon’s “Mississippi Fairytale,” Audrey Reed’s “Wise Advice,” and Jonathan Dixon’s “Kathleen and the Killer.” Additional dates: July 27-28, 7:30 p.m., July 29, 2 p.m. $15 for adults, $10 for children, students, military and seniors; email beth.alexander27@ yahoo.com; blackrosetheatre.org.

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City With Soul Awards July 28, 7 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The fourth annual awards ceremony honors barbershops, beauty shops, dance groups, nightclubs, and other local businesses and entrepreneurs. Includes live performances. $20-$30; ticketmaster.com.

Thrive at Work: Success in the Workplace July 31, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.).

The luncheon and business panel discussion for the features panelists such as Mississippi Treasurer Lynn Fitch, Dudley Wooley of Ross & Yerger, Linda Waters of Atmos Energy and Jennifer Hall of Baker Donelson. Proceeds go to Women’s Foundation of Mississippi. $100 per person, $1,000 table; call 601-487-0702; email frances@womensfoundation.org; find it on Facebook.

Ideas on Tour: Truth Decay? July 31, 5:30-7 p.m., at The Flamingo (3011 N. State St.).

The Mississippi Humanities Council hosts the event exploring the idea of truth from a variety of angles. Guest speakers include Steven Smith, LaTanya S. Autry and Anna Wolfe. Stuart Rockoff is the moderator. Free admission; call 601432-6752; email cgillespie@mhc.state.ms.us; find it on Facebook.

Fondren After 5 Aug. 2, 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.

Pop-ups at the ‘Park July 28, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., at Northpark Mall (1200 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland). The monthly pop-up shopping event takes place on the fourth Saturday of each month and features vendor from around the state with items such as clothing, accessories, jewelry, beauty products and more. Free admission, prices vary; northparkmall.com.

Capitol City Rockstar Connect Networking Event Aug. 2, 6-8 p.m., at Johnny T’s Bistro & Bar (538 N. Farish St.). Jim Griffith, host of Capitol City Networking from Rockstar Connect, presents the after-hours business networking event. Includes complimentary finger foods while supplies last. Beverages available for purchase. Free admission, pre-register; call 800205-2327; eventbrite.com.

Boss & Beauty Empowerment Brunch July 28, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at Country Club of Jackson (345 St. Andrews Drive). The women’s empowerment brunch features guest speakers such as Porsha Williams of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Tambra Cherie and Women Brunch Mississippi founder Lateshia Nechelle. Includes live music, vendors and more. $60 per person, $125 VIP meet-andgreet; email womenbrunchmississippi@ gmail.com; eventbrite.com.

Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza Aug. 3, 2-8 p.m., Aug. 4, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Aug. 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). The annual festival features more than 200 exhibitors from across North America, equipment demonstrations, live animal exhibits, children’s activities, special guests such as Nick Mundt, and more. $10 for adults, $5 for ages 6-12, free for ages 5 and under, $20 weekend pass, Friday free for ages 12 and under; call 601-605-1790; mswildlife.org.

MONDAY 7/30 The Jackson Music Awards are from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Jackson Marriott Hotel (200 E. Amite St.). The 44th annual awards ceremony celebrates the achievements of local artists in genres such as soul, jazz, R&B, hip-hop and country. Includes live performances. $20$30; ticketmaster.com.

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The “Collective Nonconformity” Art Reception is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). The exhibition features work from artists such as Lesley F. Collins, Kira Cummings, Lorenzo Gayden, Gerard Howard, Harold Miller, Justin Ransburg and Diana Williams. Free; find it on Facebook.

Milkweed for Monarchs in Mississippi Aug. 7, noon-1 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive). Audrey Harrison, a biologist with the Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center, presents the lecture on the connection between Mississippi’s native milkweed species and monarch butterflies. Included with admission; call 601-576-6000; mdwfp.com.

FRIDAY 7/27 “Country Cousinz Concert Series: JXN vs. South MS” is at 8 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). The hip-hop showcase features Jackson artists KoolKid Ridge, Drastic, Shawty 4’8”, Merc Boy C and Willie D. Tha Kang, along with southern Mississippi artists Ecleezy, Phenomm, Quavius Black, Chadwick Cox and Jasiel Ace. Admission TBA; find it on Facebook.

KIDS Events at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive) • Curiosity Day: Experience the Magic of Science July 25, 1:30-3 p.m. In Rotwein Theater. John Banks of Super B Productions presents an interactive science magic show demonstrating concepts behind physical and chemical concepts. Included with admission; call 601-576-6000; mdwfp.com.

• Believe It or Not Fun Friday: Weird Wild Water Tricks July 27, 10 a.m.-noon. Museum visitors learn about the strange properties of water through demonstrations and experiments. Included with admission; call 601-5766000; mdwfp.com.

Education Celebration 2018 July 26, 10 a.m.3 p.m., at Smith Park (320 E. Amite St.). The Jackson Federation of Teachers, Paraprofessionals and School Related Personnel hosts the back-

to-school event featuring giveaways of school supplies, books, prizes and snacks. Includes guest appearances from government officials. Free admission; email wit57@bellsouth.net.

Safe Summer Kickback July 26, 5-9 p.m., at 201Capitol (201 W. Capitol St.). Girls Bossin’ Up presents the event for young women to raise awareness of bullying. Includes a fashion show, party and kid entrepreneur panel discussion. Allwhite attire encouraged. $10; call 769-572-2084.

Back to School Health Fair July 28, 9 a.m.1 p.m., at Flowood Urgent Care (2605 Courthouse Circle, Flowood). The inaugural fair features free sports physicals, blood-pressure screenings, glucose check and more. Attendees receive a backpack full of school supplies while supplies last. Includes complimentary food, face painting, games, a bounce house, giveaways and more. Free admission; call 601397-6174; email holly.m.harlan@gmail.com; maxemhealthurgentcare.com.

Visiting Artist: Samantha King July 28, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Museum Blvd.). Special guest Samantha King leads the workshop teaching children about the process of creating collagraph artwork.

Included with admission ($10 per person); mschildrensmuseum.org.

Excel By 5 School Readiness Rally & Health Fair Aug. 3, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at St. Paul AME Church (505 S. Union St., Canton). In the Family Life Center. The school-supplies giveaway includes games, face painting, manicures, hot dogs and chips while supplies last, and exhibitor booths, as well as free health, vision and dental screenings. Also includes guest speakers and educational seminars for caregivers. Children ages 0-5 receive book bags while supplies last. Free admission; email flgrlnms@gmail.com.

“Imagine You” Conference for Middle & High-School Girls Aug. 4, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). In the Thad Cochran Center. The Sims Foundation of HOPE hosts the conference for young women aimed at promoting health and wellness, personal and career development, and positive self-images. Includes breakfast and lunch.

Includes a self-defense class and a career fair.

Admission TBA; email simsfoundationofhope@ yahoo.com; find it on Facebook.

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With hopes of reaching a diverse audience, Guinn says the festival will host more than 160 authors on more than 40 panels, each contributing to a wide variety of genres, including lifestyle, sports and more.

“We want to be reflective of a lot of different kinds of people with a MS Book Festival

4,000+ BOOKS

like this will encourage a life-long love of reading and literature, and this will make the largest impact on the state’s literacy rates.

“We are not going to sit here and throw (literacy) percentages that we hope to improve and move the needle on the literacy rate in Mississippi,” she

Data from the Mississippi Book Festival website shows that more than 6,000 people attended the festival in 2017, and bought 4,000+ there. More than 150 official panelists attended, and last year’s entire festival, much like how this year’s will be, was nationally broadcast over C-SPAN Book TV.

says. “All we want to do is make kids excited to read and to continue their love of reading because that will then in turn affect the rest of their life, and they will ... move the marker themselves.”

The Festival’s deputy director, Kristen Guinn, says that while the festival makes an effort to reach children, the event’s purpose is to serve the interests of every reader.

lot of different kinds of interests, and I think that is not an easy thing to do, but I think … in particular this year, they have done a really good job,” Guinn says.

She is married to writer and Belhaven University associate professor of creative writing, Matthew Guinn.

Panels will be in the Capitol and at Galloway, which has ties in Mississippi’s

literature, as this is the church Eudora Welty attended, Guinn says.

Outside of those events, participants will have the opportunity to meet other writers on “Author’s Alley,” a large tent in front of the Capitol.

Scott Naugle, owner of Pass Christian Books on the coast, has been involved with the festival from the beginning and serves on the board of directors.

“It’s another source of pride in our literary community within Mississippi, and another opportunity to put us in a positive way on the map,” he says. “… It encourages attendees to purchase real books and interact with the authors. And then take away a tangible, visible object—not only in reference to meeting the author, i.e. the book, but it encourages them to buy the physical books.”

Guinn says that, moving forward, the festival’s goal is to host more kickoff readings in the northern part of the state, in addition to the coast, before convening book lovers at the capitol.

She says the event is for the entirety of Mississippi, not just Jackson.

“I think that the book festival is one of those things that unites us all in a way that is so tangible and so positive and so fruitful,” Guinn says.

This year’s Mississippi Book Festival is Saturday, Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Mississippi State Capitol (400 High St.) and Galloway United Methodist Church (305 N. Congress St.), and is free and open to the public.

There will be food trucks, music, activities for kids and more. The festival will host writers such as Jon Meacham, Jesmyn Ward and more.

For more information or to see this year’s Mississippi Book Festival schedule, visit msbookfestival.com

2,000 LOCAL STUDENTS

6,400 PEOPLE attended the festival’s 45 official panel discussions and activities at 10 different venues.

participated in Friday’s engaging and interactive literary programs that official panelists led.

Two children’s authors spoke to 1,000 students, and four more led interactive reading experiences at nine Jackson-metro schools.

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went into the hands of public-school students during interactive literary programs on the Friday before the event.

Fourth-graders received Meg Cabot’s “Middle School Princess #3: Royal Crush,” while ninth-graders received “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas.

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his year’s fourth annual Mississippi Book Festival is bringing more authors and books to children by reaching past the Jackson area. This year’s event will expand from the Mississippi State Capitol and Galloway United Methodist Church (305 N. Congress St.) to schools on the coast.

“Each year, our goal was to put more authors in schools on our dime to visit with children and to really simply just encourage their love of reading,” says Holly Lange, a festival co-founder and its executive director.

The festival will have kick-off readings leading up to the main event, which is Saturday, Aug. 18. On Thursday, Aug. 16, a handful of children’s authors will go to schools on Mississippi’s coast and read their books to students.

On Friday, Aug. 17, the festival will host two authors at Galloway.

There, authors Charles Waters and Irene Latham will read, “Can I Touch Your Hair?”—a book of dialogue poems between two children—one black and the other white, to fifth graders from Jackson Public Schools. After the reading, each student will receive a copy of the book.

Lange says this form of outreach has been a long-sought-after goal for the festival.

“[W]hen you hand a child a book, and you see their face light up, and you tell them that is their own personal copy of the book, they are so happy,” she says.

Data from 2017shows that nearly $300,000 was raised for the event through contributions. Lange says this is quite the feat for one of the last independent book festivals in the country.

These contributions help fund not just the festival, but these kick-off readings, too, Lange says. She believes experiences

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Refill Café Hoping to Open New Doors for Jackson Community

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aTo Do Listd Back to School Fun Fest Aug. 4, 10:30 a.m.2:30 p.m., at Battlefield Park (801 W. Porter St.). The family-oriented event features free book bags and school supplies while they last. Includes food, door prizes, face painting, snow cones and more. Free admission; find it on Facebook.

“Supplies for Success” Back-to-School Fair Aug. 5, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at Brandon City Hall (1000 Municipal Drive, Brandon). Journey Church hosts the back-to-school event.

Butler plans to meet with the Mississippi Department of Corrections in late June to discuss working with people who have a criminal record or have had runins with the law in the past. She is also currently in the process of meeting with

nerships look like, Refill Café is looking for partnerships with services and service providers, as well as potential employers.

“Of course we’ll work with the food and hospitality industry, the main reason for that being that those types of positions DELRECO HARRIS

n the early afternoon on a Friday, Jordan Butler sat outside at Cups in Fondren, sipping on a coffee after spending the day working out the kinks of a grant application for Refill Café, a nonprofit workforce development café that will occupy the space that once housed Koinonia Coffee House just west of downtown.

Butler, who is Refill’s project leader, says Café Reconcile in New Orleans, inspired business owners such as Mangia Bene co-owner Jeff Good and others in the community to start a similar project in Jackson because of the restaurant’s positive outcome in New Orleans.

“What (they saw) was that Jackson needs more opportunities for people to get the training necessary to enter the workforce,” she says. “The vision came from recognizing all of the benefits that a program like Reconcile has been for New Orleans in the 20 years it has been open, and how it can open a world of opportunities for Jackson.”

Butler grew up in the Jackson area and moved to Little Rock, Ark., in 2014 to complete a three-year master’s degree program at the University of Arkansas, graduating with a degree in public service and public health in 2017.

She was the program coordinator for SPORK!, a cooking program for kids in Little Rock from 2014 to 2017. Butler moved back to Jackson last year, which led to her introduction to Jeff Good and Refill Café in spring 2017.

The workforce training portion of the program is still in the planning stages.

The project will also have classes for the trainees on topics such as sexual health, anger management, resumé building and interview skills to prepare employees to handle the workforce.

Jordan Butler, project leader for Refill Café, says the project aims to prepare young adults for a future in the workforce.

organizations and establishments in hopes of gaining connections and support from the local Jackson community.

“There is definitely an interest among most nonprofits who are working to try to figure out how to better coordinate their services, so that we’re not replicating services, (and) we don’t all work in silos,” Butler says.

As far as figuring out what those part-

are reasonable entry-level positions where there is some room for mobility,” she says. “We’re targeting young adults who have either never had a job, never had a positive experience in the work place or who are not ready for the community college scene.”

Butler hopes Refill Café’s employees will use their time to get ready for work that will potentially lead to higher-paying

ones or a higher education. She is currently the only full-time staff member on the Refill Café project, but it has a few behind-the-scenes part-time employees as well, including consultant and external evaluator Emily Stanfield, and an accountant and a bookkeeper. As drafting of the operational plan continues, Refill Café will eventually hire more employees, specifically more employees for the building design work, as well as the actual restaurant and teaching the team.

Refill Café is operating under a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation until the end of the year, and Butler and her team are currently in the process of applying for an implementation grant from the organization. While it is not 100 percent secured, Butler hopes Refill Café will prove worth the investment.

“They want to know that you are a sustainable organization,” she says.

“They want to see how we are going to be not dependent on grant funding for the rest of our lives, which of course is the long-term goal.

“I think there is a real opportunity with this project to do something innovative, and there’s a lot of potential about what it could do in Jackson. And as someone who grew up here and has not seen a whole lot of change, and wants a better future for this city, I’m really excited about what this project can offer to this city.”

Refill Café plans to give young people in Jackson an opportunity to better themselves and build their resume, and to overall prepare them for the workforce that they might not yet be ready to handle.

Stanfield has similar hopes for what Refill Café could do.

“I think it’s going to draw people to west Jackson, but also bring some pride to the community as well because there’s going to be commerce and business in the area,” she says.

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Includes free health screenings from Quinn Healthcare, face painting, games, music, exhibitors booths and more. Free admission; email rebmartin@centene.com.

Story Time with Uncle Story Aug. 7, 10-11 a.m., at Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). Children ages 2-5 can enjoy the puppet show and story time event on the first Tuesday of each month. Included with admission; find it on Facebook.

TUESDAY 7/31 Author Woodrow Hartzog signs copies of “Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to Control the Design of New Technologies” at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $35 book; lemuriabooks.com.

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FOOD & DRINK “Oysters, Rosé, Bubbly” Evening Party July 26, 6:30-9 p.m., at Rickhouse by The Manship (717 Poplar Blvd.). The party features sparkling wine, rosé and oysters served in six ways. Also includes a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano and Italian speck cheese. Attendees receive a complimentary cheese knife. $50; eventbrite.com.

Monthly Bottle Share July 26, 7-8:30 p.m., at Hops & Habanas (2771 Old Canton Road).

On the last Thursday of each month, members and guests taste a selection of unique beers from around the country or the world. Participants grade beers and take notes. Free admission, registration required; find it on Facebook.

Evening at The Ridge: A Benefit Dinner & Concert Aug. 5, 6 p.m., at The Ridge (1229 Springridge Road, Clinton). The fundraising dinner features a performance from Brazil-native contemporary Christian artist Michelle Alonso. $10; call 601-953-9349; find it on Facebook.

Chandeleur Island Beer Dinner Aug. 6, 6 p.m., at Sal & Mookie’s New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint (565 Taylor St.). The dinner includes a fivecourse meal with beer pairings from Chandeleur Island Brewing Company in Gulfport, Miss.

Reservations required. $60, $40 for food only; call 601-368-1919; salandmookies.com.

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Events at Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum (1152 Lakeland Drive) • Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Induction Weekend: Drawdown of Champions July 27, 6:30 p.m. The party includes appearances from this year’s inductees and a chance to win prizes such as cash, autographed memorabilia, golf outings, home accessories and more. $50 per person (one draw); msfame.com.

WEDNESDAY 8/1 The “Summer Dinner Party” cooking class is at 10 a.m. to noon at The Everyday Gourmet (1270 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland).

Participants learn to make Waldorf salad, zucchini and goat-cheese tarts, panko-crusted salmon with Tzatziki sauce, and panna cotta with berries. $65 per person; theeveryday gourmet.com.

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SUNDAY 7/29 The Mississippi Gospel Music Awards is at 5 p.m. at the Jackson Marriott Hotel (200 E. Amite St.).

The awards show celebrates the achievements of gospel artists in the state of Mississippi and features more than two-dozen categories. Includes live performances. $20-$30; call 601-981-4035; ticketmaster.com.

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Breakfast Boats Makes six boats

Ingredients

Six jumbo eggs 1/2 cup of milk 1 pack of cubed ham 6 pieces of bacon (fried and crumbled) 1 8-ounce bag of shredded mild cheddar 6 flour-tortilla taco boats 1 teaspoon of butter Salt Pepper Parsley Honey for drizzle Oil for frying

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Craft Beer Night July 31, 6 p.m., at Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl). The complimentary beer-tasting series features selections from Angry Orchard, Samuel Adams, Truly Spiked & Sparkling and Natchez Brewing Company on July 31. Includes four tasting tokens with each game ticket. $6-$16; find it on Facebook.

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Breakfast taco boats are an easy way to please picky eaters.

Directions Fry the bacon, and remove it from the pan. Put the ham in the bacon grease and fry lightly. Remove and set to the side.

Fry the taco boats in a deep fryer, or if you have a pot deep enough, you can use that. You could also bake them at 350 degrees until they are lightly golden brown.

Beat six jumbo eggs with milk, salt and pepper. Remember for good fluffy eggs, beat them really well and get a good aeration, or foam. Cook eggs over medium heat in a preheated pan with a teaspoon of melted butter. Don’t overly stir (allow it to cook), and don’t overcook, as eggs will keep cooking after you take them off the heat.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Place the boats on a cookie sheet. Add eggs, and a dash of salt and pepper to each one. Top with ham, then cheese and then bacon. Bake until the cheese is melted.

Garnish with parsley and a drizzle of honey.

• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Induction Weekend: Meet the Inductees July 28, 10-11:30 a.m. Visitors can meet this year’s Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame inductees, Billy Brewer, Anna Jackson, Mike Jones, Archie Moore, Lafayette Stribling and Joe Walker Jr. $5 for adults, $3.50 for seniors and children, free for ages 5 and under; call 601982-8264; msfame.com.

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet July 28, 5:30 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.).

The 56th annual Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony features a ticketed reception at 5:30 p.m. and an honors program at 7 p.m. Inductees include Billy Brewer, Anna Jackson, Mike Jones, Archie Moore, Lafayette Stribling and Joe Walker. $125 per person; call 601-982-8264; msfame.com.

Pro Wrestling EGO: Fight Night 4 July 28, 6-9 p.m., at The Hideaway (5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The family-friendly prowrestling event features fighters such as O’Shay Edwards, Rey Fury, Joshua O’Hagan, Alex Graves, Ursa Major, Sterdust and more. Free deejay set to follow. $10 general admission, $15 VIP; call 601-291-4759; find it on Facebook.

City Ruck Tour 2018 Aug. 4, 6-11 p.m., in downtown Jackson. Operation Enduring Warrior hosts the moderately paced 12-mile group march to promote outdoor wellness. Participants can choose the weight of their rucksacks, though they will be required to carry item such as two quarts of water and reflective gear. The event is kid- and dog-friendly. This year’s theme is “Veterans Reaching Out to Policemen” and includes free registration for police officers. $25 per person, free for police officers; cityrucktour.com.

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THURSDAY 8/2 Reina del Cid performs at 8 p.m. at Martin’s Restaurant & Bar (214 S. State St.). The Minneapolis folk-rock band’s latest album is titled “Rerun City.” Doors open at 7 p.m. For ages 18 and up. Admission TBA; martinslounge.net.

STAGE & SCREEN Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) • “My Dog Skip” Film Screening July 26, 6:30 p.m. The 2000 family drama is an adaptation of Mississippi author Willie Morris’ book by the same name. Includes a post-screening panel discussion. Free admission; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

• “Great Drives: Highway 61” Screening July 27, 6:30 p.m. The Levon Helm-led mini series explores southern culture and blues music along U.S. Highway 61. Includes a post-screening panel discussion. Free admission; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

“A Night of One Acts” July 26-28, 7:30 p.m., July 29, 2 p.m., at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St.). The seventh annual event showcases one-act plays from Mississippi playwrights.

Featured works include Brent Hearn’s “...Of My Dreams,” Charles Cannon’s “Mississippi Fairytale,” Audrey Reed’s “Wise Advice,” and Jonathan Dixon’s “Kathleen and the Killer.” $15 for adults, $10 for children, students, military and seniors; email beth.alexander27@ yahoo.com; blackrosetheatre.org.

“For Colored Girls”: The Adaptation July 26, 7:30 p.m., at Lounge 114 (105 E. Capitol St.).

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experience taking inspiration from Tyler Perry’s 2010 film and Ntozake Shange’s 1975 choreopoem of the same name. Includes drink specials and music from Kerry Thomas. $10 admission; find it on Facebook.

“#CanYouHearMeNow” Dinner Theater July 28, 7-9 p.m., at Sombra Mexican Kitchen (111 Market St., Flowood). The Detectives present the comedic dinner theater show with a threecourse meal. Cocktail hour and seating at 6 p.m. $39 per person; thedetectives.biz.

Movies in the Park July 27, 6:30 p.m., at Westside Park (1445 Peach Place). The familyfriendly event includes pre-show entertainment, food for sale and a screening of “The Princess and the Frog.” Lawn chairs, blankets and small coolers welcome. Free; call 601-960-0471.

Daddazz & Melissa Comedy Show Aug. 4, 8:30 p.m., at Alamo Theater (333 N. Farish St.).

The show features stand-up comics Daddazz and Melissa, along with Mike Townsend and Cortez Washington. Doors open at 7 p.m. $25 admission, $35 VIP; find it on Facebook.

FRIDAY 8/3 Kite Tales is at 6:30 p.m. at The Westin Jackson (407 S. Congress St.). Youth Villages Mississippi hosts the fundraising event acknowledging young professionals who are impacting the Jackson area. Includes food, drinks, live music, a raffle, a silent auction and more. $50 per person; youthvillages.org.

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“The Picture of Dorian Gray” July 27-28, 7 p.m., at Richland Community Center (410 E. Harper St., Richland). The Wanderers present the adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel about a handsome yet amoral aristocrat who sells his soul to retain his beauty while his portrait ages and reveals his sins. $12 admission; call 601460-0446; find it on Facebook.

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SUNDAY 8/5 The Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). The annual festival features more than 200 exhibitors from across North America, equipment demonstrations, live

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South MS July 27, 8 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). The hip-hop showcase features Jackson performers KoolKid Ridge, Drastic, Shawty 4’8”, Merc Boy C and Willie D. Tha Kang, along with southern Mississippi artists Ecleezy, Phenomm, Quavius Black, Chadwick Cox and Jasiel Ace. Admission TBA; find it on Facebook.

Events at Jackson Marriott Hotel (200 E. Amite St.) • Soul Experience Weekend Kickoff July 27, 7-9:30 p.m. The awards weekend kickoff concert features performances from Tiger Rogers, Keith Johnson, Aretha Henry, Tamara Tate and Greg P. Free; find it on Facebook.

• Mississippi Gospel Music Awards July 29, 5 p.m. The awards show celebrates the achievements of gospel artists in Mississippi and features more than two-dozen categories.

Includes live performances. $20-$30; call 601981-4035; ticketmaster.com.

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animal exhibits, children’s activities, special guests such as Nick Mundt, and more. Additional dates: Aug. 3, 2-8 p.m., Aug. 4, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. $10 for adults, $5 for ages 6-12, free for ages 5 and under, $20 weekend pass, Friday free for ages 12 and under; call 601-605-1790; mswildlife.org.

• Jackson Music Awards July 30, 6-9 p.m.

The 44th annual awards ceremony celebrates the achievements of local artists in genres such as soul, jazz, R&B, hip-hop and country. Includes live performances. $20-$30; ticketmaster.com.

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CONCERTS & FESTIVALS Jason Aldean: High Noon Neon Tour July 27, 7:30 p.m., at Brandon Amphitheater (8190 Rock Way, Brandon). The country artist’s latest album is titled “Rearview Town.” Luke Combs and Lauren Alaina also perform. $40-$249; call 601-724-2726; brandonamphitheater.com.

Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • An Evening with Paula Cole July 27, 8 p.m.

The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter is known for hit songs such as “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” and “I Don’t Want to Wait.” Doors open at 7 p.m. $35 in advance, $40 day of show; ardenland.net.

• Tank and the Bangas Aug. 7, 7:30 p.m. The New Orleans funk-soul band’s latest single is titled “Smoke.Netflix.Chill.” Sweet Crude also performs. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $25 in advance, $30 day of show; ardenland.net.

n Tuesday, Aug. 7, performance troupe beheard.world will perform in Jackson for its first show on a five-city tour through cities along the Great Migration Trail, or the path of 4 million African Americans who fled the South in the 1900s in search of social and economic justice.

The purpose of the tour is to inspire dialogue among people of different racial identities, group co-founder Anna Myer says. “Our goal is to start a conversation,” she says. “It’s about listening beheard.world will present “Invisible: Imprints of Racism” at the Mississippi to one another and having empathy for Civil Rights Museum on Tuesday, Aug. 7. each other, both black and white.” beheard features a racially mixed group of hip-hop and with a poetry reading and a rally for equality. In conjunction contemporary dancers, spoken-word poets and filmmak- with a youth marching band, beheard.world will then walk ers. The other cities on the tour include Memphis, Tenn., from the garden to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum to St. Louis, Ferguson, Mo., Milwaukee and Chicago. Film- perform its headlining set, “Invisible: Imprints of Racism.” makers will document the group’s journey for a film called The free performance starts at 7:30 p.m. and ends with a facilitated audience talkback.

“Up the Migration Trail.”

Myer wants the tour to help communities uncover ways “We’re using the tools we have to create a wide to bring about social change. swath of awareness and give people who want to do some“There are different levels of racism that exist, and thing about it a place to latch on,” co-founder Jay Paris it’s important to know how to lend a hand to make says. “This is a chance to say, ‘I’m committed, and I’m change,” she says. standing up to change it.’”

For more information, find the event on Facebook.

The evening’s festivities will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the —Logan Williamson Mississippi Museum of Art’s Art Garden (380 S. Lamar St.)

Events at Martin’s Restaurant & Bar (214 S. State St.) • Tesheva July 27, 10 p.m. The Starkville, Miss., funk-rock and blues-fusion band performs. Doors open at 9 p.m. For ages 18 and up. Admission TBA; call 601-354-9712; martinslounge.net.

• Cedric Burnside Project July 28, 10 p.m.

The Grammy Award-nominated blues artist’s upcoming album is titled “Benton County Relic.” Doors open at 9 p.m. For ages 18 and up. Admission TBA; call 601-354-9712; martinslounge.net.

• Reina del Cid Aug. 2, 8 p.m. The Minneapolis folk-rock band’s latest album is titled “Rerun City.” Doors open at 7 p.m. For ages 18 and up. Admission TBA; call 601-3549712; martinslounge.net.

• Randy Jackson Aug. 3, 10 p.m. The New Orleans-born artist and Zebra frontman delivers a solo performance. Bloodlife and Sweet Tooth Jones also perform. Doors open at 9 p.m. Admission TBA; call 601-354-9712; martinslounge.net.

• Brass Tacks Aug. 4, 10 p.m. The Oregonnative country band’s latest album is titled “Love, Life & Loss.” Trading Company also performs. Doors open at 9 p.m. Admission TBA; call 601-354-9712; martinslounge.net.

The Wise Fools Album Release Party Aug. 3, 7-9 p.m., at M7 Coffee House (111 N. Wheatley St., Ridgeland). The Clinton-based hip-hop duo performs to promote its album “The Ghost Project.” Admission TBA; find it on Facebook.

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Robert earl keen WITH CARY HUDSON

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GRAYSON CAPPS BAND WITH ERIC STRACENER

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• Get honest. This may sting a bit, but it is absolutely worth considering if you want your next release to feel as polished as possible. Maybe that song you spent two months fine-tuning just isn’t all that great.

Be willing to let it go. You may even come back to it one day with better results.

• Get persnickety. Details make a difference. Be proactive on the track order, font choices and minutiae you haven’t put much thought into. Consider your song titles, along with images and ideas they might elicit. Just don’t get so caught up in details that you ignore common courtesy.

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• Get ahead of yourself. Your next album, single or mixtape shouldn’t be finished before you to start coming up with interesting ways to build hype. Brainstorm early and often. A fun, creative release strategy may even affect what you record.

• Get a helping hand. If you’re a fully DIY artist, all the more reason to invite outside opinions. Having artistic vision doesn’t mean ignoring other voices. You may also know someone better suited for a task, whether it’s artwork, social-media strategy or a particularly tricky guitar part.

aTo Do Listd Rich Homie Quan Aug. 3, 10 p.m., at The Hideaway (5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The Atlanta-native hip-hop artist, singer and songwriter’s latest album is titled “Rich as in Spirit.” Doors open at 9 p.m. For ages 18 and up. $19.50-$75; call 601-2914759; find it on Facebook.

The process of releasing music shouldn’t start once the recording project is complete. It is most effective when approached with forethought and creativity.

Sippin’ Saturday Concert Series Aug. 4, 1-8 p.m., at Lucky Town Brewing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). The family- and pet-friendly event features music from the Jason Daniels Band, food trucks, beer for sale, a workout from CrossFit Fondren at noon, and more. Free admission, food prices vary; find it on Facebook.

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• Get creative. Your music is an expression of your creativity, so why be stale in how you share it with the world? Put yourself into your release plan. Do you love sports, video games or comics? Find a way to incorporate them.

• Get it done. Build anticipation, but wait until you have the completed project in to officially announce it. Don’t set a release date you’ll need to move. Fans will lose interest if the goalposts keep moving.

Jackson’s Ole Skool Festival Aug. 4, 6-10 p.m., at Smith-Wills Stadium (1200 Lakeland Drive).

The City of Jackson Parks and Recreation presents the festival featuring Maze with Frankie Beverly. Keeshea Pratt, Howard Hewett and Lakeside also perform. Doors open at 4 p.m. $25-$45; find it on Facebook.

“Good Vibes Only” Music & Art Event Aug. 4, 7-10 p.m., at Urban Legends Tattoo & Art Gallery (4700 Robinson Road, Suite 750).

The event features an exhibition of original artwork for sale, and performances from local hip-hop artists Sika, Yung Jewelz, T-Lo da Champ and Tricky45. Food and drinks for sale.

Admission TBA; find it on Facebook.

“Lately, I’ve been listening to 5th Child’s new album, ‘Which Way Is Up?,’ and I love the direction and pure passion he put in this album.

His song ‘Neva Lost’ is my mantra every time I wake up and step out the house to face the world.”

—Robert Morris, co-host of “Reality Breached” and “The Black Pocket Podcast”

• Get good. I don’t mean at your instrument (although, yeah, do that). I mean at the process of releasing music. Research.

Pay attention to other artists, see what works and learn to apply it.

Music in the City Aug. 7, 5:15 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.).

The program features a piano recital from musician Elizabeth Moak. This event is part of the “Music in the City” series, which features classical and traditional music each month. Cash bar available. Free admission; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

LITERARY & SIGNINGS

5th Child’s “Which Way Is Up?”

History Is Lunch July 25, noon-1 p.m., at Two Mississippi Museums (222 North St.). Anders Walker, an author and law professor at Saint Louis University, discusses his new book, “The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America.” Sales and signing to follow.

Free admission; call 601-576-6800; email info@ mdah.ms.gov; mdah.ms.gov.

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ackson has long been a source of great original music, but much of that takes place in the realm of independent artists. Without the financial support and connections of a record label, getting the word out about a new recording project is no easy task. We at the JFP decided to put together some tips for local artists and bands looking to maximize the reach of their next new release.

MONDAY 8/6 The Chandeleur Island Beer Dinner is at 6 p.m. at Sal & Mookie’s New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint (565 Taylor St.). The dinner includes a five-course meal with beer pairings from Chandeleur Island Brewing Company in Gulfport, Miss. Reservations required. $60, $40 for food only; call 601-368-1919; email jaredr@saland mookies.com; salandmookies.com.

“Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to Control the Design of New Technologies” July 31, 5 p.m., at Lemuria Books (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Woodrow Hartzog signs copies. $35 book; lemuriabooks.com.

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7/25 - 8/8 1908 Provisions - Bill Ellison 6:30 p.m.

Alumni House - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Fitzgerald’s - Skip MacDonald 7-11 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - New Bourbon Street Jazz Band 6:30-9:30 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Gator Trio 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Stace & Cassie 6-10 p.m.

Shucker’s - Proximity 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

Thursday 7/26 1908 Provisions - Ronnie Brown 6:30-9 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

F. Jones - Maya Kyles & the F. Jones Challenge Band 10 p.m. $5 Fenian’s - Dead Irish Blues 8 p.m.

The Gathering - Barry Leach 6 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Friday 7/27 1908 - Andrew Pates 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Ameristar, Vicksburg - The Front 8 p.m.

Brandon Amphitheater Jason Aldean w/ Luke Combs & Lauren Alaina 7:30 p.m. $34.50$84.50 Castlewoods Country Club - Johnny Crocker 7 p.m.

Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

Doe’s Eat Place - Stace & Cassie 7-9 p.m.

Duling Hall - Paula Cole 8 p.m. $35 advance $40 day of show F. Jones - Fred T & the Band midnight $10 Georgia Blue, Flowood Brandon Greer Georgia Blue, Madison Shaun Patterson Hal & Mal’s - Bill & Temperance w/ Jeff Perkins 7-10 p.m. free Iron Horse - Deeb’s Blues 9 p.m.

Soulshine, Ridgeland Casey Phillips 7 p.m.

Toney’s, Vicksburg - Dustin Moulder 7 p.m.

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

Saturday 7/28 Ameristar, Vicksburg - The Front 8 p.m.

American Legion Post 112 - The XTremeZ 9 p.m.midnight Char - Bill Clark 6 p.m.

Club 43 - Handshake Promise 9 p.m. $10 Doe’s Eat Place - Robert King 6:30-8:30 p.m.

F. Jones - Big Money Mel & Small Change Wayne 10 p.m. $5; Sorrento Ussery midnight $10 Fenian’s - The Womble Brothers 10 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood Andy Tanas Georgia Blue, Madison Brandon Greer Hal & Mal’s - Waterworks Curve 6-9 p.m. free Iron Horse - The Sal-tines 9 p.m. courtesy JadaBelle

Sunday 7/29 1908 - Knight Bruce 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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

Iron Horse - Tiger Rogers 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Jay Wadsworth 6-9 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Phil & Trace noon; Bonfire Orchestra 5 p.m.

Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 3:30 p.m.

Soul Wired - Reggae Sunday 5-10 p.m. $5 Table 100 - Raphael Semmes Trio 11 a.m.2 p.m.; Dan Michael Colbert 6-9 p.m.

Wellington’s - Andy Hardwick 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Georgia Blue, Flowood May Day Georgia Blue, Madison Aaron Coker Iron Horse - Will Wesley 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Bill & Temperance 6:30 p.m.

Lakeshore Park - Lisa Mills 6 p.m. $5 per car Majestic Burger - Stace & Cassie 6 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6-10 p.m.

Shucker’s - Sofa Kings 7:30 p.m. free Soul Wired - Jonny Hollis free before 7 p.m. $7 after Soulshine, Flowood - Trey Miller 7 p.m.

South Street Live - Webbie w/ Young South, DONO Vegas, Tony the DJ & Moneycure 9 p.m.-3 a.m. $25-$300 Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

WonderLust - Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-3 a.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - “Soul Experience Weekend Afterparty” feat. Stacii Adams, Blue Monday Band, Kan’t Git Rit Blues Band, Jock Harmonica Webb & G Rockafella Kathryn’s - Joseph LaSalla 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Cucho & Friends 6-10 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Chris Gill & the Sole Shakers 7 p.m.

Lounge 114 - Meika Shante w/ Feel the Groove Band 9 p.m.

Martin’s - Steve Chester 6-8:30 p.m. free; Tesheva 10 p.m.

The Med Grill - High Frequency 9 p.m. $10 Pelican Cove - Road Hogs 7-10 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Lovin Ledbetter 9 p.m.

Route 471 - South of 20 (acoustic) 7 p.m.

Shucker’s - Sonny Duo 5:30 p.m.; Jason Miller Band 8 p.m. $5; Chad Perry 10 p.m.

Soulshine, Flowood - Brian Jones 7 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Luckenbach 7-10:30 p.m.

LD’s Kitchen, Vicksburg Fred T & the Band 8 p.m.-midnight $10 Majestic Burger - Chad Perry 6 p.m.

Martin’s - Cedric Burnside Project 10 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Travelin’ Jane 2 p.m.; Lucky Hand Blues Band 7 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Pop Fiction 9 p.m.

Route 471 - Phil & Trace 7 p.m.

Shucker’s - Steele Heart 3:30 p.m.; Jason Miller Band 8 p.m. $5; Shayne Weems 10 p.m.

Soulshine, Flowood - Casey Phillips 7 p.m.

Tuesday 7/31 Bacchus - Doug Hurd 6 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Fenian’s - Open Mic 9 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Raphael Semmes & Friends 6-9 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Zach & Trey 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Acoustic Crossroads 6-10 p.m.

Table 100 - Chalmers Davis 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 8/1 Alumni House - Jerry Brooks & Jack Beal 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Barry Leach 6-10 p.m.

Shucker’s - Proximity 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

THURSDAY 8/2 1908 Provisions - Bill Ellison 6:30-9 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Larry Brewer 6-9 p.m.

F. Jones - Maya Kyles & the F. Jones Challenge Band 10 p.m. $5 Georgia Blue, Flowood Phil & Trace 7 p.m.

Hops & Habanas - AXL JXN 7 p.m.

Iron Horse - McKinney Williams 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Steele Heart 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Martin’s - Reina del Cid 8 p.m. $12 Pelican Cove - Acoustic Crossroads 6-10 p.m.

Shucker’s - Road Hogs 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Sneaky Beans - “Hush!”

Silent Rave feat. The Collective 5-9 p.m. free Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

FRIDAY 8/3 1908 Provisions - Vince Barranco 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Ameristar, Vicksburg - Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster 8 p.m. $10 Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

Doe’s Eat Place - Aaron Coker 7-9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Jamell Richardson midnight $10 Hal & Mal’s - Spencer Thomas 7-9 p.m. free The Hideaway - Rich Homie Quan 10 p.m. $19.50-$75 Iron Horse - Bernard Jenkins 9 p.m.

ISH - Karen Brown w/ DJ Ressiecups 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Acoustic Crossroads 7-10:30 p.m.

Lounge 114 - Dr. Dee 9 p.m.

M7 Coffee House - The Wise Fools 7-9 p.m.

Martin’s - Randy Jackson of Zebra 10 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Third Degree 7-11 p.m.

Shucker’s - Andrew Pates 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Spank the Monkey 8 p.m. $10; Dos Locos 10 p.m.

Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Vineyard Vines - Larry Brewer noon-4 p.m.

SATURDAY 8/4 Ameristar, Vicksburg - Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster 8 p.m. $10 American Legion Post 112 - The XTremeZ 9 p.m.midnight Char - Bill Clark 6 p.m.

Club 43, Canton - Lovin Ledbetter 9 p.m. $10 Doe’s Eat Place - Two for the Road 7-9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Big Money Mel & Small Change Wayne 10 p.m. $5; Jamell Richardson midnight $10 Hal & Mal’s - Scott Albert Johnson 7-10 p.m. free Iron Horse - Stevie P. Connection 9 p.m.

Johnny T’s - DJ Unpredictable 601, DJ Kujho & The Nasty Sho 1-6 p.m. $10 Jose’s, Pearl - Blake Edward Thomas 6-9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Travelin’ Jane 7-10:30 p.m.

Lucky Town - Jason Daniels Band 1-8 p.m. free Martin’s - Brass Tacks w/ Trading Company 10 p.m.

Route 471 - South of 20 (acoustic) 7 p.m.

Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 3:30 p.m.; Spank the Monkey 8 p.m.-1 a.m. $10; Billy Maudlin 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

Smith-Wills Stadium “Ole Skool Festival” feat.

Maze w/ Frankie Beverly, Keeshea Pratt & more 6 p.m. $25-$45 Soul Wired Cafe Commander Keen, Surfwax & Evil Engines 8-11 p.m. $5 Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Toney’s, Vicksburg - Julie Anna 7 p.m.

Urban Legends Tattoo Sika, Yung Jewelz, T-Lo da Champ & Tricky45 7-10 p.m.

WonderLust - Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-3 a.m.

SUNDAY 8/5 1908 Provisions - Knight Bruce 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Amour - JadaBelle 6 p.m. $20 advance $25 door Char - Big Easy Three 11 a.m.; Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Iron Horse - Tiger Rogers 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Wayward Jones noon-4 p.m.; Acoustic Crossroads 5-9 p.m.

The Ridge, Clinton “Evening at the Ridge” feat. Michelle Alonso 6 p.m. $10 Shucker’s - 4 on the Floor 3:30-7:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Raphael Semmes Trio 11 a.m.2 p.m.; Dan Michael Colbert 6-9 p.m.

Wellington’s - Andy Hardwick 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

MONDAY 6/6 Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Central MS Blues Society (rest.)

7 p.m. $5 Kathryn’s - Stevie Cain 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Shaun Patterson 6-10 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

TUESDAY 8/7 Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Duling Hall - Tank & the Bangas w/ Sweet Crude 7:30 p.m. $25 advance $30 day of show Fenian’s - Open Mic 9 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Raphael Semmes & Friends 6-9 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Stace & Cassie 6:30-9:30 p.m.

McClain - Larry Brewer 6:30-9:30 p.m.

MS Museum of Art “Music in the City” feat.

Elizabeth Moak 5:15 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Andrew Pates 6-10 p.m.

Table 100 - Chalmers Davis 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 8/8 Alumni House - Jerry Brooks & Jack Beal 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - New Bourbon Street Jazz Band 6:30-9:30 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Gator Trio 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Lounge 114 - “Jackson Got Talent” 7:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Phil & Trace 6-10 p.m.

Shucker’s - Proximity 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

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SATURDAY 8/4 Boots & Bling is from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Kirk Fordice Equine Center (1198 Mississippi St.). The Mississippi’s Toughest Kids Foundation hosts its annual hoedown-themed fundraiser featuring food, adult beverages, live entertainment, live and silent auctions, raffles and more. Proceeds go to the COURTESY PIXABAY / PEXELS building of Camp Kamassa, a year-round camp for children with disabilities. $25 per person, $500 VIP table for eight; call 601-892-1117; find it on Facebook.

Learning Tree Book Club Meeting Aug. 4, 2-3:30 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave. ). An adult club member reads a book aloud to young readers on the first Saturday of each month in the common area.

Includes two primary reading groups: ages 6 to 9 and ages 10 and up. All books are age appropriate. Free admission; call 601-372-0229; email meredithcmcgee@gmail.com; meredithetc.com.

tion. Paint and brushes provided. Participants must bring their own canvas. Free admission; call 601-924-5474; clintonms.org.

Art & Coffee Aug. 4, 10-11:30 a.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.).

Participants meet with museum staff and special guests for a group discussion of upcoming and current exhibitions. Includes complimentary coffee. Free admission; msmuseumart.org.

BE THE CHANGE JXN Gumbo #3 July 25, 6-8 p.m., at Cathead Distillery (422 S. Farish St.). Citizenville hosts the micro-granting dinner for nonprofits. Participants enjoy gumbo and drinks, and learn about four community projects, selecting one to receive the money raised from the dinner. $5 per person; email shira@citizenville.org; citizenville.org.

Paint Workshop July 27, 10 a.m., at Wood Activity Center (111 Clinton Blvd., Clinton).

The painting workshop caters to artists of all ability levels and features step-by-step instruc-

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“Jackson Got Talent” is at 7:30 p.m. at Lounge 114 (105 Capitol St.). The kickoff event for the weekly talent competition features musicians and vocalists vying for a cash prize, opportunities for a spot in the finals. Performers are expected to bring seven guests. Admission TBA; email jxngottalent@lounge114 jxn.com; lounge114jxn.com.

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July 25 - August 7, 2018 • jfp.ms

WEDNESDAY 8/8

Football season is fast approaching, with NFL training camps opening up as July comes to an end. The Hall of Fame Game kicks off the NFL preseason, and a full slate of games starts next week.

THURSDAY, JULY 26

MLB (6:30-10 p.m., FSSE) Atlanta Braves v. Los Angeles Dodgers FRIDAY, JULY 27

WNBA (8-9 p.m., ESPN2): “WNBA All-Star Special” SATURDAY, JULY 28

WNBA (2:30-5 p.m., ABC): WNBA All-Star Game Soccer (8-10 p.m., ESPN2): Women’s International Champions Cup Final MONDAY, JULY 30

College football (6-9 p.m., ESPNU): “Top 25 College Football Games of 2017”: Alabama v. MSU TUESDAY, JULY 31

Soccer (7-9 p.m., ESPN2): Manchester United v. Real Madrid WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1

Soccer (6:30-9pm ESPN): MLS All-Stars vs. Juventus

CREATIVE CLASSES Fermentation 101: Pickles July 25, 5-7 p.m., at The Hatch (126 Keener Ave.). Lauren Rhoades of Sweet & Sauer teaches participants to make traditional sour pickles with no vinegar added.

Snacks and wine provided. $35 per person; eventbrite.com.

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Triple Author Event Aug. 4, 11 a.m., at Pearl Public Library (2416 Old Brandon Road, Pearl). The literary event features a meet-andgreet with William Trest Jr., author of “The New Populist Party;” Loretta Wallace Ellis, co-author of “Tragedy Yet Triumphant;” and Mary Haralson Coleman, author of “Mary’s Story & Strong.” Free admission, book prices vary; call 601-932-2562.

takes place in the Fondren Building parking lot.

Free admission, prices vary; call 601-919-7477; unboundstudios.org.

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the best in sports over the next two weeks

THURSDAY, AUG. 2

TUESDAY 8/7 Tank and the Bangas perform at 7:30 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.).

The New Orleans funk-soul band’s latest single is titled “Smoke.Netflix.Chill.”

Sweet Crude also performs. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $25 in advance, $30 day of show; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

Beginning Watercolor Techniques July 28, 10 a.m.-noon, at Jax-Zen Float (155 Wesley Ave.).

Sadara Evans leads the beginner’s workshop that covers the basics of watercolor, building participants knowledge base and confidence in the art form. $35 per person (supplies included); call 601-691-1697; email contact@jax-zenfloat.com; find it on Facebook.

EXHIBIT OPENINGS “Collective Nonconformity” Art Reception July 28, 6-8 p.m., at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). The exhibition features work from artists such as Lesley F. Collins, Kira Cummings, Lorenzo Gayden, Gerard Howard, Harold Miller, Justin Ransburg and Diana Williams. Free admission; find it on Facebook.

Beacon Makers’ Market Aug. 2, 5-8 p.m., at The Beacon (3030 N. State St.). The pop-up shopping event is on the first Thursday of each month, and features local artwork, food, crafts and vintage items from Mississippi vendors. Also

Kite Tales Aug. 3, 6:30 p.m., at The Westin Jackson (407 S. Congress St.). Youth Villages Mississippi hosts the fundraiser acknowledging young professionals who are impacting the Jackson area. Includes food, drinks, music, a raffle, a silent auction and more. $50; youthvillages.org.

Boots & Bling Aug. 4, 6:30-9:30 p.m., at Kirk Fordice Equine Center (1198 Mississippi St.).

The Mississippi’s Toughest Kids Foundation hosts its annual hoedown-themed fundraiser featuring food, adult beverages, live entertainment, live and silent auctions, raffles and more.

Proceeds go to the building of Camp Kamassa, a year-round camp for children with disabilities. $25 per person, $500 VIP table for eight; call 601-892-1117; 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.

NFL (7-10:30 p.m., NBC): Baltimore Ravens v. Chicago Bears in NFL Hall of Fame Game FRIDAY, AUG. 3

CFL (6:30-10 p.m., ESPN2): Hamilton Tiger-Cats v.

Montreal Alouettes SATURDAY, AUG. 4

NFL (6-10 p.m., ESPN): Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony SUNDAY, AUG. 5

NASCAR (2:30-6 p.m., NBC): Monster Energy Drink NASCAR Cup Series MONDAY, AUG. 6

College football (9-10 p.m., SECN): “Football Summer Session: East and West Recap” TUESDAY, AUG. 7

Soccer (7-10 p.m., ESPN): Real Madrid v. AS Roma WEDNESDAY, AUG. 8

Soccer (6:30-10 p.m., ESPNews): Tampa Bay Rowdies v.

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THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE. RESULTS NOT TYPICAL.

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51 Musical ability 52 Arced tennis shot 53 QUIP, PART 5 57 Hopeless 58 Fairness-in-hiring abbr.

59 “Aaaaawesome” 60 Santa-tracking defense gp.

61 “___ Blues” (“White Album” song) 62 Comedians Carvey and Gould, for two 63 Prep school founded by Henry VI 64 Scratch (out) a living 65 Group of asteroids named for a god of love

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36 Age-verifying cards 37 Register surprise, facially (and just barely) 38 Backside, in Canada 40 Ousted 41 Palindromic “Simpsons” character 42 “Don’t leave!”

43 Director July 45 Pathfinder automaker 46 A.A. Milne pessimist 47 Pacific weather phenomenon 48 Hot Wheels product

49 Dwell (upon) 53 Dig (around) 54 Cyprus currency, currently 55 Timid 56 Author/linguist Chomsky 57 157.5 degrees from S ©2018 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@ jonesincrosswords.com)

Last Week’s Answers

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1 Fake name 6 Beige-y tone 9 Cut down, as a photo 13 Lundgren of “The Expendables” 14 ___ polloi (general population) 15 States of mind 16 Log-rolling contest that sounds like a cowboy contest 17 Cardiologist’s test, for short 18 “Downton ___” 19 QUIP INSPIRED BY RECENT CONTROVERSY, PART 1 22 It may oscillate

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23 32,000 ounces 24 Impertinence with an apostrophe 25 QUIP, PART 2 31 Mel in three World Series 32 Completely mess up 33 18-wheeler 34 Candy bar served in twos 37 QUIP, PART 3 38 Microsoft search engine 39 YouTube premium service (or color) 40 Squeezing snakes 42 The Mustangs’ sch.

44 QUIP, PART 4 50 Tiny Greek letter?

1 “Set ___ on Memory Bliss” (P.M. Dawn song) 2 Spongy exfoliant 3 “Fighting” NCAA team 4 Take down ___ (demote) 5 Berate 6 Final film caption 7 Electro house musician Steve known for throwing cakes into the audience 8 Date, for example 9 Hang-up in the attic?

10 Prefix for call or Cop 11 Former NBA #1 draft pick Greg who left basketball in 2016 12 “Gangnam Style” performer 15 Football video game franchise name 20 Lopsided victory 21 Car with four linked rings 26 Word ending two MLB team names 27 “Well, ___ into your hallway / Lean against your velvet door” (Bob Dylan, “Temporary Like Achilles”) 28 Former press secretary Fleischer 29 Element before antimony 30 Kinder Surprise shape 34 Uni- + uni- + uni35 Needing a towel

BY MATT JONES Last Week’s Answers

“Kaidoku”

Each of the 26 letters of the alphabet is represented in this grid by a number between 1 and 26. Using letter frequency, word-pattern recognition, and the numbers as your guides, fill in the grid with well-known English words (HINT: since a Q is always followed by a U, try hunting down the Q first). Only lowercase, unhyphenated words are allowed in kaidoku, so you won’t see anything like STOCKHOLM or LONG-LOST in here (but you might see AFGHAN, since it has an uncapitalized meaning, too). Now stop wasting my precious time and SOLVE! psychosudoku@gmail.com

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

As you wobble and stumble into the New World, you shouldn’t pretend you understand more than you actually do. In fact, I advise you to play up your innocence and freshness. Gleefully acknowledge you’ve got a lot to learn. Enjoy the liberating sensation of having nothing to prove. That’s not just the most humble way to proceed; it’ll be your smartest and most effective strategy. Even people who have been a bit skeptical of you before will be softened by your vulnerability. Opportunities will arise because of your willingness to be empty and open and raw.

Since 1358, the city of Paris has used the Latin motto Fluctuat nec mergitur, which can be translated as “She is tossed by the waves but does not sink.” I propose that we install those stirring words as your rallying cry for the next few weeks. My analysis of the astrological omens gives me confidence that even though you may encounter unruly weather, you will sail on unscathed. What might be the metaphorical equivalent of taking seasick pills?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

The Spanish word delicadeza can have several meanings in English, including “delicacy” and “finesse.” The Portuguese word delicadeza has those meanings, as well as others, including “tenderness,” “fineness,” “suavity,” “respect,” and “urbanity.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I’m making it your word of power for the next three weeks.

You’re in a phase when you will thrive by expressing an abundance of these qualities. It might be fun to temporarily give yourself the nickname Delicadeza.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

Uninformed scientists scorn my oracles. Reductionist journalists say I’m just another delusional fortuneteller. Materialist cynics accuse me of pandering to people’s superstition.

But I reject those naive perspectives. I define myself as a psychologically astute poet who works playfully to liberate my readers’ imaginations with inventive language, frisky stories, and unpredictable ideas. Take a cue from me, Scorpio, especially in the next four weeks. Don’t allow others to circumscribe what you do or who you are. Claim the power to characterize yourself. Refuse to be squeezed into any categories, niches, or images—except those that squeeze you the way you like to be squeezed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. My attachments are always excessively strong.” So said Sagittarian novelist Jane Austen. I don’t have any judgment about whether her attitude was right or wrong, wise or ill-advised. How about you? Whatever your philosophical position might be, I suggest that for the next four weeks you activate your inner Jane Austen and let that part of you shine—not just in relation to whom and what you love but also with everything that rouses your passionate interest.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due for some big, beautiful, radiant zeal.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

In Janet Fitch’s novel “White Oleander,” a character makes a list of “twenty-seven names for tears,” including “Heartdew. Griefhoney. Sadwater. Die tränen. Eau de douleur. Los rios del corazón.” (The last three can be translated as “The Tears,” “Water of Pain,” and “The Rivers of the Heart.”) I invite you to emulate this playfully extravagant approach to the art of crying. The coming weeks will be en excellent time to celebrate and honor your sadness, as well as all the other rich emotions that provoke tears. You’ll be wise to feel profound gratitude for your capacity to feel so deeply. For best results, go in search of experiences and insights that will unleash the full cathartic power of weeping. Act as if empathy is a superpower.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

Be extra polite and deferential. Cultivate an exaggerated respect for the status quo. Spend an inordinate amount of time watching dumb TV shows while eating junk food.

Make sure you’re exposed to as little natural light and fresh air as possible. JUST KIDDING! I lied! Ignore everything I just said! Here’s my real advice: Dare yourself to feel strong, positive emotions. Tell secrets to animals and trees. Swim and dance and meditate naked. Remember in detail the three best experiences you’ve ever had.

Experiment with the way you kiss. Create a blessing that surprises you and everyone else. Sing new love songs.

Change something about yourself that you don’t like. Ask yourself unexpected questions, then answer them with unruly truths that have medicinal effects.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

Your past is not quite what it seems. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to find out why—and make the necessary adjustments. A good way to begin would be to burrow back into your old stories and unearth the half-truths buried there. It’s possible that your younger self wasn’t sufficiently wise to understand what was really happening all those months and years ago, and as a result distorted the meaning of the events. I suspect, too, that some of your memories aren’t actually your own, but rather other people’s versions of your history. You may not have time to write a new memoir right now, but it might be healing to spend a couple of hours drawing up a revised outline of your important turning points.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

“There are truths I haven’t even told God,” confessed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector. “And not even myself. I am a secret under the lock of seven keys.” Are you harboring any riddles or codes or revelations that fit that description, Capricorn? Are there any sparks or seeds or gems that are so deeply concealed they’re almost lost? If so, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to bring them up out of their dark hiding places. If you’re not quite ready to show them to God, you should at least unveil them to yourself. Their emergence could spawn a near-miracle or two.

One of the most famously obtuse book-length poems in the English language is Robert Browning’s “Sordello,” published in 1840. After studying it at length, Alfred Tennyson, who was Great Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1850 to 1892, confessed, “There were only two lines in it that I understood.” Personally, I did better than Tennyson, managing to decipher 18 lines. But I bet that if you read this dense, multi-layered text in the coming weeks, you would do better than me and Tennyson. That’s because you’ll be at the height of your cognitive acumen. Please note: I suggest you use your extra intelligence for more practical purposes than decoding obtuse texts.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

What are your goals for your top two alliances or friendships? By that I mean, what would you like to accomplish together? How do you want to influence and inspire each other? What effects do you want your relationships to have on the world? Now maybe you’ve never even considered the possibility of thinking this way. Maybe you simply want to enjoy your bonds and see how they evolve rather than harnessing them for greater goals. That’s fine. No pressure.

But if you are interested in shaping your connections with a more focused sense of purpose, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to do so.

Ready for your financial therapy session? For your first assignment, make a list of the valuable qualities you have to offer the world, and write a short essay about why the world should abundantly reward you for them. Assignment #2: Visualize what it feels like when your valuable qualities are appreciated by people who matter to you. #3: Say this: “I am a rich resource that ethical, reliable allies want to enjoy.” #4: Say this: “My scruples can’t be bought for any amount of money. I may rent my soul, but I’ll never sell it outright.”

Homework: Do you have a liability that could be turned into an asset with a little (or a lot of) work? Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

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DO IT YOURSELF

Inking Along

by Amber Helsel

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f you like to make art, you probably know how expensive supplies can be. For example, decent-quality acrylic paint can run you anywhere from $4 all the way up to $50. But art supplies do not always have to be pricey. Did you know you can make alcohol ink with just a few household supplies and things you probably have on hand? Here’s how.

Keep in mind that any type of paint or ink you doit-yourself is not going to be as high-quality as student- or professional-grade supplies, but it’s a fun way to start.

Alcohol Inks

Alcohol ink example

Materials • 91 or 99 percent isopropyl alcohol (the higher the percentage, the more alcohol is in the bottle) • Old markers (permanent works best)

• X-ACTO knife or other sharp blade • 2-ounce bottles (you can also use cups) • Pliers

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If you do use a cup for this, it would be best to cut the cartridge in half, slice each down the middle and then cover that with alcohol.

There’s something else you can make with old markers: watercolors. Just repeat the above steps, but submerge the cartridges in water.

Wear gloves if you don’t want to get your hands covered in permanent marker.

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----------Directions ---------Uncap the markers, and if you can, take out the nib and place it in one of the bottles.

X-ACTO blades are super sharp, so be careful with this part. You could also probably use scissors.

Using the pliers, pry open the marker to get to the cartridge.

This part can be difficult, so it’s best to do it in a space where there’s nothing around you.

Take it from me: You will knock something over if you’re not careful. And do it carefully.

Put the cartridge in the bottle with the nibs and then cover everything with isopropyl alcohol. You want to submerge the marker insides as much as possible, but keep in mind that the ratio of alcohol to cartridge will affect the ink’s concentration.

Let the mixture sit for a few hours (I let it sit overnight), and then take everything out.

Once the marker is open, take out the cartridge and slice down the middle with the knife.

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