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ON THE COVER Alan Hoyle, photo by Ashton Pittman

4 Editor’s Note 6 Talks

6 One Lake Creeps Ahead What’s the next step for the controversial project?

10 opinion 12 Cover Story 18 Food & Drink 21 events

Spencer Thomas

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ackson native Spencer Thomas, singer and drummer for local band Young Valley, says that his upcoming solo record, “Hangin’ Tough,” is built around the theme of perseverance in the face of issues such as depression and troubled relationships. “Hangin’ Tough” is both the name of the album and one of the songs, and Thomas says that for him, the theme of perseverance began with the effort of “saving up sock drawer money” to pay to record the album in the first place.

“I’ve also had my own bouts of depression I’ve dealt with, and writing songs about it has been a release for me,” Thomas says. “If I can explain it in a song, it makes it into a tangible thing. It lets me encapsulate what I feel so I can learn from it and move on. Songwriting also works well as a life lesson teacher for difficult relationships, whether you’re in one or coming out of one.”

Thomas, 27, was born in Jackson and moved with his family to Madison as a child. He graduated from Madison Central High School and enrolled at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss. While there, he and brothers Zach and Dylan Lovett formed Young Valley in 2013.

Thomas pursued a music degree at Delta State until 2014, when he dropped out and decided to start touring with Young

Valley instead. He moved back to the Fondren neighborhood in Jackson in 2015.

After moving back, Thomas began going to Tara Yoga in Flowood as a way to help deal with anxiety and depression, and is currently working toward becoming an instructor there.

“Yoga is a good, holistic means toward overcoming problems,” Thomas says. “It provides a strong internal focus, and is a great way of quieting the brain and tuning out negative self-talk in your mind.”

Thomas has also begun taking online classes at Delta State University to finish his degree, and should receive a social sciences degree in August 2019.

“I think the reason I initially left Delta State was because studying music was making me overly analytical and killing my passion in a way,” Thomas says. “However, I felt like now was the time to get a degree if I ever want to pursue some kind of career outside of music later in life.

“Right now, though, I plan on doing music forever. Zach, Dylan and I often talk about how songs will tell your future in a way, and help you think on things about yourself that you haven’t quite accepted, yet.”

—Dustin Cardon

22 Singing With a Purpose Get to know local singer Courtnie Mack.

24 Health & Beauty 25 sPORTS 26 music listings 28 Puzzles 29 astro 29 Classifieds

30 Best Nine Melvin Robinson gives us his favorite Jackson places.

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by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief

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t’s tough being a woman in Mississippi.

In fact, it’s probably the most difficult state for women to speak our minds and publicly engage on political and policy fronts, and we routinely watch our basic rights come under attack, often without any of us invited to the table. And tragically, that’s not just because it’s a conservative state with a Republican supermajority driving many decisions and debate.

Democratic men sell us up the river, too. Not all of them, but too many help make women’s quality of life and engagement in Mississippi precarious and often infuriating. We navigate perpetual minefields, knowing that stating even the slightest disagreement on a candidate or policy can get a dump truck of proverbial hot asphalt dumped on our heads.

After last summer’s Democratic pri-

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Democratic men sell us up the river, too.

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mary for Senate, I said on Facebook that I believed a male candidate should’ve focused his campaign more on Jackson, especially women of color here, several of whom had told me that. Hell rained down on me for days from some Democrats with the worst from men, but women, too. How dare I?

Then last week, the presumed Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor voted for the “heartbeat bill,” a thinly disguised route to make abortion illegal in the state, a bill on par with the Personhood amendment that this state defeated at the polls in 2011. Were it to become law, and affirmed by courts, even young teens raped by their fathers would be forced to have the babies.

I can respect that someone is morally against abortion. It’s their choice. But the government regulating women’s reproductive decisions is beyond the pale.

And Hughes didn’t just stop at the vote; he followed it up by telling angry women that, strategically, he and other white male Democrats needed to vote against abortion in order to both get elected and help the House keep white representatives. Sigh.

This isn’t a new political strategy for men in Mississippi. I’ve watched, and called out, other Democratic men for voting for crazy abortion bills for 16 years. Women

should not be pawns in a game we cannot win—and especially after the defining statewide vote against Personhood. But because of the blinders about both women’s rights and our right to talk back (and be heard), these men keep repeating the same lunacy.

Then somehow women are always to blame when we call it out. After I criticized Hughes’ vote on Twitter last week, a local political caviler came after me personally, saying I am a “miserable obsessive lady” with a “girl crush” on Hughes. (That’s not what that means.) He then posted all over the place that the GOP is paying me off.

Now, no one with a sliver of brain would believe that libel—the Mississippi GOP even blocks me on Twitter—but what is stunning is how stupidly many men of all stripes here react to women who, gasp, disagree with them, whether publicly or even in professional settings.

Simply stating our opinions, whether in a milquetoast fashion or a more assertive way, gets us called every name in the book—miserable, obsessive, narcissistic, “no class,” pious, sluts, c*nts—too often with other men cheering them on.

Those examples are a minute percentage of the names I’ve been called publicly for doing my job and expressing my political opinions since this paper launched in 2002. In 2017, I was called a “miserable argumentative ass” on Facebook by a Democratic operative, who distributes “oppo” on clients’ opponents, because I made a mild comment on a third party’s page about supporting Chokwe A. Lumumba for mayor.

I’ve had local Democratic men scold me in email for being “too mean” to someone who was hounding me online. One thing you learn fast here is that when a woman responds to bullying, abuse and lies

Arielle Dreher

A Woman’s Life in the Mississippi Minefield

More women are speaking out in Mississippi than ever before. But many men still do not welcome being challenged by women here. This must change.

about us, we’re suddenly proclaimed to be in a “two-sided” battle, and we’re both to blame—another way to discredit women.

That’s not how that works, guys.

They also attack women’s bodies from butt to breasts; a blogger who draws bipartisan chuckles from men and political ads from both parties proclaimed once that a prominent woman defense attorney’s breast implants should explode because she represented someone he disliked. Meantime, his anonymous boys’ club chuckled at her small ta-tas. Either way, she was a piece of meat that leering men wanted to rip apart.

All she did was her damn job.

The worst part is how many other “good” men seem to laugh it away or think we deserve it for being sassy, and how too few of our genteel southern gentlemen go get their boy who’s losing his sexist mind.

Times like these remind women just how tough it is for us in Mississippi to speak our

contributors

Ashton Pittman

Natosha Pengarthit

Brinda Fuller Willis

State reporter Ashton Pittman from Hattiesburg, Miss. He is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, where he studied journalism and political science. He wrote the cover story and legislative review.

City news intern Natosha Pengarthit is a Tougaloo College alumna. She aims to be a voice of the unheard throughout Jackson. She wrote about “Spirits of the Passage.” Email her story ideas to Natosha@ jacksonfreepress.com.

Freelance writer Brinda Fuller Willis often plays tricks on people with her identical twin. She’ll go anywhere to hear the blues, and she is a real farmer’s daughter. She wrote about local singer Courtnie Mack for this issue.

minds—and women of various parties and backgrounds know it. Many women open up to me about the silencing—when there isn’t a man within earshot who might back the truck up and take yet another dump on us just for talking about the problem. I have tough skin (from practice) and can handle the insults, although I shouldn’t have to. I speak up about these stunts because they are a silencing tradition we need to blow up for future generations of our state’s women.

During campaigns, not only are we supposed to stay sweet and compliant to what we’re told needs to happen, but we often have to watch our gender once again be a political pawn in the game, which men on both sides run. And they don’t ask us what we think before making decisions that can have devastating effects on our lives.

Post Trump and #metoo, women are forcing national conversations about how women are personally disparaged and silenced, labelled as “unlikeable” for being assertive and good at jobs, and slammed for not being nurturing and compliant enough, often by people with something to hide. Mississippi, starting with its male politicians, must get the memo that women are equal to men here, too, even if it makes them uncomfortable. They need to raise their own bar on how they engage with women, handle our feedback, characterize us, question anti-women rants and confront the sexism among their brothers.

If not, women will continue to be a vital part of Mississippi’s brain drain because, seriously, why would women choose to live under a perpetual hammer, ready to drop on us if we say something a man doesn’t care to hear? It’s simply unacceptable.

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A Waiting Game: What’s Next with ‘One Lake,’ Flood Control?

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espite multiple roadblocks and open questions, the controversial plan to create a large lake along the Pearl River for flood control and potential development in the Jackson area continues to move ahead as project sponsors respond to thousands of comments that poured in last fall.

Nearly eight months ago, the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District, referred to as the Levee Board, released its much-anticipated draft environmental impact statement with a series of public meetings. It received more than 3,000 comments, all of which the Levee Board must address in its revisions to the draft EIS. Thousands of those comments were an identical letter, however, so the district’s contractors are really working to respond to hundreds of comments, not thousands.

The “One Lake” plan promises to provide flood control for parts of Jackson, Flowood, Pearl and Richland along the Pearl River. However, it does not completely protect all property in the 100-year flood zone, despite project sponsors using the Easter flood in 1979 to push the need for the project. And while the local district—made up of city and county leaders—is supportive of the “One Lake” plan, other politicians are not, especially downstream along the Pearl River in Louisiana where opposition is loud and bipartisan.

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Louisiana Fights Back Concerned about the downstream impact of a lake along the Pearl River, Louisiana lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives added specific steps for the Pearl River basin project to the federal Water Resources Development Act, known as WRDA, in recent months.

Signed in late 2018, current WRDA legislation ensures that the “One Lake” project will take “potential adverse impacts” into consideration as well as ensures that “the Secretary shall follow current USACE Policy, Regulations, and Guidance, to as-

by Arielle Dreher sess potential adverse downstream impacts to the Pearl River Basin.”

Project sponsors maintain, though, that nothing is new in that language.

“Those requirements already existed,” Turner told the Jackson Free Press. “All this does is restate what was already existing. I mean, the term ‘adverse impacts’ is something you don’t find (previously), that more

sor shall jointly agree to the construction design of the project.” Whitehurst said this language makes it easier to question more because the district cannot begin the preconstruction engineering or design phase without a green light from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

“If they could have started the process of design and engineering, and spend

We may end up going a different path. clearly articulates the point, but if you go to Corps policy and Corps regulations, those burdens were always there.”

Environmental groups in the Jackson area and downstream along the Pearl, including communities and lawmakers from Mississippi and Louisiana, have raised myriad concerns about what a lake could do to downstream communities that rely on the river for everything from water to industry.

Andrew Whitehurst, water program director at the Gulf Restoration Network, said some of the WRDA language is, in fact, new. WRDA now says that “the (Army Corps) secretary and the non-federal spon-

$20 million to $30 million, it would have been a whole lot harder to stop the project or make changes to it or really question their alternatives,” Whitehurst said.

Regardless of what changed or did not change with WRDA, Turner said the district is looking to several federal sources of funding for the project but would not reveal exact sources. “I really don’t want to delve into it deeply because right now all of those are very early in the stages, and we may end up going a different path even from them,” he said.

The district will not pursue funding or a bond for “One Lake” from the Legislature

this year, after a bond bill passed out of the Mississippi House but died in the Senate last year, however. Turner said that decision was due to a “multitude of factors,” but the district could still apply for or receive funding from the Mississippi Development Authority in the future, which allocated $200,000 for their initial studies. The Levee Board is contracting with the Pearl River Vision Foundation, which oilman and lake initiator John McGowan started, to produce the EIS and do the research.

Taxpayers who live in the flood-control district right now, as well as private funds the Pearl River Vision Foundation raised, are paying for the research and preparation of the final EIS. Turner said he hopes the EIS will be finished in the next few months, with all responses to comments included, so the district can send the revised EIS up to D.C. by this summer. Then, the Corps will review the document according to their policies and procedures. If it deems the EIS to be in compliance, it will release the final environmental impact statement for public comment again, this time nationally and through the federal EPA. Before any pre-construction on the project can begin, the Corps secretary must sign off on the pre-engineering and design

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COURTESY RANKIN-HINDS FLOOD AND DRAINAGE CONTROL DISTRICT DRAFT FEASIBILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

The Levee Board must respond to all the comments submitted about the “One Lake” draft environmental impact statement before it can send the document up to Washington, D.C., for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review it. It is unclear whether the public will get to know all the answers, however.

plans for the project. This part of the process could prove to be challenging for project sponsors, environmentalists believe, due to not only the political forces at play but also the comment letters prominent agencies have already released.

Loose Ends, Transparency Issues As a part of the proposed flood-control project, federal policies require the Levee Board to contract out an independent review of the project, as well as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service review. These reports, however, were not published for public review alongside the draft EIS, and neither is finished, yet. Turner said Battelle Engineering’s independent review is “essentially completed” but not a publishable document, yet. While the district plans to include both of these reports in its EIS to the Corps, it is not clear whether both reports will be made public before final EIS approval.

“It kind of depends on timing,” Turner said.

Some state agencies weighed in on the draft EIS last year. The Louisiana branch of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wrote a letter to Michael Goff, president of Headwaters Inc., one of the consultants who helped prepare the report. The letter, which environmental groups made available to the Jackson Free Press, expressed Fish and Wildlife officials’ concerns with the draft EIS. The letter detailed several problems, including outdated sampling data used, treatment of lake alternatives and potential loss of habitat due to the project.

Turner acknowledged receiving this letter but noted that responding to comments does not always mean agreeing with them. “There’s a lot of parts to that letter that we take exception to because we think they got some things wrong,” he said. “… And we are responding, and we are working closely with them.”

For instance, the letter suggests excavating parts of the banks along the Pearl to mitigate flooding. “Excavation of the mowed floodplain between RM 284 and RM 290 (below Interstate 20 up to Fortification Street) to a lower elevation would reduce water surface elevations while still allowing maintenance mowing. This should lower flood stages through this area reducing the chance of levee overtopping and reducing the height of proposed levees,” the letter says.

The draft EIS listed more than 10 alternatives to the lake plan, including levees, but dismisses most of them on the basis of environmental damages or not enough flood control for the cost. As for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife letter, Turner said agency officials did not demonstrate how their suggested excavations would work.

“The effectiveness of flood risk management is not demonstrated in their proposal. It’s easy to make a suggestion, but if you don’t have the science and engineering to support it, then you can’t really say whether it works or not, and our guys have suggested that it doesn’t work efficiently,” Turner said.

Whitehurst said he expects the Fish and Wildlife Service review of the project to reflect similar sentiments to the letter from last fall. “They will have better data, and they will be able to say that what was presented by the drainage district was incomplete or wrong,” Whitehurst said.

The public may or may not have access to this report before the Corps in D.C. approves the final EIS, depending on when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives its review to the Levee Board. At press time, Turner said the Fish and Wildlife review was likely weeks from completion.

‘Serious’ Bridge Problems?

The Mississippi Department of Transportation entered the fray of the “One Lake” project commentary last fall when it released a letter with concerns about the potential dredging of the flood-control project. The letter posits that seven to nine bridges could be implicated, potentially meaning costly repairs or replacements depending on just how much and how the Pearl is dredged.

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Legislative Update:

Tort Reform, Heartbeat Bills, Teacher Pay Moves Forward

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by Ashton Pittman

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ackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba approached victims of domestic violence and lawyers. less private surveillance, “law enforcement would be hamthe podium at City Hall late last September to an- Senate Bill 2901, also known as the Landowners Pro- pered in solving crimes” like rape and child abduction. nounce a policy that would “put us well on the trajec- tection Act, would protect property owners from being Though Republicans overwhelmingly backed the bill, tory of being the radical city that we have proclaimed sued if a third party causes an injury on their property.

Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, a former prosecutor, exto become.” After a raft of officer-involved shootings, the Under the bill, a property owner would only be held plained in a Feb. 7 Facebook post that he shared the same city would begin releasing the names of law enforcement liable if he or she “actively and affirmatively, with a degree concerns as Colom and Gaston, and chose not to “go along officers who discharged weapons in the midst of officer- of conscious decision-making, impelled the conduct of said with the crowd and outside interests.” involved shootings within 72 hours, he said. third party.”

The bill now goes to the Republican-dominated

It was not until January, though, after House. If they approve it, Bryant has alJackson Free Press intern reporter Taylor ready indicated he will sign it into law. A Langele submitted a public-records request separate but nearly identical tort-reform bill that the city began releasing the names of died, House Bill 337, died in the House afofficers involved in nine shootings since ter the Senate passed its version.

Lumumba took office in July 2017. Just as this newspaper’s transparency efforts finally De Facto Six-Week Abortion Ban paid off, though, lawmakers in the Mis On Feb. 13, the House and Senate sissippi House of Representatives passed a passed “fetal heartbeat” bills, which ban bill to nullify them: House Bill 1289, the abortions after a heartbeat is detected. DocLaw Enforcement Identity Protection Act, tors can detect heartbeats as early as six would limit the release of the names of ofweeks, making it a de facto ban on almost ficers involved in non-fatal shootings. all abortions.

During floor debate on Feb. 12, Rep.

The heartbeat bills include excepChristopher Bell, a Jackson Democrat, tions for cases where a pregnancy imperils pushed back against the proposed legisa woman’s life, but an effort by some lawlation. “When anyone else is accused of makers to amend the Senate bill to also incrimes, are their identities not published?” clude exceptions for rape and incest failed.

Bell, who is black, asked the white sponsor

Last year, a federal judge put a halt on Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, speaks on the Mississippi House floor. She of the bill, Rep. Mark Baker, R-Brandon. the Legislature’s 15-week ban, all but guar“Are their mugshots not taken and pub- was the only Republican who voted against the six-week abortion ban. anteeing that this bill, if it becomes law, will lished in the newspaper?” be blocked as well. Republicans on the Sen “If you want a bill that protects the ate floor made it clear, though, that their identities of criminals, or people accused of crimes, you can In a Feb. 4 letter to lawmakers, Washington County aim in passing these bills is to trigger a court challenge that bring that out,” Baker shot back.

Sheriff Milton Gaston Sr. warned that it would increase could make it all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court

Initially, the bill would have required that officers’ the burden on law enforcement, because business owners and overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that declared names be withheld until the completion of an investiga- would no longer invest as much in things like surveillance abortion a constitutional right. tion, but it was amended to require local governments re- equipment, private security and lighting.

In the House, nine Democrats joined all but one lease names within 180 days.

“You need them to micromanage everyone’s property Republican in voting to pass the bill. Eight of the nine because it will save those who can afford to pay for their Democrats who voted for it are white men, and Oxford Tort Reform Bill Raises Concerns, Memories own insurance and protection even more money,” Gaston Democratic Rep. Jay Hughes, a candidate for lieutenant

On Feb. 7, Mississippi senators passed a bill to cut wrote. governor, suggested in messages to angry voters that some down on lawsuits against property owners, but strong op- District Attorney Scott Colom, who represents the consider anti-abortion votes necessary to keep their seats. position remains among law enforcement, advocates for 16th Judicial Circuit, also wrote a letter warning that with “Eight of us are moderates and trying to avoid the

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to $100 million, a likely prohibitive cost for the State of Mississippi and one the federal government is not likely to fund, either.

Central Transportation District Commissioner Dick Hall said his department and the commission both are waiting to hear back from the Levee Board’s consultants about their concerns.

“It will all depend on the specific information we are given about dredging.

And until we get that, we can’t say,” Hall told the Jackson Free Press.

“All we can say now is that according

to the information we have, we could have between seven and nine bridges that would have a problem—a serious problem—and may need to be replaced. Now, hopefully we will be able to be sent information that’s going to be able to say, ‘No, if it’s done the way they say they will do it, it will be OK,’ but we don’t have that right now.”

Turner said the district continues to communicate with MDOT and will address their concerns with solutions. He said the bridges will need to be reinforced, not replaced. “The bridges don’t need to be re-

placed; that is not necessary,” he said.

Hall said MDOT had not taken a firm stance in support or against the project and that it would not until the project’s backers provided more details about the dredging methods.

Whether or not the “One Lake” project lifts off—and with full transparency about problems, costs and solutions—is a waiting game at this point. Environmental groups, which formed the “One River, No Lake” Coalition, plan to continue to highlight parts of the draft EIS they think

are top concerns in the coming months, Whitehurst said.

In the meantime, the Levee Board continues to pay consultants to correct and update the EIS in order to kick the fate of the Pearl River in the Jackson area to engineers in Washington, D.C., even as the plan’s critics accuse “One Lake” backers of cronyism and pushing a flawed plan forward.

Read more about the history of the floodcontrol project along the Pearl River in Jackson at jacksonfreepress.com/pearlriver.

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Republican goal of eliminating all white (Democrats), so it will fit the claim that you can’t be white or moderate and be a Democrat in Mississippi,” Hughes wrote several voters, who posted screenshots to social media. “This deception would further the goal of absolute control and further repressive laws against all, and in favor of a few.”

The lone House Republican to vote against the bill, Hattiesburg Rep. Missy McGee, cited her Christian faith and concerns about the lack of exceptions.

“This was a bill that was pushed through committee last week at the 11th hour on a deadline day,” she wrote on Facebook on Feb. 13. “No hearings. No exceptions for rape or incest. No exceptions for if a 100% fatal genetic abnormality is found later in the pregnancy.”

McGee, who considers herself “pro-life,” wrote that she “struggled” with her decision.

While her vote engendered anger among some conservatives across the state, she earned plaudits at home— and a standing ovation when she showed up for the launch of a new Hattiesburg brewery.

“You know your representative @MissyWMcGee had a solid week in the minds of her constituents when she walks into the new brewpub & folks break into applause,” Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker tweeted on Feb. 15, with the hashtag, #OurRepresentative.

Fits and Starts for Criminal Reform On Feb. 7, the House passed House Bill 1352, named the Criminal Justice Reform Act. If it becomes law, the

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state would expand its “drug courts,” renamed “intervention courts,” to handle cases involving mental illness and military veterans. It would also end the practice of the State revoking driver’s licenses for unpaid fines, or suspending them for those convicted of simple drug possession unrelated to the operation of a motor vehicle. It would also allow the expungement of more crimes.

“Though these are meaningful steps, maybe they are baby steps in this reform,” Rep. Jason White, R-West, the Bill’s primary author, said in a Jan. 31 committee meeting.

The bill’s fate now rests in the hands of the Senate where a more ambitious criminal-justice reform bill died on Valentine’s Day. $1,000 Teacher Pay Raise On Feb. 13, the Mississippi Senate unanimously passed a bill that would phase in a $1,000 teacher pay raise between 2020 and 2021. The pay raise, which would amount to an additional $83.34 per month on average once fully phased in, is just over a third of what would be needed to keep up with inflation since the Legislature last

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approved a pay raise of $2,500 in 2014.

Teachers would need to make nearly $47,500 to equal, in 2019 dollars, the 2014 purchasing power of the $44,659 they made after that raise fully kicked in, the U.S. Inflation Calculator shows. That would require a raise of 6.3 percent—not the 2.2 percent increase this bill grants.

Democrats in the Senate attempted to double the raise on an amendment, but Republicans defeated the move. A Feb. 15 joint statement of the House Democratic Caucus and the Black Caucus called the proposed raise “embarrassing.”

“As we look to address the certified teacher shortage crisis in earnest, we need to make significant investments in teacher pay,” the statement read.

You can read an extended version of this legislative roundup online at jacksonfreepress.com/news.

Follow state reporter Ashton Pittman on Twitter at @ashtonpittman. Email story tips to ashton@jacksonfreepress. com. Donna Ladd contributed to this round-up.

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ifteen minutes before TEDxJackson was due to start, people were slowly trickling into the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums. Around 9 a.m., organizers dimmed the lights, signaling that TEDx was beginning.

Previous iterations of the event commemorated areas such as Mississippi’s space program and the state’s bicentennial, but instead of looking at the last 200 years, this year’s TEDx focused on the next 200.

Speakers talked about everything from the state flag to Mississippi’s literary history to supporting the state’s most underprivileged families. It was a reminder of how far we have to go, but also how far we can go, and how we can change.

A big theme of the day, besides emotional vulnerability, which many of the speakers either talked about or mentioned, was the state’s negative mentality. Mississippi is at the bottom of lists such as per capita income, as Joel Bomgar illuminated in his talk, and at the top of lists for issues such as obesity. And that negativity towards ourselves tends to eat into our everyday lives and create a defeatist attitude.

But as most speakers illustrated, we don’t have to stay where we are as a state.

We could move to at least 35th, moderator Maranda Joiner joked at one point, and hopefully a lot higher.

In Bomgar’s talk, he talked about the state’s per capita income, meaning how much each person makes. We are at the very bottom of that list in the U.S. (and have been since 1929). Data he presented show that the state needs $4.8 billion more in income to get out of last place.

That sounds like a daunting number until you break that down per person, or about $1,600. Numbers like that may sound insane to children, but as my friend said to me the other day, $100 is like a dollar to many adults. We have lived long enough to know that sums such as $1,600 isn’t actually that much money. It’s about the average of a minor-to-moderate house repair, and a moderate car repair.

While many people may try to blame factors such as the cost of living and race, Bomgar contends, data show that the effects those things have on per capita income is negligent, so we can’t blame them. What needs to happen, he believes, is people at all income levels need to make more money.

“We need big solutions that affect

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Aisha Nyandoro, the chief executive officer of Springboard to Opportunities, talked about paving a way forward through supporting the state’s most vulnerable.

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had focused only on the cotton fields right before her eyes, where would I be? I wouldn’t be on this stage.”

TEDx speakers such as Nyandoro offered concrete solutions to a problem, while others such as Bomgar may have not offered a specific solution, but they did plant ideas. They showed us what is possible and what we as a whole should focus on. Mississippi can only come out of last place if we as a people make it happen.

And as Bomgar said, that only happens if

We don’t have to stay where we are.

Trust, which gives 15 families an extra $1,000 a month for a year, doubling the families’ incomes. The mothers involved also get leadership opportunities, coaching, counseling and more.

Springboard’s website says about the program: “If we offer our families a little bit of breathing room, will they be able to dream about something a little bigger? If financial survival is not always top of mind, would community leadership and activism become a real possibility?”

Nyandoro said at TEDx: “For all of our abilities to analyze and critique and pick apart, we have become grounded in ‘what ifs,’ rather than what could be. If my granny (civil-rights activist L.C. Dorsey)

we rise together For Nyandoro, it’s about supporting the vulnerable. For Millsaps College professor Ann Phelps, it’s about reclaiming spiritual spaces. For Citizen Health Chief Executive Officer Brennan Hodge, it’s about finding a way to fix the broken health-care system.

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Mississippi:

The Battleground for Roe v. Wade’s Future?

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Sarah Hartshorne wipes tears from her eyes as Libby Rich, who had an illegal abortion in Alabama in 1968, shares her story with activists in the parking lot of Mississippi’s only abortion clinic on Jan. 22, 2019.

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e’ve notified the police. And they will come around and interview you.” A half century after she had an illegal abortion in Alabama, Libby Rich still remembers hearing those words as she left the hospital. The crude procedure had left her with an infection that almost killed her.

When doctors examined Rich, they immediately knew what the gravely ill 19year-old woman had done.

“I cannot bear the thought of another woman seeking an illegal abortion,” said Rich, now 69 and wearing a red-and-black checkered flannel shirt, her glasses helping to keep her darkly grizzled, chest-length hair pushed back behind her ears.

She spoke those words on Jan. 22, while standing under a tent in the parking lot of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Jackson. Also known as the Pink House for its bright color, it is Mississippi’s last standing abortion clinic, which makes it a magnet for anti-abortion activists around the country.

Gathered around Rich, roughly two dozen abortion-rights activists, including her friend, clinic owner Diane Derzis, hung onto every word she said.

The activists were celebrating the anniversary of Roe v. Wade—the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision

Clinic escorts, who help patients at the Jackson Women’s Health Organization avoid anti-abortion protesters, engage with child protesters on the sidewalk in Fondren on Jan. 24, 2019.

that declared abortion a right and overturned bans in states including Alabama and Mississippi. Now, with the U.S. Supreme Court partially remade to please President Donald Trump’s evangelical base, the rights that ruling secured for women are more imperiled than at any point in the past 46 years.

Red states, emboldened by the new regime, are passing hardline anti-abortion laws aimed at triggering a reconsideration of Roe at the nation’s highest court—laws like the fetal heartbeat bills the Mississippi House and Senate passed on Feb. 13. Those bills, which Gov. Phil Bryant says he will sign into law once the two chambers decide on a single version, ban abortions after a heartbeat is detectable—a de facto ban on all abortions at around six weeks.

In 2011, Mississippi resoundingly defeated the Personhood Amendment, which would have banned all abortions for any reason. Even so, nine House Democrats voted for the new six-week ban, including a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, Oxford Rep. Jay

Hughes. One Republican, Rep. Missy McGee of Hattiesburg, voted against it.

McGee explained her vote by citing the fact that, while the bill does include an exception for the life of the mother, it has no exceptions for rape, incest or severe fetal deformities. Lawmakers defeated an amendment, supported by Hughes and McGee, to add exceptions for rape and incest. Republicans defeated a similar amendment in the Senate.

The heartbeat bills did not originate in Mississippi. Outside anti-abortion groups wrote the model legislation, which the Mississippi Legislature embraced, with only minor tweaks. Lawmakers have introduced bills with nearly identical language in other state legislatures, too, including Alabama, Kansas, West Virginia and Ohio.

‘We Know What You’ve Done’

Weeks before those bills passed, Rich shared her story—a horror from the past that she and her compatriots fear could also be a vision of the future. She was among the last generation of women in

the Deep South to seek an abortion preRoe, when the procedure was still outlawed in many states.

At age 15, Rich told the sympathetic crowd, she left home to escape an abusive family, got married and became a mother.

“My family, of course, being fine southerners and this being 50 years ago, disowned me,” Rich said. “I was judged to be an unfit mother. And so my son was given up. I checked myself into a psychiatric ward because I had tried to commit suicide, thinking that life was not worth living.”

Rich was smart, and staff at the psychiatric ward encouraged her to pursue a college education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. To make that happen, they granted her a scholarship on the condition that she allow them to assign a psychiatrist to her.

That psychiatrist, she said, seduced her. Despite the fact that she was on birth control at the time, Rich got pregnant.

After everything she had been through, having another child was not an option.

Save her life, they did. While she was recovering, though, doctors told her the procedure had left so much scarring in her uterus that she would be sterile for life.

“I thanked them for saving my life,” she said, recounting the day she left the hospital. “As I was leaving, they said, ‘We’ve notified the police. And they will come around and interview you.’ For months, I was terrified that the police would come to my house and tell on me or arrest me.”

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This was 1968, though, and the Roe ruling was still five years away. Except in cases in which a pregnancy imperiled a woman’s life or health, anyone caught helping induce an abortion in Alabama at that time faced up to a year of hard labor.

Considering her health struggles, Rich went to UAB’s ob-gyn clinic to apply for a therapeutic abortion. “I was turned down by three white male doctors, saying, ‘You’re perfectly healthy. There’s no reason why you cannot complete your pregnancy and give the child up for adoption,’” she recounted. If she had $600, Rich could have traveled to Louisiana for an abortion. She did not have that kind of money, but she did have half of it.

“So I went underground, and I obtained an illegal abortion in North Birmingham,” she told the sympathetic audience, their breaths bated as she choked back tears. “And I watched a woman put a pot of boiling water on the stove and insert a tube into it. She told me to lay down on her enamel table, spread my legs, that she would insert the tube, and that within 24 hours, (the pregnancy) would be aborted.

I paid her $300.”

The woman did not tell her that the primitive, homespun abortion could prove deadly. Rich would have died at home, she said, if a co-worker had not come by to do a wellness check two days later. She rushed Rich to a hospital, dropped her off, and left, not wanting to participate in any questions the doctors might ask.

“And sure enough, the doctors stood over me and said, ‘We know what you have done … we will call the police,” Rich said, dabbing her eyes with tissue. “And I said, ‘Please, save my life,’ knowing that if I confessed to what I had done, I could be prosecuted.”

Operation Save America, an anti-abortion extremist organization, calls for an end to abortion in Mississippi from the Capitol building on Jan. 22, 2019.

That never happened, but still, she said, it “was one of the cruelest experiences I’ve ever been through in my life.”

‘The Lie of the Land’

Sarah Hartshorne wiped tears from her eyes as she stood nearby, leaning against the wooden fence that the clinic

another, for hours on end. Two of the men held 5-foot-tall red, blue and white placards. “Establish Justice, End Abortion Now,” one placard read “Roe Is Not The Law of the Land, It Is The Lie of the Land,” read the other.

The Mississippi flag with its Confederate imagery waved overhead, as a crowd

of about a hundred gathered on either side around a statue dedicated to the women of the Confederacy.

Between the Capitol steps and Mississippi Street stood a tall man in his late 50s wearing a black cowboy hat. Tucked under his jeans behind a large oval belt buckle was a bright red shirt with an unmissable, all-caps “One Nation Under God” emblazoned across it. He stood smack in the center between OSA and dozens of counter protesters on the sidewalk who came to support The Pink House. Holding a giant Bible, he stared straight ahead at the abortion-rights activists, like a solemn statue.

When asked his name, the man offered only a small booklet. “It’s all in there,” he said, handing over a classic evangelical tract that warns of the dangers of eternal hellfire for those who do not accept Jesus Christ as their savior.

The back of the tract, though, served as a business card. His name was Alan Hoyle and he, like the abortion bills in the Legislature and like most people on either side of Mississippi’s abortion debate that day, was from out of state. Last year, Hoyle ran for sheriff in Lincoln County, N.C., where he lives.

After a neo-Confederate gunman massacred nine black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., in 2015, Hoyle showed up to protest the state’s decision to remove the Confederate flag that, until then, still flew on the Capitol grounds.

He was carrying the same Bible then as he carried to Mississippi in January, but on that day in 2015, he also carried a Confederate flag and a placard of an interracial gay couple kissing, with a line drawn through them and the word “sin” written between their foreheads.

Though Hoyle has devoted his life to the cause of what he calls “the unborn,” a judge barred him in 2014 from contact with his own six children until they turn 18 after convicting him of stalking his exwife. That was not his first scrape with the law. In 2013, Capitol police in Washington, D.C., charged him with carrying a gun onto the property illegally when he arrived to protest a Senate vote on guns.

Hoyle has been to Mississippi before.

On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade in 2013, he drove around the Pink House— which was still gray at the time—in his “abortion truck,” which is covered in images purported to be of aborted fetuses.

On that 2013 day, members of OSA joined Hoyle in his protest, carrying a tiny white coffin to the steps of the state Capitol. They claimed that the remains of a 14-week old aborted fetus they had named “Baby Daniel” was inside the coffin, which they invited more ABORTION p 14

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Joseph Spurgeon, an Operation Save America leader from Louisville, Ky., argues with Lizz Winstead, a pro-abortion rights advocate from New York with the Lady Parts Justice League, outside the Mississippi Capitol.

erected to shield patients from anti-abortion protesters. She is a young New Yorkbased writer, comedian and model whose appearances include Vogue, Glamour, and “America’s Next Top Model.” She is also an activist with the New York-based Lady Parts Justice League.

Earlier that day, Hartshorne and other members of the organization joined defenders of the Jackson clinic at the Capitol. There, they counter-protested Operation Save America, an anti-abortion extremist organization. Originally called Operation Rescue, OSA has a history of targeted harassment of abortion providers and patients.

In June 2009, Scott Roeder, a man with ties to a Kansas branch that still calls itself Operation Rescue, walked into a Lutheran church in Kansas and shot George Tiller, an abortion-clinic doctor whom the group had long protested, in the head.

Tiller, a church usher, was handing out church bulletins when Roeder killed him.

After the assassination, Randall Terry, who founded the original Operation Rescue in 1986, held a press conference to say Tiller got what was coming to him.

“George Tiller was a mass murderer and, horrifically, he reaped what he sowed,” Terry said at the time.

Standing on the steps of the Mississippi Capitol last month, a parade of white men from Operation Save America preached fire-and-brimstone against feminists and “homosexuals,” one after

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Later that day outside the clinic, Metairie, La., resident Laura Patout, who was 55 at the time, broke down in tears as she described seeing Baby Daniel. She

The mourners gave “Baby Daniel” a surname: Pavone, in honor of the priest.

Six years after OSA invited Mississippians to look in the coffin, Hoyle was there once again. For abortion-rights

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An anti-abortion activist with Operation Save America argues with abortion-rights activists outside the Mississippi Capitol building in downtown Jackson on Jan. 22, 2019.

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said she carried shame with her because she had an abortion when she was just 18.

On the sidewalk nearby, Hoyle, dressed in tattered brown robes like that of a biblical figure and carrying a shofar, a traditional Jewish musical instrument made from a ram’s horn, carried a large placard with an aborted fetus on it.

For months in 2013, OSA toured the country with the tiny coffin. Then, in Rochester, N.Y., in July, the group held a memorial service, complete with bagpipes, pallbearers and a sermon by Frank Pavone, the national director of Priests for Life.

“Fr. Pavone then encouraged mourners to reach out and literally touch Daniel,” OSA recounted in a July 25, 2013, blog post. “The children seemed especially moved by Daniel’s death, with child after child reaching out to tenderly touch the bruised body. It was a timeless moment of hope and grief, as the young mourned the youngest.”

activists, though, the stakes were significantly heightened.

Mississippi vs. Roe v. Wade

Directly in Hoyle’s line of sight last month, Sarah Hartshorne, surrounded by several dozen other abortion-rights activists, used a bullhorn to counter OSA members who were comparing abortion to slavery: “What we don’t need is another white man talking about slavery,” she announced.

With her was Lizz Winstead, who is also an activist with Lady Parts. Part of the goal of their organization, Winstead told the Jackson Free Press, is to educate people about the importance of state legislatures in “protecting things (they) hold dear,” whether that means abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, gun rights or otherwise.

“I think folks on the left have not understood that for a very long time, and conservatives have understood that profoundly,” she said. “So right now, when we do not have someone in the White

the first place.”

Last year, lawmakers in the Mississippi Legislature passed a law banning abortions after 15 weeks. A federal judge struck that law down, but Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood, who is running for governor, is appealing the ruling to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas, which he says is his obligation to do in his current position.

Republicans in the Mississippi Legislature hope that law, or one like it, will make it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

During Senate debate over the heartbeat bill on Feb. 13, Republican Sens. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville and Joey Fillingane of Sumrall alluded to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, whom President Trump appointed to the Supreme Court last year.

The conservative Kavanaugh, Fillingane noted, replaced former Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was the swing vote that saved Roe from being overturned in 1992. For the first time in decades, an-

ti-abortion lawmakers and activists see an opportunity to achieve the holy grail of the pro-life movement: the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

‘A Duty to Obey God,’ Not Men

On Feb. 7, Kavanaugh boosted hopes among anti-abortion activists when he dissented from a Supreme Court opinion blocking a law in Louisiana that would shut down all but one abortion clinic in the state.

“We have forgotten that the Supreme Court is not the Supreme Being,” OSA National Director Rusty Lee Thomas bellowed from the Mississippi Capitol steps on Jan. 22.

Nearby, men with OSA kept approaching the pro-Roe counter protesters to argue. One of those men was Joseph Spurgeon, a pastor in the conservative Reformed Church in America denomination and a local OSA leader from Louisville, Ky. Wearing a cowboy hat and standing next to his wife and kids, he told the Jackson Free Press he came “to encourage the state of Mississippi to put an end to abortion” and shut down Mississippi’s last abortion clinic.

Eight out of the nine justices who decided Roe v. Wade were Republican appointees, including Nixon-appointed Chief Justice Warren Burger, Spurgeon noted. Even with Kavanaugh, Spurgeon is skeptical that a 5-4 Republican court would overturn it.

“Our hope is not in the federal government,” he said. “The argument that we bring to the table is that the lesser magistrates, the lower forms of government like the state government, they have a duty to obey God rather than men. And that includes when the Supreme Court has ruled something like murder to be legal. The states should ignore that. I have no hope, no faith, in the Supreme Court. It was Republicans, for one, who gave us Roe v. Wade.”

Spurgeon does not consider Trump a Christian. In fact, he said, he thinks adultery should be illegal and, if it were, that Trump would deserve to be impeached for it. He said he understands why some evangelicals do see Trump as a “blunt instrument” they can use for their purposes, though.

“Yeah, he’s foulmouthed, and not somebody that I can really get behind and support,” he said. “But I see, in many ways, many people hate him, but really what they hate is all the people that supported him. And so I think some Chrismore ABORTION p 16

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Roe v. Wade’s Future?, from p 14 tians see him as standing in between them and a bunch of people who really don’t want them to exist any more.”

Spurgeon compared OSA’s leaders and movement to Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.

One big difference, he said, is that far more anti-abortion protesters have been arrested than civil-rights protesters, though he offered no evidence to back up that claim.

‘Furthest Thing From Pro-Life’

Anti-abortion activists, who are overwhelmingly white and evangelical,

If they’re not attacking black women for having abortions, they’re attacking us for using SNAP benefits, or TANF.”

At the Jan. 22 OSA protest, while its leaders lobbed attacks on feminists, gays, transgender people and Catholics, Libby Rich stood on the steps next to the speakers where she communicated with the crowd using American Sign Language.

“I decided that I was going to piss on their parade,” she told the activists outside the Pink House later that afternoon. “I walked back and forth across the stage and let them know. I wanted Ashton Pittman

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While anti-abortion extremist group Operation Save America rallies on the steps of the Mississippi Capitol in downtown Jackson, abortion-rights activists counter-protest on Jan. 22, 2019.

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often invoke African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement to validate their own. When the Senate heartbeat bill was still in committee, Fillingane highlighted the fact that the majority of women getting abortions in Jackson, a majority black city, are African American.

“And all are precious in his sight,” Fillangane added.

Laurie Bertram Roberts, who is black, is the co-founder and director of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, the only abortion fund in the state. If legislators like Fillingane are worried about black babies, she told the Jackson Free Press on Feb. 6, they should support expanding health-care access and work to improve black maternal health and infant mortality.

“It’s very easy to shame black women and black motherhood,” she said.

“It’s one of Mississippi lawmakers’ favorite things to do, especially on the right.

them to know that I was there.”

“I stood in front of their signs and danced to the music—the ‘Jesus songs’ is what I call them,” she continued. “And then I started signing. And when this really vicious man started spewing out his hate, I signed, ‘You are such a bad person. God will never forgive you for this.

You have no love. You have no compassion. You are anti-choice.’”

The Alabama woman whose life nearly ended a half century ago because of anti-abortion laws said she rejects the idea that men like Spurgeon and his OSA comrades are “pro-life.”

“Pro-life needs to be stripped from them,” Libby Rich said. “We should not any longer allow them to say they are pro-life. They are the furthest thing from pro-life.”

Email state reporter Ashton Pittman at ashton@jacksonfreepress.com. Read related coverage at jacksonfreepress.com/abortion.

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King cake season began Jan. 6 on Epiphany and ends on March 5, or Mardi Gras. Celebrate this year with cakes from local businesses such as HeavenlySweetz in midtown Jackson.

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f you live anywhere in or near the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Alabama, chances are king cakes are pretty prevalent. Traditionally, people eat the cake on Jan. 6 for Epiphany, or the Twelfth Night, which marks the night the three wise men gave gifts to baby Jesus.

The cake itself pulls its origins from France. Southern Food and Beverage Museum founder Liz Williams told The Times-Picayune in 2012 that the cake actually has two types: the galette de roi (puff pastry with an almond filling) and the gateaux de roi, which has the familiar ring shape. The galette was more popular in northern France, while the gateaux was popular in the south. Many of the French who settled in New Orleans were from southern France, and they brought their treat with them. Here is where you can enjoy some of the local versions.

Broad Street Baking Company (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 101, 601-362-2900) Almond cream cheese king cake with cream cheese and almond pastry cream, and icing with Carnival-colored sugar; a traditional cinnamon king cake; a “crawfish dip” one with a cheddar and jalapeno brioche and a crawfish-dip filling Gil’s Bread (655 Lake Harbour Drive, Suite 500, Ridgeland, 601-506-4523) Bananas Foster king cake

Campbell’s Bakery (3013 N. State St., 601-362-4628; 123 Jones St., Madison, 769-300-2790, campbellsbakery.ms) Traditional, cream cheese and pecan praline, cream cheese and a fruit one with apples, strawberries and blueberries Kimmiesweett (1149 Old Fannin Road, Brandon, 601-720-9774) Traditional, strawberry and blueberry king cakes, and karamel crunch with caramel, cinnamon and butter The Prickly Hippie (500 Highway 51, Suite F, Ridgeland, 601-910-6730) Pineapple and cherry king cake pop-tart HeavenlySweetz (126 Keener Ave., 601291-1179) King cake with a cream cheese, brown sugar and cinnamon filling Beagle Bagel (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 145, 769-251-1892; 100 Mannsdale Park Drive, Madison, 601-8564377; thebeaglebagelcafe.com) Beagle Bagel Madison: pecan praline, strawberry, cream cheese, chocolate chip and cinnamon sugar; Beagle Bagel Highland Village: traditional with cinnamon sugar, cream cheese, cream cheese and strawberry, cream cheese and blueberry

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Slave Exhibit Recreates Horrors of Transatlantic Trade

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Tiny, colorful glass beads found on the wreckage site of the Henrietta Marie slave ship were made in Europe. They were often used to trade for slaves.

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from Jamaica, the ship sunk 35 miles away from Key West, the southernmost point of the continental United States.

In 1972 while searching for the Spanish Galleon, Nuestra Señora de Atocha, treasure hunter Mel Fisher’s team of divers and archaeologists partially excavated the Henrietta Marie site and dubbed it “The English Wreck.”

Ten years later, divers returned to the site to discover the cast bronze bell, and after carefully chipping away the underwater build-up, they revealed “The Henrietta Marie 1699.”

“What’s special about the Henrietta Marie is that is gives you a deeper glimpse of the transatlantic slave trade (and) the artifacts that were found on it. ... [I]t’s also the only slaver really found and excavated in North America,”

exhibit curator Lance Wheeler says. “What I’ve heard and what I keep hearing is that ‘I’m overwhelmed. This is painful.’ It’s hard to get in this space, but this is a story that we must tell and must see.”

The next stop in the exhibit is Africa. The soon-to-be enslaved people were part of a much larger community on the continent as doctors, teachers, craftsmen, farmers and more, all of whom served their communities. The exhibit includes a maiden mask (an elaborate headpiece associated with beauty, peacefulness and motherhood) from an Igbo tribe, one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.

Stepping out of the African gallery and into the next, guests will see the story of Africa’s colonization. Artifacts show that a man’s life was worth one-and-a-half to twoand-a-half guns, nine to 13 iron bars, or 35 to 50 pounds of glass beads. Pistols and heavy weaponry such as cannons that were stored on the slaver ships to fend off pirates are also on display. One of the glass cases in this gallery holds a cutlass, a sword so worn out that there is a large missing area of blade down the middle. A grindstone in the exhibit still has coral and shell parts attached.

Exiting that gallery, you step aboard the Henrietta Marie replica and are immediately immersed in the sounds of waves, chains and wood echoes under your feet. On the bottom of the ship, enslaved figures sit on the wood floor holding onto one another.

Directly across from the enslaved figures, the ship has a display of shackles. The smallest pair, which could fit in the palm of anyone’s hands, is hung in a glass case with the rest of normal-sized shackles. Another pair of shackles that stood out has cloth around the iron. Cloth was usually wrapped around the iron to ensure the enslaved were not bruised or injured so that they would be sold at a higher price. The treasure hunters found 80 slave shackles aboard, which is rare because they were nearly always repurposed.

This ship is believed to world’s largest source of tangible objects from the early years of slave trade.

Stepping off the Henrietta Marie and into the new world, guests reach the green room. In the new world of America, families were put on the auction block and torn apart, never to see their loved ones again.

Once the enslaved people were sold in America, they were often put to work on cotton, tobacco or sugar fields.

Men, women and children all had to work. The men had to cut the tobacco, and the women and children had to group it into bundles that were typically referred to as hands.

All those enslaved, no matter age or gender, faced punishment for trying to escape or being rebellious, which harshly set an example for the rest. The gallery also talks about the abolitionist movements and other ships that had capsized, such as The Guerro in 1827.

“Those who survived did not mourn. There was not time. The loss was too great. We still have not mourned.

We still have no time. We remember, but we have not mourned,” reads a quote from author Daniel Black on the wall of the next and final gallery.

The final gallery displays what emancipation and slavery looked like in Mississippi. Many slaves were sold off to plantations where they picked cotton, tobacco and cut down sugar canes. These items were considered a luxury for

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y boots echoed on the wood as I took my first step through the “door of no return” to board the Henrietta Marie. Sounds of splashing water and distant shackles overtook me as I walked on the lower level of the circa-1699 slave-ship replica. As a young black woman, I felt chills when I looked to my right at glass figures representing human beings who were brought to America as part of the transatlantic trade.

As I initially entered the “Spirits of the Passage: The Story of the Transatlantic Trade” exhibit at the Two Mississippi Museums in downtown Jackson, I had passed the bell from the Henrietta Marie placed in front of a bold orange wall. It sits there in a glass case, rusted and worn from the sea and wind, the words “The Henrietta Marie 1699” wrapped around it. Crewmembers used it to tell the time of day, but for the enslaved people onboard, it was a reminder of what was happening, says Pamela D.C. Junior, director of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

The “Spirits of the Passage” exhibit, which the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Fla., is lending the Two Mississippi Museums, will be up at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum until Aug. 11. It showcases several rare artifacts uncovered from the wreckage of sunken slave ships, and is dedicated to the merchant-slaver ship Henrietta Marie, a large vessel built in France as a privateer ship.

The English captured and repurposed it as a merchant slaver ship. In the summer of 1700 on its way back home

Aboard slave ships, Africans were forced to wear iron shackles, huddled below decks in the heat.

the wealthy, but today these items are found everywhere.

Seventy-five percent of the world’s clothing is made of cotton, one in every three adults is a tobacco smoker (or 1.1 billion people), and 29.1 million people have diabetes.

Placards show that diets and culture that were forced onto the enslaved people affected their genetics and their health, both mentally and physically. Wheeler says that we are still feeling the effects of slavery today.

“We’re still mourning, people of color are still mourning,” he says. “People still have questions and thoughts and answers they want on why? Why people of color, why people of African descent? I think that’s still an everyday thought and everyday conversation.”

One display showcases a detailed journal of a slave owner who wrote about the slaves’ workloads, whether they were sick that day, if they picked cotton and even if it was raining. Next to that detailed journal is a brick with a handprint of an enslaved person imprinted into it. The handprint is so visible and eerie, it seems as though the original hand is still pressing down.

The gallery also has a display dedicated to the “Forks in the Road,” a meeting place in Natchez for slavers to buy those people who had just arrived off the river. At this particular fork in the road in Natchez, about 600 to 800 people were auctioned off daily.

“We are giving a voice to the voiceless,” Junior says.

“Spirits of the Passage: The Story of the Transatlantic Trade” will be up until Aug. 11. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for children. For more information, visit mcrm. mdah.ms.gov.

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Young Professionals Network Feb. 20, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at Char Restaurant (4500 I-55 N. Frontage Road). The ministry teaches religious lessons relevant to young business professionals between the ages of 23 and 39. Free admission.

History is Lunch: Natalie G. Adams & James H. Adams Feb. 20, noon-1 p.m., at Two Mississippi Museums (222 North St.). In Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium. Guest speakers Natalie G. Adams and James H. Adams present on their book, “Just Trying to Have School: The Struggle for Desegregation in Mississippi.” Book sales and signing to follow. Free admission.

hall-type event includes discussion on immigration representation as well as appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the federal courts. The discussion will cover the topic of immigration clinics in Mississippi as well. Free admission; call 601-974-1000; find the event on Facebook.

• Millsaps College Summers Lecture: Dr. Darby Kathleen Ray Feb. 28, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Professor of religious studies Darby Kathleen Ray presents “Losing My Religion, Or Finding It Elsewhere: Emerging Adults, Vocation, and the Search for Authenticity” as the 2019 Summers Lecture. Free admission; call 601-974-1000.

WEDNESDAY 2/20 Kids and Coding begins 4:30 p.m. at Margaret Alexander Library (2525 Robinson St.). This entry-level class teaches kids grades 2-6 about computer coding. Students learn to program robots and communicate using computer code. Sixweek class that meets every Wednesday. Limited to 30 children. RSVP. Additional dates: March 6. Free admission.

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Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) • Museum After Hours: Black Movement Feb. 21, 5:30-8 p.m. The event commemorates Black History Month with a pop-up exhibition of works from African American graphic artist and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett and students from Tougaloo College, as well as performances from Blue Light Underground Ensemble, LLC, vocalist Courtnie Mack and rap-poetry group Deep Seedz Arts Collective.

Free admission, food and drink prices vary; find it on Facebook.

• Art & Coffee March 2, 10-11:30 a.m. The event takes place on the first Saturday of each month and features a discussion of current and upcoming exhibitions with museum staff members and special guests. Includes complimentary coffee. Free admission; call 601-9601515; msmuseumart.org.

Events at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.) • Spirits of the Passage Feb. 20-22, Feb. 25-March 1, March 4-6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The traveling exhibit showcases rare artifacts uncovered from the wreckage of a sunken slave ship. $10 adult, $8 senior, $6 child; email lwheeler@ mdah.ms.gov.

• Millsaps Forums: Mississippi Immigration Law Feb. 22, 1-2:30 p.m. In Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex, Room 215 (1701 N. State St.). Amelia Steadman McGowan of the Mississippi Center speaks. The town

Entrepreneur (HER) in the City: Networking Social for Women Feb. 20, 5:30-7 p.m., at Lounge 114 (105 E. Capital St.). The event invites women to interact and network. RSVP. Free admission; call 601-383-1112; email Loungejxn@gmail.com; Eventbrite.

Events at Fenian’s Pub (901 E. Fortification St.).

• Pub Quiz Feb. 20, March 6, 7-10 p.m. Free; call 601-948-0055; find it on Facebook.

• Karoke Feb. 25, March 4, 9 p.m. Free; call 601-948-0055; find it on Facebook.

• Open Mic Feb. 26, 9 p.m. Free; call 601948-0055; find it on Facebook.

Reception with Rep. Jay Hughes Feb. 21, 5:30 p.m., at Soulshine Pizza (5352 Highway 25, Flowood). The Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor speaks on how he wants to focus on education as his platform for bettering Mississippi. Donations of $20 per person requested for the benefit of the Ranking County Democratic Party. Donations requested.

Back in the Day: A Celebration of Black History Feb. 21, Feb. 28, 6 p.m., at New Hope Baptist Church (1555 Beasley Road). The annual event features weekly guest-speakers who are prominent African Americans in the community.

Free admission; call 601-981-8696.

Open Mic Night at Lounge 114 Feb. 21, Feb. 28, at Lounge 114 (105 E. Capital St.). Participants showcase their creative talents, including

educational rap, lip syncing, singing, spoken word, poetry, comedy and live painting. Hosted

by LeCourtney Harness and DJ Nastysho. Sign up in advanced through email or arrive by 6 p.m. in person. $10; call 601-383-1112; email loungejxn@gmail.com.

Friday Forum: Kurt Metzner Feb. 22, 9 a.m., at Refill Cafe (136 S. Adams St., Suite C). CEO of Medical Sparks Biologics Kurt Metzner presents on healthcare, both its current and possible future states. Free admission.

Tougaloo College Business Luncheon Feb. 22, 11:30 a.m., at Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road). Tougaloo College will honor companies, organizations and individuals who have supported the college’s mission and vision with the annual luncheon. President and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries Mike Petters serves as the guest speaker. Free admission; call 601977-7870; email lrrobinson@tougaloo.edu.

Let’s Talk Over Wine Feb. 22, 8-11 p.m., at Amour Venue (1100 J.R. Lynch St.). The event invites adults to gather and discuss controversial issues in a safe setting over drinks. Moderators are present to facilitate conversation. Cash bar available. Must be 25 or over. Free admission, drink prices vary; find it on Facebook.

60th Gem, Mineral, Fossil & Jewelry Show Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Feb. 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.).

The annual show features more than 25 dealers of gems, fossils, minerals, jewelry, lapidary tools, beads and more. Includes demonstrations of lapidary art, exhibits, children’s activities and hourly door prizes with a grand-prize drawing. $6 for adults, $3 for students, free for ages 5 and under; call 601-344-8171; email rock2lanes@gmail. com; missgems.org.

Ulysses S. Grant, Reconstruction and Civil Rights Feb. 26, 5-7:30 p.m., at Old Capitol Museum (100 S. State St.). Former Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Williams presents on the life and accomplishments of President Grant. Free; find it on Facebook.

Karaoke Feb. 26, March 5, 7:30-11:30 p.m., at Shucker’s Oyster Bar (116 Conestoga Road, Ridgeland). Free; shuckersontherez.com.

Under the Lights: “Africa before the Slave Trade” Feb. 28, 6-7 p.m., at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum (222 North St.). Jackson State University history professor Kofi Barima will discuss African societies that thrived before European contact, and musicians will demonstrate African drumming. In the Little Light of Mine central gallery. Free admission; call 601576-6800; email info@mscivilrightsmuseum. com; mcrm.mdah.ms.gov.

Jackson Zoo Day: Zoolympics March 2, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at The Jackson Zoo (2918 W Capitol St.). The event features a variety of activities, including games and competitions for

SUNDAY 2/24 U.S. Navy Concert Band Performance begins 3 p.m. at Dodson Performing Arts Center at Pearl High School (500 Pirates Cove, Pearl). The band performs an orchestral concert as it continues its national tour. Free admission; navyband.navy.mil.

Young Democrats of Mississippi 2019 State Convention Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at Smith Robertson Museum (528 Bloom St.). Young democrats gather to discuss and learn more about politics. Lunch provided. $15 registration fee; classicmsdems.com.

Shut Up & Create in 2019 Feb. 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Jackson Free Press (125 S. Congress St., Suite 1324). Jackson Free Press Editor-in-Chief Donna Ladd leads the workshop focused on creativity, writing and storytelling. Participants will engage in fun exercises and develop a creativity action plan. Includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, a binder of worksheets, weekly writing prompts and more. Must register in advance. $250; call 601-966-0834; writingtochange.com.

Pets in the ‘Park Feb. 23, 10-11 a.m., at Northpark (1200 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland).

Participants bring their pets to receive puppicinos, learn information on pet care and engage in various pet activities. Free admission; call 601863-2300; email sreeks@northparkmall.com.

Jxn Natural Hair Expo Feb. 23, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall Foundation (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). The event features guest speakers, demonstrations, giveaways, games, vendors and more. $15.11 general admission, plus $2.89 fee; email jxnnhe@gmail.com; Eventbrite.

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participants. The event is included in standard admission cost. $7.25 children, $10.25 adult; find it on Facebook.

Executive Men Suits by Robert Ford Second Annual Red Carpet Fashion Show “Changing Young Men’s Lives Through Fashion and Sports” March 2, 5:30-9:30 p.m., at Rose E McCoy Auditorium (1400 J.R. Lynch St.). Local high-school students walk the runway in free

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suits that Robert Ford will provide. The event includes a talk show hosted by Geilia Taylor and Stan Jones. Special guests include Robert Ford, Steven Smith, Carlos Moore, Wendell Jones, Bobby Stapleton II and Thomas Roots. $10 students, $20 general, $35 VIP; call 662-243-0354 or 601-882-8539; email swilsonconsulting@ yahoo.com; Eventbrite.

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The Masquerade Affair March 2, 7 p.m., at Union Station (300 W. Capitol St.). The Beta Alpha chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., hosts a masquerade gala. Table seating limited to 10. Premium ticket comes with bottle service. $30 advanced, $35 at door, $250 table, $350 table premium; find it on Facebook.

KIDS Events at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.) • Story Theatre: Dr. Seuss’ “The Sneetches” Feb. 23, 9-10:30 a.m. The class for children in first through third grade teaches the building blocks of theater technique. Students build a script from scratch and learn about character development, acting and storytelling and develop an original script for a showcase. $150; call 601-948-3533, ext. 232; email education@ newstagetheatre.com; newstagetheatre.com.

• Story Theatre: R.J. Palacio’s “Wonder” Feb. 23, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. The class for chil-

“I’m the (oldest) of three kids in my family, and I’m the only one who has decided to go off the traditional career grid with singing,” she says.

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during the museums’ Martin Luther King Day celebration on Jan. 21, 2019. She is currently an office assistant for an economics firm in downtown Jackson. She spends some her free time working on community courtesy mississippi museum of art

ight now, Courtnie Mack is a selfmanaged artist who is not signed to a record label.

“It’s just me and a microphone singing the songs I grew up listening to, songs that allow me to have fun with my audience,” she says.

The Ridgeland High School graduate started singing when she was 7 and has been belting out cover songs of R&B, soul and gospel greats such as Kim Burrell, Tori Kelly, Priscilla Renea, and Donny and Lalah Hathaway.

Mack’s chosen path has led her to perform in places such as Jackson, Tenn., and New Orleans.

She says her most memorable performance was for the Atlanta Hawks NBA team in November 2014. Most recently, she sang at the Feb. 10, 2019, Founder’s Day ceremony for the Tougaloo College students, alumni and community leaders.

“(It) was very special because I got a chance to sing in front of people that I’ve met in recent years since I returned from college,” Mack says. “Also, Tougaloo holds a very special place in my heart, as it is such a historic place in Mississippi history as an HBCU.”

Mack says her family is supportive of her career pursuit, even though it’s not a traditional path.

Courtnie Mack performs during the Mississippi Museum of Arts February Museum After Hours event, which is called “Black Movement” in honor of Black History Month. The event is Feb. 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Atlanta, where she graduated in 2015 with a degree in psychology. She worked at the 2 Mississippi Museums from November 2017 to January 2019 in visitor services and development. While there, she performed

service projects such as helping with coat and food drives for needy families in Jackson and around the state. with her Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sisters,

As for her music career, Mack says:

“My plan is to sing as much as I possibly can and as often as I can. I want to learn songwriting because I eventually want to write and sing my own songs.”

She loves to travel and experience new things and meet new people, especially other artists who have been where she is trying to go, she says.

“I know that I don’t know everything about the music business, so I use every opportunity to learn from others about singing and life,” she says. “I’m setting goals that I feel I can attain right now because I know I’m a small-town girl with big dreams. I’m excited about what the future has in store for me.”

On Feb. 21, 2019, Mack will perform during the Mississippi Museum of Art’s February edition of Museum After Hours, “Black Movement,” from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The event at MMA (380 S. Lamar St., 601-960-1515) is free and open to the public. The Black History Month-themed event will have pop-up exhibition from African American graphic artist and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett and students from Tougaloo College. The Blue Light Underground Ensemble and Deep Seedz Art Collective will also perform. For more information, visit msmuseumart.org or find the event on Facebook. For more information on Courtnie Mack, find her on Instagram.

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

• Visiting Artist: Teresa Haygood Feb. 23, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Artist Teresa Haygood leads children in creating a mosaic piece made with beans. Workshops take place at 11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Included with admission ($10 per person); call 601-981-5469; email sbranson@mcm.ms; mschildrensmuseum.org.

• Play. Eat. Learn.—Topic: Come Play with Me! Feb. 26, 6-7:30 p.m. Parents, caretakers and educators can learn about the importance of play for child development. Includes dinner while food lasts and child care for ages 3 to 10.

Children can play in the museum with supervision from Junior League of Jackson members while parents attend the program. Free admission; call 601-981-5469; email sbranson@ mcm.ms; mschildrensmuseum.org.

Popcorn in the ‘Park Feb. 21, 6-8 p.m., at Northpark (1200 E. County Line Rd., Ridgeland). The mall will screen “Incredibles 2” in the

Eatery. Free admission; call 601-863-2300; email sreeks@northparkmall.com.

Leap Frog: Silhouettes by Erik Johnson Feb. 22, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at Leap Frog Children’s Consignments & More (104 Village Blvd., Madison). Visiting third-generation silhouette artist Erik Johnson crafts silhouettes for patrons. Framing is available. $30 each, $15 for a duplicate of the same person; call 601-898-0727; Eventbrite.

FOOD & DRINK National Margarita Day Feb. 22, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., at Sombra Mexican Kitchen (111 Market St., Flowood). The day-long event offers a special signature margarita as well as $2 off all other margaritas. Live musicians perform throughout the day. Food and drink prices vary; call 601215-5445; email allison.williams@amerigo.net; flowood.sombramexicankitchen.com.

Visions of Hope Ministries Chicken/Red Beans Dinners Feb. 22, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Vision of Hope Ministries (741 Harris St.). The lunch fundraiser helps support the organization’s efforts to better the community. Admission TBA, emil jertrutha80@yahoo.com.

Barrelhouse Birthday Crawfish Boil Feb. 23, 1-6 p.m., at Barrelhouse (3009 N State St.).

The event celebrates Barrelhouse’s second year of business with a crawfish boil and live music from

various artists. Admission TBA. Filmmaker’s “Collard Greens and Grits” Bash Feb. 23, 6-9 p.m., at Jackson Marriott (200 E. Amite St.). The annual event features live music, a silent auction and a cooking competition that focuses on southern culinary traditions. The VIP champagne reception begins at 6 p.m. with the main event starting at 7 p.m. $50 regular ticket, $100 VIP ticket; find it on Facebook.

“BBQ, Beer & Live Trivia” Feb. 25, March 4, 7:30 p.m., at The Pig & Pint (3139 N. State St.).

Challenge Entertainment presents Live Trivia, featuring a $50 gift card for first place, a $20 gift card for second place and a $10 gift card for third place. Free; pigandpint.com. #KajdansCounter | Chef’s Counter Tasting Feb. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Estelle Wine Bar & Bistro (407 S. Congress St.). Executive chef Matthew Kajdan prepares a five-course meal (complete with wine pairings) using an exclusive menu for the event. Limited to eight diners. Deposit of $50 required to reserve seat. No cancellations accepted within a week of event. $80, plus tax and gratuity; Eventbrite.

Girl Scout Cookie Pairing Benefitting Troop 3326 Feb. 28, 6:30-9:30 p.m., at Lucky Town Brewing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). Lucky Town hosts the event that pairs their beers with Girl Scout cookies that complement them. All

proceeds go to Girl Scout Troop 3326. Each ticket-buyer receives a specially-made Lucky Town Girl Scout Patch memento. $15; find it on Facebook.

SPORTS & WELLNESS Vision Quest: The Creatively Fit Program Feb. 24, 1:30-2:30 p.m., at Jax-Zen Float (155 Wesley Ave.). Creative flow coach Jina Daniels leads the eight-week program focusing on self-discovery through more than 20 creative activities, guided practice and group coaching.

Each session offers different creative prompts to work on throughout the week. Includes four live coaching sessions at the studio or via Zoom and lifetime access to the online program. $399 or three payments of $150; call 601-691-1697; email contact@jax-zenfloat.com; clients.mindbodyonline.com.

FRIDAY 3/1 Techstars Startup Weekend Jackson is from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Coalesce (109 N. State St.). Participants deliver pitches for their business ideas and form groups to plan and prepare as much about the proposed businesses as possible within three days.

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Designers, developers, marketers and others are invited to meet other professionals and potentially further their business endeavors. Early Bird discount ends Feb. 20. Additional dates: March 2-3. $25 demo day, $35 early bird, $75 post-EB; communities.techstars.com.

Hip Hop with Roger and Tena’s Choreorobics Dance Off Feb. 20, Feb. 24, 6:15-7 p.m., at The Cheer Academy (324 Distribution Drive, Madison). $7 per class; call 601-853-7480; choreorobics.com.

Events at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.) • T’ai Chi Feb. 21, Feb. 28, 6:15-7:45 p.m.

Mike Chadwick is the instructor. Participants learn about and practice Yang-style T’ai Chi with an emphasis on health, stress management, increased balance and more. Class meets either Thursdays from Jan. 10-Feb. 28 or April 4-May 23. Limited class size. $150; call 601-974-1000; millsaps.edu.

• Yoga for Everyone Feb. 26, March 5, 6:157:30 p.m. Sally Holly is the instructor. Participants learn yoga techniques and postures to strengthen muscles and increase flexibility.

Must bring sticky mat and a firm blanket.

Class meets either Tuesdays through Jan. 15-April 2 or April 16-July 2. $150; call 601974-1130; millsaps.edu.

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Events at AND Gallery (133 Millsaps Ave.) • Black History Month Documentary Film Series—”What Happened, Miss Simone?”

Feb. 21, 7-9:30 p.m. The documentary details the life of Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist and civil rights activist. Discussion to follow. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Free admission, donations of $5 requested; email andgalleryart@gmail.com; find it on Facebook.

• Black History Month Documentary Film Series—“Chasing Trane” Feb. 28, 7-9:30 p.m. The film explores the global power and impact of the music of John Coltrane and reveals the passions, experiences and forces that shaped his life and revolutionary sounds.

Discussion to follow. Doors open 6:30 p.m.

Free admission, $5 donation requested; find it on Facebook.

Events at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.) • Voiceover 101 with Keri Grayson Horn Feb. 25, 5:30-7 p.m. The class teaches multiple skills relating to voiceover, including vocal techniques, warm-up exercises, microphone etiquette and approaching the script. Instructor Keri Grayson Horn discusses different aspects of voiceover, as well as where and where not to go for jobs. $150; call 601-9483533; newstagetheatre.com.

• Advanced Acting with John Maxwell Feb. 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. John Maxwell assists participants in developing their acting skills.

The class emphasizes communication and “growing through a role” rather than “finding a role.” Includes some homework and may include scene work with a partner outside of class. Some stage experience suggested. $200; call 601-948-3533; newstagetheatre.com.

Livin’ Fat Feb. 21, 7-9 p.m., Feb. 22, 10 a.m.noon and 7-9 p.m., Feb. 23, 7-9 p.m., Feb. 24, 3-5 p.m., Feb. 25, 7-9 p.m., at Jackson State University (1400 J. R. Lynch St.). In Rose McCoy Auditorium. The comedic play portrays the Coopers, a poor family forced into a moral dilemma when they come into some money through shay circumstances. $7 students, $10 seniors, $12 general admission; call 601-9794309; email nadia.c.bodie@jsums.edu.

Civil Rights & The Art Feb. 23, 3-6 p.m., at Tougaloo College (500 W. County Line Road).

The event shows a screening of the upcoming film “Respect Our Black Dollars” and presents a sneak peek of the film “George Raymond: Thirst for Freedom.” Free admission; call 769-798-4228; email coreyredd24@outlook. com; vimeo.com.

LENTEN LUNCH SERIES 11:30 a.m. Thursdays during Lent

March 14 Dr. Jeanne Middleton Hairston JPS Board Chair March 21 Rev. Dr. Courtney Stamey Sr. Pastor, Northside Baptist Church, Clinton March 28 Rev. Dr. Don Fortenberry Professor and Chaplain Emeritus Millsaps College April 4

“The Little Mermaid” Feb. 28-March 3, 7:30 p.m., at Black Rose Theatre (103 Black St., Brandon). The musical is based on Disney’s 1989 animated classic and tells the story of a young Atlantean who dreams of life on the surface world. Reservations encouraged. $15 adult, $10 seniors, children and military; blackrosetheatre.org.

Maximus Wright presents: Surviving Trauma: Soul Care for Soul Damage March 1, 7-10 p.m., at Word and Worship Church (6286 Hanging Moss Road). The event screens the movie “Soul Damage” and holds forums on sexual and mental trauma. Panelists include clergy, mental health professionals and survivors

March 7 Bishop Ronnie Crudup New Horizons Int’l.

Lenten Message

April 11 Lenten Message

The Tonkel Fellowship Center Wells United Methodist Church 2019 Bailey Ave. in Jackson

April 18 Rev. Heather Hensarling Wells Church

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of these trauma types. $10; call 601-398-6733; email joanne.phoenixrising@gmail.com; find it on Facebook.

ON VIEW MARCH 16 - JUNE 16, 2019 MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM of ART | DOWNTOWN JACKSON | MSMUSEUMART.ORG

“Les Misérables” March 5-6, 7:30 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E Pascagoula St.). The Tony Award-winning musical is based on the novel

by French writer Victor Hugo, and tells a story of loss, love and redemption during the French Revolution. $67-$125; jacksonbroadway.com.

CONCERTS & FESTIVALS Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • Thunderstruck: America’s AC/DC at Duling Hall Feb. 21, 8-11 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The Louisville, Ky., based band aims to recreate the spirit and energy of a live AC/DC show. $15; find it on Facebook.

• Juice Feb. 22, 8 p.m. The Boston-based sevenpiece band is known for its blend of rock, R&B and hip-hop music. Doors open at 7 p.m. $10 admission; call 877-987-• 6487; ardenland.net.

George Winston Feb. 23, 8 p.m. The multiplatinum folk musician is known for his solo piano performances, which incorporate a variety of musical styles. His latest album is titled “Spring Carousel.” Doors open at 7 p.m. $35 in advance, $40 at the door; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

• Jared & the Mill March 5, 8 p.m. The Arizona southern indie-rock band’s latest album is titled “This Story Is No Longer Available.” Chief White Lightning also performs. Doors open at 7 p.m. $8 in advance, $10 at the door; call 877987-6487; ardenland.net.

1st Quarter Exchange Feb. 22, 7-10 p.m., at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.). The concert features performances from hip-hop artists Dolla Black, Yung Jewelz, Jo’De Boy, Alfred Banks and Dré Dys. Free admission; find it on Facebook.

AAF Jackson Addy Awards: Decked Out in Denim Feb. 22, 7 p.m., at The Westin Jackson (407 S. Congress St.). The annual award ceremony recognizes professionals from the metro Jackson area for their work in advertising and for their involvement in the community. Food included in cost. Denim theme. Tickets: $50 AAF Jackson member, $60 AAF Jackson nonmember, $25 student, $350 reserved table AAF Jackson member, $425 reserved table AAF Jackson nonmember; aafjackson.ticketleap.com.

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Events at Martin’s Downtown (214 S. State St.) • Flow Tribe Feb. 22, 10 p.m. The New Orleans-based ensemble is known for its blend of funk, R&B, soul, rock and hip-hop music. Doors open at 9 p.m. For ages 18 and up. $15; call 601-354-9712; martins downtownjxn.com.

• Ryan Viser & Notorious Conduct Feb. 23, 10 p.m. Ryan Viser is a Brazil-native EDM artist and trumpet player, and Notorious Conduct is a Madison, Miss.-native EDM bass artist now based in Denver. Doors open at 9 p.m. For ages 18 and up. Admission TBA; call 601-354-9712; martinsdowntownjxn.com.

Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra Feb. 24, 3-4:30 p.m., at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral (305 E. Capitol St.). Jessica Nelson, organist and choirmaster of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral, performs Handel’s Organ Concerto No. 4. Other musical selections include Beethoven’s “Coriolan” Overture and Haydn’s Symphony No. 101, otherwise known as “The Clock.” Free admission; call 850-974-1800; email alexander-

sullivan0620@gmail.com; mcojackson.org.

MS Opera Circle of Excellence Award Presentation, Concert & Reception Feb. 24, 3-6 p.m., at Dinsmor Clubhouse (1 Dinsmor Crossing, Ridgeland). The Mississippi Opera Guild hosts the event in honor of Jeff Good.

The concert includes selections from opera and musical theatre performed by Sarah Stembel, Olivia Vaughn and Julian Jones. Free admission; call 601-960-2300; email exdir@msopera.org; CMBS Blue Monday Feb. 25, March 4, 7 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). The Central Mississippi Blues Society presents the weekly blues show, which features a “Front Porch Acoustic Hour” and a jam with the Blue Monday Band. Cash bar available. $5 admission, $3 for CMBS members; call 601-948-0888; halandmals.com.

Ellisa Sun “The Dreamboat Tour” Feb. 26, 8-11 p.m., at Soul Wired Cafe (111 Millsaps Ave.). Ellisa Sun performs using her characteristic acoustic style in her first national tour.

RSVP. Doors open at 5 p.m. $5 ticket; find it on Facebook.

NEEDTOBREATHE: Acoustic Live Tour March 1, 7 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The Grammy Awardnominated South Carolina rock-and-roll band performs acoustic arrangements of their music.

Matt Maeson also performs. Doors open at 6 p.m. $30.50-$60.50; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

Krewe de Cardinal March 1, 7 p.m., at St. Richard Catholic School (100 Holly Drive).

The Mardi Gras-themed party features creole cuisine, live music and an auction. Proceeds benefit St. Richard’s Catholic School. $50; find it on Facebook.

Concert Event Benefiting Mississippi Public Broadcasting March 3, 2:30 p.m., at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church (5400 Old Canton Road).

The Metro Male Chorus perform a benefit concert, along with guest artists Ballet Mississippi and David Keary. Free admission; find it on Facebook.

Mississippi Community Symphonic Band March 3, 3-5 p.m., at Pearl High School (500 Pirates Cove, Pearl). The concert features the jazz styling of Mississippi Swing. The selection includes songs such as “Carmen Suite,” “Rakes of Mallow,” “Reverberations,” “Spyscrape” and more. Free admission; call 601-594-0055; email jpearson55@bellsouth.net; mcsb.us.

LITERARY SIGNINGS “The Color of Compromise” Book Signing Feb. 21, 4-6 p.m., at Jackson State University, Margaret Walker Center in Ayer Hall (1400 J. R. Lynch St.). Author Jemar Tisby reads his book and signs copies. Free admission; jsums.edu History Is Lunch: James T. Campbell & Elaine Owens Feb. 27, noon-1 p.m., at Two Mississippi Museums (222 North St.). In Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium. Guest speakers James T. Campbell and Elaine Owens present on their book, “Mississippi Witness: The Photographs of Florence Mars.” Book sales and signing to follow. Free admission; call 601-576-6998; email info@mdah.ms.gov; mdah.ms.gov.

“On the Come Up” Book Signing Feb. 28, 4 p.m., at Belhaven University, Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). Author Angie Thomas

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presents book and signs copies. $18.99 ticket, comes with signed book; .lemuriabooks.com.

Events at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.) • Introduction to Ballroom Dancing for Couples Feb. 25, 7-8 p.m. Mike and Lisa Day are the instructors. Participants learn the basics behind popular ballroom dances such as the waltz, foxtrot, rumba, cha-cha, tango and single-step swing. Classes meet Mondays from Feb. 4-25 at Dance Connection (306 N. Bierdeman Road, Pearl). $90 per person; millsaps.edu.

• Beginning Knitting II Feb. 26, March 5, 6-8 p.m. Donna Peyton is the instructor. The class builds on techniques from Beginning Knitting I, including cable and lace stitches and knitting in the round. Completed

Events at Lemuria Books (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202) • “Spearhead” Book Signing March 1, 5 p.m.

Author Adam Makos signs copies of his book, “Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy and a Collision of Lives in World War II.” Reading at 5:30 p.m. $28 book; call 601366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

• “Cemetery Road” Book Signing March 5, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Author Red Iles reads his new book and signs copies. Reading starts at 5:30 p.m. $28.99 signed copy; find it on Facebook.

SATURDAY 3/2 Krewe de Roux is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Downtown Brandon (Downtown Brandon, Brandon). Leadership Rankin presents the inaugural Mardi Gras-themed event featuring a gumbo cook-off, food trucks, adult beverages, a parade, a kid’s zone, live music, games for all ages and more. Proceeds go toward youth programs in Rankin County. Parade starts at 10 a.m., and festival gates open at 11 a.m. $100 registration, free admission; find it on Facebook.

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CREATIVE CLASSES Introduction to Weaving Feb. 23, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at Bill Waller Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland). The class teaches participants the basics of weaving. Each participant leaves with a finished scarf. Materials and time with the loom included in cost. Limited space. $100; email education@mscrafts.org.

Free West African Dance Class Feb. 24, March 3, 2-3:30 p.m., at Central United Methodist Family Life Center (517 N. Farish St.). The class teaches West African choreography and performance. All ages and experience-level are welcome. Baby and child-friendly class. Strollers, carriers and playpens welcome. Live music from Alkebulan Music Philosophy. Free; call 601-983-9305; email shanina.carmichael@ gmail.com; find it on Facebook.

Events at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.).

• Voiceover 101 with Keri Grayson Horn Feb. 25, 5:30-7 p.m. The class teaches multiple skills relating to voiceover, including vocal techniques, warm-up exercises, microphone etiquette and approaching the script. Insructor Keri Grayson Horn discusses different aspects of voiceover, as well as where and where not to go for jobs. $150; call 601948-3533; newstagetheatre.com.

• Advanced Acting with John Maxwell Feb. 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Esteemed actor and director John Maxwell assists participants in developing their acting skills. The class emphasizes communication and “growing through a role” rather than “finding a role.”

Includes some homework and may include scene work with a partner outside of class.

Some stage experience suggested. $200; call 601-948-3533; newstagetheatre.com.

projects will include two scarves, a hat and a cowl. Class meets Tuesdays through March 5. $70 plus materials; call 601-974-1000; millsaps.edu.

• Intro to Mosaics—Garden Brick March 5-6, 6-8 p.m. Teresa Haygood is the instructor. Participants learn to create mosaic pieces for the garden with basic techniques such as cutting and shaping glass, choosing the proper adhesives and more. Class meets either Feb. 12-13 or March 5-6. $70 plus $25 supplies fee; call 601-974-1000; millsaps.edu.

Clay Hand-Building Classes with Sam Clark March 5, 6-8 p.m., March 6, 4-6 p.m., at Bill Waller Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland). Participants learn the basics of hand-building with clay and craft pieces using these skills. Classes meet for four weeks either on Tuesdays (Session 1) or Wednesdays (Session 2). Those interested must note which session they want to join. Materials included in cost. $225 for all four days; email education@ mscrafts.org.

Paul Jackson Landscape Watercolor Workshop March 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Mississippi Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland).

Accomplished water-color artist Paul Jackson leads the landscape painting class. Registration required. Limited space. $450 for MAG members, $475 for nonmembers; email MSArtistsGuild@gmail.com; msartistsguild.org.

ARTS & EXHIBITS Events at Jax-Zen Float (155 Wesley Ave.) • Paint & Sip: Full Moon Manifestation— The Element of Fire Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m., at Jax-Zen Float (155 Wesley Ave.). Attendees take part in a meaningful manifestation ritual and then paint the energy of those thoughts into a work of art. During this session, participants will connect with the element of fire and paint a phoenix. Bring an adult beverage

and personal writing journal. $35 (bring a friend and both receive $5 off); call 601691-1697; email contact@jax-zenfloat.com; clients.mindbodyonline.com.

• CommUNITY Canvas—Open Studio Feb. 24, 2-5 p.m. The event is for artists of all experience levels. For an additional $10 fee, participants can access acrylic paints, brushes, markers, pastels and other supplies.

Includes an easel and apron (does not include premium paint or canvas). Limited to 15 people. Register in advance. $10 bring your own supplies, $20 supplies included; call 601-691-1697; email contact@jax-zenfloat. com; jax-zenfloat.com.

• Paint & Sip: New Moon Intentions Artual - Elephant Love March 6, 6-9 p.m. Participants take part in a meaningful manifestation ritual and then paint the energy of those thoughts into a work of art. During this session, attendees focus on the new moon and Feminine, the energy embodying unconditional love, as they paint elephants. $35 (bring a friend to each receive $5 off); call 601-691-1697; email contact@jax-zenfloat. com; find it on Facebook.

Art in Mind Feb. 27, 10:30 a.m.-noon, 1-2:30 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Art therapist Susan Anand and McKenzie Drake lead the hands-on art activity designed to stimulate observation, cognition and recall. Registration required. The event takes place on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Free admission, registration required; call 601-496-6463; email mindclinic@umc. edu; msmuseumart.org.

BE THE CHANGE 19th Annual Drawdown Fundraiser Feb. 22, 7-9 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Museum Blvd.). The fundraising event features food, entertainment, silent and live auctions and a $10,000 cash giveaway. Proceeds benefit New Summit School and Spectrum Academy, which offers services to the autistic community. $125 per ticket (good for 2 persons); call 601-927-6761; email cbridges@ mscec.org; find it on Facebook.

Kaleidoscope 5k Colorthon Feb. 23, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Fondren (123 State St.).

Participants run to support the Sunnybrook Children’s Home. Registrations accepted through Feb. 22, although T-shirt sizes cannot be guaranteed after Feb. 14. Online registration limited. Block Party immediately follows event. $15 Mile Kids Fun Run, $40 5 Mile Walk/ Run; call 601-948-1332; email mary@cmr.realtor; kaleidoscope.guide.

Children’s Benefit Gala: A Night in Narnia March 2, 6-11 p.m., at The Westin Jackson (407 South Congress St.). This Narnia-themed annual event features live and silent auctions, raffle drawings and live music by Style Entertainment. Formal attire. All proceeds fun children-benefitting projects. $60; call 601706-9727; find it on Facebook.

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

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the best in sports over the next two weeks

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

February is halfway gone, which means the sports world begins to focus on the madness of March.

THURSDAY, FEB. 21

Women’s college basketball (7-9 p.m., SECN+): MSU v. UM FRIDAY, FEB. 22

College baseball (4-7 p.m., SECN+): University of Southern Mississippi v. MSU SATURDAY, FEB. 23

Men’s college basketball (2:304:30 p.m., SECN): Georgia v. UM SUNDAY, FEB. 24

Women’s college basketball (3-5 p.m., SECN): UM v. University of Arkansas MONDAY, FEB. 25

Men’s college basketball (8-10:30 p.m., ESPN): Kansas State v.

Kansas TUESDAY, FEB. 26

Men’s college basketball (6-8 p.m., SECN): Missouri v. MSU WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27

Men’s college basketball (6-8 p.m., SECN): Tennessee v. UM THURSDAY, FEB. 28

Women’s college basketball (7-9 p.m., SECN+): LSU v. MSU FRIDAY, MARCH 1

Softball (6-8 p.m., SECN+): University of Pittsburgh v. UM SATURDAY, MARCH 2

College baseball (1:30-3:30 p.m., SECN+): Long Beach State v. UM SUNDAY, MARCH 3

Women’s college basketball (1-3 p.m., TBA): MSU v. University of South Carolina.

MONDAY, MARCH 4

Men’s college basketball (6-8 p.m., ESPN): Virginia v. Syracuse TUESDAY, MARCH 5

Men’s college basketball (8-10 p.m., TBA): University of Kentucky v. UM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6

Women’s college basketball (10-4 p.m., SECN): Round one of the 2019 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament

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Flow Tribe

Georgia Blue, Madison Shaun Patterson

Sunday 2/24

1908 Provisions - Dan Gibson 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill - Eric Deaton 9 p.m.

1908 Provisions - Knight Bruce 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Sole Shakers 7 p.m.

Hal and Mal’s - Cary Hudson

Martin’s - Flow Tribe 10 p.m.

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

Kathryn’s -Gator Trio 6:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Jason Turner

Pelican Cove - Larry Brewer 6-10 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Mississippi Queen 9 p.m.

Shucker’s - Sonny Brooks & Friends 7:30 p.m.

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

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

Thursday 2/21 1908 Provisions - Ronnie Brown 6:30-9 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - The Corner Band 11 p.m. $5 Georgia Blue, Flowood - Zach Bridges Georgia Blue, Madison - Jason Turner Hal and Mal’s - Timmy Avalon Duo Iron Horse Grill - Vinnie C. 6 p.m.

Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

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

Saturday 2/23 Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg - Nu Corp 8 p.m.

Char - Bill Clark 6 p.m.

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

Kathryn’s - Faze 4 Dance Band 6 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Gina and Buzz noon-4 p.m; Splendid Chaos 5-9 p.m.

Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 3:30 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 2/25

F. Jones Corner - Live Music midnight $10

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood Chad Wesley

Hal & Mal’s - CMBS Blues Monday 7 p.m. $5

Georgia Blue, Madison -Josh Hardin

Kathryn’s - Johnny Crocker 6:30 p.m.

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Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Tuesday 2/26

Pelican Cove - Robert King

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Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Friday 2/23 1908 Provisions - Bill and Temperance 7-10 p.m.

Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg - Nu Corp 8 p.m.

Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Live Music midnight $10 The Pub, Ridgeland - T.J. Russell 8 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood Aaron Coker

Hal and Mal’s - Vittles,Vinyl & Vino The Hideaway - Live Music 9 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill - 19th Street Red 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Fade2 Blue 7 p.m.

Martin’s - Ryan Viser with Notorious Conduct 10 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Steele Heart 6-10 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Nashville South 9 p.m.

Shucker’s - Chris Gill & The Soul Shakers 3:30 p.m.; Hairicane 8 p.m. $5; Shayne Weems 10 p.m.

Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

WonderLust - Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-3 a.m. free before 10 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Keys vs Strings Dueling Piano Show 6:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Hunter Gibson and Rick Moreira 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Lovin Ledbetter 7:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Friday 3/1

Sunday 3/3 1908 Provisions - Knight Bruce 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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

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

Kathryn’s - XtremeZ 6 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Hunter Gibson and Ronnie McGee noon-4 p.m.; Lucky Hand Blues Band 5-9 p.m.

Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg – B.B. Secrist 8 p.m.

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

Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

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

F. Jones Corner - Live Music midnight $10 Georgia Blue, Flowood Shaun Patterson

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

Georgia Blue, Madison - Live Music

Monday 3/4

Iron Horse Grill - Live Music 9 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Acoustic Crossroads 7 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Central MS Blues Society 7 p.m. $5

Martin’s - Voodoo Visionary 10 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Joseph LaSalla 6:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Mississippi Moonlight 6 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Anna Livi and Sammy Qadam

Pop’s Saloon - Live Music 9 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Fenian’s - Open Mic 9 p.m.

Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Fenian’s - Open Mic 9 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Jazz with Raphael Semmes 6 p.m.

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

Kathryn’s - Barry Leach 6:30 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Two for the Road 6:30 p.m.

Saturday 3/2

Shucker’s - Karaoke 7:30 p.m.

Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg – B.B. Secrist 8 p.m.

Table 100 - Chalmers Davis 6 p.m.

Wednesday 2/27 Kathryn’s - Bill and Temperance 6:30 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill - Mississippi Marshall 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Barry Leach 5:30 p.m.; Faze 4 8 p.m. $5; Josh Journey 10 p.m.

Soul Wired Cafe - Ellisa Sun

Ellisa Sun

Hal & Mal’s - D’Lo Trio 7 p.m.

Char - Bill Clark 6 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Live Music midnight $10

1908 Provisions - Bill Ellison 6:30-9 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood Jason Turner

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Madison - Live Music

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

The Hideaway - Live Music 9 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Stace and Cassie

Kathryn’s - Luckenbach - Willie Nelson Tribute Band 7 p.m.

Shucker’s - Sonny Brooks & Friends 7:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

Thursday 2/28 1908 Provisions - Chuck Bryan 6:30-9 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - The Corner Band 11 p.m. $5 Georgia Blue, Flowood - Nathan Logan (Mayday) Georgia Blue, Madison - Live Music

Iron Horse Grill - Live Music 9 p.m.

Tuesday 3/5

Pelican Cove - Keys vs Strings Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 7:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Chalmers Davis 6 p.m.

Wednesday 3/6 Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Gator Trio 6:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Wild Bill and Jonathan Alexander Shucker’s - Sonny Brooks & Friends 7:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

Martin’s - Electric Voodoo 10 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Georgetown 1-5 p.m.; Acoustic Crossroads 6-10 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Live Music 9 p.m.

Shucker’s - Four on the Floor 3:30 p.m.; Live Music 8 p.m. $5; Johnathan Alexander 10 p.m.

Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

WonderLust - Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-3 a.m. free before 10 p.m.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19):

In December 1915, the California city of San Diego was suffering from a draught. City officials hired a professional “moisture accelerator” named Charles Hatfield, who promised to make it rain. Soon Hatfield was shooting explosions of a secret blend of chemicals into the sky from the top of a tower. The results were quick. A deluge began in early January 1916 and persisted for weeks. Thirty inches of rain fell, causing floods that damaged the local infrastructure.

The moral of the story, as far as you’re concerned, Aries: When you ask for what you want and need, specify exactly how much you want and need. Don’t make an open-ended request that could bring you too much of a good thing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

Actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges are brothers born to parents who were also actors. When they were growing up, they already had aspirations to follow in their mom’s and dad’s footsteps. From an early age, they summoned a resourceful approach to attracting an audience. Now and then they would start a pretend fight in a store’s parking lot. When a big enough crowd had gathered to observe their shenanigans, they would suddenly break off from their faux struggle, grab their guitars from their truck and begin playing music. In the coming weeks, I hope you’ll be equally ingenious as you brainstorm about ways to expand your outreach.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

According to Edward Barnard’s book “New York City Trees,” a quarter of the city is shaded by its 5.2 million trees. In other words, one of the most densely populated, frantically active places on the planet has a rich collection of oxygengenerating greenery. There’s even a virgin forest at the upper tip of Manhattan, as well as five botanical gardens and the 843-acre Central Park. Let’s use all this bounty-amidst-thebustle as a symbol of what you should strive to foster in the coming weeks: refreshing lushness and grace interspersed throughout your busy, hustling rhythm.

As a poet myself, I regard good poetry as highly useful. It can nudge us free of our habitual thoughts and provoke us to see the world in ways we’ve never imagined. On the other hand, it’s not useful in the same way that food and water and sleep are. Most people don’t get sick if they are deprived of poetry. But I want to bring your attention to a poem that is serving a very practical purpose in addition to its inspirational function. Simon Armitage’s poem “In Praise of Air” is on display in an outdoor plaza at Sheffield University. The material it’s printed on is designed to literally remove a potent pollutant from the atmosphere. And what does this have to do with you? I suspect that in the coming weeks you will have an extra capacity to generate blessings that are like Armitage’s poem: useful in both practical and inspirational ways.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

In 1979, psychologist Dorothy Tennov published her book “Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love.” She defined her newly coined word “limerence” as a state of adoration that may generate intense, euphoric and obsessive feelings for another person. Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Leos are most likely to be visited by this disposition throughout 2019. And you’ll be especially prone to it in the coming weeks. Will that be a good thing or a disruptive thing? It all depends on how determined you are to regard it as a blessing, have fun with it, and enjoy it regardless of whether or not your feelings are reciprocated. I advise you to enjoy the hell out of it!

Based in Switzerland, Nestle is the largest food company in the world. Yet, it pays just $200 per year to the state of Michigan for the right to suck up 400 million gallons of groundwater, which it bottles and sells at a profit. I nominate this vignette to be your cautionary tale in the coming weeks. How? 1. Make damn sure you are being fairly compensated for your offerings. 2. Don’t allow huge, impersonal forces to exploit your resources. 3. Be tough and discerning, not lax and naïve, as you negotiate deals.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

Sixteenth-century Italian artist Daniele da Volterra wasn’t very famous for his own painting and sculpture. The work for which we remember him today is the alterations he made to Michelangelo’s giant fresco “The Last Judgment,” which spreads across an entire wall in the Sistine Chapel. After Michelangelo died, the Catholic Church hired da Volterra to “fix” the scandalous aspects of the people depicted in the master’s work. He painted clothes and leaves over the originals’ genitalia and derrieres. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose that we make da Volterra your anti-role model for the coming weeks. Don’t be like him. Don’t engage in cover-ups, censorship or camouflage. Instead, specialize in the opposite: revelations, unmaskings and expositions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

What is the quality of your access to life’s basic necessities?

How well do you fulfill your need for good food and drink, effective exercise, deep sleep, thorough relaxation, mental stimulation, soulful intimacy, a sense of meaningfulness, nourishing beauty and rich feelings? I bring these questions to your attention, Scorpio, because the rest of 2019 will be an excellent time for you to fine-tune and expand your relationships with these fundamental blessings. And now is an excellent time to intensify your efforts.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Michael Jackson’s 1982 song “Beat It” climbed to number three on the record-sales charts in Australia. On the other hand, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 1984 parody of Jackson’s tune, “Eat It,” reached number one on the same charts.

Let’s use this twist as a metaphor that’s a good fit for your life in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you may find that a stand-in or substitute or imitation will be more successful than the original. And that will be auspicious!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

The Space Needle in Seattle is 605 feet high and 138 feet wide: a tall and narrow tower. Near the top is a round restaurant that makes one complete rotation every 47 minutes. Although this part of the structure weighs 125 tons, for many years its motion was propelled by a mere 1.5horsepower motor. I think you will have a comparable power at your disposal in the coming weeks: an ability to cause major movement with a compact output of energy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

In 1941, the Ford automobile company created a “biological car.” Among its components were “bioplastics” composed of soybeans, hemp, flax, wood pulp and cotton. It weighed 1,000 pounds less than a comparable car made of metal.

This breakthrough possibility never fully matured, however.

It was overshadowed by newly abundant plastics made from petrochemicals. I suspect that you Aquarians are at a phase with a resemblance to the biological car. Your good idea is promising but unripe. I hope you’ll spend the coming weeks devoting practical energy to developing it. (P.S. There’s a difference between you and your personal equivalent of the biological car: little competition.)

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1. Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave., 601-376-9404) I wish I had Offbeat in the city when I was a teenager.

I’ve been going for four years, and I love everything the store offers.

4. The Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St., 601-352-2580) I have such a great time at the zoo. I have a pet giraffe named Lamar that lives there.

7. The Magic Spot (1805 Bailey Ave., 601-592-7080; 2862 W. Northside Drive, 601-316-2907) This is another late-night spot I love, especially the hamburgers.

2. Martin’s Fish House (5249 Clinton Blvd., 601922-1150) I grew up eating Martin’s. It has, hands down, the best fish in the city.

5. BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244, 601-982-8111) I have a great time drinking wine with some of y’all aunties.

8. Custom Cuts & Styles (2445 Terry Road) I’ve been getting my hair cut here for almost 10 years.

3. Kundi Compound (3220 N. State St., 601-3458680) Our first studio as 242 Creative was at the first location of this business. Funmi and Brad Franklin are doing incredible work.

6. Mississippi Civil Rights Museum (222 North St., Suite 2205, 601-576-6800) This museum is a very important and welcome addition to Jackson.

9. Steamer’s Shrimp and Crab Market (2530 Robinson Road, 601-665-4529) Crab Legs taste too good to not eat everyday. I try to stop by this place every chance I get.

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