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ON THE COVER Sam Humphrey, photo by Acacia Clark

6 Publisher’s Note

8 Goodbye, JFP Managing Editor Amber Helsel says farewell.

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12 The Young and Influential

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uring college, Daisy Carter wanted to become an English teacher so she could teach the subject she loves and give back to Jackson Public Schools.

The south Jackson native graduated from Jackson State University in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in English. An internship with education organization Friends of Children of Mississippi in 2004 first piqued her interest in the nonprofit sector, but it was being a substitute teacher for JPS that drove the idea home.

She often found herself helping at-risk students, she says. “I said, ‘Nonprofit is where I can really do more work in helping those who actually need it versus doing the academic work,’” she says.

Carter graduated from JSU in 2014 with a master’s degree in public policy and administration. She took on her current role as the executive director of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of the Central Mississippi Area in 2015.

For Carter, organizations like NCADD are important because they can provide resources for those who suffer from addiction and their families.

“This is a disease, and this is not just something (that) people just can’t put down,” she says. “It is something that’s a chemical imbalance. It is a disease. It’s either because they have a traumatic experience that they’re trying to work through, and they’re using

Daisy Carter a substance like alcohol or drugs to cover up that trauma, or they may have a mental illness, and they’re just feeding that mental illness, or trying to fix that mental illness with a substance abuse.”

Carter’s favorite part of her job is talking to families and walking them through the steps of treatment.

“We give them the options, the lay-down of what treatment looks like, what treatment looks like for them as a family, the cost that goes into it, the responsibility that the family has in helping that individual maintain their sobriety,” she says.

Carter is the treasurer of the capital-area Sunset Rotary Club, which does volunteer activities through the metro area, mostly in Hinds County; an ambassador of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, which does events for new businesses; a mentor for John Hopkins Elementary School; and sits on boards of coalitions that deal with substance abuse, such as the Mississippi TobaccoFree Coalition; and is a board member of the McCoy house.

Jackson’s schools need something like what she calls “home economics plus,” she says, which would include education on substance abuse and mental-health issues. It would prepare them, not just for academics, but also for life after high school, she says.

“I think that would be something that’s very useful and needed within the schools,” Carter says.

–Amber Helsel

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Check out some of this year’s best and brightest Jacksonians under 40.

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publisher’s note Editor-in-Chief and CEO Donna Ladd Publisher & President Todd Stauffer Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin Creative Director Kristin Brenemen Managing Editor Amber Helsel REPORTERS AND WRITERS City Reporter Seyma Bayram State Reporter Ashton Pittman Culture Writer Aliyah Veal JFPDaily.com Editor Dustin Cardon Contributing Writers Dustin Cardon, Bryan Flynn, Alex Forbes, Jenna Gibson, Tunga Otis Torsheta Jackson, Mike McDonald, Anne B. Mckee

ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY Designer Zilpha Young Contributing Photographers Seyma Bayram, Acacia Clark, Imani Khayyam, Ashton Pittman, Brandon Smith ONLINE & DIGITAL SERVICES Digital Web Developer Ryan Jones Web Editor Dustin Cardon Social Media Assistant Robin Johnson Web Designer Montroe Headd Let’s Talk Jackson Editor Kourtney Moncure SALES AND MARKETING (601-362-6121 x11) Sales and Marketing Coordinator and Writer Andrea Dilworth Advertising Designer Zilpha Young Events Assistant Leslyn Smith DISTRIBUTION Distribution Coordinator Ken Steere Distribution Team Yvonne Champion, Ruby Parks, Eddie Williams TALK TO US: Letters letters@jacksonfreepress.com Editorial editor@jacksonfreepress.com Queries submissions@jacksonfreepress.com Listings events@jacksonfreepress.com Advertising ads@jacksonfreepress.com Publisher todd@jacksonfreepress.com News tips news@jacksonfreepress.com

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his issue we celebrate moving into our 18th year of publishing as a voice for Jacksonians who want to see progress in the capital city and the Magnolia State. It’s been quite a ride!

We at the Jackson Free Press remain focused on the idea of making life a little better for our readers. We do that, in part, by doing the hard work of American citizenship—attending the meetings, asking important questions, following the money—and by working hard to help our readers plan. We continue to offer the bestin-town music and event listings, along with write-ups and recommendations for what to do this evening or this weekend.

Along the way we celebrate local business and the entrepreneurial spirit that is destined to help Jackson turn around its fortunes and become great again.

Our 17 years of publishing have not been without their challenges—frankly, for pretty much the whole time, the JFP has run a shoestring budget and worked diligently to get the most reporting and information out to our readers with a minimal, very hard-working and focused staff.

We’ve got a stellar staff like that right now, with Seyma Bayram settling quickly into her new role as the city (and county) reporter, Ashton Pittman covering important statewide issues (including the general election) and Aliyah Veal scouring her hometown for important neighborhood (and people-level) stories in Jackson.

In this issue we announce the departure of a long-time staffer and manager— managing editor Amber Helsel—who is moving one floor away from the Jackson

Entrepreneurial struggles, journalistic successes, a community filled with support and encouragement Free Press to pursue a communications position with an exciting nonprofit. We wish her well and appreciate her hard work to transition her position and duties in recent weeks.

As a business owner and manager, it’s always painful to see a skilled team member move on, but it’s also refreshing to see that person share their plans early and work with their colleagues to ensure

smooth operations once they’ve left.

Along those lines, Nate Schumman, who has been with us just over six months as our editorial assistant, has stepped up as deputy editor to put his impressive organizational skills to use as he helps manage production, keep the copy flowing on the features desk and on-board two new additions to the staff—Azia Wiggins and Robin Johnson. Nate is also working with Web Editor Dustin Cardon to get everything online and to get the JFP Daily (see jfpdaily.com) out five days per week. courTeSy Todd STauffer

EDITORS AND PRODUCTION Deputy Editor Nate Schumann Editorial Assistant Azia Wiggins Consulting Editor JoAnne Prichard Morris

The Press Still Rolls as the JFP Enters Our 18th Year

Todd Stauffer

Entering that 18th year, I need to thank the rest of the management team— Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin and Art Director Kristin Brenemen—for their leadership as we enter a new volume number. None of this would happen without them, from the most important stuff (like the publication having a cover, a design, advertising and revenue) to some of the other most important stuff, like birthday cakes showing up for staff and holiday time being tracked efficiently.

And it’s good to have Editor-inChief Donna Ladd back in the office on a nearly-full-time basis, well on the road to recovery after a year of challenging illnesses (not that there isn’t another surgery or two in her future). She knows exactly what it’s like to have been at this Jackson Free Press thing for 17 years—the entrepreneurial struggles, the journalistic successes, a community filled with support and encouragement—and, hey, we’re still here.

As we enter that 18th year, I’ve got a few programming notes. First, you may have noticed our emphasis this year on podcasting—the “Let’s Talk Jackson” podcast (letstalksjackson.com) is about 14 biweekly episodes in. We’ve already

had a few spinoffs, including “Let’s Talk Jackson Politics,” and, just this past week, we recorded our first (occasional) episode of “Let’s Talk Jackson Art.” We really enjoyed producing our first live podcast with the Mississippi Museum of Art to discuss the installation of the new permanent collection—keep an eye out for that to drop this month.

There’s even more to come with Let’s Talk Jackson. In the meantime, here’s a quick shoutout to our fearless and tireless podcast editor, Kourtney Moncure, who is willing to put up with JFP-style deadlines on some of these projects. Please subscribe to Let’s Talk Jackson via iTunes or Stitcher if you haven’t already.

Next, as we enter our 18th year, we could use your help on two fronts. First, if you aren’t yet a member of the JFP VIP Club, we’d love to have you. Visit jfp.ms/ vip for more information on how you can personally support the vital journalism our team produces in central Mississippi.

Second, we learned earlier this month that Kroger stores nationwide have decided to remove free publication racks from their lobbies. This is a blow to the Jackson Free Press and a number of other publications in town (not to mention around the country), as Krogers provide our readers convenient way to get a copy of the paper.

If you currently pick the Jackson Free Press up at Kroger, would you make a point of mentioning that to the manager on duty? Our national association is talking to Kroger headquarters this month to point out that free news publications remain a vital part of democracy and citizen engagement, particularly as traditional daily papers are on the decline in their coverage of local news. Your voice can make a difference; if enough people say something locally, that can make a real difference.

In the meantime, we appreciate the support of all of the other businesses and organizations that help us get the JFP to you; if we’re no longer in Krogers next month, please pick us up at McDade’s Markets and Froogel’s, Broad Street, Whole Foods, Beagle Bagel, Newk’s, Primos Cafe, Hal & Mal’s, Fenian’s, Martin’s, Aladdin and the many, many other fine local businesses that help us be a part of your regular routine.

Thanks for reading and supporting the Jackson Free Press—let’s keep making a difference in Jackson!

Todd Stauffer is president and publisher of the Jackson Free Press.

Robin Johnson

Nate Schumann

Social Media Assistant Robin Martéa Johnson is a visual artist who was born and raised in Mobile, Ala. She has developed a strong foundation in mediums ranging from painting to photography. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She helped coordinate social media for the issue.

New Deputy Editor Nate Schumann, a University of Southern Mississippi graduate, loves consuming stories, whether that story be in the form of a book, a comic, a television series, a game, a radio serial, etc. He enjoys engaging in various areas of “nerdom,” especially comic books and related media.

He helped edit and coordinate the entire issue.

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Azia Wiggins

Freelance writer Tom Scarborough is a wellrespected musician, though he can’t read music, plays no instruments and can’t sing.

Other than that, he’s pretty good. He lives in St. Francisville, La. He interviewed Lynyrd Skynyrd.

New Editorial Assistant Azia Wiggins is a proud “Jacktown Ju” with an extensive science background, but she’s a God-fearing, carefree songbird at heart. She loves owls, Skittles, learning new things and growing relationships with amazing new people. She factchecked for the issue.

Acacia Clark

Mike McDonald

Freelance photographer Acacia Clark picked up the photography gene from her father. Originally from Chicago, she has since planted her roots in Jackson. When the camera is down, she enjoys anything involving the arts, playing the cello and piano, volunteering with the deaf teaching the Bible in sign language, cooking, and her family and friends. She took the cover photo and many photos in the issue.

Long-time Freelance writer Mike McDonald attended the University of Montana. He enjoys listening to rap music, writing short stories and reading books about American history. He wrote about Young Influentials for this issue.

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Jackson Lessons Learned As I Say Goodbye // by amber helsel

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started at the Jackson Free Press in 2013 as a 24-year-old who wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to do with her life. The only thing I knew after a failed sales interview with the Jackson Free Press in late January that the newspaper was where I was supposed to be.

I think my first clue was Art Director Kristin Brenemen’s then-pink hair.

Many know the story. I originally applied to be an editorial assistant, but I was woefully inexperienced; however, they eventually gave me a chance, anyway. I started off as an editorial intern—factchecking, writing stories and helping the then-features editor with story editing, and then when the editorial-assistant position opened up a few weeks later, I told them they should hire me (true story). I became an hourly staff member on April 1, 2013.

On that day this year, I celebrated six years with this paper. Six years of learning the ins and outs of how a newspaper gets made; six years of leadership training and camaraderie; six years of newspaper shenanigans; six years of exploring Jackson and learning to love the city and all its flaws.

When I started at this paper, I was too scared to go down State Street to eat lunch at Keifer’s. Now, I regularly spend time in Jackson, whether it’s eating at Broad Street Baking Company on a weekly basis or the occasion when I run beside the train tracks on Mill Street. Or at events like Fondren After 5 and Museum After Hours and the Mississippi Book Festival. Here is some of what I’ve learned over the years.

Every town has interesting places to explore and things to do. Jackson certainly does. Even now, six years into this job, I still have new experiences regularly, even if it’s just trying a new restaurant (and the city has some really good ones).

On that note, Jackson has one of the best restaurant scenes ever. Ask almost anyone visiting or living here from out of state, and they’ll tell you that the food scene is one of the best things about the city. And I agree wholeheartedly, though it can be a little heavy on the fried food.

The city’s arts scene could compete with arts scenes in bigger cities. Jackson might be fairly small, but

The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science is one of departing Managing Editor Amber Helsel’s many favorite places in Jackson.

its arts scene is one of the best in the country, in my opinion. There’s diversity in medium and genre and people, and diversity in what you can do. In the same week, you could attend someone’s art show, go to a local hip-hop show and attend the USA International Ballet Competition. And did you know that

It’s been a great ride, and I’m sad to see it finally come to an end.

Jackson is the only city in the U.S. that is home to that competition?

It is possible to find community.

I talk about community a lot because it’s something that has played a big role in my life. I went for years without having a strong support system around me, and

thanks to Jackson and my CityHeart Church community, I now know how it feels to have people around you who want to see you do great things. There are awesome people in Jackson who would make great community members.

If you haven’t found them, yet, you’re not looking in the right places.

It’s hard to find better people than the ones in Jackson. Many people, including transplants from out of the state or country, have backed this claim up on numerous occasions, and I agree with them. I’ve met some of my best friends in the city, and Jackson has some of the most interesting people.

Just look at jfp.ms/people to see what I’m talking about and read about hundreds of interesting people right here in Jackson that we feature daily.

Jackson is on an uphill slope. In the six years I’ve been at the JFP, I’ve seen the city improve dramatically. Now, a lot of the empty spaces on State Street in Fondren are filled with great local businesses, and there’s regular activity in midtown. Downtown is still largely a ghost town at night, but not as much as it used to be. South and west Jackson are on the rise again, with efforts

like Refill Cafe and Jacksonians like Ronnie Crudup Jr. who are working to improve those neighborhoods. While progress can be slow, I believe Jackson is on the up and up, and it can only get better from here.

Jackson is one of the best cities ever. When I first started, I didn’t know much about Jackson as a whole. I had spent some time around Fondren, but I didn’t know much other than that. But this job has allowed me to see the city in a whole new light. There’s so much diversity and creativity here. My church alone is composed of so many creative people. I’m pretty sure we make up a decent percentage of the congregation.

And Jackson is a city worth fighting for. Yeah, sure, we have potholes and crumbling infrastructure and water-billing issues, and all that.

But even through the chaos, Jackson is worth the effort needed. Also, it’s not the place many people from the outer counties would make it out to be. Sure, there is some crime (though there is also crime in every mid-sized and major city in the U.S., and in the suburbs and rural areas), and our infrastructure needs a lot of help. But if you look past all that and at the people and places and things, you’ll see how amazing Jackson is.

And there is so much to do here.

Some of my favorite places are the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, the Mississippi Museum of Art and Broad Street Baking Company. If you want to see more great places, visit bestofjackson.com and jacksonfreepress.com.

It’s been a great ride, and I’m sad to see it finally come to an end.

But to a close it must come. As of this publication, I must say my goodbye as I leave to start a new job at Teen Health Mississippi. Thank you, Jackson. And thanks to all of my co-workers and team members, too. My experience here wouldn’t have been as great here at the JFP if it weren’t for y’all.

Managing Editor Amber Helsel is a storyteller who moonlights as an artist. She loves food, cats, anime and art supplies. Keep up with her shenanigans on Instagram at @ambergerfries.

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WellsFest 2019 features live music from a number of local artists and benefits the nonprofit Extra Table.

Music and Art at WellsFest 2019 // by dustin Cardon

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WellsFest Art Night on Tuesday, Sept. 24, and the WellsFest golf tournament on Wednesday, Sept. 25.

Art Night will take place at Duling Hall in Fondren and will include a preview party and buy-now section from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., and a live auction of pieces that local artists have donated from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Mississippi native artist Ellen Langford will paint on-site during the event and sell her art at the end of the auction.

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alcolm White, the current executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission and co-owner of Hal & Mal’s, first organized WellsFest as a way to thank the late Wells United Methodist Church pastor Rev. Keith Tonkel for officiating White’s wedding.

“After the wedding, my father gave me a sum of money to pay the preacher, which is a southern tradition,” White says. “I approached Keith with the money and thanked him for his service, but he said he wouldn’t take additional compensation for it. I went back and told my father about it, and he said I needed to do something for that man and the church.”

White got an idea for what he could do after noticing a sign in the church for a building fund to remodel its sanctuary. White approached Tonkel and offered his services in booking musical acts and setting up a fundraising event to support the church’s building fund. After Tonkel agreed, the two began organizing WellsFest, which became one of the first live music festivals in Jackson.

Since the festival began 36 years ago, WellsFest has raised roughly $1.5 million for local nonprofit agencies such as the Good Samaritan Center, Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area, Operation Shoestring, The Mustard Seed and more.

Wells United Methodist Church (2019 Bailey Ave.) in Jackson will host its 36th annual WellsFest music festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Jamie Fowler Boyll Park on Lakeland Drive. All proceeds from this year’s event will go to Extra Table, a nonprofit organization that provides healthy food to places such as Stewpot Community Services, Gateway Rescue Mission, and food pantries at Tougaloo College and Jackson State University.

Ahead of the actual festival, Wells will host the

WellsFest 2019 has events, arts and music for everyone from kids to pets to adults.

for eight, which Ridgeland residents Kit and Mark Fields will host at their home. The meal will be “chef’s choice,” but John and Trigiani will make substitutions in case of food allergies. The Fields will also provide wines for the dinner if guests request them.

The golf tournament will take place at Whisper Lake

Golf Club (414 Annandale Pkwy., Madison) in Madison beginning at 1 p.m. Registration is $400 per four-person team, and prizes will be available for first, second and third place, as well as for longest drive and closest to pin. The registration deadline is Friday, Sept. 20.

Wellsfest will kick off at 8 a.m. with a 5K run that will begin and end at Smith-Wills Stadium, with a 1-mile fun run afterward at 9 a.m. and a pet parade on the festival grounds at 9:30 a.m. All 5K winners will receive a trophy that residents of The Mustard Seed in Jackson will individually handcraft for the event. Tickets for the 5K are $30 per person or $90 for groups of four or more. Participants must register online at active.com by Thursday, Sept. 19.

All participating pets in the pet parade will receive a treat bag, and prizes will be available for the “Best Dressed, “Most Congenial” and cutest pets. All pets must be on leashes in accordance with city ordinances.

The festival also includes a children’s area with games, inflatables, pony rides, mini-golf, face painting, a sand pile and more. There will also be a silent auction for items from local merchants, outdoor grilling, a plant sale, arts-andcrafts vendors, an outdoor coffee house, food trucks and live music all day on two stages.

“The church and the WellsFest committee have done a magnificent job of carrying on the festival and making an impact for social services and nonprofits,” White says. “Even after I stepped down from producing the festival and Reverend Tonkel passed away, they’ve carried on the legacy of what we started and expounded on it. They’ve raised thousands of dollars a year for charities, and I consider it to be one of the most important annual events in Jackson today.”

WellsFest is free and open to the public and is a drug- and alcohol-free event. For more information, call 601-353-0658 or visit wellsfest.org.

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YOUNG INFLUENTIALS 2019 The most influential people sometimes come from unlikely places. Meet more of Jackson’s under-40 power group. They’re creative, connected, engaged, and making waves in the capital city and Mississippi.

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accountable for the types of students they produce defined his purpose in life.

“That was the first time that I discovered that in this country you don’t have a constitutional right to education,” Sykes says. “I knew coming out of high

school that I wasn’t doing anything else but community-organizing and communityorganizing around education.”

He helped found Young People’s Project, an out-birth of Bob Moses’ Algebra Project that trains young people to teach their peers mathematics, in 1997.

The 36-year-old father of four is active in the Our JPS Coalition, made up of people and community organizations who oppose the state takeover of Jackson Public Schools, and is a member of the NAACP State Education Committee. He currently serves as executive director of the Institute of Democratic Education in American, or IDEA, whose work centers around protecting public education. He hopes that IDEA can change the negative image of public education, especially in Mississippi.

“We try to show people that wherever you can point and see a bad school, we can show you some great students and some great educators that are doing the best that they can with the little that they have been given,” he says.

Sykes hopes that his work will create a legacy in Mississippi that he can proudly leave to his sons.

—Torsheta Jackson

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amarco Gibbs, owner of It’z a Wrap MS, was 19 when he started working for his brother Oscar in Madison, Miss. That job introduced him to the business of tinting car windows.

Then, after watching “Taxi,” Gibbs had the idea to sell “color-changing car vinyl wraps.

“There’s a scene in the movie during their attempt to escape where they pull the film off the car, and it’s an entirely different color underneath,” he says.

Gibbs was working for Oscar at PWT Customz Building, but he always had the desire to follow his own path. He also wanted to do something that would inspire the young people around him.

When he was 23, he used $200 to buy some self-adhesive film, and by

following instructional videos on YouTube, he completed his first job: wrapping his own Dodge Charger in a powder blue color.

In 2013, he noticed interest for this product, so he went to Jacksonville, Fla., to get a car-wrapping certification at Hexis, a manufacturer of self-adhesive films for marketing. Same year, Gibbs returned to Mississippi and started his business.

“My first customers were relatives, but I started using social media to advertise,” Gibbs says. “Fellow car enthusiasts were enthralled with the idea that they could change the color of their vehicle without damaging the paint underneath.”

Gibbs notes that even with the growing popularity of color-changing wraps, he felt like something was missing

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hrissy Cheshire, 32, knew she needed to make a difference when she saw the amount of dogs in a local animal shelter who needed homes. In 2011, she began her small nonprofit charity Cheshire Abbey after serving on the board of Community Animal Rescue & Adoptions, or CARA, in Jackson.

Cheshire was born in Louisiana. Her family moved to Jackson when she was in

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seventh grade She graduated from Jackson Academy in 1998 and then graduated from Mississippi College in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in communications.

She describes Cheshire Abbey as “a nonprofit ministry that helps animals anyway we can in our community and out of

our community as well.

“We just do whatever we can whenever we can with the funds that we have,” Cheshire says.

As a nonprofit business, Cheshire Abbey functions solely off the work of Cheshire herself and many volunteers.

Her normal day of work can be filled with any surprises that may be expected when running a business, she says. “Every day is a new adventure,” she says.

When she and others rescue the dogs, foster homes throughout the community take them in, but Cheshire herself will also take the animals in if they are in need of more hands-on attention or medical assistance. In some cases, these foster homes eventually become permanent homes through the process of adoption.

“Although we lose a foster home, it is a gratifying feeling to see these dogs finally find a nurturing home,” she says.

Cheshire hopes that her actions provoke a change to the laws toward animals in Mississippi. For more information, visit cheshireabbey.com. —Taylor Williams

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from his business, so he began researching film types for commercial wraps.

“I ordered the machine to print commercial graphics, taught myself Photoshop and started printing my first commercial projects,” he says.

Inspiration for the idea came when he began to receive calls from commercial

clients such as dealerships looking for ways to spruce up their vehicles and attract buyers, he says.

Now, Gibbs, 29, has wrapped vehicles for companies from a number of states from Louisiana to New York, and some nonprofits. He has also opened a new location in Pearl, Miss.

—Mauricio J. Quijano

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lizabeth Henry’s passion is working to reduce the disparities that under-represented populations face. The 30-year-old Jackson native is the program director for Thriving in Ministry, an initiative at Millsaps College that provides women in ministry a network of support.

In its inaugural year, the program will support a cohort of 22 senior, solo or associate female pastors.“I’m really excited about this because it is a way to empower people who are truly called, but are often under-resourced,” Henry says.

Empowerment is central to her calling. As a campus minister for the Wesley Connexion, she seeks to connect students through faith-based programs on campus. Henry says the organization is an opportunity to unite the student population by hearing and addressing their concerns.

“We realize that Millsaps is a very diverse campus, so we want everyone to have a space where they feel safe, respected and able to connect with God however that makes sense for them,” she says.

Her work is deeply rooted in the belief that all people should experience love and safety. “For people who that has not been true physically, I want them to feel safe and loved by God and among God’s people,” she says, “whether that’s (LGBT) persons, persons of color or people from different nations ... whatever systems we need to put in place to ensure that is the case or whatever relationships we need to build, I want to empower people to be most able to use the gifts that God has given (them).”

—Torsheta Jackson

auan Knight has a heart for helping young people. “It’s always been my passion to help young people and especially those who look like me and who grew up in communities like me, who don’t have (a lot),” he says.

As an undergraduate student at JSU, it became important to Knight to be active in the community. He volunteered with Planned Parenthood Generation Action and Organizers for Action Mississippi, interned with the American Civil Liberties Union and was active in the Student Government Association. Seeing a need for political activism by young people, Knight joined Hinds County Young Democrats and helped organize the JSU Young Democrats. He is

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ope Lodge Head Manager Linda Sermons describes her main job as “making sure the building doesn’t fall down,” she says. She also places importance on making sure her guests are comfortable, giving them what they need and someone to talk to.

“Just seeing a smile as they walk

through the door can make their day,” Sermons says.

Hope Lodge gives a home away from home to cancer patients who are receiving treatments from hospitals around the area. Each patient gets a private room and caregiver; space to socialize with each other, workers, volunteers, family members and

friends; access to a washer and dryer; and more benefits.

Sermon’s parents, Mississippi natives Jessie and Bettye Bracey, raised her in Worchester, N.Y. As a junior in high school, her family moved back to Mississippi, and she graduated from Murrah High School in 2006. Her bond with her northern home then drew her to New York for two years.

While working at a call center, her urge to give back to her community grew stronger. In August 2017, Sermons decided to apply with the American Cancer Society in Jackson and became the coordinator at the corporate office here.

“I was looking for something where it did matter when I went to work; it made a difference,” she says. “I knew I had a bigger purpose. (I) didn’t realize it was going to be this, but I knew I had a bigger purpose.”

She was involved in the preparing of the groundbreaking plans for Hope Lodge in Jackson.

Under her management, Sermons, 31, plans to not only improve the Hope Lodge experience for those involved, but to also strengthen the bond that has blossomed between the community of Jackson and the Hope Lodge, she says.

—Taylor Williams

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fter hearing that Boulder, Colo., was one of the fittest cities in the 2016 Gallup-Sharecare WellBeing Index, Jackson native Sam Humphrey wondered how that healthy population could serve as a model for his hometown to combat the various health

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challenges that Jacksonians face.

“How could I connect those two populations of people?” he mused.

The 27-year-old Jackson native graduated from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., in 2015 with a bachelor’s

degree in environmental science, concentrating on sustainable agriculture. Prior to his tenure at Warren Wilson, he attended the University of Colorado in Boulder.

In answer to his question about how a fit city like Boulder could serve as a model for Jackson, he started Fertile Ground Farms in January 2019. The business, which currently operates out of the Ecoshed west of Fondren, is a regenerative urban farm that uses no chemicals on its plants.

Currently, Humphrey grows vegetables such as sweet peppers, cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes. He sells to locations like Urban Foxes, Green Ghost Tacos, Walker’s Drive-In and the Farmer’s Table at the Mississippi Farmers Market. “I want to stay within the city limits,” he says. “There’s no reason for this food to travel.”

He is also managing farming sites for the Fertile Ground Project, which seeks to improve the city’s access to healthy food.

The nonprofit organization has also contracted Humphrey to plan an educational garden at Galloway Elementary School and planting an edible garden at Smith Park in a future redesign. The Ecoshed will also have a grocery store in 2020, he says.

—Mike McDonald

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also the founder of the JSU Mass Choir.

This summer, he served as a camp counselor for Camp 360, a week-long residential camp that Jackson Revival Center, or JRC, sponsors. He also works with the JRC Millennials, the church’s young adult ministry.

Now an undergraduate recruiter for JSU, Knight, 23, remains a member of the Hinds Young Democrats with plans to volunteer for several campaigns this fall.

He also remains active with the choir he f ounded, acting as its staff adviser. For him, it is all part of being a model youth can follow.

“I feel like that is an area I’ve been called to while I still have influence because I’m still young,” he says. “I want to take full advantage of my influence.” —Torsheta Jackson

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fertilizers and poisons, which are sold today in America, and also without oil-filled tractors and combines?’” Dinosaur says. “Our biological diversity is our biological security.

Why do we mow down forests and replace with only pine trees?”

These thoughts pushed him to establish a business that is “respectful to nature,

that have a quick harvest time—usually about 10 to 14 days.

“I began by building green houses and researching the permaculture process,” Dinosaur says. He was concerned for “the lack of respect” humans have for nature, he says, and he decided that permaculture is “realizing where we fit into the full circle.”

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A Little Time to Grow sells microgreens as its primary cash crop.

not invasive,” he says.

The couple’s true aim, Dinosaur says, is to maintain a sustainable and wholistic lifestyle that improves their quality of life, one with organic and fresh vegetables. They officially started the business, A Little Time to Grow, in 2016. The farm’s cash crop is microgreens, or young vegetable greens that are about 1 to 3 inches tall, as well plants

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hroughout each month, Gabriel Dinosaur, formerly known as Gabriel Porter, helps organize True Local Market, a mobile farmers market that sets up at Cultivation Food Hall on Saturdays and at other locations as needed.

He is often either standing beside his table with a “Free Hugs” sign or selling microgreens, herbs and other produce for his family business, A Little Time to Grow.

Occasionally, his wife, Sheryl “Boo” Dinosaur will help Gabriel at the event.

Him, Sheryl, who also goes by “Glowie,” and their five kids live on a small farm in Brandon.

“The kids wanted our last name changed to Dinosaur,” Dinosaur says of the family’s recent name change. “We discussed it and decided to make it legal.”

The family, which consists of Dinosaur, wife Sheryl, and five children own a produce business and work the farm as a family business.

“We plant love in the soil,” he says.

About 12 years ago Dinosaur became interested in where food comes from and how a person grows it. Eventually his wife joined him in that interest. At first the couple sought to grown their own food to save money, but then he and Sheryl discovered permaculture, an Australian agricultural practice that focuses on regenerative grown products such as perennials and plants with higher yield and less labor, or a garden that will replenish itself.

Dinosaur was inspired by Bill Mollison, an Australian researcher and biologist, who developed the theory and practice.

“Mollison made me think, ‘How does nature replenish the forest without

Another reason why permaculture is important to the Dinosaur family?

“It is about working together, family and neighbors,” he says.

He began True Local Market in 2018.

He has helped small farms, like Cedar Tree Farms, the owners of which did not know where to begin, figure out when to start their crops, he says, helping them figure

out how to plan what to plant and when.

He helps the other vendors within TLM with other business-related matters, such as where to set up for marketing, how to handle the business-end of selling their produce and even how to use credit-card machines.

For TLM, Dinosaur makes the schedules, scopes out additional markets and verifies the produce and crafts offered are all Mississippi made.

TLM will be at the ribbon-cutting for the new Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative located at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland on Sept. 18 at 8 a.m., and the market will appear at Sept. 20 during Parking Day in downtown Jackson on Congress Street, with 10 to 15 vendors from TLM selling their produce and wares. The demand for True Local Market produce continues as more small farms join.

“I never anticipate seeing the end of gardening and planting in the permaculture practice,” Dinosaur says.

“The theory continues to change, always adding something new, with more to learn.”

Dinosaur hopes all of his neighbors plant gardens in their front yards, with one growing melons, another growing lettuce and another growing tomatoes.

“Then we can barter and share, trade and work together,” he says. “... I want to invest in a social capital rather than a monetary one.”

That is the reason Dinosaur and his family encourage and help Mississippigrown produce farms.

“I want to collaborate and work with each other to respect nature and learn from her,” Dinosaur says.

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n May 2018, Jackson Academy senior Frances Fortner was headed to graduation rehearsal when she hit a partially covered manhole on Ridgewood Road. Her car flipped, and she later died from her injuries at a local hospital. Her death was a tragedy that brought about more in-depth conversations about how the City handles infrastructure issues, but now, Jacksonians can remember her in another way.

Recently, A Plus Signs and Creative owner Scott Allen painted a mural on the side of Fondren Corner above

Fondren Nails in her honor. The mural came out of a pencil-sketched self-portrait. Allen transposed it into an oil painting at a larger scale, and then he and Fortner’s mother, Laurilyn Fortner, worked on the design. The mural features her portrait with swirls on the right side of her head, and has Fortner’s quote, “For all the pain in the world, there is so much more beauty.”

“I hope it brings the family some joy when they see it,” Allen says. “It’s a way for the community to be able to remember her also in a positive light.”

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Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2012. mixed media, including beaded and sequined garments, fabric, metal, and mannequin, 113 x 29 x 26 in.

Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. © Nick Cave, Photo: James Prinz Photography

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II. My grandmother sits alone in a field of nothingness The white cotton beneath her wrinkled skin crushes underneath her weight.

As she slowly rises to her feet, Grandma turns to me with veracity veering through her voice.

Her wooden sandals walk over and ask if I know how she got her scars.

She reminds me of the bruised splotches of red and blue that once painted her body She makes me bare witness to the history etched into her skin, The forever carved into her memory.

III. Chronos watches from above with a slight grin.

From amethyst clouds, this God of time watches Our final breaths and first words dance together.

He notices that the home is weathered but the love is not.

IV. When my mother was younger there was a giant magnolia tree That stretched towards the heavens.

On very quiet days, the branches would Sway gently and the tree would sing.

It is said that my great grandmother was the first to plant this tree.

Years ago, a single seed was laid with no idea of the family heirloom that it would become.

My mother used to hurriedly climb to the top of the tree, And proudly watch the world below her shrink into yesterday.

Until one day my grandmother came running out, Yelling and insisting that my mother get down from the tree.

Such a shout could come only from someone Who knows the necessity of roots; who knows what too much faith in the world will get you.

V. How privileged are we not to use our bodies as tools.

In the past, the wear and tear of the human temple meant that we were simply effective.

I watched as they treated every single bone beneath our skin as if it were a piece of brittle glass.

How they worked us for hours, paid us for minutes, and disrespected us for nothing.

VI. I stare at my mother in a dark car alone.

I do not say a word, and as worry consumes her She explains that she refuses to allow my life to become another moment in history, A deadly sacrifice just to spark an already silenced conversation.

VII. Chronos stopped smiling a long time ago Even mischievous gods of time have a limit for destruction.

How long can amber skin and onyx bodies be tossed aside like sediments?

How many hidden figures and shaded stories does it take until we can see the sun?

VIII. The sun is already here.

When morning creeps past the horizon, Nothing is able to stop the light.

Its warm, infrared rays will come and cradle those that search for it.

Our century of time is searching for it.

It is sugar in our wounds and sticky tears in the air, The smell of blood and the feeling of love becoming inseparable.

Our century of time is Mississippi summers and winter solstices, The generational stories, singing fathers, and sun kissed cheeks more memorable than the pain.

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IX. I won’t write another poem about suffering.

This time, the sound of rain hitting concrete is nothing more than rain hitting concrete.

Today, these droplets are not a metaphor for black bodies hitting the ground, Or a tool used to disguise the tears.

Instead, this God sent gift is washing past pain away and enjoying the now.

In second grade, my cousins and I would dance in the rain without a care in the world.

We’d jump in puddles formed from potholes and Our parents watched as boundless laughter fills our lungs.

X. This is Our Black Synthesis of Time: Boundless laughter and climbing to the top of trees.

It is okay to acknowledge the pouring rain and frightening heights as long as we share these moments of history, together.

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I. Above the earthy soil of our ancestors There is a whisper, A slight breeze that begins anew.

It quietly dances across my skin, each breath a different tale.

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Rapper Vitamin Cea Wants to Bring More Realness To Hip-Hop

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hen Charity Hicks was in eighth grade, her friend Jasira take Mississippi with me wherever I go. Being proud of where I’m introduced her to Nicki Minaj after Jasira remixed one from helps it to where it’s really an honor being from Mississippi of Minaj’s songs. Hicks loved the remix, and it inspired and being able to represent who we actually are when people who her to write her own. have never stepped foot on Mississippi soil already have a precon“I was like, ‘I could do that, too.’ I started writing remixes to ceived idea of who we are,” she says. a lot of songs. I was remixing ‘Pretty Boy Swag’ (by Soulja Boy) Hicks wants to help instill an understanding and honor of beand ‘Roger That’ (by Young Money). Those are the first raps that I ing from Mississippi in her music. “Our ancestors fought for their remember officially writing out and rapping. It was a whole other lives and our lives so we can have this conversation right now. Right way to express myself,” she says. here on this soil, centuries ago, this same soil was occupied by our In high school, Hicks took on the moniker, Vitamin Cea, ancestors fighting to be,” the rapper says. which was inspired by the supplements she used to take when she She describes her rap style as versatile, with a penchant for stowas sick, and by a message her youth pastor used to drill into the rytelling and conversational rap. Although her main influences are children at her church, the rapper said. her family, friends, and gospel mavens such as Donnie McClurkin “He used to always teach us and Kiki Sheard, she does look up that we are the medicine. Vitamin to rappers like Chance the RapC is a supplement to help you heal per, Kendrick Lamar and Missisyourself because God has already sippi’s own Big K.R.I.T., she says. put it in you to heal. It’s a booster.

“I love K.R.I.T. He’s pretty If you take it enough, then you much laying the groundwork and don’t have to worry about being blueprint for Mississippi creators, sick,” she said. especially independent creators.

At first, Hicks was inseHe’s so special,” Hicks says. cure about rapping, but she In April 2017, Hicks rebecame more serious about leased her debut project “JoyFull it when people told her that Noise,” which is about keeping her raps touched them. The joy through the noise and chaos encouragement and confidence of of life, she says. She started the rap motivates her, she says. project before she got to Jackson “It has helped me feel more State in early 2015, but she didn’t powerful, wiser, and helped me know its name until summer be introspective and reflective be2016, she says. cause there is so much packed into “I was coming to a point so many lyrics,” Hicks says. where I could see where I wanted She describes her hometown to go. It was just a dope process of Gautier, Miss., as “slow-paced because I was working with one Gautier, Miss., rapper Vitamin Cea said she wants and stable.” Although residents of my best friends, Elias. We were to instill an understanding and honor of being from don’t have much to do, they make all working together in this space Mississippi in her music. their own fun, she said. and creating as much as we could “Everything is really stable in create,” the rapper says. terms of like not a lot of changes. Me and all my siblings went to In the midst of creating the album, Hicks endured some perthe same schools. I’ve been in the same house all my life. Me and sonal issues with her parents, she says, which affected her emotionmy siblings had some of the same jobs,” she says. ally. Listeners can hear this on the album.

After graduating from Gautier High School in 2014, she “It gets a little darker because I was going through attended the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and a darker space in life, and that was more like the noise as received her Associate of Arts degree in 2016 before transferring to opposed to the joy. I had to challenge myself by what I chalJackson State University. lenge others to do,” Hicks says.

Hicks took two years off and saved up so she would be finanVitamin Cea will perform at the Mississippi State Fair on cially stable when she attended Jackson State; however, she didn’t Oct. 3 alongside Newscast, Seth Power Music and Jackson native finish her degree because she wasn’t completely focused, she says. rapper Dear Silas. As for the future, Hicks prays for a lot of growth “I lost myself to find myself. I came home because I didn’t and hopes to be touring and have one book written. want to mess up my GPA if I wanted to go back,” she says.

“I hope to contribute positivity and hope more than anything.

Although school was no longer an option for Hicks, her Love and the fact that love is unconditional, not whatever people music started to pick up, and she started doing more shows. Be- have convinced themselves that love is. I want to bring authenticity fore she attended Jackson State, Hicks says, her music content and more realness. I want to bring in the fact that it’s OK to be huwas based around her personal experience. School made her real- man. I want to be real,” she says. ize how rare being from Mississippi is, and she is proud to be Follow Culture Writer Aliyah Veal on Twitter @AliyahJFP. from here, she says.

Send her neighborhood, local culture and music story tips to aliyah@ “The only way that it could hold me back is if I choose not to jacksonfreepress.com.

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Who’s Playing at the Mississippi State Fair?

The Main Stage on the Midway Crossgates and The Bridge Church—Sunday, Oct. 6, 6 p.m.

Mississippi Mass Choir, Melvin Williams of the Williams Brothers— Sunday, Oct. 13, 6 p.m.

Trustmark Stage Wolftrap Trio—Wednesday, Oct. 2, Thursday, Oct. 3, 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m.

TB Ledford & The Accumulators— Friday, Oct. 4, Thursday, Oct. 10, 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m.

Delta Mountain Boys—Saturday, Oct. 5, 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m.

Jerry Brooks & Jack—Saturday, Oct. 5, 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.

Jay Herrington—Sunday, Oct. 6, 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m.

Alan Sibley & The Magnolia Ramblers—Monday, Oct. 7, 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m.

Bill, Temperance & Jeff—Tuesday, Oct. 8, 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m.

Voices of Mobile—Wednesday, Oct. 9, 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m.

Luckenbach—Friday, Oct. 11, 6 p.m., 7:15 p.m.

Harmony & Grits—Saturday, Oct. 12, at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Magnolia Drive—Saturday, Oct. 12, at 6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.

Budweiser Stage Frank Foster—Wednesday, Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m.

Seth Power Music—Thursday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m.

Dear Silas—Thursday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m.

Newscast—Thursday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m.

Vitamin Cea—Thursday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m.

Abdul Rasheed & the Central Mississippi Blues Society—Monday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m.

The Bar-Kays—Tuesday, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Michael Ray—Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m.

Blackberry Smoke—Thursday, Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m.

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Amber Johnson:

Becoming the First // by richard coupe

Amber Johnson is the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in computer science from Purdue University, which has one of the most respected programs in the United States.

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mber Johnson had long been interested in gadgets and technology.

“I was always taking stuff apart and breaking things, and always wanting the newest and latest gadget,” she says. Johnson got her first computer when she was 4 and proceeded to teach her mother, Martha Murrell, how to use it. Her mother then encouraged her to major in computer science in college.

“I didn’t really know what it was, but once I looked into it, I realized that this sounded like me,” she says.

The Jackson City Council honored Johnson during an Aug. 6, 2019, meeting at city hall after she became the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. from Purdue University’s computer-science department. She graduated on Aug. 3, 2019.

“You have become something so many kids don’t believe is possible to become,” Councilman Melvin Priester Jr. told Johnson. “I humbly ask you to please stay in touch with the kids from Lanier and find ways to keep being a role model because you are a role model.”

Johnson graduated with a GPA in the top 10 of her graduating class and with All-State basketball honors from Lanier High School in 2006. She then attended Tougaloo College on a basketball scholarship, and after two years, she continued her education at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tenn., where she received her bachelor’s degree in computer science in 2011. She ran cross-country for Tougaloo and LeMoyne-Owen and played some tennis.

Johnson received her master’s degree in computer science from Jackson State University in 2013.

But she didn’t want to stop there. She wanted to take her education further, so she decided to attend Purdue

University in West Lafayette, Ind., which has one of the best computer-science programs in the country.

One of the biggest adjustments Johnson had to make in moving to Indiana was the cold weather.

“I realized that I had never owned a real coat until I got to Indiana,” she says.

Besides the struggles of moving across the country, Johnson also encountered another issue: She was part of a minority population in the program.

“Purdue itself is kind of a little country all on its own; it is pretty diverse,” she says. “There are a lot of international students, but still, there is just a small percentage of black students.”

And when Johnson first got there, there were no other black women in her department.

“Grad school was a struggle in itself,” she says. “It was very stressful. It could be isolating, and, of course, time-consuming, but there is a lot of growth that comes out of it.”

One of the things she liked about the university was when people would ask her to introduce or greet many visiting celebrities who came to speak at Purdue. She got to meet include Margot Lee Shetterly, the author of “Hidden Figures”; Tarana Burke, the creator of the #MeToo movement; Danielle Feinberg, the director of photography for lighting at Pixar; and Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code.

But her favorite memory was meeting John Carlos when he came to Purdue to give a talk. He is the black Olympic runner famous for the raised fist during the awards ceremony at the 1968 Olympics.

“I met him at a time when I was really stressed out and down,” she says. She told him that she had his Olympic

picture as a wallpaper on her phone for motivation. His speech was inspirational, Johnson says, and when he concluded with these words, “just pick up the ball and dribble up the court,” she felt like he was speaking directly to her.

A few months later, Carlos’ grandson, who also attended Purdue, came by her office to deliver a personalized poster from the Olympian.

“I immediately started bawling,” Johnson says. “It was exactly what I needed.”

At the beginning of her second year at Purdue, Johnson still hadn’t found a topic for her research work. She wanted something that was impactful but was having trouble finding anything that interested her.

One night, she was talking to her ill aunt Ethel Cooper in Jackson, who jokingly suggested Johnson use technology to help her with her illness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cooper died that night.

About six months later, Johnson, who at the time was researching vehicle communication, was talking to a mentor and got the idea to follow Cooper’s suggestion. Johnson used electronic health records to model and simulate the outcomes from a hospital stay of COPD patients. It has the potential to improve the care of those patients and is a tribute to her aunt, Johnson says.

Johnson starts her job as a software engineer for Northrop Grumman this fall, but in the meantime, she is occupying herself with other things. “I have some projects that I want to work on and some things I want to wrap up with my research,” she says.

She is launching inspirational apparel line Kidulting in a couple of weeks. She now lives in Maryland and will marry fiancé Jeff Avery in May 2020.

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officer for the Mississippi Department of Health, but she did not have enough money to pay her bills or even to buy lunch, she says.

Because of her struggle, she “had to hustle and use my skills� in order to buy food. To get a little bit more money, she became a contract worker at MSDH and took a part-time job as a staff writer with Alcorn State University. “There are many young women who fall through the cracks,� she says,

women who work full-time, low-paying jobs that do not cover daycare costs, and these moms also do not qualify for government assistance.

This conundrum, and the high rates of teen premature births, C-sections and low rates of breastfed babies, led her to start Sisters in Birth, which launched earlier this month. The program is open to girls and women ages 14 to 30.

Through the program, Israel aims to raise the amount of women who receive quality and timely prenatal care, she says.

Sisters in Birth Inc. will support participants through avenues such as home visitation, child-birth-education activities, physical activity, counseling on tobacco cessation, labor and delivery support, counseling on breastfeeding, patient advocacy and more. Sisters in Birth will also hire 10 Hinds County mothers who had healthy outcomes with birth and breastfeeding to serve as community health workers for the participants. “We are about building relationships,�

Israel says about the program.

The young women who complete the program will receive a free crib and car seat, and those who have full-term vaginal births and ones who breastfeed will receive a financial incentive. “Sisters in Birth is a real pro-life support organization helping women out of real poverty,� she says.

The organization will first be limited to 50 young women who live in Hinds County at enrollment time, with the plan to increase an additional 50.

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ne reason Sisters in Birth Inc. founder and Executive Director Getty Israel decided to create her organization is “because there was a time when I was a single mother without a support group,� she says.

Israel was a single mom who had a master’s degree in population health from Jackson State University, which she received in 2006. She worked as a full-time projects

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JXN // progress

A New Workforce Café, and Lots of Renovations // by Dustin Cardon

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MDFA Purchases Sun-n-Sand Refill Café Jackson contributed to the neighborhood’s decline.

The Mississippi Department of Refill Café, a nonprofit workforceMerrill McKewen, executive Finance and Administration in July director of Habitat for Humanity Mis- development restaurant located inside the purchased the Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel sissippi Capital Area and leader of the space that once housed Koinonia Coffee on Lamar Street and the Wright & Fergu- revitalization effort, told the Jackson Free House (136 S. Adams St.) in west Jackson, son Funeral Home on West Street, both Press that Habitat started work on the opened to the public on Tuesday, Aug. 27. historic landmarks located in downtown first two houses on Jan. 15, 2019. Habitat The café is open for lunch Monday through Jackson. The Mississippi Business Journal plans to remove and remodel the interiors Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. reported that MDFA paid a total of $2.3 of the buildings, including installing new The nonprofit works with young million for the two buildings. wiring, appliances and plumbing, while adults age 18 to 24 who are not currently The late businessman Dumas Milner leaving the exteriors intact. working or in school. Refill offers a 10opened the Sun-n-Sand, which has been Habitat’s revitalization effort is week training program, of which particivacant since 2001, in 1960. It has a long also part of the City of Jackson’s Blight pants spend five weeks in classrooms on history with author Willie Morris holing Elimination Project. Habitat will demolish the building’s second floor developing skills up there to write “New York Days” and many legislators staying there over the years.

Milner alsoowned the King Edward Hotel in downtown Jackson, which closed in 1967 and re-opened in 2009. Lamar Properties purchased the Sunn-Sand in 2005, and the state later bought it for $1,015,021.

MDFA plans to raze the Sun-n-Sand and construct additional parking space for government workers, MBJ reported, but the building’s sign will remain standing.

The MDFA purThe Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration will raze the Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel. chased the 30,000square-foot Wright & Ferguson building from Alderwoods LLC in September 2018 and purchased the Sun- any houses the organization deems unfix- such as answering a phone, sending emails, n-Sand in January 2019 for $1,285,300. able in order to rid the neighborhood of how to present oneself, resumé building, filling out job applications, personal health derelict buildings.

Habitat Broadmoor Initiative The Broadmoor revitalization will and well-being, professional dress and fiOn Thursday, June 27, Habitat affect 100 houses in the neighborhood nancial management, anger management for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area over the next five years, whether the and interview skills.

Participants then spend the remainlaunched a five-year initiative to revitalize organization rebuilds or demolishes them. the historic Broadmoor neighborhood in Habitat will build one new house with ing five weeks on the ground floor of the north Jackson.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, café shadowing full-time employees for The first homes in the neighbor- the construction of which began Sept. 7, on-the-job training, including working in hood went up in the 1950s as housing for 2019. Through the HOME grant, the the kitchen, running the register, serving returning veterans after World War II. City of Jackson will assist Habitat in rehab- and busing tables, and other tasks.

The Refill Café menu includes carved Their children, the “Baby Boomer” genera- bing five more houses. Habitat will sell all tion, lived in the neighborhood through the the revitalized homes in the Broadmoor turkey sandwiches topped with cranberry 1990s, but the deaths of original homeown- neighborhood based on a 30-year, zero- dressing, daily “power bowls” of brown rice and quinoa topped with vegetables and a ers and the housing-market crash of 2008 interest mortgage for each owner.

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choice of protein, a variety of soups and sandwiches, a rotating selection of daily blue-plate specials and more.

For more information, visit refillcafe jackson.com or find it on Facebook.

B&B Theatres at Northpark Northpark announced in May that it will open a new 14-screen movie theater by fall 2019. B&B Theatres, which has 50 locations nationwide, is partnering with Northpark to open its second location in Mississippi on 250 Ring Road in Ridgeland, which surrounds Northpark.

The other B&B Theatres in Mississippi is at the Vicksburg Mall. For the new theater, Northpark and B&B Theatres will renovate the former Regal Cinema, which closed in January 2019.

The renovations will include changes to the lobby, restrooms and concession area, as well as the installation of new screens, seating, carpeting, countertops and signage. The renovations will also include a new exterior facade and a resurfaced parking lot.

B&B Theatres will include amenities such as the Marquee Bar, a full-service bar with beer, wine or cocktails for guests age 21 or older. The theater will also have a lounge, a made-to-order food menu, auditoriums with electronic heated leather recliners and more.

Big Fix Clinic The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recently gave Mississippi Spay and Neuter a $38,000 grant for medical equipment at its new Big Fix Clinic in Richland.

MS SPAN, an organization that spays and neuters pets, as well as feral cats and dogs, in an effort to end euthanasia and mistreatment of stray animals, originally opened in 2005. The current Big Fix Clinic, which opened in 2008, is at 100 Business Center Parkway in Pearl, while the new, larger location will be at 657 Highway 49 in Richland, next door to Mississippi Title Loans. The current Big Fix Clinic will remain open until the new location opens.

The organization also plans to move its thrift store in Florence, Big Thrift, into the new building after it opens. The store, which has been open since 2014, sells clothes, housewares, books, pet products and more.

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Refill Café offers daily “power bowls” with brown rice, quinoa, vegetables and a choice of protein.

Trustmark Fondren Office Trustmark Bank held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new office in Fondren on Wednesday, July 10. The new Trustmark Fondren branch is located at the corner of Old Canton Road and Duling Avenue in front of Babalu Tapas & Tacos.

The bank broke ground on the new building in February 2018. Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons Architects & Engineers designed the two-story building and will occupy its second floor.

Trustmark previously hosted a “topping-out ceremony” for the Fondren office in August 2018, during which Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba signed the final piece of structural steel that builders installed near the top of the office building.

Millsaps Windgate Center Millsaps College held a dedication ceremony for its new Windgate Visual Arts Center on Thursday, Sept. 5. The building, which is on the west side of the Millsaps campus, allowed the college to move its art facilities from the third floor of its Academic Complex and into a larger space, Elise Smith, chairwoman of the art department and professor of art history at Millsaps, told the Jackson Free Press.

Students can access the building through a newly opened entrance at the intersection of West Street and Wesley Avenue in Jackson’s midtown neighborhood.

The Arkansas-based Windgate Foundation, which funds visual-arts studies at universities and museums across the United States, donated $2.5 mil-

lion to Millsaps for the construction of the center. The North Carolina-based William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust also helped Millsaps secure additional donations from Maurice and Cathy Hall, and Michael T. McRee. Millsaps broke ground for the 17,300-square-foot Windgate Center in November 2017, and classes inside the recently completed building began on Aug. 26, Smith says. The center is also the first new building constructed on the Millsaps campus in roughly 30 years.

The center includes expanded studio art rooms for woodworking, metal working, papermaking, sculpting, painting, printing presses and more, as well as a Mac lab for digital-arts classes, a seminar room and a student lounge stocked with art books for students to borrow.

Millsaps will use the building’s main gallery, the Hall Family Gallery, to host exhibits from artists across the Southeast, as well as gallery talks and juried art exhibitions for senior art majors, Smith says.

“We’re tremendously energized as an arts community to be able to give the arts a much stronger focus here at Millsaps,” Smith says. “We’re hoping to attract students who maybe wouldn’t normally take art classes, be better be able to work with midtown businesses like Pearl River Glass Studio and generate community involvement for upcoming projects like our midtown sculpture walk.”

South Jackson Renovations Ronnie Crudup Jr., a lifelong Jackson resident and executive director of New Horizon Ministries Inc., and now a state legislator, has been leading a series of projects to renovate and beautify south Jackson all year, beginning with a clean-up of local neighborhoods that took place over Martin Luther King Day weekend in January, Crudup told the Jackson Free Press.

New Horizon renovated five houses in and around the Alta Woods subdivision as part of its ongoing Isaiah 58 Housing Project, which focuses on tearing down abandoned and blighted properties in south Jackson and refurbishing others for residents to move into.

The organization is also working to convert Sykes Park on Cooper Road from baseball fields to multi-use fields for football and soccer, which should be finished before the end of 2019, Crudup says.

For more information on the Isaiah 58 Housing Project, visitnewhmi.org.

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BIZ // restaurants

Adventures in Foodland // by Dustin cardon

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ackson’s restaurant scene has been growing lately. Here is some restaurant news from recent months.

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The Mighty Crab The Mighty Crab (6380 Ridgewood Court Drive), a Cajun-style seafood restaurant in Jackson, had its soft opening on Wednesday, Aug. 14, and the restaurant is now open. Mighty Crab’s menu includes appetizers such as hushpuppies, calamari, steamed oysters and chicken wings, as well as sides like corn on the cob, Cajun fries, steamed rice, sausage, boiled eggs and more. Customers can also order baskets of fried shrimp, tilapia, catfish, oyster and calamari, or boiled seafood such as shrimp, clams, and green or black mussels. All seafood items come with seasoning options including Cajun, garlic butter, lemon pepper or “juicy special,” which is a combination of all three, and variable levels of spiciness.

The restaurant is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 9 p.m. For more information, visit mightycrabjackson.com.

vegan donuts, homemade herb-infused biscuits, wraps and egg-scramble dishes that will change weekly.

For lunch, Bell serves what she calls “one-pot wonders,” which are dishes cooked in a crock pot. The lunch menu will include three items each month.

Lunch is also completely dairy-free, Bell says, and can include dishes such as quinoa enchiladas, chunky potato soup, lasagna and more. Eritaj has herbal tea and Rebecca buRR

Sophomore Spanish Club Sophomore Spanish Club, a ’90sthemed Latin restaurant inside The District at Eastover, held its grand opening on Monday, Aug. 26. The new restaurant occupies the former Cantina Laredo, which closed in February. MH Ventures of Jackson, which also operates Fine & Dandy in The District, manages Sophomore Spanish Club, and Jesse Houston, executive chef at Fine & Dandy, is the culinary director.

While the menu is not fully finalized, it does include items such as frito pie with chile con carne, fresh seafood and fajitas made on a charcoal grill, along with traditional items such as tamales and enchiladas. Drinks include margaritas on the rocks that customers can add flavors to, such as prickly pear, and other specialty cocktails, such as the “Cactus Cat,” which is made up of honeysuckle, vodka, prickly pear, lemon, cucumber and orange.

Sophomore Spanish Club is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to midnight, and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, find the business on Facebook.

Bevec’s Cafe Simply Delicious Juan Soto, a Madison resident who moved from Nashville in May this year, opened Bevec’s Cafe Simply Delicious (876 Lakeland Drive) in Jackson in June.

The café offers simple grab-andgo items such as sandwiches, wraps, salads, smoothies, coffee, baked goods and more. Bevec’s will also sell a special Fusion Burger that Soto is partnering with fellow Madison resident

Salu Binahtabor, D.J. Baker and Felicia Bell are partners at Eritaj Cookery, a Restorative Food Cafe in the Kundi Compound in midtown.

David Raines, owner of Dave’s Triple B and Flora Butcher, to make for Bevec’s lunch menu. The burger will consist of Angus and Wagyu beef that Raines sources from Raines Farm, which his father, David Raines Sr., operates in Monroe, La. Bevec’s is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 615-879-1918.

Eritaj Cookery, a Restorative Food Café Felicia Bell, a Brandon native and owner of RD&S Farm, opened Eritaj on Monday, June 3, at the Kundi Compound (3220 N. State St.) in Jackson.

The restaurant, which has vegan and vegetarian food, is open for breakfast and lunch on Monday, Thursday and Friday.

The breakfast menu includes French toast,

organic, Mississippi-roasted coffee, as well as selections of jellies and herbs from other local farms. The cafe uses some ingredients for dishes from local farms.

Eritaj is open Monday, Thursday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, find the restaurant on Facebook.

Urban Foxes Cody Cox, a Jackson musician and owner of record label Elegant Trainwreck Productions, opened a small-batch bakery called Urban Foxes (826 North St.) in Jackson’s Belhaven Heights neighborhood on Monday, May 20.

Urban Foxes features sweet and savory pies, scones, muffins, cookies and more, all made from scratch each day. The selection also rotates both daily and seasonally.

Urban Foxes’ coffee menu includes

espresso, lattes, cappuccino and more. The cafe also has organic loose-leaf teas and stocks beer from craft breweries.

Urban Foxes is open Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information, call 769-572-5505 or follow Urban Foxes on Instagram.

Shiro Cafe & Restaurant Jackson resident Samuel “Sam” Tilahun partnered with Yosef Ali, owner of Aladdin Mediterranean Grill in Fondren, to open an Ethiopian restaurant called Shiro Cafe & Restaurant (125 S. Congress St.) in downtown Jackson in April.

Shiro is open for both breakfast and lunch. For breakfast, the restaurant has both savory and sweet crepes, and dishes like ful medames, a Middle Eastern and African dish made with yogurt, eggs, fava beans and other ingredients.

For lunch, the restaurant offers a make-your-own-plate special for $10.

Customers first choose a base such as rice, tortillas or teff bread, along with one protein and two sides. Proteins include tofu, grilled chicken, lamb or beef. Sides include beetroot or cabbage potatoes, spicy lentils, kale or collard greens, turmeric chickpeas and turmeric peas. Customers can also add an extra protein or an extra side for $2 each.

Shiro is open from Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 769-572-4555 or visit shiroms.com.

Names & Faces Terrance Patton, co-owner of record label 35*35 Entertainment, along with former NBA player Clarence Weatherspoon, opened a new restaurant in downtown Jackson called Names & Faces Lounge (224 E. Capitol St.) on March 1.

The menu at Names & Faces includes burgers, po’boys, cheese steaks, nachos, quesadillas, wings, catfish, tacos and more. The lounge also offers daily happy hour specials from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Names & Faces is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to midnight, Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., Saturday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. For more information, call 601955-5285 or find the business on Facebook.

For a longer version, visit jfp.ms/ restaurantnews2019.

Here’s to you and Team JFP!

As we move into our 18th year, we salute our growing team working hard to get you news, events info and beautiful stories about the people who make Jackson and Mississippi a home we fight for daily.

Seyma Bayram

seyma @jacksonfreepress.com 601-362-6121 ext. 26 @SeymaBayram0

Creative Director

Kristin Brenemen

Associate Publisher

Managing Editor

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We’ll miss you!

Kimberly Griffin

Consulting Editor

JoAnne Prichard Morris

Distribution Coordinator

Ken Steere

distribution @jacksonfreepress.com

Amber Helsel

Distribution

Ruby Parks

Culture Writer

Aliyah Veal

aliyah @jacksonfreepress.com

JFPDaily.com Editor

Dustin Cardon

Yvonne Champion

Social Media Assistant

Digital Web Developer

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Robin Johnson 601-362-6121 ext. 21

Sales and Marketing Coordinator, Writer

Distribution

Andrea Dilworth

Editor-in-Chief and CEO

Ryan Jones

Donna Ladd

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State Reporter

Deputy Editor

Event Assistant

ashton @jacksonfreepress.com 601-362-6121 ext. 20 @ashtonpittman

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Let’s Talk Jackson Executive Producer

Ashton Pittman

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Sports Writer

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Publisher & President

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BIRTHDAY // jfp insider’s guide

JFP Origin and History Quiz

The first person who emails all the correct answers to donna@jacksonfreepress.com gets $50 in local gift cards.

2. The pair joined forces with University of Southern Mississippi grad ________________ whom they met when he showed them his duplex rental in _____________ (neighborhood) and later got so excited about the project that he agreed to sell ______________ (what?), enabling the project to move ahead. Now he’s a __________ guru.

3. The JFP has been in four “offices” over the last 17 years. List them: a. ________________________ (hint: you could smell Mexican food) b. ________________________ (hint:

across street from a famous racist) c. ________________________ (we had to go outside to go to bathroom) d. ________________________ (our views are better than your views) 4. Our first art director worked from home and would nap on the floor in the middle of the night waiting for Donna, then the sole editor, to send him copy to lay out. Who was he, and where does he still work fulltime? __________________________ 5. What was the nickname of our long-time mystery sports writer (before Bryan Flynn)? ____________________ 6. The Jackson Free Press’ investigative work put this boisterous elected official and media darling (until we came along) ____________________ (name) on trial how many times?

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the JFP’s ‘why’ statements

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t the JFP’s annual retreat (the next one is coming soon after a year off due to our editor’s illness), we like to “start with why,” the name of a book and TEDTalk by Simon Sinek. Here are past “why” statements from our co-founders and several that staff teams brainstormed. They all still hold true for us.

Donna: To leverage the power of storytelling, fact-finding and diversity to empower and inspire Mississippians to change their world.

Todd: To encourage the people in this authentic and diverse place to shun cookiecutter culture while embracing the creative people who want to make a difference in art, culture or business.

Staff team 1: Supporting the community through authentic storytelling.

Staff team 2: Nurturing growth and encouraging dialogue between diverse communities.

Staff team 3: Creating a Sense of ‘We’re all in this together.’

Staff team 4: Putting a dent in the metro Jackson area and our world, and inspiring people to do the same.

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by JFP Staff f you’re a journalist, chances are, you’ve heard of “Overheard in the Newsroom.” It’s a fun social-media platform filled with relatable content for editors, reporters and everyone in between. Here are some of the stuff we’ve overheard in our office.

“The longer you’re here, the bigger your headphones.”

“There are no angels.” — Editor-in-chief Donna Ladd routinely reminding reporters that all sides in a story can be dishonest or corrupt and that not all stories have heroes.

New reporter when learning that elected officials might vote to illegally destroy documents: “Would they do that!?”

Web editor Dustin Cardon, laughing: “You haven’t been here long, have you?”

7. Donna Ladd went on two infamous tours with that official on the _________________________ and hid behind a _______________________ when he and his two _________________ drew their weapons on a young man. His dog’s name was _________.

8. What domestic chore did former police chief _______________________ perform at a bizarre dinner at that official’s home the night of the first joy ride? ________________ What future DA was also present at the dinner? ________________ 9. What former Klansman did JFP work help get convicted in Jackson? _________________ Who did he help kidnap and kill? _______________________ Year?_____ 10. What political candidate was on the

cover of the issue the early team was trying to get to the printer one morning after daylight when suddenly the power was cut off? __________________________ Who was the artist who painted her? _________________________ 11. How many awards has the JFP won total in 17 years? _______ 12. What is the JFP’s most viral story ever? _________________________ What is No. 2?_______________________ 13. Which is NOT a focus of JFP coverage?

Criminal Justice Public Education Horse-race Election Coverage?

City and State Infrastructure Immigration Local Businesses Solutions Journalism Watch for the answers in the Oct. 2 issue.

JFP staFF LittLe-KnOwn Facts

by JFP Staff

Amber Helsel

Kristin Brenemen

Andrea Nate Dilworth Schumann

Ashton Pittman

Robin Johnson

Azia Wiggins

Ryan Jones

Donna Ladd

Seyma Bayram

Dustin Cardon

Todd Stauffer

Kimberly Zilpha Griffin Young

Instructions: Match the secret to the staff member.

1. Graduated from the International Baccalaureate program at Jim Hill High School.

2. Owns more than 3,000 comic books.

3. Worked as assistant curator for a CEO’s private art collection, which consisted of antiquarian maps and samurai armor. Expanded the collection to include modern and contemporary mapbased works.

4. Was once a celebrity blogger.

5. Collects swords.

6. Was co-host of the Emmywinning TV show “Disk Doctors.”

7. Was vice president of the Anime Club at USM. 8. Has aphantasia, a condition where person is unable to visualize mental images.

9. Bartended for the woman who started Coyote Ugly in NYC and, yes, this person did shots dancing on the bar.

10. Has a YouTube channel called Rapchive that focuses on hip-hop album discussions.

11. Was rushed to the hospital at age 6 due to fever. The doctor told this person’s parents that all of this person’s permanent teeth were coming in at the same time.

12. Has two lovable pit-bulls named Dorothy and Dru. 13. Richard Wright (great Mississippi author) was this person’s cousin. He and this person’s mom were first cousins; their fathers were brothers.

14. Is a graduate of Mississippi Coding Academy as part of the Jackson class of 2018-2019.

AnSwerS: 1. KriSTin, 2. nATe, 3. SeymA, 4. Kimberly, 5. Amber, 6. Todd, 7. duSTin, 8. ZilPhA, 9. donnA, 10. robin, 11. AZiA, 12. AShTon, 13. AndreA, 14. ryAn

1. Life and soon-to-be business partners Donna Ladd and Todd Stauffer decided after ________________ (major national event) to put down roots in Mississippi, scale back on national work and start the Jackson Free Press as a locally owned newspaper that covers the entire community.

Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin decorates her space with empowering items.

Former Features Editor Kathleen Mitchell Mod-Podged prints of past covers to this table in our front lobby.

Art Director Kristin Brenemen keeps a plethora of design-related books on a bookshelf near her desk.

Artist Anthony DiFatta painted this for a 2002 JFP cover. It’s on a display shelf in our lobby.

around the office // Stories and photos by Amber Helsel

The JFP has multiple writing, drawing and collaboration surfaces in its office, including this chalkboard.

Over the years, the Jackson Free Press has won dozens of awards.

In 2019, the paper broke its record for most awards in one year.

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uring staff meetings, Publisher Todd Stauffer and Editor-in-Chief Donna Ladd give awards to staff members along with gift cards. Here is a look at our trophies from N.U.T.S. in midtown. Winners like to dress them up before passing them to the next lucky folks.

Community Engagement Award For: Staff member who engages the community in an impactful way Most recent awardee: Kimberly Griffin

Frank Melton Enterprising Reporting Award For: Great reporting Most recent awardee: Ashton Pittman

Kick Ass Award For: Best staff member of that time period (managers’ choice) Most recent awardee: Dustin Cardon

Falcon Award For: Best staff member of that time period (staff’s choice) Most recent awardee: Aliyah Veal

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BITES & DRINKS // spicy

Local Chicken Sandwiches Win // by amber helsel

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n the last few weeks, fried chicken sandwiches, and especially spicy ones, have gone viral on social media. We here at the Jackson Free Press like to spend and eat local, so here are some delicious, non-cookie-cutter fried chicken sandwiches you should sample.

Ariella’s NY Delicatessen (Cultivaiton Food Hall, 1200 Eastover Drive, Suite 125, 601-326-1880) “Better than Popeye’s” chicken sandwich: pickled-brined chicken breast dipped in a Cajun-spiced batter and fried, with dill pickle slices and a sauce.

Lou’s Full-Serv (904 E. Fortification St., Suite B, 601-487-6359) The “Chick-Fil-Lou”: fried-chicken thigh with comeback sauce and pickles. Customers can also get it “buffaLou” style Fine & Dandy (100 District Blvd. E., 601-202-5050, eatdandy.com) “The Grandma Chick”: pickle-brined fried chicken with Duke’s mayo and pickles Fenian’s Pub (901 E. Fortification St., 601-948-0055, fenianspub.com) Fried chicken sandwich: buttermilk-fried chicken thigh, rasher (thin slice of bacon), pickled cabbage and Creole honey mustard Barrelhouse (3009 N. State St., 769-216-3167, barrelhousems.com) Spicy chicken sandwich: fried chicken, Barrelhouse sauce, pickles and shredded lettuce

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Rooster’s (2906 N. State St., 601-982-2001, glennfoods.com) “Hot, Hot Fried Chicken Sandwich”: fried chicken tossed in hot sauce with cole slaw, pickles and Monterey Jack cheese

NiNe Ways to Get some Joy out of the Last Bit of summer

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Figs are very versatile. There are so many ways to eat and drink them. This week, you should try making this quick, simple smoothie with some figs.

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ith temperatures reaching the triple digits over the last few weeks, summer is definitely still here. The official last day of summer is Monday, Sept. 23. This gives you ample time to scratch off a few more things on that summer to-do list, but you must act quickly.

Here are nine simple ways to enjoy summer while it lasts, without breaking the bank: 1. Play outdoor Twister on the lawn. To spice things up a bit, add water to the equation.

2. Make milkshakes at home.

3. Host a “fruit-filled” picnic with close family and friends.

4. Camp out in the backyard. (Leave all electronics inside the house!)

5. Have a water-balloon or water-gun battle.

6. Fly a kite.

7. Take a peaceful ride down the Natchez Trace. (Don’t forget your camera!)

8. Grab your favorite person, and go dancing in the rain.

9. Grab a few friends, and bring them with you on your next Mississippi Farmers Market trip.

This story first appeared in the Sept. 5 Mississippi Farmers Market newsletter. It is reprinted with permission and has been edited for style.

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Ingredients 1/2 banana, ripe 4 figs, fresh, sliced in half 7 to 8 ounces Greek-style yogurt 1 tablespoon honey 1 pinch salt 1/4 to 1/2 cup milk, depending on desired consistency A few mint or basil leaves Instructions Gather your ingredients. Cut the tips of the fig stems off, slice them in half and put them in a blender. Add the banana half, Greek-style yogurt, honey, salt and 1/4 cup of the milk to the blender. Puree the mix-

ture until it is smooth, and continue adding milk if you prefer a thinner consistency.

Garnish with a few mint or basil leaves.

This story first appeared in the Sept. 5 Mississippi Farmers Market newsletter. It has been edited for style and content.

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They had lunch at the Cultivation Food Hall, where past, they don’t plan on forgetting it and are dead set on The couple, who were high-school sweethearts from Eric had “trash grits” from Fete au Fete, and Allison had learning from it.”

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Their favorite part of the trip, however, was the food. ville after graduation. Eric at“The restaurant game in Jackson has tended the International Academy for Design and Technology Places Where The Endless and graduated with an associAdventure Went ate’s degree in graphic design in Urban Foxes (826 North St., 769-572-5505) 2007. Allison went to Belmont Mississippi Civil Rights Museum (222 North St., Suite 2205, 601-576-6800, mscivilrightsmuseum.com) University and graduated with Cultivation Food Hall (1200 Eastover Drive, Suite 125) a bachelor’s degree in business The Iron Horse Grill (320 W. Pearl St., 601-398-0151, administration in 2009. theironhorsegrill.com) They got married in 2008 Deep South Pops (1800 N. State St., 601-398-2174; 4500 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road, 601-398-0623, and moved to San Francisco deepsouthpops.com) in 2010 to begin their careers.

Brent’s Drugs (655 Duling Ave., 601-366-3427) Allison worked in human reGovernor’s Mansion (300 E. Capitol St., 601-359-3175, sources for an online clothing mdah.ms.gov) Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.; 601company Modcloth and in 960-1515; msmuseumart.org) 2013, Eric had co-founded tech Babalu Tapas & Tacos (622 Duling Ave., Suite 106, startup sqwiggle. Then in 2015, 601-366-5757, eatbabalu.com) they started traveling the world Cathead Distillery (422 S. Farish St., 601-667-3038, catheaddistillery.com) seeking to “experience as many adventures and delicious food as we can,” Allison says. They Eric (left) and Allison Bieller (right) travel around the world trying food and vlog about gave up their jobs to travel the blown us away,” Eric says. their experiences. Recently, the couple came to Jackson. world seeking new foods, sights Allison says: “... There was the clasand adventure. They now fund sic great southern home-style cooking, their lifestyle by blogging and but then we also had amazing Greek vlogging their travels. Currently, they have nearly 300,000 Their favorite meal was at The Iron Horse Grill. food and amazing Italian food. It was just all over the subscribers on their YouTube channel.

“It was not a healthy meal by any means,” Allison place; it was wonderful.”

“Our goal is to make the world feel a little smaller says. “We got everything they had that was fried,” including Will the Biellers come back? and inspire others to break out of their comfort zone,” the tamales, which were their favorite dish.

“Yes, definitely,” Allison says.

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They visited several cultural or historical sites while Eric says: “The food scene alone makes (Jackson) The couple has traveled all over the world and across waiting for their food to digest and make room for the next worth a visit. We didn’t have a single bad meal during our the U.S., and most recently, the couple came here to Jack- meal, including the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, the stay. We did drive over a few bad potholes though.” son. In 2019, Visit Jackson invited Eric and Allison to Governor’s Mansion and the Mississippi Museum of Art. Find The Endless Adventure on YouTube, Facebook and visit the city. They spent several days in June seeing the They were especially interested in the civil-rights museum.

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COMMUNITY Kickback at the Compound Sept. 18, Sept.

22, Sept. 25, Sept. 29, Oct. 2, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at Kundi Compound (3220 N. State St.). The venue hosts an adult game night where participants play friendly matches of card and board games. Attendees may bring their own adult beverages if they wish. Free admission; call 601-345-8680; email kundicompound@gmail.com; find it on Facebook.

mix drinks, taste samples from the food hall’s vendors, engage in interactive demonstrations by the C Spire Gaming Club and meet Pepper, the mascot of the Mississippi Science Fest. Presented by C Spire. Sponsored by Southern Farm Bureau. Free admission; call 601-709-8354; email sbranson@mcm.ms; find it on Facebook.

Friday Forum Sept. 20, Sept. 27, 9 a.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The weekly series features lectures and

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“Into the Breeches!” begins 7:30 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The theater presents the comedic play written by George Brant. Set in the WWII era, when a theater’s director and lead actors are called to action during the war, women at the home front set out MICHAEL GEORGE PHOTOGRAPHY to produce an all-female version of Shakespeare’s “Henry V.” Additional dates: Sept. 19, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sept. 2021, 7:30 p.m., Sept. 22, 2 p.m. $30 general admission; call 601-948-3533; newstagetheatre.com.

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Events at the Jackson Bridge Association (300 Park Circle Drive, Flowood) • Fall Bridge Lessons: Defense Sept. 19, Sept. 26, 9-11 a.m. Nancy Ford teaches participants to use defensive strategies while playing bridge. Registration requested. $100 for all nine classes; call 601-936-4856.

• Fall Bridge Lessons: Supervised Play for the 2/1 Player Sept. 23, Sept. 30, 9-11 a.m. James Tullos teaches participants to play bridge. Registration strongly requested. $15 per class; call 601-936-4856.

• Fall Bridge Lessons: Beginning Bidding Sept. 23, Sept. 30, 4-6 p.m. Evelyn Adcock teaches participants the basics of bridge.

Registration requested. $10 per lesson; call 601-936-4856.

• Fall Bridge Lessons: More Conventions Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 9-11 a.m. Evelyn Adcock teaches participants advanced techniques of bridge. Registration requested. $10 per class; call 601-936-4856.

• Fall Bridge Lessons: Play of the Hand Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9-11 a.m. Jean Denson teaches participants lessons in bridge.

Registration requested. $10 per lesson; call 601-936-4856.

presentations on various topics from a number of reputable guests. The topic of the forums change every week. Free admission; email nmcnamee72@gmail.com.

Park(ing) Day 2019 Sept. 20, 4 p.m.-9 p.m., at Smith Park (302 Amite St.). The City of Jackson organizes the event where vendors, artists and musicians use metered parking spaces as temporary community spaces to showcase their products and works. Attendees browse the stations. Vendors, artists and musicians can register for a space online. Free admission, vendor prices vary; find it on Facebook.

Drag Bingo Sept. 20, 6-9 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). In the Red Room. Special guests Absolut and Malibu host the bingo event. $10 general admission, donations accepted; call 601-948-0888; find it on Facebook.

2019 Cruzin’ Car Show Sept. 21, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Olde Towne Clinton (312 Jefferson St.). The car show features a number of cars and other vehicles. Free admission, $20 car registration; call 601-924-5472; email mainstreetclintonms.com.

Game Night Sept. 19, 3:30-5 p.m., at Willie Morris Library (4912 Old Canton Road).

The library hosts the events on the second and fourth Thursday of every month. Attendees play board, card and video games. Free admission; call 601-987-8181.

Sankofa Market Sept. 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Community Room, Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). In the Community Room. The market allows local artisans and vendors to interact with the community as attendees browse their goods. Free admission, vendor prices vary; call 769-2083202; email southernscentsationsms@gmail. com; SouthernScentsationsMS.com.

Science After 6 Sept. 19, 6-7:30 p.m., at Cultivation Food Hall (1200 Eastover Drive, Suite 125). The event allows participants to

Microchips and Adoption Day Sept. 21, noon-3 p.m., at Hollywood Feed (1250 E. County Line Road). Hollywood Feed and

Rescue Revolution of MS presents the adoption event for pet-lovers where microchips are available for a fee. Attendees must have dogs on leashes and cats in carriers. Microchip fee TBA; call 601-977-6220; email events@ cultivationfoodhall.com; find it on Facebook.

Ideas on Tap: Who Gets to Be American?

Sept. 24, 5:30-7 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). Hal & Mal’s and the Mississippi Humanities Council host the first in a three-part series on immigration and American identity. The program focuses on the history of immigration and naturalization in the U.S. to help attendees better understand who gets to be an American. Features small group discussions of key historical moments in our national debate over naturalization and immigration. Facilitators include Noel Dilda, Stuart Rockoff, L. Patricia Ice and others. Free admission; call 601-432-6752; email cgillespie@mhc.state.ms.us; find it on Facebook.

Discussion: Ecosystem Management of America’s Greatest River Oct. 1, noon-1 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive). Paul Hartfield speaks on the importance of the Mississippi River to the U.S. and the world in an increasingly crowded planet, and how commerce and flood protection can be compatible with ecosystem services. Free admission; call 601-576-6000; email nicole.smith@ mmns.ms.gov; mdwfp.com.

National Night Out Oct. 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall Foundation (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). The annual event, which aims to enhance the relationship between the community and law enforcement, includes food, vendors, entertainment and other activities. Free admission, vendor prices vary; call 601-982-8467; find it on Facebook.

Under the Light: I Question America Sept.

26, 5:45-7 p.m., at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum (222 North St.). In the “I Question America” gallery of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Leslie McLemore discusses his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and his relationship with Fannie Lou Hamer. The formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party is also discussed.

Director of Education at New Stage Theater Sharon Miles performs “Let it Shine: A Visit with Fannie Lou Hamer” in the “This Little Light of Mine” gallery. Free admission; call 601-576-6800; email info@mscivilrights museum.com; mdah.ms.gov.

Ladies’ Night Sept. 26, 6-8 p.m., at Two Gun Tactical (667 Casey’s Lane, Flowood).

The shooting range hosts a private event for women. Includes safety equipment, lane time, firearm and simulator rentals, and ammunition. $50 general admission, discount for members available; call 601-790-2486; email info@2guntactical.com; find it on Facebook.

WellsFest Pet Parade 2019 Sept. 28, 9:30-10 a.m., at Jamie Fowler Boyll Park (1398 Lakeland Drive). Part of the larger WellsFest event.

Participants may bring their leashed pets for a pet parade event. The parade begins at the art booth near the entrance for the main music festival that follows. All participants receive a bag of treats for their pets. Prizes awarded to pet owners of pets who win in categories including best dressed, most congenial and cutest. Includes a blessing of the pets ceremony where participants receive a St. Francis medal. All pets must be leashed in accordance to city ordinances. Free admission; call 601353-0658; find it on Facebook.

Pop-Ups at the ‘Park Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., at Northpark (1200 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland). Vendors come and set up pop-up booths throughout Northpark to sell their products. Attendees browse the various goods. Free admission, vendor prices vary; find it on Facebook.

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Ballet & Blues is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.) The Ballet Mississippi Guild hosts the inaugural fundraising event that spotlights local blues artist Steven Johnson, who is the grandson of Robert Johnson, known as the “Father of the Blues,” as well as Fred T. and the Band. Also includes refreshments, live performances by a professional dancer from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York and a silent auction with items made especially for the event by Mississippian artists. $40 individual, $75 per couple; call 601-960-1560; email evandeburgh@balletms.com; balletms.net; workforgood.com.

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KIDS Events at Willie Morris Library (4912 Old Canton Road) • Budding Bookworms Story-time Sept.

18, Sept. 25, 10:30-11:30 a.m. The library hosts the event where staffers read ageappropriate books to children ages 4 and under and then lead a related hands-on activity to encourage early literacy. Free admission; call 601-987-8181.

• National Scarf Day Sept. 27, 2-3 p.m. The library hosts a scarf-themed fashion show in honor of National Scarf Day. Children participate in the show wearing their favorite scarves. Free admission; call 601-987-8181.

Nature Nuts Sept. 20, 10 a.m.-11 a.m., at Clinton Community Nature Center (617 Dunton Road, Clinton). Parents and guardians bring their children ages 2-5 to learn about nature. $5 per child, $1 off per consecutive child, free for members; email claymansell@gmail.com; find it on Facebook.

Look & Learn with Hoot Sept. 20, 10:3011:30 a.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The educational event for children up to 5 years of age and their parents features creative play, a hands-on art activity and story time with Hoot, the museum’s education mascot. Dress for mess. $10 per child; email mdrake@msmuseumart. org; msmuseumart.org.

Workshop: Discover MS Eco-Regions with a Giant Floor Map Sept. 21, 10:30-11:30 a.m., at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive). Part of the larger Mississippi Science Fest event. Mississippi Geographic Alliance hosts a hands-on MS Eco Region Map session where youths ages 10-14 learn about modern eco-regions and how paleo-ecology shapes them. Attendees learn about animals that lived in the shallow ocean that once covered Mississippi.

The workshop is included with Mississippi Science Fest admission. Reservations required.

Space limited. $10 general admission to MS Science Fest; call 601-576-6000; email nicole. smith@mmns.ms.gov; mdwfp.com.

Discovery Night: Experiment with Us! Sept.

21, 6-9 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Museum Blvd.). The children’s museum holds the family fundraising event, which coincides with the Mississippi Science Festival. The event celebrates children’s literature and delves into STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math. Includes food, drinks, music, a raffle and more. $10 child, $25 adult; call 601-981-5469; email lindsey@ mcm.ms; find it on Facebook.

Cool Treats and Car Seats Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Patty Peck Honda (555 Sunnybrook Road, Ridgeland). Patty Peck Honda hosts the fair-like event emphasizing the importance of properly using child safety seats in vehicles. Saftey professionals check car seats brought to the event to ensure they are correctly installed. Includes games, inflatables, prizes, popcorn, cotton candy, hamburgers, hotdogs and more. Registration required. To register, click “Going” on the Facebook page and then answer the questionnaire that follows. Limited space. Free admission, registration required; call 601-957-3400; find it on Facebook.

SATURDAY 9/21 Mississippi Science Fest is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive). Experts from science-based industries across the state lead hands-on experiences for children and families at the four

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museums in the Lefleur Museum District, comprised of Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum, Mississippi Children’s Museum, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science and Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. The museums showcase a range of career opportunities using interactive displays. A free shuttle bus is available during the event. Food vendors on-site. $10 general admission, food prices vary; call 601-5766000; mdwfp.com.

FOOD & DRINK True Local Market Sept. 21, 2-6 p.m., at Cultivation Food Hall (1250 Eastover Drive). The weekly farmers market brings together local vendors selling produce, crafts and other goods. Vendor prices vary; call 601-487-5196; email events@cultivation foodhall.com; find it on Facebook.

Amerigo Wine Tasting Sept. 24, 6-9 p.m., at Amerigo (6592 Old Canton Road, Ridgeland). The restaurant hosts its last wine tasting of the year. Guests receive samplings of four wines paired with bruschetta Amerigo and tiramisu. $25 per person, plus tax and gratuity; call 601-977-0563; email marketing@amerigo.net; amerigo.net.

Food Truck Mash-Up at The Rez Sept. 28, 1:30-7 p.m., at Lakeshore Park. The event features a number of food trucks from Mississippi and nearby areas from which attendees can purchase food and drinks. Visitors may vote for their favorite food truck and can enter raffles every hour for prizes such as free food and $20 in “Mash-Up Cash” that winners can use as currency at any of the food trucks. Also includes live music, beer and face painting. First responders, children under 5 years old, and active military and veterans receive free admission. $5 advanced, $8 at-door; call 321-242-3600; foodtruckmashup.usatoday.com.

“Masquerade” Dinner Theater at Char Sept. 30, 6-9 p.m., at Char Restaurant (4500 Interstate 55 N.). The Detectives and Char present an interactive, comedic theatrical performance while participants dine. Cocktails and seating begin 6 p.m. Reservations required. $49, plus tax and gratuity; call 601956-9562; email marketing@amerigo.net; thedetectives.biz.

SPORTS & WELLNESS Creative Healing Studio Sept. 18, Oct. 2, 12:30-2 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Art therapist Susan Anand leads the bimonthly art activity for adults being treated for cancer or those who have previously been diagnosed with cancer.

All skill levels welcome. Registration required.

Free admission; call 601-960-1515; email smainlay@aol.com; msmuseumart.org.

Events at Boxers Rebellion Fighting Arts and Fitness (856 State St., Suite E) • Boxing & Kickboxing Sept. 18-19, Sept.

23-26, Sept. 30, Oct. 1-2, 5-7 p.m., at Boxers Rebellion Fighting Arts & Fitness (856 S. State St., Suite E). Instructors teach participants boxing and kickboxing skills. $15 single day, $100 session; more options shown on website; call 262-994-3174; email jeremy@boxersrebellion.com; boxersrebellion.org.

• Millsaps College Kickboxing & Boxing Sept. 23, Sept. 26, Sept. 30, 6-7 p.m., at Boxers Rebellion Fighting Arts and Fitness (856 State St., Suite E). Mississippi College partners with Boxers Rebellion to host the classes. Master instructor Jeremy Gordon introduces participants to Hybrid Kickboxing and Jeet Kune Do self-defense techniques. No martial arts background required. $150 beginner class, $150 intermediate class (10 weeks); call 601-9741130; email conted@millsaps.edu.

Choreorobics Dance Off @ Steps the Studio Sept. 18, Sept. 22, Sept. 25, Sept. 29, Oct. 2, 6:15 p.m., at Steps the Studio (6800 Old Canton Road, Suite 113). Dance professional duo Roger and Tena Long instruct participants in the hip-hop dance class that aims to provide a way for people to both enjoy dancing while exercising. Individual rates are $10 per class for drop-ins and $50 for unlimited classes for the month (total of eight). The family rate is $70 per month for two adults and any children ages 21 and under within the same home. $10 drop-in rate, $50 for month (eight classes); choreorobics.com.

Bend & Brew | Yoga Sept. 19, 5:30-6:30 p.m., at Highland Village (4500 I-55 N. Frontage Road). Local yogi Carly Chinn instructs the yoga class. All fitness levels welcome. Attendees who stay until the end

receive a frozé from Aplos. Those who want mats should bring their own. The event occurs every third Thursday of the month.

Free admission; call 601-982-5861; email lynsie.armstrong@wsdevelopment.com.

Free West African Dance Class Sept. 22, Sept. 29, 2-3:30 p.m., at Central United Methodist Family Life Center (517 N. Farish St.). Shanina Carmichael teaches participants the art of West African dance. Open to all ages and experience levels. Includes live music

by Alkebulan Music Philosophy. Attendees can stay until 4 p.m. to learn choreography for performances. Donations encouraged.

Free admission, donations accepted; call 601983-9305; email shanina.carmichael@gmail. com; find it on Facebook.

Mississippi Clinical Symposium Sept. 27, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road). The symposium covers current issues in the clinical management of STIs and HIV. Features discussions on topics such as current health trends in Mississippi, optimal care for afflictions and more. Also includes a continental breakfast and lunch, with vegetarian and gluten-free options. Free admission, registration required; call 601576-7400; find it on Facebook.

Bariatric Surgery Informational Sept. 30, 7-8 p.m., at Eudora Welty Library (300 N. State St.). Professionals present on bariatric surgery, describing the risks and benefits of the procedure, as well as the recovery time, insurance options, expectations and what vitamins are required afterward. The event is suggested for both patients and caretakers.

Free admission; call 800-951-5218; email julie@bariatricvitamins.org.

STAGE & SCREEN Art on Film Sept. 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The museum hosts a screening of the documentary “Walter Anderson: Realizations of an Artist,” which explores the artist’s life and his works. Afterward, the film’s writer, director and producer, Win Riley, and coproducer David Wolf lead a Q&A. The film screening coincides with the larger Museum After Hours event the museum hosts. Free admission; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

“Charlotte’s Web” Stage Play Sept. 19-21, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Sept. 22, 2:30-4:30 p.m., at Center Players Community Theatre (2103 Main St.). The theater presents a production of “Charlotte’s Web,” based on the original book by E.B. White and adapted by Joseph Robinette. $12 general, $10 senior/student/ military, $8 group rate; call 769-300-1359; email madisoncenterplayers@gmail.com; cpcharlottesweb.eventzilla.net.

MONDAY 9/23

PIXABAY

Roger Roessler Wine Dinner is from 6 p.m. 8 p.m. at BRAVO! Italian Restaurant and Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244). Vintner Roger Roessler visits the restaurant as it hosts a wine dinner featuring his black pine pinot noir paired with a five-course dinner prepared by BRAVO!. Limited space. $110 per person; call 601-9828111; find it on Facebook.

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aTo Do Listd “The Loud Family” Sept. 24-25, 7 p.m., at Hinds Community College (501 East Main Street, Raymond). Montage Theatre of Dance presents a stage play production that adapts characters from the animated television series “The Proud Family.” Advanced: $7 general, $5 student/senior; Day-of: $10/$7; find it on Facebook.

“Mama, I Want to Sing” Sept. 26, 7-9 p.m., Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-noon and 7-9 p.m., Sept.

28-30, 7-9 p.m., at Jackson State University (1400 J.R. Lynch St.). The musical tells the story of a young girl who dreams of leaving her church choir to pursue a life in popular

Looking for something great to do in Jackson? Visit JFPEVENTS.COM for more. music, despite strong objections from her mother. The show serves as a tribute to the many African American artists with church choir roots who rose to fame in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, and is based on the life of Doris Troy, whose 1963 hit “Just One Look” launched her to international fame. The production features actors, singers and dancers from Jackson State University and the Jackson metropolitan area. $15 general admission, $10 student/senior; call 601-9792872; email mark.g.henderson@jsums.edu; maddrama.com.

Sipp on this Tea Comedy Show with Rita Brent Sept. 28, 7-9 p.m., at Alamo Theatre (333 N. Farish St.). Jackson-native comedienne Rita Brent performs stand-up and leads the event, which serves as a send-off as she prepares to move from the area to New York City for the next stage of her career in the entertainment industry. Features special guests who are also involved in entertainment. VIP tickets include reserved seating in the front, a meet-and-greet, an autograph and a photo with Rita Brent. $25 general admission, $40 VIP; email ritabrentcomedy@gmail.com; Eventbrite.

CONCERTS & FESTIVALS CMBS Blue Monday Sept. 23, Sept. 30, 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.

Symphony at Sunset Sept. 19, 7-9:30 p.m., at The Cedars (4145 Old Canton Road). The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra presents the

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New Stage Season 54 Preview // by Amber Helsel

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“Murder on the Orient Express” Oct. 22-Nov. 3

For those who love thrillers and mysteries, get ready for New Stage’s production of Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express.” The play, adapted from Christie’s novel of the same name, tells the story of a group of strangers stranded on the Orient Express who must solve a murder mystery before the murder strikes again.

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or New Stage Theatre’s 54th season, the company is putting a focus on plays with a literary bent. New Stage started off with “Into the Breeches,” a production that follows a group of women in 1942 as they produce “Henry V” with an allfemale cast. The play was Sept. 10-22. Here’s a preview of what else to expect this year.

“A Christmas Carol” New Stage Theatre is performing “Into the Breeches” from Sept. 10-22.

Dec. 3-22

The multiple-time-winner for Best Stage Play in Best of Jackson returns this year. The production is about Ebenezer “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” Scrooge, a man who is rich but poor in spirit. Along this journey, ghosts of his past, April 21-May 1, 2020 present and future come to visit him as he learns about the true spirit of Christimas.

This play brings Mark Haddon’s novel of the same name to life. The plot follows Christopher, a 15-year-old who decides to investigate the death of his neighbor’s dog, “Matilda the Musical” and the journey threatens to turn his whole world upside-down.

Jan. 28-Feb. 9, 2020

Those who read Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” or remember the movie from the ’90s “Ragtime” will definitely want to check this production out. In the story, Matilda Wormwood June 2-14, 2020 uses her telekinetic ability to deal with family problems and her school Head Mis- This production, adapted from E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 novel “Ragtime” and with tress Agatha Trunchbull. a Tony Award-winning score and book, is about immigrants and the fight for the American dream. The musical, set in New York City, tells the story of Coalhouse “Pipeline” Walker Jr., an African American pianist in a white family from New Rochelle, N.Y., March 10-22, 2020 and a family of Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side.

This adaptation of Dominique Morisseau’s “Pipeline” tells the story of the American education system against a backdrop of African American literature. In Tickets for dramas and comedies are $30 general admission, and $25 for seniors, the play, Nya, is a public high-school teacher who is trying to give her son Omari students and military; and tickets for musicals are $35 general admission, and $30 for sea better life. When he almost gets expelled, Nya has to deal with his anger and her niors, students and military. Ticket prices for groups of 15 or more are $18 each for dramas choices as a parent. and comedies, and $22 each for musicals. For more information about each production, visit newstagetheatre.com.

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SUNDAY 9/29 The Glory of the Gospel begins 6 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church (1390 N. State St.). The First Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra performs a number of religious musical arrangements, including African American spirituals and hymns. An evening service follows the performance, relaying the gospel of Jesus Christ from the Christian faith. Free admission; call 601-353-8316; email worship@ fpcjackson.org.

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18th-annual program featuring both pop and classical arrangements. Free admission; call 601-960-1565; find it on Facebook.

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Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • Zoso - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience Sept. 19, 8 p.m. The group presents a performance of songs created by Led Zeppelin. Doors open 6 p.m. Minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Seating is first-come, first-serve.

Persons under 21 must pay a $5 upcharge. $15 advanced, $20 day-of; call 601-2927121; ticketfly.com.

• The Wailers Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m. The band performs. Minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to enter.

Seating is first-come, first-serve. Persons under 21 must pay a $5 upcharge. $25 in advance, $30 day-of; call 601-292-7121.

• Stephen Kellogg + Will Hoge Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m. The two musicians perform as part of the “Gentlemen on the Road” tour.

Hailey Steele also performs. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to enter. Seating is first-come, first-serve.

Persons under 21 must pay a $5 upcharge. $20 advanced, $25 at-door; call 601-2927121; ticketfly.com.

• White Denim Sept. 27, 8 p.m. The headlining band is known for blending dub, psychedelic rock, blues, punk rock, progressive rock, soul, jazz and experimental rock with home-based recording, jamming approach, intense looping work and unusual song structures. Son of Stan also performs. Doors open at 6 p.m. Minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to enter. Seating is first-come, first-serve. Persons under 21 must pay a $5 upcharge. $15 in advance, $20 day-of; call 601-292-7121; ticketfly.com.

• Son Volt Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. The alternate rock and alternate country band performs.

Andrew Duplantis also performs. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to enter. Seating is first-come, first-serve. Persons under 21 must pay an upcharge of $5. $20 advanced, $25 at-door; call 601-2927121; ardenland.net.

Events at OffBeat (151 Wesley Ave.) • CS’s Friday Night Live Sept. 20, Sept. 27, 8 p.m. The weekly event features live music from DBL Take and other music artists.

Doors open 7 p.m. $5 cover charge.

• Vibe Music Collective x OffBeat Sept.

21, 9 p.m. The Vibe Music Collective visits Jackson for a performance. Members include Iman Omari, Cavalier, Shvkiel and Donché. $10 general admission; call 601376-9404; Eventbrite.

Quando Rondo Sept. 20, 10 p.m., at The Hideaway (5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The hip-hop and rap artist performs.

Doors open at 9 p.m. Ages 18 and up. $20 general admission, $40 VIP; call 601-2914759; ticketweb.com.

Celebration of Music: Connecting Cultures Sept. 21, 10 a.m., at Oaks House Museum (823 N. Jefferson St.). The musical program features traditional spiritual songs of Ireland and Great Britain, and contemporary gospel music by the Fresh Start Christian Church Praise. The event aims to use the music to connect various cultures of the Jackson metro area. Free admission; email oakschairman06@ yahoo.com.

LIVE in the Living Room Sept. 21, 6-9 p.m., at Cultivation Food Hall (1250 Eastover Drive). Cultivation Food Hall hosts live music performed by local music artists every Saturday. Free admission; call 601-487-5196; email events@cultivationfoodhall.com; find it on Facebook.

Paint and Drink Party Sept. 21, 7:30-10:30 p.m., at New Vibe Event Hall (741 Harris Street, Suite B). The BYOB paint party includes rap, hip-hop and line dancing music.

Live DJ. $30 general admission; call 901896-4202; email three60mylife@gmail.com; find it on Facebook.

art auction and a golf tournament; find more information elsewhere in the events calendar.

All proceeds for WellsFest events this year benefit Extra Table, a nonprofit organization that provides food pantries and soup kitchens to the community. Free admission, various events, food and vendor prices vary; call 601353-0658; wellschurch.org.

Reading at 5:30 p.m. $18.99 signed copy, free reading; lemuriabooks.com.

• “The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages” Book Signing Sept.

26, 5 p.m. Trenton Lee Stewart signs copies of his book. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $18.99 signed copy, free reading; lemuriabooks.com.

McClain Presents “A Tribute to the Eagles” Sept. 28, 7-10 p.m., at McClain (874 Holly Bush Road, Brandon). Eagles tribute band The Disco Stranglers performs the full album “Hotel California” and select songs from other albums by the original rock group. Cash bar on-site. Includes refreshments. Tickets must be purchased in advance; no tickets sold at the door. $35 per person, $500 table (covers 10 tickets); call 601-829-1101; find it on Facebook.

Elizabeth Gilbert: Creative Impact 2019 Sept. 26, noon-1:30 p.m., at Old Capitol Inn (226 N. State St.). The Greater Jackson Arts Council hosts the third-annual luncheon event. Writer and Ted Talk-presenter Elizabeth Gilbert serves as the headlining guest speaker. VIP tickets include lunch, premium seating, an autographed hardcover edition of “City of Girls,” and a special reception with Elizabeth Gilbert featuring photo opportunities. $75 general (lunch and table seating), $150 VIP; call 601-960-1557; find it on Facebook.

Music in the City | Nicolas Ciraldo Oct. 1, 5:45 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The monthly series showcases live performances of classical and traditional artists. This month, classical guitarist Nicholas Ciraldo performs. Cash bar open 5:15 p.m. Sponsored by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral. Free admission; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

LITERARY SIGNINGS Events at Lemuria Bookstore (4465 Interstate 55 N.) • “A Cosmology of Monsters” Sept. 18, 5 p.m. Shaun Hamill signs copies of his book. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26.95 signed book, free reading; lemuriabooks.com.

• “SLAY” Book Signing Sept. 24, 5 p.m.

Brittney Morris signs copies of her book.

MONDAY 9/30 Brandon: Fall Book Sale is from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Brandon Public Library (1475 W Government St., Brandon). The library holds a book sale. Attendees may purchase books at discounted prices throughout the weekend. Monday, though, is “Bag

Lynyrd Skynyrd Live Sept. 27, noon-3 p.m., at Brandon Amphitheater (8190 Rock Way, Brandon). The rock band performs as part of the “Last of the Street Survivors Farewell” tour. $49-$315 collector ticket, $306-$581 VIP package; call 601-724-2726; find it on Facebook.

WellsFest 2019 Sept. 28, 9:30-5 p.m., at Jamie Fowler Boyll Park (1398 Lakeland Drive).

The annual church-sponsored music festival features two outdoor stages with consecutive performances by a number of music artists.

The festival also includes a children’s area with games, inflatables and creative activities; a silent auction; vendors with arts, crafts and more; a plant sale; an outdoor coffee house; and a dinner event. The event kicks off with a pet parade at 9:30 a.m. outside the entrance before music begins at 10 a.m. Sub-events tied to the main festival include a 5K walk/run, an

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Day,” meaning that customers can purchase whole bags of books for $5 per bag and boxes of books for $10 per box. Additional dates: Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission, book prices vary; call 601-825-2672; find it on Facebook.

CREATIVE CLASSES Create Club Sept. 23, 3:30-4:30 p.m., at Willie Morris Library (4912 Old Canton Road).

The library holds the event that encourages creativity. This month, staffers teach participants how to make homemade watercolors as well some watercolor painting techniques.

Free admission; call 601-987-8181.

ARTS & EXHIBITS Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) • Museum After Hours | Speak Your Mind Sept. 19, 5:30-8 p.m. This month’s installment of the regular event emphasizes speaking one’s mind. Poets from the community display their poetry in Trustmark Grand Hall. The art lab lets participants craft their own CDs. Includes an open mic, live music by guitarist Granard McClendon, Face painting by SnapHappy’s Tawny Minton and a screening of “Walter Anderson: Realizations of an Artist,” followed by a Q&A. Also includes children’s activities, a cash bar, and food trucks such as T&M Dogs and Kona Ice. Free admission, food and drink prices vary; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

• Gallery Talk | Lance Wheeler Sept. 20, 11 a.m.-noon. The museum’s gallery talks events allow participants to engage with the museum’s artworks for a half-hour presentation given by curators, educators, scholars and artists. Lance Wheeler speaks on ancestry and memory in “New Symphony of Time.” Free admission; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

• Guided Tour of Exhibitions on View Sept. 21, Sept. 28, 11 a.m.-noon. The museum offers free guided tours of its exhibitions on view. Free admission; call 601960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

WellsFest Art Night Sept. 24, 5:30-9:30 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Part of the larger WellsFest event. The art exhibit showcases works that artists in the community have donated for the fundraising event.

Includes food, live music and a silent auction on the art displayed starting at 7 p.m.

Jackson-native artist Ellen Langford paints a

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new work in front of attendees throughout the event. Proceeds benefit Extra Table, a nonprofit that works toward feeding the hungry. Free admission, item prices vary; call 601-353-0658; find it on Facebook.

the Hinds County sheriff ’s office presents as guest speaker at the Capital Area Sunset Rotary Club meeting. She speaks on how to prevent human trafficking in the tricounty area. Free admission; call 601-4411889; find it on Facebook.

• Rotary Meeting: Greg Campbell from Rotary Club of North Jackson Sept. 30, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Rotary Club of North Jackson President Greg Campbell presents as guest speaker for the Capital Area Sunset Rotary Club meeting. He speaks on the rotary’s recent trip to Mexico. Free admission; call 601-441-1889; find it on Facebook.

Art in Mind Sept. 25, 10:30 a.m.-noon and 1-2 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). In the BancorpSouth classroom. 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; email mindclinic@ umc.edu; msmuseumart.org.

TUESDAY 10/1 Lunch And Learn Seminar: How To Protect You And Your Family From Identity Theft is from noon to 1 p.m. at Margaret Alexander Library (2525 Robinson St.). The library hosts the event where speakers from Online Application Services present on and answer audience questions about identity theft and offer tips to help prevent it.

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Lunch can be bought for $15. Free admission, $15 lunch; call 844-702-5055; email alexharbold487@gmail.com; online-application.org.

Art on the Rez Sept. 27, 6-9 p.m., Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sept. 29, 1-4 p.m., at St. Peter’s by the Lake Episcopal Church (1954 Spillway Road, Brandon). In the Parish Hall. Local artists display their works in the third-annual event. Each work is available for purchase. A portion of the proceeds for each artwork sold benefit one of a number of local causes, such as the Jackson Homeless Women’s Project, the Center for Violence Prevention, the Backpack Program of the Missisisppi Food Network and more. Last year’s event featured artworks from more than 70 local artists. A reception for the event is held on Friday with tickets sold at $20 per individual or $30 per pair. $20-$30 reception, free admission, item prices vary; call 601-201-3302; email neal_jan@yahoo.com; stpetebtl.org.

PROFESSIONAL & BIZ Jackson Personal Injury Attorneys Meetup Sept. 20, 9-11:30 a.m., at Sneaky Beans (2914 N. State St.). The networking event allows legal professions to gather and share personal injury case stories. Local attorneys, law students, legal professional staff, recruiters and more are invited to attend. Free admission, food and drink prices vary; call 404885-1983; email lanlhalexanda@gmail.com; attorneykennugent.com.

Events at Embassy Suites (200 Township Ave., Ridgeland) • Rotary Meeting: Helen Brown from Hinds County Sheriff ’s Office Sept. 23, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Officer Helen Brown from

Capitol City Rockstar Connect Sept. 26, 6-9 p.m., at 4th Avenue Lounge (209 S. Lamar St.). Jim Griffith hosts the event where professionals from various fields gather and network. Free admission; call 601-259-5825; find it on Facebook.

Fall Teachers’ Workshop Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The workshop features handson learning with local artists and museum education staff. Attendees earn .6 CEUs at no cost. Lunch provided. Registration required.

Space limited to 20. Free admission; call 601965-9909; email mbarnes@msmuseumart. org; msmuseumart.org.

Business Empowered Mississippi Marketplace Festival Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at Canton Town Square. Vendors set up pop-up shops to showcase their products and network with other businesses while attendees browse their goods. Includes a blessing of the businesses. All vendors must bring a tent, a table and at least two chairs. Free admission, item prices vary, $30-$60 vendor registration; call 601-594-2330; email bemississippi@ gmail.com; find it on Facebook.

keynote speakers Robert St. John and Nelle Cohen. The organization honors Tom Kepner with the Bronze Key, the highest honor given by NCADD for work done in the field of alcohol and drug prevention, treatment and recovery. $50 general admission; call 601-899-5880; email mack@ncaddms.org; ncadd70.com.

2019 Milk Run 5K Sept. 21, 8 a.m.-11 a.m., at Flowood Nature Park (4077 Flowood Drive). Participants walk and run in the annual 5K event benefitting Mothers’ Milk Bank of Mississippi, which screens donor mothers and then collects, pasteurizes and dispenses human donor milk to Mississippi’s Neonatal Intensive Care Units for premature and ill infants. On-site registration opens 7 a.m. Registration fee also covers breakfast after the race, water and sports drinks, chocolate milk and a gift bag. Prizes awarded to race winners. $30 registration; call 601939-5504; email director@msmilkbank.org; raceroster.com.

WellsFest Golf Tournament 2019 Sept. 25, 1 p.m., at Whisper Lake Country Club (414 Annandale Parkway, Madison). Part of the larger WellsFest event. Participants compete in the golf tournament. Prizes awarded for first and second place, longest drive and closest to pin. Deadline to register is Sept. 20.

Proceeds benefit Extra Table, a nonprofit organization that works toward feeding the hungry. $400 per team registration; call 601353-0658; find it on Facebook.

WellsFest 5K Run/Walk & 1-Mile Fun Run Sept. 28, 8-10:30 a.m., at Smith-Wills Stadium (1152 Lakeland Drive). Part of the larger WellsFest event. Participants run or walk in the 5k event. Proceeds benefit Extra Table, a nonprofit organization that works to provide food for those in need. The main festival follows the running event. $30 individual 5k, $90 family 5k, $10 1-mile; call 601-3530658; active.com.

Michael Rubenstein Memorial Kidney Walk Sept. 28, 9-11 a.m., at Fondren Church (3327 Old Canton Road). Participants run and walk in the 5K fundraising event. Donations can be designated for a specific dialysis unit or for MKF’s free kidney screenings.

Registrants are encouraged to raise or donate $50 in order to participate in the walk. The 5K route runs through the Fondren neighborhood, beginning and ending at Fondren Church. Each participant who raises $100 or more are entered into a raffle to win $1,000 afterward. T-shirts provided to participants.

Sponsored by the Mississippi Kidney Foundation. Dedicated to the memory of Michael Rubenstein, a kidney transplant recipient.

Encouraged to raise or donate $50 in order to participate; call 601-981-3611; email walton@kidneyms.org; raceentry.com.

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Sean Payton is going to be in New Orleans for awhile. The Saints head coach signed a contract extension that will keep him with the club until 2024 if he coaches the whole contract out.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19

NFL (7-10:30 p.m., NFLN): Tennessee Titans v Jacksonville Jaguars FRIDAY, SEPT. 20

College football (8-11:30 p.m., ESPN2): Air Force Academy v. Boise State University SATURDAY, SEPT. 21

College football (11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., ESPN2): USM v Alabama ...

College football (11 a.m.-2:30 pm ESPNU): California v. Mississippi SUNDAY, SEPT. 22

NFL 3-6:30 p.m., CBS): New Orleans Saints v. Seattle Seahawks MONDAY, SEPT. 23

NFL (7-11 p.m., ESPN): Chicago Bears v. Washington Redskins TUESDAY, SEPT. 24

WNBA (7-11:30 p.m., ESPN2): WNBA Playoffs Semifinal Round Game Four doubleheader WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25

MLB (6-9 p.m., ESPN): Teams TBA THURSDAY, SEPT. 26

College football (7-10:30 p.m., ESPN): Navy v. Memphis FRIDAY, SEPT. 27

College football (9:30 p.m.-1 a.m., ESPN): Arizona State v.

California SATURDAY, SEPT. 28

College football (2:30-6 p.m., CBS): Mississippi v Alabama SUNDAY, SEPT. 29

NFL (7-10:30 p.m., NBC): Dallas Cowboys v New Orleans Saints MONDAY, SEPT. 30

NFL (7-10:30 p.m., ESPN): Cincinnati Bengals v Pittsburgh Steelers

BE THE CHANGE NCADD 70th Annual Celebration Sept.

19, 6-9 p.m., at The Place at Harbour Pointe Crossing (720 Harbour Pointe Crossing, Ridgeland). The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of Central Mississippi, or NCADD, a 501c3 nonprofit, celebrates its 70th Anniversary. The fundraiser features food, music, a silent auction, and

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The Road Doesn’t Go on Forever: Medlocke on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Farewell Tour // by tom Scarborough

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ynyrd Skynyrd may not have been the first southern rock band, but the band of high-school rowdies from Jacksonville, Fla., struck a distinctly different posture than its forebears. The band’s 1973 debut album, “Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd,” showcased the kind of chip-on-the-shoulder swagger that would later become emblematic of much of the

In 1987, Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited with five of the surviving members of the precrash band, and with Johnny Van Zant— Ronnie’s little brother—as lead vocalist.

Since then, through a series of departures, deaths and personnel changes, Lynyrd Skynyrd has continued to record albums and sell-out concerts around the world.

Since May 2018, Lynyrd Skynyrd

in the past 10 years or more, Gary had been having issues with his heart.

So in 2017, we decided, “Hey, look, we’re just not going to do that 80 to100 shows a year. Let’s pull it back, do a farewell in places we have played, and some that we haven’t—whether it be in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, South America, New Zealand—wherever.” It’s been really incredible.

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rock music coming out of the South.

A triple guitar attack, paired with lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant’s “hell yeah we’re from the South”-infused lyrics inspired a wave of imitative groups out of the South, including such Southern sh*t-kicker bands as Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot and Grinderswitch.

Some in the South still observe the Oct. 20, 1977, crash near Gillsburg, Miss., that killed Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, vocalist Cassie Gaines, as a day of regional mourning. The casualties were not limited to those killed in the wreckage.

The surviving band members struggled with physical and psychological impacts that put the band on ice for nearly 10 years.

has been on a global farewell tour, entitled “Last of the Street Survivors.” The Jackson Free Press caught up with Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and vocalist Rickey Medlocke in advance of the band’s Sept. 27 concert at the Brandon Amphitheater.

How has the tour been going?

The tour’s been going really great, man. Ever since we started this world tour last year, pretty much 90% of the shows have been sold out, and if not sold out, very close to it.

Really, how this all came about is that we were all concerned for Gary’s (original band member, Gary Rossington) well-being, because it’s pretty common knowledge

What is it about Lynyrd Skynyrd that accounts for this abiding affection and deep loyalty within your fan base?

You know, Ronnie was a street guy.

(He knew) how to speak the words that people could relate to. And I believe that all through the years those songs … I think people have gotten so (used) to them and understand them so well that the grandparents passed it on down to their kids, and they’re passing it on down to their kids—and we see it every night at the shows. So when you see that, you realize just how special that music is. The music speaks for itself.

There’ve been many times I’ve been

standing at the airport, and somebody will get a phone call and “Sweet Home Alabama” is their ringtone. Or “Free Bird”—and you look that, and it’s definitely woven into their lifes. It’s in their car, on their phone, movies, television—wherever.

It’s pretty amazing how this band has just become so endeared and loved, you know.

What are you guys listening to these days?

As far as southern rock goes, you’ve got some great rock bands out there that are embedded in the South. There’s a band from Mississippi called Bishop Gunn that’s starting to make a lot of noise. Great band. I mean just a killer band. I look at them and I go, “Now that’s rock.” It’s soulful rock. They’ve got badass players.

They’ve got a badass singer. And there’s others, like Blackberry Smoke and Black Stone Cherry and Cadillac Three. These bands have all got that southern rock essence about them.

You grew up with Ronnie (Van Zant).

Any Ronnie stories you can share?

It would take me a week to go through everything [laughs]. The one thing I can tell you, that I can share, is that this guy, in my opinion, was just a total genius. He was a Southern poet. He was a great friend.

I just hated to see it end the way it went.

I wish he could have been here, and Allen (Collins), Steve (Gaines) and Cass (Cassie Gaines) to see how this all has culminated, right now. I know their spirits are with us every night, and I’m sure that they can see it. But I would have loved for them to have been (heres) and able to see how this has ended up.

I understand that there is a new Lynyrd Skynyrd album coming out sometime after the tour is over.

Anything to say about that?

Yep, just that we’re getting stuff done, so stay tuned.

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9/17 - 10/1 Wednesday 9/18 1908 Provisions - Bill Ellison 6:30 p.m.

Bonny Blair’s - Jonathan Womble 7 p.m.

Brandon First United Methodist Big Al Cherry 7 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Jamie Weems w/ Jay Megginson p.m.

Kathryn’s - Gator Trio 6:30 p.m.

Martin’s - Open Mic 9 p.m.

Ole Tavern - Karaoke 9 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Keys vs Strings 6 p.m.

Shaggy’s - Open Mic 7-10 p.m.

Shucker’s - Sonny & Co. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday 9/19 1908 Provisions - Ronnie Brown 6:30 p.m.

Bonny Blair’s - Rob P & Dirty D 7 p.m.

The Cedars - Symphony at Sunset 7 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Chad Perry 6 p.m.

Duling Hall - Zoso 8 p.m.

Fenian’s - Chris Nash 9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Chris Minter & the KJ Funkmasters 11 p.m. $5 Genna Benna, Brandon - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Madison - Live Music 7 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Scott Albert Johnson 7 p.m.

The Cedars - Mississippi Symphony Orchestra 7 p.m.

Friday 9/20 1908 Provisions - Andrew Pates 6:30 p.m.

Alumni House - Larry Brewer 7 p.m.

Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg - Fortag 8 p.m.

Bonny Blair’s - Lovin’ Ledbetter 9 p.m.

Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

Dockery Grill, Byram - TJ Russell 6-8 p.m.

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

Fenian’s - Risko & Friends 9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Live Music midnight $10 Genna Benna, Brandon - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Madison - Live Music 7 p.m.

Hideaway - Quando Rondo 10 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill - Bernard Jenkins 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - The Sole Shakers 7 p.m.

Martin’s - Live Music 10 p.m.

Offbeat - Passing Parade, Hookup Culture, Three Brained Robot 8 p.m. $5 Old Capitol Inn - Stevie Cain 7 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Temperance Babcock Trio 6 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Clay Cormier 8 p.m.

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Char - Bill Clark 6 p.m.

Cowboy’s Saloon - Midnight For the Masses, The Gibson Band 8 p.m.

CS’s - Karaoke 8 p.m.

Fenian’s - Jonathan Womble 9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Live Music midnight $10 Genna Benna, Brandon - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Madison - Live Music 7 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Thomas Jackson 7 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill - Anissa 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Lucky Hand Blues Band 7 p.m.

Martin’s - Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights w/ Cooper Chief 10 p.m.

Offbeat - Vibe Music Collective 8 p.m. $10 Old Capitol Inn - Stevie Cain 7 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Faze 4 Dance Band 1 p.m.; Acoustic Crossroads 6 p.m.

Shaggy’s - Ron Etheridge Shucker’s - Larry Brewer and Doug Hurd 3:30 p.m.; Shatterframe 8 p.m. $5; Jonathan Alexander 10 p.m. $5 Soulshine, Flowood, - Brian Smith 7 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.

Sunday 9/22 1908 Provisions - Knight Bruce 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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

Cowboy’s Saloon - Everrest w/ Once, We Were Saints 6 p.m.

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

Pelican Cove - Repeat Offender noon; Chris Gill Trio 5 p.m.

Shaggy’s - Jason Turner 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 9/23

Iron Horse Grill - 19th Street Red 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Bill, Temperance and Jeff 6:30 p.m.

Old Capitol Inn - Doug Hurd 7 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Angela Pittman (Unfinished Business) 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 7:30 p.m.

Soulshine Pizza Co. - Josh Journeay 7 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Shatterframe 8 p.m. $5; Chad Perry 10 p.m. $5 Soulshine, Ridgeland - Seth Power 7 p.m.

Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

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

Saturday 9/21 Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg - Fortag 8 p.m.

Bonny Blair’s - Ronnie McGee 9 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - CMBS presents Blue Monday 7 p.m. $5 Kathryn’s - Scott Stricklin 6:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Richard Lee Davis 6 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Tuesday 9/24 Bonny Blair’s - Open Jam 8 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Hunter Gibson 6 p.m.

Fenian’s - Open Mic 9 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Jonathan Alexander Table 100 - Chalmers Davis 6 p.m.

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Wednesday 9/25

Saturday 9/28

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

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Duling Hall - The Wailers 7:30 p.m.

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

Martin’s - Open Mic 9 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Gena and Buzz 6 p.m.

Shaggy’s - Open Mic 7-10 p.m.

Shucker’s - Sonny & Co. 7:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

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

Bonny Blair’s - Steele Heart 9 p.m.

Char - Bill Clark 6 p.m.

CS’s - Karaoke 8 p.m.

Fenian’s - Hunter Chapel 9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Live Music midnight $10 Genna Benna, Brandon - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Madison - Live Music 7 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill - Bill Abel 9 p.m.

Jamie Fowler Boyll Park (WellsFest) Live Music Kathryn’s - Dirt Road Cadillac 7 p.m.

Martin’s - Live Music 10 p.m.

Old Capitol Inn - Jonathan Alexander 7 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Sofa Kings 1 p.m.; Silver and Lace 7 p.m.

Shaggy’s - Aaron Coker Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 3:30 p.m.; Snazz Band 8 p.m. $5; Womble Brothers 10 p.m. $5 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.

Thursday 9/26 Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Barry Leach 6 p.m.

Duling Hall - Stephen Kellogg and Will Hoge 7:30 p.m.

Fenian’s - Chris Nash 9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Chris Minter & the KJ Funkmasters 11 p.m. $5 Genna Benna, Brandon - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Madison - Live Music 7 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill - Ben Peyton 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Keys vs Strings 6:30 p.m.

Old Capitol Inn - Brian Smith 7 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Acoustic Crossroads Trio 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Larry Brewer and Doug Hurd 7:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Friday 9/27 1908 Provisions - Ronnie McGee 6:30 p.m.

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

Bonny Blair’s - Bad Charlotte 9 p.m.

Brandon Amphitheater - Lynyrd Skynyrd noon Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

Duling Hall - White Denim 8 p.m.

Drago’s - Johnny Crocker 6 p.m.

Fenian’s - The Bailey Brothers 9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Live Music midnight $10 Georgia Blue, Flowood - Live Music 7 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Madison - Live Music 7 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill - Lucky Hand Blues Band 9 p.m.

Martin’s - Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster 10 p.m.

Offbeat - Live Music 8 p.m.

Old Capitol Inn - Stace and Cassie 7 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Bonfire Orchestra 6 p.m.

Shaggy’s - Carlos Calabrese & Cucho Gonzalez Shucker’s - Sonny Duo 5:30 p.m.; Snazz Band 8 p.m. $5; Jason Turner Trio10 p.m. $5 Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

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

Sunday 9/29 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 - Jay Wadsworth 6 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Stace and Cassie noon Shaggy’s - Doug Hurd Shucker’s - Steele Heart 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 9/30 Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - CMBS presents Blue Monday 7 p.m. $5 Kathryn’s - Joseph LaSalla 6:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Carlos Calabrese Shucker’s - Gena Steele 3:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Tuesday 10/1 Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Duling Hall - Son Volt 7:30 p.m.

Fenian’s - Open Mic 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s – Mike and Skip 6:30 p.m.

Mississippi Museum of Art - Nicolas Ciraldo 5:45 p.m.

Table 100 - Chalmers Davis 6 p.m.

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52 Roasting receptacle 55 World Cup 2022’s host country 57 Seasonal greeting that’s half-human, half-bird?

62 Mariska Hargitay’s longtime costar 64 Triple Seven, for one 65 “That’s ___!”

66 Purplish ingredient of bubble tea and milk tea 67 Poet Federico GarcÌa ___ 68 Neighbor of Wisc.

69 Part of a goblet 70 Type in 71 Stuffing herb

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40 Ice skating jump 41 Where you may have had it?

42 From Basra, perhaps 46 May preceder (abbr.)

48 Napoli’s nation 49 Like most customers 50 Former Arsenal manager Wenger whose nickname is “Le Professeur” 53 Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter 54 1930s DuPont fabric invention 56 First presidential surname to appear twice

58 Molecular unit 59 Playwright Moss or lyricist Lorenz 60 Not again?

61 “All in the Family” producer Norman 62 Opening word of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” episodes 63 Grumpy ___ (Internet celebrity with the real name Tardar Sauce) ©2019 Jonesin’ Crosswords (jonesincrosswords@gmail.com)

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23 Easy basketball shot 24 “Agnus ___”

25 Swiss peak 28 Gallery works 29 Standard pinball feature 33 “8 Seconds” venue 35 Bar activity with request slips 38 Stick with a spring 39 Carnival attraction that’s half-human, half-goat?

43 Former Montreal ballplayer 44 Of food regimens (like 36-Down) 45 One-named supporting actress on “Parks and Recreation” 47 Salsa ___ (red condiment) 48 Bar brew, briefly 51 Rain-___ (gumball brand)

1 Rice dish made with saffron 2 “Honestly!”

3 Short-sleeved Hanes product 4 African linguistic group 5 “Carmina Burana” composer Carl 6 In fashion 7 Car part, in Britain 8 Improve on 9 Villa ___ (estate near Rome) 10 Bavarian title 11 Common breed for guide dogs 12 It may be essential (but isn’t actually essential) 13 Paper layer 21 Winfrey in “A Wrinkle in Time” 22 Bubble wrap component 26 “The ___ Movie 2” (February 2019 release) 27 Low-grade 30 Former Yankee nickname 31 Haleakala locale 32 Tough puzzle 34 Grand Ole ___ 35 Shoelace issue 36 Regimen with a high-fat focus 37 Key with four sharps, for short 39 “Phineas and ___”

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

In 1936, the city of Cleveland, Ohio, staged the Great Lakes Exposition, a 135-acre fair with thrill rides, art galleries, gardens and sideshows. One of its fun features was “The Golden Book of Cleveland,” a 2.5-ton, 6,000-page text the size of a mattress. After the expo closed down, the “biggest book in the world” went missing. If it still exists today, no one knows where it is. I’m going to speculate that there’s a metaphorical version of “The Golden Book of Cleveland” in your life. You, too, have lost track of a major Something that would seem hard to misplace. Here’s the good news: If you intensify your search now, I bet you’ll find it before the end of 2019.

In 1990, the New Zealand government appointed educator, magician and comedian Ian Brackenbury Channell to be the official Wizard of New Zealand. His jobs include protecting the government, blessing new enterprises, casting out evil spirits, upsetting fanatics and cheering people up. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to find your personal equivalents of an inspirational force like that. There’s really no need to scrimp. According to my reading of the cosmic energies, you have license to be extravagant in getting what you need to thrive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“Do silly things,” advised playwright Anton Chekhov.

“Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.” I think that’s a perspective worth adopting now and then. Most of us go through phases when we take things too seriously and too personally and too literally. Bouts of fun absurdity can be healing agents for that affliction. But now is NOT one of those times for you, in my opinion. Just the reverse is true, in fact.

I encourage you to cultivate majestic moods and seek out awe-inspiring experiences and induce sublime perspectives.

Your serious and noble quest for a meaningful life can be especially rewarding in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Before comedian Jack Benny died in 1974, he arranged to have a florist deliver a single red rose to his wife every day for the rest of her life. She lived another nine years, and received more than 3,000 of these gifts. Even though you’ll be around on this earth for a long time, I think the coming weeks would be an excellent time to establish a comparable custom: a commitment to providing regular blessings to a person or persons for whom you care deeply. This bold decision would be in alignment with astrological omens, which suggest that you can generate substantial benefits for yourself by being creative with your generosity.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

Actress and author Ruby Dee formulated an unusual prayer.

“God,” she wrote, “make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.” As you might imagine, she was a brave activist who risked her reputation and career working for the Civil Rights Movement and other idealistic causes. I think her exceptional request to a Higher Power makes good sense for you right now. You’re in a phase when you can generate practical blessings by doing the very things that intimidate you or make you nervous. And maybe the best way to motivate and mobilize yourself is by getting at least a bit flustered or unsettled.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

Syndicated cartoon strip “Calvin and Hobbes” appeared for 10 years in 2,400 newspapers in fifty countries. It wielded a sizable cultural influence. For example, in 1992, 6-year-old Calvin decided “The Big Bang” was a boring term for how the universe began, and instead proposed we call it the “Horrendous Space Kablooie.” A number of real scientists subsequently adopted Calvin’s innovation, and it has been invoked playfully but seriously in university courses and textbooks. In that spirit, I encourage you to give fun new names to anything and everything you feel like spicing up.

You now have substantial power to reshape and revamp the components of your world. It’s Identify-Shifting Time.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

We’re in the equinoctial season. During this pregnant pause, the sun seems to hover directly over the equator; the lengths of night and day are equal. For all of us, but especially for you, it’s a favorable phase to conjure and cultivate more

sweet symmetry, calming balance and healing harmony.

In that spirit, I encourage you to temporarily suspend any rough, tough approaches you might have in regard to those themes. Resist the temptation to slam two opposites together simply to see what happens. Avoid engaging in the pseudo-fun of purging by day and bingeing by night. And don’t you dare get swept up in hating what you love or loving what you hate.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

“I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.” So said singer and activist Nina Simone. But it’s doubtful there ever came a time when she reached the perfect embodiment of that idyllic state. How can any of us empty out our anxiety so completely as to be utterly emancipated? It’s not possible.

That’s the bad news, Taurus. The good news is that in the coming weeks you will have the potential to be as unafraid as you have ever been. For best results, try to ensure that love is your primary motivation in everything you do and say and think.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

Some things don’t change much. The beautiful marine animal species known as the pearly nautilus, which lives in the South Pacific, is mostly the same as it was 150 million years ago. Then there’s Fuggerei, a walled enclave within the German city of Augsburg. The rent is cheap, about one U.S. dollar per year, and that fee hasn’t increased in almost 500 years. While I am in awe of these bastions of stability and wish we had more such symbolic anchors, I advise you to head in a different direction. During the coming weeks, you’ll be wise to be a maestro of mutability, a connoisseur of transformation, an adept of novelty.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22):

Granny Smith apples are widely available. But before 1868, the tart, crispy, juicy fruit never existed on planet Earth. Around that time, an Australian mother of eight named Maria Ann Smith threw the cores of French crab apples out her window while she was cooking. The seeds were fertilized by the pollen from a different, unknown variety of apple, and a new type was born: Granny Smith. I foresee the possibility of a metaphorically comparable event in your future: a lucky accident that enables you to weave together two interesting threads into a fascinating third thread.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

“Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way,” writes storyteller Chuck Palahniuk, who has completed several novelistic masterpieces. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Leos have assembled much of the dirt and ash necessary to create your next masterpiece and are now ready to move on to the next phase. And what is that phase? Identifying the help and support you’ll need for the rest of the process.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

In 1959, scandal erupted among Americans who loved to eat peanut butter. Studies revealed that manufacturers had added so much hydrogenated vegetable oil and glycerin to their product that only 75 percent of it could truly be called peanut butter. So began a long legal process to restore high standards. Finally there was a new law specifying that no company could sell a product called “peanut butter” unless it contained at least 90 percent peanuts. I hope this fight for purity inspires you to conduct a metaphorically comparable campaign. It’s time to ensure that all the important resources and influences in your life are at peak intensity and efficiency.

Say NO to dilution and adulteration.

Homework: Say these words in front of a mirror: “It’s bad luck to be superstitious.” FreeWillAstrology.com

K L A T S ’ T LE JAC KS O NArt “Let’s Talk Jackson Art” 1x01 - 9/25

In this special edition of Let’s Talk Jackson, sponsored by the Mississippi Museum of Art, local high school senior Maisie Brown hosts a live panel discussion on the opening of the exhibition “New Symphony of Time” and its focus on the poem “This Is My Century: Black Synthesis of Time” by Margaret Walker. The poem was read and discussed by Dr Rashall Smith-Spears of Jackson State University, and questions about the artwork and installation were answered by Elizabeth Abston, curator of American art at the museum. Jeffery Caliedo, an award-winning poet and senior at Murrah High School, read a response to Walker’s poem that he wrote himself.

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Chris Lockhart, owner of Capital City Kayak Adventures, is constantly aiding Jacksonians in exploring local bodies of water and the outdoors. Here are his top 10 favorite places in the Jackson metro area.

1. Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave., 601-3769404, offbeatjxn.com) This business is an amazing “culture” store with vintage clothing, art and toys, and hosts great events.

2. LeFleur’s Bluff State Park (3315 Lakeland Terrace, 601-987-3923) This green space has easy access to the Pearl River, amazing nature trails and is perfect for exploring.

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3. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive, 601-576-6000) The exhibits never

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get old, and the trails connect to Lefleur’s Bluff. Being inches away from the snakes and alligators is really exciting.

6. Lounge 114 (105 Capitol St., 769-257-6223) This large, beautiful venue downtown has great food and drinks.

4. Crystal Lake (Flowood) This lake has lots of plants and wildlife, minimal boat traffic and is a great place to swim.

7. F. Jones Corner (303 N. Farish St., 601-983-1148) This is the perfect late-night move.

5. Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St., msmuseumart.org) Hanging out on the lawn when they host events is one of my favorite downtown pastimes.

8. Jefferson’s Grill Restaurant & Catering (Valero Convenience Store, 5612 Old Canton Road, 601-863-5227) You wouldn’t think some of the best barbecue in Jackson would be in a gas station. Well, think again.

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9. Mama Nature’s Juice Bar (655 Lake Harbour Drive, Suite 400, Ridgeland, 601-499-4936; Fondren Fitness, 2807 Old Canton Road, 769-257-7216) The business has the best assortment of healthy smoothies and treats, and the staff is always wonderful.

10. The Crawdad Hole (1150 Lakeland Drive, 601-982-9299) When it’s crawfish season, this is my go-to spot.

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