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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130523T180000
SUMMARY:Screen on the Green
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/23/3749/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Thursday\, May 23\, 2013\nScreen on the Green\nThe Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art\n6 PM cash bar and concessions; movie at dusk\nThe Mississippi Museum of Art and the Crossroads Film Society present an outdoor film series in The Art Garden. This month’s movie is “The Pink Panther Strikes Again.” Cost: Free\, cash bar
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130523T190000
SUMMARY:Town of Livingston Concert Series
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/23/4710/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:On Thursday\, May 23rd Reviver Productions will be presenting Travis Tritt\, Steel Magnolia and "Mississippi's own" Samantha Landrum at 7:00pm.  Gates open at 5:30. \n\nThis "Country tri-billed music event" will kick off the summer schedule of concerts on the picturesque lake adjacent to the Livingston Farmers Market at the Town of Livingston\, just 12 miles north of Jackson - at the junction of Highways 463 and 22 in Madison County.\nPick up your ticket TODAY!\nAvailable at Hops and Habanas and Madison Beagle Bagel \n\nTickets can also be purchased at: www.revivermusic.com/shell.cfm?MainCat=189\n\nFor more information call (601) 898-0212
LOCATION:Town of Livingston
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130523T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130523T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130523
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130523
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130523
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130523
SUMMARY:"Form\, Color and Movement" Art Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4690/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join us for the opening reception of "Form\, Color & Movement" at the Mississippi Arts Center in Jackson. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 6th-May30th. For show information or images of selected works go online to www.FormColorandMovement.com.\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2013/may/03/11764/
LOCATION:Arts Center of Mississippi
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130523
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524T110000
SUMMARY:Pop Up Food Truck: Asian Street Food
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/24/4938/
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LOCATION:Capri-Pix Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524T180000
SUMMARY:Taste of Spring
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/24/4849/
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LOCATION:Metrocenter Mall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524T180000
SUMMARY:Poetry Soul Slam
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/24/4874/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Arts Klassical\n“POETRY SOUL SLAM”\nCome one\, come all and show us your talents\nExpressions through poetry or song\n\nWhere: Jackson Medical Mall Suite: 3415\nTime: 6 to 8 pm\n\nFor questions contact:\n\nGeorgia Cohran (769) 257-6413 - email georgia12@live.com or Mrs. K’Leita Smith (601) 664-8671
LOCATION:Jackson Medical Mall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524T190000
SUMMARY:Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Spring Social Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/24/4788/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Alpha Phi Fraternity\, Alpha Epsilon Lambda Chapter will host its annual Spring Social Dance on Friday\, May 24\, 2013 at the Mississippi Agricultural Forestry\, 1150 Lakeland Drive.  An evening of “Ice Cold” enjoyment in the Sparkman Auditorium includes networking\, entertainment and line dancing.\n\nOn June 13\, 1927\, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity\, Incorporated established the chapter in Jackson\, Mississippi to foster a bond for its members and to strengthen the community. For the past eighty-five years\, tenacity and service has been the hallmark on the local level to support national programs and projects of the fraternity while improving the quality of life for all citizens.\n\nFor information related to this fundraising event sponsored Alpha Epsilon Lambda Chapter and the Alpha Foundation \, please feel free to contact Floyd Williams at 601-573-6014 or Anthony Jones at 601-559-7251.  Additionally\, the chapter Facebook showcases the event and details.
LOCATION:Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524T191500
SUMMARY:Fourth Friday Worship Experience
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/24/4772/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Its Going Up @ Benjamin Cone 3 & Worship's 4th Friday Experience feat. Multi Stellar Award Winning Artist/Songwriter Jonathan Nelson on Friday\, May 24th @ 7:15pm @ The Relevant Empowerment Church 3900 West Northside Dr. Jackson\, MS. Admission: FREE!! Come celebrate Jonathan's newly released project entitle "Finish Strong"! This will be a life changing worship experience! Spread the word! Just ADDED- The lovely Voice of Carvena Jones! Don't Miss This Experience!!  See u there!
LOCATION:Relevant Empowerment Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
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END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524
SUMMARY:"Form\, Color and Movement" Art Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4690/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join us for the opening reception of "Form\, Color & Movement" at the Mississippi Arts Center in Jackson. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 6th-May30th. For show information or images of selected works go online to www.FormColorandMovement.com.\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2013/may/03/11764/
LOCATION:Arts Center of Mississippi
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130524
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525T070000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Meltdown
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/25/4725/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Meltdown is back and will take place on Saturday\, May 25\, with a 5k Run and Walk\, 10K Run and Kids’ 1 Mile Fun Run. Join us in bringing wellness back to Mississippi while at the same time supporting St. Dominic Community Health Clinic.   \n\nSt. Dominic Community Health Clinic provides free healthcare services for the homeless and working poor of the Jackson Metropolitan Area.
LOCATION:The Club at the Township
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525T190000
SUMMARY:"When Cletus Met Elizabeth" Dinner Theater
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/25/4480/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Saturday May 25th- Weidmann's- $49- Cocktails (not included in the ticket price) start at 6:00 and the Show starts at 7:00.
LOCATION:Weidmann's Restaurant
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525T210000
SUMMARY:The Gemini Affair
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/25/4841/
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LOCATION:ISH Grill and Bar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525T220000
SUMMARY:Power of the Mic Comedy Show
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/25/4835/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Power of the Mic Comedy Show\nMay 25\, 2013\nMediterranean Grill \n6550 Old Canton Rd\, Ridgeland\, MS (County Line and Old Canton Intersection)\n\nFeaturing Mississippi Comedians:\nRita B\nBrittany Purvis\nWhodi\n\nLive Musical Performances by \nNo Script featuring Calico Pinache\n\nDoors open at 9:30\nShow begins at 10 pm\n$10 admission \nFood and Drinks\n\nHosted by Kenneth Alan aka @BlackSchroeder\nCo-Host Steve Marino\nDJ DawggieDawg 1s 2s\n\nFor more info. call 646.801.1275 or @BlackSchroeder twitter/ig\nFacebook page www.facebook.com/PoweroftheMic
LOCATION:Mediterranean Fish and Grill (The Med)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525T210000
SUMMARY:Burn the Dance Floor
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/384/
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LOCATION:Salsa Mississippi Studio and Club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525T160000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525T100000
SUMMARY:Shut Up and Write!
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3646/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Shut Up and Write! April 6-June 1\, 6 classes\, every other Saturday\, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.\n\nLearn to write sparkling non-fiction stories\, memoir and essays. $150\, includes materials.
Location TBA
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130525
SUMMARY:"Form\, Color and Movement" Art Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4690/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join us for the opening reception of "Form\, Color & Movement" at the Mississippi Arts Center in Jackson. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 6th-May30th. For show information or images of selected works go online to www.FormColorandMovement.com.\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2013/may/03/11764/
LOCATION:Arts Center of Mississippi
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130526T180000
SUMMARY:Being Belhaven Arts Series: Music in May
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/26/3691/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Belhaven Park
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130526
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130526T120000
SUMMARY:Dog Day Afternoons
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/682/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130526
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130526
SUMMARY:"Form\, Color and Movement" Art Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4690/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join us for the opening reception of "Form\, Color & Movement" at the Mississippi Arts Center in Jackson. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 6th-May30th. For show information or images of selected works go online to www.FormColorandMovement.com.\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2013/may/03/11764/
LOCATION:Arts Center of Mississippi
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130527T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130527T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130527
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130527
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130527
SUMMARY:"Form\, Color and Movement" Art Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4690/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join us for the opening reception of "Form\, Color & Movement" at the Mississippi Arts Center in Jackson. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 6th-May30th. For show information or images of selected works go online to www.FormColorandMovement.com.\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2013/may/03/11764/
LOCATION:Arts Center of Mississippi
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130528T180000
SUMMARY:"An Ordinary Hero: The True Story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/28/4721/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Jackson State University
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130528T193000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/28/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130528T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130528T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130528
SUMMARY:Mississippi Happening
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/308/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Pizza Shack\, Colonial Mart
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130528
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130528
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130528
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130528
SUMMARY:"Form\, Color and Movement" Art Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4690/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join us for the opening reception of "Form\, Color & Movement" at the Mississippi Arts Center in Jackson. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 6th-May30th. For show information or images of selected works go online to www.FormColorandMovement.com.\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2013/may/03/11764/
LOCATION:Arts Center of Mississippi
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130528
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529T120000
SUMMARY:History Is Lunch
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/29/3726/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Old Capitol Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529T193000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/29/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529T193000
SUMMARY:Taj Mahal Trio
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/29/4712/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Duling Hall
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529T113000
SUMMARY:Live at Lunch
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4689/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Enjoy live music during your lunch hour Wednesdays in May! \n11:30 am until 1:30 pm\n\nMay 1 Adib Sabir\nMay 8 Patrick Harkins\nMay 15 Charlie Townsend\nMay 22 Andrew Dillon and Jonathan Yargates\nMay 29 Brady Stewart\n\nBring your own lunch or purchase lunch at The Palette Café by Viking.\n\nThe Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art\n380 south lamar street n jackson\, mississippi\n\nwww.msmuseumart.org\n\n601-960-1515
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529
SUMMARY:"Form\, Color and Movement" Art Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4690/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join us for the opening reception of "Form\, Color & Movement" at the Mississippi Arts Center in Jackson. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 6th-May30th. For show information or images of selected works go online to www.FormColorandMovement.com.\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2013/may/03/11764/
LOCATION:Arts Center of Mississippi
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130529
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130530T193000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/30/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130530T203000
SUMMARY:The Silent Comedy
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/30/4786/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Hal & Mal's
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130530T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130530T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130530
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130530
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130530
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130530
SUMMARY:"Form\, Color and Movement" Art Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4690/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join us for the opening reception of "Form\, Color & Movement" at the Mississippi Arts Center in Jackson. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 6th-May30th. For show information or images of selected works go online to www.FormColorandMovement.com.\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2013/may/03/11764/
LOCATION:Arts Center of Mississippi
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130530
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130531T180000
SUMMARY:Community Bike Ride
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/31/137/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Bikers ride to a different destination on the last Friday of each month. Jackson Bike Advocates is the sponsor.
LOCATION:Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130531T193000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/31/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130531T203000
SUMMARY:The Jokers Wild Comedy Tour
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/may/31/4719/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Jackson Convention Complex
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130531T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130531T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130531
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130531
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130531
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130531
SUMMARY:"Form\, Color and Movement" Art Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4690/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join us for the opening reception of "Form\, Color & Movement" at the Mississippi Arts Center in Jackson. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 6th-May30th. For show information or images of selected works go online to www.FormColorandMovement.com.\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2013/may/03/11764/
LOCATION:Arts Center of Mississippi
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130531
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601T100000
SUMMARY:Blondes v. Brunettes Flag Football Game
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/01/374/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Jackson Academy
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601T120000
SUMMARY:4 the Record Swap
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/01/4217/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hello Record Retrievers ! Just a reminder 4 The Record will be June 1\, 2013. It will also be at a bigger location at Hal & Mal's and will begin at noon! We have more surprises and updates coming so keep your browser bookmarked on 4therecordswap.com for more update on this upcoming swap! Our last swap which everyone is calling "Lucky Number 7" was a success you can look at pictures and video from the swap on the website or here. We still need you like us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/4therecordswap and follow us on twitter http://twitter.com/4therecordswap.
LOCATION:Hal & Mal's
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601T190000
SUMMARY:4 the Record Swap After-party
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/01/4774/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Hal & Mal's
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601T193000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/01/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601
SUMMARY:Poetry and Soul
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/01/4884/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Jackson Medical Mall
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601T210000
SUMMARY:Burn the Dance Floor
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/384/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Salsa Mississippi Studio and Club
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601T160000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
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END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601T100000
SUMMARY:Shut Up and Write!
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3646/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Shut Up and Write! April 6-June 1\, 6 classes\, every other Saturday\, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.\n\nLearn to write sparkling non-fiction stories\, memoir and essays. $150\, includes materials.
Location TBA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130601
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130602T140000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/02/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130602T150000
SUMMARY:Jackson Adult Kickball League Games
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4376/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:A group of excited fans pile into the bleachers at the Legion Field (VA) at 400 South Drive in West Jackson to cheer on one of their favorite teams. As the each team prepares for battle the excitement mounts. The players take their places of the field. The first pitch is thrown. With each bounce of the big red ball rolling toward the kicker he knows he must make it good. Swoosh! Pow! The ball sails into the air. Fans leap to their feet screaming. The stunned kick finds his legs and runs with all his might to the first base. Although the outfielders have the ball he found his destination first. He is safe and the cycle starts again.\n\nJackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League debuted last spring. The league consists of seven teams; which are twenty-two co-ed players ranging in age from 25-60. There are four veteran teams and three new teams this year.\n\nFor each team the rules are still the same; establish bragging rights\, clear Sunday’s schedule\, dust off a pair of cleats\, put on shorts and a team shirt and get ready to play some kickball.\n\nThe team this year are the Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes; Fantastic Eleven; Straight Ballers; Tiger Tailgaters; Yell-O-Jacks; Regulators and New Kicks. Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes were last year’s league champions.\n\nThe League provides more than an opportunity to exercise; it is also gives players and their families an outlet for community involvement. This year\, teams will participate in the following events: Relay for Life-June 7\, 2013 (American Cancer Society)\, American Heart Association\, Lupus Foundation\, American Cancer Walk\, Multiple Sclerosis\, Sickle Cell\, and Mississippi Kidney Foundation.\nAlso\, the league is looking for youth to sing the National Anthem each Sunday before the game. To sign up\, upload a video to the Jackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League’s Facebook page or email Pleshette Smith at jackson1adultkickball2012@gmail.com.
LOCATION:Legion Field
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130602T180000
SUMMARY:The Chanelle Renee Project's Fashion Mixer VI
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/02/4700/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"The Chanelle Renee' Project: Fashion Mixer VI"\nExclusive Social + Networking Experience\n\nThe Mixer starts at 6:00pm\nLive showcases by fashion designer LaureNicole\nPop up shops with local boutiques and vendors open at 6:30pm\nClothing donations will be accepted for Catholic Charities\nParty immediately following showcase with cocktails\, hors d'oeuvres\, and music by DJ Phingaprint.\n\nLocation: Mississippi Museum of Art \n380 S Lamar St\nJackson\nTickets : $20\n\nAdvanced tickets can be purchased at www.thefashionmixer.net\nFor more info please contact fashionmixerms@gmail.com\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2013/05/06/image-1.jpeg\n\nhttp://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2013/05/06/image.jpeg
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130602
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130602T120000
SUMMARY:Dog Day Afternoons
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/682/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130602
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130603T193000
SUMMARY:"The Addams Family"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/03/1399/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Thalia Mara Hall
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130603T193000
SUMMARY:James McCartney
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/03/3474/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Duling Hall
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130603T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130603T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130603
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130603
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604T180000
SUMMARY:Broadmeadow Neighborhood Association Munch-Out
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/04/4850/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Please join your neighbors for the Neighborhood Munch-Out tonight\, Tuesday\, June 4th\, at 6:00 p.m. at Sal & Mookie's. Greet. . .Meet. . .Eat with your neighbors! Please RSVP and let us know if you plan to attend. Many thanks to Helen Napier for coordinating these opportunities! For further information or to RSVP\, contact Helen at hb1napier@bellsouth.net or BNA at roadmeadowneighborhoodassoc@gmail.com.
LOCATION:Sal and Mookie's New York Pizza and Ice Cream Joint
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604T180000
SUMMARY:The Story of Impressionism
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/04/4907/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Tuesday\, June 4\, 2013\nThe Story of Impressionism\nMississippi Museum of Art\, Trustmark Grand Hall\n5:30 PM cash bar\n6 – 7 PM program\nBeth S. Gersh-Nesic\, Ph.D.\, an art historian and the founder and director of the New York Arts Exchange\, presents an illustrated lecture about the development of Impressionism in French art. This program is sponsored by the Alliance Française de Jackson. Free and open to the public.
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604T193000
SUMMARY:"The Addams Family"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/04/1399/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Thalia Mara Hall
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604
SUMMARY:Mississippi Happening
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/308/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Pizza Shack\, Colonial Mart
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130605T120000
SUMMARY:History Is Lunch
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/05/3727/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130605T193000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/05/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130605T193000
SUMMARY:Cody Canada and the Departed with Rob Baird
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/05/3472/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Duling Hall
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130605T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130605T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130605
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130605
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130605
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130605
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606T170000
SUMMARY:Fondren After 5
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/06/322/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
Fondren
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606T180000
SUMMARY:Medgar Evers Homecoming
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/06/346/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:*Multiple Locations
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606T193000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/06/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606
SUMMARY:fondRUN
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/06/1926/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:fondRUN returns March 7th to Fondren After 5. Presented by liveRIGHTnow\, fondRUN is a 2 mile run or walk open to all levels. The monthly event is sponsored in part by Fondren Renaissance Foundation.\n\nParticipants meet at 6pm\, run 2 miles and return to enjoy drinks and dining. The first round of beer will be “on the house” courtesy of Southern Beverage. March’s location is Sal and Mookies.\n\nfondRUN™ is free and is presented in conjunction with Fondren After 5\, a late evening monthly opportunity to stroll\, shop and dine. All runners must sign a waiver to participate. While the run is open to all ages\, no one under 21 will be served alcohol.
Fondren
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130607T190000
SUMMARY:Medgar Evers Homecoming
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/07/346/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:*Multiple Locations
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130607T193000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/07/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130607T223000
SUMMARY:Colt Ford
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/07/4944/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Club Magoo's
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130607T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130607T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130607
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
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END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130607
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130607
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130607
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608T100000
SUMMARY:Medgar Evers Homecoming
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/08/346/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:*Multiple Locations
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608T110000
SUMMARY:Putting on the Dog
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/08/4828/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Great Food\, Great Fun\, Great Scott!!   Great Scott will host “Putting on the Dog” benefitting CARA (Community Animal Rescue & Adoption) on Saturday\, June 8th from 11am to 3pm at their location at 4400 Old Canton Road.  There will be fun activities for the kids\, a huge silent auction and great food\, as well as some of the CARA dogs available for adoption.  Admission is free!!
LOCATION:Great Scott
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608T190000
SUMMARY:Fondren Theatre Workshop’s 10th Anniversary Showcase
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/08/4867/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Fondren Theatre Workshop’s 10th Anniversary Showcase\, June 8\, 7:00 p.m.\, at the home of Jane and David Waugh\, 1330 Eastover Drive\, Jackson\, MS. FTW will celebrate its 10th season with a cabaret-style showcase featuring scenic and musical highlights from past productions\, including excerpts from "Through the Looking Glass\," "The Lion in Winter\," "Talking With\," "American Buffalo\," "Sordid Lives\," "The Rocky Horror Show\," "The Mystery of Irma Vep\," "Cabaret\," "Assassins\," and others. Admission is $5.00.
the home of Jane and David Waugh (1330 Eastover Drive)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608T193000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/08/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608T200000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608T210000
SUMMARY:Burn the Dance Floor
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/384/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Salsa Mississippi Studio and Club
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608T160000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130608
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130609T140000
SUMMARY:"Hairspray"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/09/1735/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Hairspray	\nMusical Comedy\nMusic by Marc Shaiman\, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman\, Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan\nMay 28-June 1 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 5-8 @ 7:30 pm\nJune 2 and 9 @ 2:00 pm\nTickets are $28 for adults and $22 for seniors/students\nHairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960s Baltimore\, where the ‘50s are out -- and change is in the air! It's 1962 in Baltimore\, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true\, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen\, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin\, and integrate a TV network\, all without denting her 'do! Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical\, Hairspray is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter\, romance\, and deliriously tuneful songs including Mama\, I’m a Big Girl Now\, You Can’t Stop the Beat and Good Morning Baltimore. Call 601.948.3533 or www.newstagetheatre.com
LOCATION:New Stage Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130609T150000
SUMMARY:Jackson Adult Kickball League Games
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4376/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:A group of excited fans pile into the bleachers at the Legion Field (VA) at 400 South Drive in West Jackson to cheer on one of their favorite teams. As the each team prepares for battle the excitement mounts. The players take their places of the field. The first pitch is thrown. With each bounce of the big red ball rolling toward the kicker he knows he must make it good. Swoosh! Pow! The ball sails into the air. Fans leap to their feet screaming. The stunned kick finds his legs and runs with all his might to the first base. Although the outfielders have the ball he found his destination first. He is safe and the cycle starts again.\n\nJackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League debuted last spring. The league consists of seven teams; which are twenty-two co-ed players ranging in age from 25-60. There are four veteran teams and three new teams this year.\n\nFor each team the rules are still the same; establish bragging rights\, clear Sunday’s schedule\, dust off a pair of cleats\, put on shorts and a team shirt and get ready to play some kickball.\n\nThe team this year are the Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes; Fantastic Eleven; Straight Ballers; Tiger Tailgaters; Yell-O-Jacks; Regulators and New Kicks. Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes were last year’s league champions.\n\nThe League provides more than an opportunity to exercise; it is also gives players and their families an outlet for community involvement. This year\, teams will participate in the following events: Relay for Life-June 7\, 2013 (American Cancer Society)\, American Heart Association\, Lupus Foundation\, American Cancer Walk\, Multiple Sclerosis\, Sickle Cell\, and Mississippi Kidney Foundation.\nAlso\, the league is looking for youth to sing the National Anthem each Sunday before the game. To sign up\, upload a video to the Jackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League’s Facebook page or email Pleshette Smith at jackson1adultkickball2012@gmail.com.
LOCATION:Legion Field
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130609
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130609T120000
SUMMARY:Dog Day Afternoons
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/682/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130609
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130610T090000
SUMMARY:Medgar Evers 50th Anniversary Commemoration
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/10/4230/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:~ 50TH ANNIVERSARY ~\n\nIn partnership with museums\, universities\, foundations\, and national organizations across the country\, the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Institute is organizing events commemorating the 50th anniversary of Medgar Evers’ assassination\, culminating in a series of activities in Washington\, D. C.\, and Jackson\, Mississippi\, in June 2013.\n\nUpcoming Events:\nJune 10-11\, 2013 — City-wide — Jackson\, MS: Where Medgar Walked: Civil Rights Sites Tours\nJune 10-11\, 2013 — Davis Planetarium — Jackson\, MS: Civil Rights Film Festival\n\nJune 11\, 2013 — Cabot Lodge Millsaps — Jackson\, MS: Youth Congress: Dedicated to the Cause of Freedom\nMusic • Art • Food Festival • Literacy Fair\nReflections and Book Signings by Historians and Authors\nExhibits by Sponsors\n12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. — Art Garden\, Mississippi Museum of Art — Jackson\, MS: Service of the Bells: Memorial and Praise in Word and  Song\n6:00 p.m. — Jackson Convention Complex — Jackson\, MS: Chairman's Reception\n7:30 p.m. — Jackson Convention Complex — Jackson\, MS: Tribute Gala\n\nJune 12\, 2013 — International Day of Remembrance\n10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. – Art Garden\, Mississippi Museum of Art — Jackson\, MS:  Celebration on the Green\n\n-----------\n\nMyrlie Evers\, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute\, today announced plans for a national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of her late husband Medgar Evers\, Mississippi civil rights pioneer.\n\nEvents sponsored by the Institute will begin Wednesday\, June 5\, 2013\, in Washington\, \nD. C.\, and culminate with a community celebration\, and tribute gala in Jackson\, Mississippi\, on Wednesday\, June 12. Joining Mrs. Evers in the announcement were representatives of community organizations helping to sponsor the activities and hosting their own events.\n\nReena Evers-Everette\, daughter of Medgar and Myrlie Evers and executive director of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute\, announced that a memorial service will be held at her father’s gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery on June 5 at 12:00 noon. \n\nShe added that on the evening on June 5 a symposium entitled “The Legacy of Medgar Evers” will be held at the Newseum in the nation’s capital. Myrlie Evers\, noted civil rights activist Julian Bond\, and award-winning investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell will participate in a discussion moderated by national public broadcasting’s Gwen Ifill\, host of “Washington Week” and senior correspondent on “PBS NewsHour.”\n\nOther Evers Institute-sponsored events will include guided and self-guided civil rights tours and a showcase of civil right films on Monday and Tuesday\, June 10 and 11 in Jackson. \n\n“Where Medgar Walked” tours will offer an opportunity to walk in Evers’ footsteps.\n\nThe film festival will be showcased at the Davis Planetarium. Feature films\, documentaries\, and oral history interviews will be included.  Among the movies to be shown will be “Ghosts of Mississippi\,” “An Ordinary Hero\,” “Medgar Evers\,” and “Mississippi: Is This America? 1963-64.”\n\nThe William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation is sponsoring a Youth Congress on Tuesday\, June 11 as part of a yearlong effort to support the creation of a student-drafted youth platform for positive social change for Mississippi. Participants will identify with Medgar Evers’ legacy as young makers of history and preservers and protectors of Mississippi and their communities.\n\nJune 12 will be designated as International Day of Remembrance. The Day of Remembrance will feature a “A Celebration on the Green” in the Art Garden of the Mississippi Museum of Art will be held on June 12 from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Celebration coordinator Jacqueline Berry announced that there will be musical entertainment\, poetry readings\, and remembrances of Evers’ life from individuals in the community. Book signings and reflections by historians and authors\, a literacy fair for children sponsored by Lulalee Productions\, and a variety of vendors will add to the festivities.\nDuring the Celebration on the Green\, a “Service of the Bells” will occur from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. This ceremony\, coordinated by the Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference (MRLC)\, will be a memorial in praise and song.  The ringing of bells will be called for throughout the nation and worldwide\, including South Africa and Northern Ireland. \n\nThe black-tie gala will unfold at 7:30 p.m. on the 12th at the Jackson Convention Complex. \n\nInvited guests include civil rights activist Vernon Jordan and Mississippi blues legend B.B. King. Other noted entertainers include gospel-recording artist Tamela Mann.  Other artists and national dignitaries will be announced at a later date.   \n\nOther individuals and community organizations present at the press conference whose special programs will occur leading up to\, during\, and following the commemorative week include Charles Evers’ Medgar Evers Homecoming events and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History\, the Mississippi Museum of Art\, and the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center — all of whom will feature special Medgar Evers exhibits. \n\nSupporting organizations present included the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau\, the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority\, and the Mississippi Development Authority.  Other community partners unable to attend the press conference were Alcorn State University\, Jackson State University\, and Tougaloo College. \n\nMore information and a calendar of events is available at www.eversinstitute.org.
multiple Jackson locations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130610T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130610T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130610
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130610
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130611T090000
SUMMARY:Medgar Evers 50th Anniversary Commemoration
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/11/4230/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:~ 50TH ANNIVERSARY ~\n\nIn partnership with museums\, universities\, foundations\, and national organizations across the country\, the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Institute is organizing events commemorating the 50th anniversary of Medgar Evers’ assassination\, culminating in a series of activities in Washington\, D. C.\, and Jackson\, Mississippi\, in June 2013.\n\nUpcoming Events:\nJune 10-11\, 2013 — City-wide — Jackson\, MS: Where Medgar Walked: Civil Rights Sites Tours\nJune 10-11\, 2013 — Davis Planetarium — Jackson\, MS: Civil Rights Film Festival\n\nJune 11\, 2013 — Cabot Lodge Millsaps — Jackson\, MS: Youth Congress: Dedicated to the Cause of Freedom\nMusic • Art • Food Festival • Literacy Fair\nReflections and Book Signings by Historians and Authors\nExhibits by Sponsors\n12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. — Art Garden\, Mississippi Museum of Art — Jackson\, MS: Service of the Bells: Memorial and Praise in Word and  Song\n6:00 p.m. — Jackson Convention Complex — Jackson\, MS: Chairman's Reception\n7:30 p.m. — Jackson Convention Complex — Jackson\, MS: Tribute Gala\n\nJune 12\, 2013 — International Day of Remembrance\n10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. – Art Garden\, Mississippi Museum of Art — Jackson\, MS:  Celebration on the Green\n\n-----------\n\nMyrlie Evers\, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute\, today announced plans for a national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of her late husband Medgar Evers\, Mississippi civil rights pioneer.\n\nEvents sponsored by the Institute will begin Wednesday\, June 5\, 2013\, in Washington\, \nD. C.\, and culminate with a community celebration\, and tribute gala in Jackson\, Mississippi\, on Wednesday\, June 12. Joining Mrs. Evers in the announcement were representatives of community organizations helping to sponsor the activities and hosting their own events.\n\nReena Evers-Everette\, daughter of Medgar and Myrlie Evers and executive director of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute\, announced that a memorial service will be held at her father’s gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery on June 5 at 12:00 noon. \n\nShe added that on the evening on June 5 a symposium entitled “The Legacy of Medgar Evers” will be held at the Newseum in the nation’s capital. Myrlie Evers\, noted civil rights activist Julian Bond\, and award-winning investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell will participate in a discussion moderated by national public broadcasting’s Gwen Ifill\, host of “Washington Week” and senior correspondent on “PBS NewsHour.”\n\nOther Evers Institute-sponsored events will include guided and self-guided civil rights tours and a showcase of civil right films on Monday and Tuesday\, June 10 and 11 in Jackson. \n\n“Where Medgar Walked” tours will offer an opportunity to walk in Evers’ footsteps.\n\nThe film festival will be showcased at the Davis Planetarium. Feature films\, documentaries\, and oral history interviews will be included.  Among the movies to be shown will be “Ghosts of Mississippi\,” “An Ordinary Hero\,” “Medgar Evers\,” and “Mississippi: Is This America? 1963-64.”\n\nThe William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation is sponsoring a Youth Congress on Tuesday\, June 11 as part of a yearlong effort to support the creation of a student-drafted youth platform for positive social change for Mississippi. Participants will identify with Medgar Evers’ legacy as young makers of history and preservers and protectors of Mississippi and their communities.\n\nJune 12 will be designated as International Day of Remembrance. The Day of Remembrance will feature a “A Celebration on the Green” in the Art Garden of the Mississippi Museum of Art will be held on June 12 from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Celebration coordinator Jacqueline Berry announced that there will be musical entertainment\, poetry readings\, and remembrances of Evers’ life from individuals in the community. Book signings and reflections by historians and authors\, a literacy fair for children sponsored by Lulalee Productions\, and a variety of vendors will add to the festivities.\nDuring the Celebration on the Green\, a “Service of the Bells” will occur from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. This ceremony\, coordinated by the Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference (MRLC)\, will be a memorial in praise and song.  The ringing of bells will be called for throughout the nation and worldwide\, including South Africa and Northern Ireland. \n\nThe black-tie gala will unfold at 7:30 p.m. on the 12th at the Jackson Convention Complex. \n\nInvited guests include civil rights activist Vernon Jordan and Mississippi blues legend B.B. King. Other noted entertainers include gospel-recording artist Tamela Mann.  Other artists and national dignitaries will be announced at a later date.   \n\nOther individuals and community organizations present at the press conference whose special programs will occur leading up to\, during\, and following the commemorative week include Charles Evers’ Medgar Evers Homecoming events and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History\, the Mississippi Museum of Art\, and the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center — all of whom will feature special Medgar Evers exhibits. \n\nSupporting organizations present included the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau\, the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority\, and the Mississippi Development Authority.  Other community partners unable to attend the press conference were Alcorn State University\, Jackson State University\, and Tougaloo College. \n\nMore information and a calendar of events is available at www.eversinstitute.org.
multiple Jackson locations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130611T100000
SUMMARY:Conversations on the Life and Legacy of Medgar Wiley Evers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/11/4863/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:JUNE 11\, 2013\n10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.\nConversations on the Life and Legacy of Medgar Wiley Evers\nBennie G. Thompson Academic & Civil Rights Research Center\nTougaloo College\n\nA continuum of panel discussions\, theatrical interpretations\, art exhibits and spoken word honoring Medgar Evers’ life and moving forward his legacy.
LOCATION:Tougaloo College
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130611T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130611T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130611
SUMMARY:Mississippi Happening
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/308/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Pizza Shack\, Colonial Mart
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130611
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130611
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130611
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130611
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130612T100000
SUMMARY:Medgar Evers 50th Anniversary Commemoration
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/12/4230/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:~ 50TH ANNIVERSARY ~\n\nIn partnership with museums\, universities\, foundations\, and national organizations across the country\, the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Institute is organizing events commemorating the 50th anniversary of Medgar Evers’ assassination\, culminating in a series of activities in Washington\, D. C.\, and Jackson\, Mississippi\, in June 2013.\n\nUpcoming Events:\nJune 10-11\, 2013 — City-wide — Jackson\, MS: Where Medgar Walked: Civil Rights Sites Tours\nJune 10-11\, 2013 — Davis Planetarium — Jackson\, MS: Civil Rights Film Festival\n\nJune 11\, 2013 — Cabot Lodge Millsaps — Jackson\, MS: Youth Congress: Dedicated to the Cause of Freedom\nMusic • Art • Food Festival • Literacy Fair\nReflections and Book Signings by Historians and Authors\nExhibits by Sponsors\n12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. — Art Garden\, Mississippi Museum of Art — Jackson\, MS: Service of the Bells: Memorial and Praise in Word and  Song\n6:00 p.m. — Jackson Convention Complex — Jackson\, MS: Chairman's Reception\n7:30 p.m. — Jackson Convention Complex — Jackson\, MS: Tribute Gala\n\nJune 12\, 2013 — International Day of Remembrance\n10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. – Art Garden\, Mississippi Museum of Art — Jackson\, MS:  Celebration on the Green\n\n-----------\n\nMyrlie Evers\, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute\, today announced plans for a national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of her late husband Medgar Evers\, Mississippi civil rights pioneer.\n\nEvents sponsored by the Institute will begin Wednesday\, June 5\, 2013\, in Washington\, \nD. C.\, and culminate with a community celebration\, and tribute gala in Jackson\, Mississippi\, on Wednesday\, June 12. Joining Mrs. Evers in the announcement were representatives of community organizations helping to sponsor the activities and hosting their own events.\n\nReena Evers-Everette\, daughter of Medgar and Myrlie Evers and executive director of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute\, announced that a memorial service will be held at her father’s gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery on June 5 at 12:00 noon. \n\nShe added that on the evening on June 5 a symposium entitled “The Legacy of Medgar Evers” will be held at the Newseum in the nation’s capital. Myrlie Evers\, noted civil rights activist Julian Bond\, and award-winning investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell will participate in a discussion moderated by national public broadcasting’s Gwen Ifill\, host of “Washington Week” and senior correspondent on “PBS NewsHour.”\n\nOther Evers Institute-sponsored events will include guided and self-guided civil rights tours and a showcase of civil right films on Monday and Tuesday\, June 10 and 11 in Jackson. \n\n“Where Medgar Walked” tours will offer an opportunity to walk in Evers’ footsteps.\n\nThe film festival will be showcased at the Davis Planetarium. Feature films\, documentaries\, and oral history interviews will be included.  Among the movies to be shown will be “Ghosts of Mississippi\,” “An Ordinary Hero\,” “Medgar Evers\,” and “Mississippi: Is This America? 1963-64.”\n\nThe William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation is sponsoring a Youth Congress on Tuesday\, June 11 as part of a yearlong effort to support the creation of a student-drafted youth platform for positive social change for Mississippi. Participants will identify with Medgar Evers’ legacy as young makers of history and preservers and protectors of Mississippi and their communities.\n\nJune 12 will be designated as International Day of Remembrance. The Day of Remembrance will feature a “A Celebration on the Green” in the Art Garden of the Mississippi Museum of Art will be held on June 12 from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Celebration coordinator Jacqueline Berry announced that there will be musical entertainment\, poetry readings\, and remembrances of Evers’ life from individuals in the community. Book signings and reflections by historians and authors\, a literacy fair for children sponsored by Lulalee Productions\, and a variety of vendors will add to the festivities.\nDuring the Celebration on the Green\, a “Service of the Bells” will occur from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. This ceremony\, coordinated by the Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference (MRLC)\, will be a memorial in praise and song.  The ringing of bells will be called for throughout the nation and worldwide\, including South Africa and Northern Ireland. \n\nThe black-tie gala will unfold at 7:30 p.m. on the 12th at the Jackson Convention Complex. \n\nInvited guests include civil rights activist Vernon Jordan and Mississippi blues legend B.B. King. Other noted entertainers include gospel-recording artist Tamela Mann.  Other artists and national dignitaries will be announced at a later date.   \n\nOther individuals and community organizations present at the press conference whose special programs will occur leading up to\, during\, and following the commemorative week include Charles Evers’ Medgar Evers Homecoming events and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History\, the Mississippi Museum of Art\, and the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center — all of whom will feature special Medgar Evers exhibits. \n\nSupporting organizations present included the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau\, the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority\, and the Mississippi Development Authority.  Other community partners unable to attend the press conference were Alcorn State University\, Jackson State University\, and Tougaloo College. \n\nMore information and a calendar of events is available at www.eversinstitute.org.
multiple Jackson locations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130612T193000
SUMMARY:Carrie Rodriguez
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/12/4713/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Hal & Mal's
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130612T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130612T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130612
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130612
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130612
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130612
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613T193000
SUMMARY:"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/13/1966/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Sweeney Todd returns from an unjust prison sentence handed down to him by a crooked judge who wanted Todd’s wife for himself.  Many years later\, Sweeney gets out of jail and learns that the judge has discarded his wife to a life of shame\, and kept Todd’s daughter for his own.  Sweeney Todd sets out to get revenge\, reopening his Fleet Street barber shop hoping to one day get the judge in his barber chair and under his razor!  The frivolity and mayhem that follow leaves one both amazed and surprised.  Come see this wonderful\, original version of the show\, which is much lighter and with more laughs than the recent movie.  It will move you\, make you laugh\, and leave you breathless in its macabre plot line.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613T193000
SUMMARY:"Noises Off"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/13/3369/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Black Rose Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613T200000
SUMMARY:The Lights Out Tour
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/13/4762/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Thalia Mara Hall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130614T193000
SUMMARY:"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/14/1966/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Sweeney Todd returns from an unjust prison sentence handed down to him by a crooked judge who wanted Todd’s wife for himself.  Many years later\, Sweeney gets out of jail and learns that the judge has discarded his wife to a life of shame\, and kept Todd’s daughter for his own.  Sweeney Todd sets out to get revenge\, reopening his Fleet Street barber shop hoping to one day get the judge in his barber chair and under his razor!  The frivolity and mayhem that follow leaves one both amazed and surprised.  Come see this wonderful\, original version of the show\, which is much lighter and with more laughs than the recent movie.  It will move you\, make you laugh\, and leave you breathless in its macabre plot line.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130614T193000
SUMMARY:"Noises Off"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/14/3369/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Black Rose Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130614T200000
SUMMARY:Being Belhaven Arts Series
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/14/3692/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Belhaven Park
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130614T210000
SUMMARY:Set the Controls
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/14/981/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Duling Hall
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130614T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130614T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130614
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130614
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130614
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130614
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130615T190000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Roller Vixens Roller Derby: "Hook\, Line\, and Sink Her"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/15/4027/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:June 15\, 2013 - "Hook\, Line\, and Sink Her"\nThe Vixens will be taking on EACH OTHER in bout of sister rivalry with a nautical twist! The bout will be at the Jackson Convention Complex in downtown Jackson. The doors will open at 6pm and the action will start at 7pm! Advanced tickets can be purchased online. Tickets will be $15 at the door for adults\, $5 for kids. For more information\, visit www.magnoliarollervixens.com.
LOCATION:Jackson Convention Complex
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130615T193000
SUMMARY:"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/15/1966/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Sweeney Todd returns from an unjust prison sentence handed down to him by a crooked judge who wanted Todd’s wife for himself.  Many years later\, Sweeney gets out of jail and learns that the judge has discarded his wife to a life of shame\, and kept Todd’s daughter for his own.  Sweeney Todd sets out to get revenge\, reopening his Fleet Street barber shop hoping to one day get the judge in his barber chair and under his razor!  The frivolity and mayhem that follow leaves one both amazed and surprised.  Come see this wonderful\, original version of the show\, which is much lighter and with more laughs than the recent movie.  It will move you\, make you laugh\, and leave you breathless in its macabre plot line.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130615T193000
SUMMARY:"Noises Off"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/15/3369/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Black Rose Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130615T210000
SUMMARY:Burn the Dance Floor
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/384/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Salsa Mississippi Studio and Club
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130615T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130615T160000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130615
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130615
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130615
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130615
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130616T090000
SUMMARY:Father's Appreciation Day
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/16/457/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Jackson Zoo
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130616T140000
SUMMARY:"Noises Off"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/16/3369/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Black Rose Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130616T193000
SUMMARY:"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/16/1966/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Sweeney Todd returns from an unjust prison sentence handed down to him by a crooked judge who wanted Todd’s wife for himself.  Many years later\, Sweeney gets out of jail and learns that the judge has discarded his wife to a life of shame\, and kept Todd’s daughter for his own.  Sweeney Todd sets out to get revenge\, reopening his Fleet Street barber shop hoping to one day get the judge in his barber chair and under his razor!  The frivolity and mayhem that follow leaves one both amazed and surprised.  Come see this wonderful\, original version of the show\, which is much lighter and with more laughs than the recent movie.  It will move you\, make you laugh\, and leave you breathless in its macabre plot line.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130616
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130616T120000
SUMMARY:Dog Day Afternoons
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/682/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130616
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130617T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130617T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130617
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130617
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130618T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130618T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130618
SUMMARY:Mississippi Happening
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/308/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Pizza Shack\, Colonial Mart
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130618
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130618
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130618
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130618
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130619T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130619T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130619
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130619
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130619
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130619
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130620T103000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Main Street Association Awards Luncheon
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/20/461/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:June 20\, 2013: Mississippi Main Street Association’s 24th Annual Awards Luncheon in Jackson: Old Capitol Inn\, downtown Jackson. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 per person and may be purchased by calling 601-944-0113 or emailing denisehalbach@msmainstreet.com. Tables of 8 may be reserved.\n\n3rd Annual Scholarship Auction & Showcase\, featuring items and gift packages from Mississippi Main Street Communities. All proceeds benefit the Main Street Managers’ continuing education fund. 10:30-11:30 a.m.
LOCATION:Old Capitol Inn
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130620T170000
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Art Reception
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/20/2324/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:View Gallery
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130620T180000
SUMMARY:Screen on the Green
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/20/4171/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130620T193000
SUMMARY:"Noises Off"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/20/3369/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Black Rose Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130620T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130620T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130620
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
N/A
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130620
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130620
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130620
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130621T173000
SUMMARY:Summer Solstice Pajama Party
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/21/525/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Summer Solstice Pajama Party (Members Only)\n\nMCM Members: Put on your jammies and join us in celebrating the longest day of the year. Come explore MCM after hours and participate in pajama games\, a movie\, storytimes\, and more!
LOCATION:Mississippi Children's Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130621T193000
SUMMARY:"Noises Off"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/21/3369/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Black Rose Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130621T193000
SUMMARY:"Steel Magnolias"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/21/4227/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Actor’s Playhouse
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130621T210000
SUMMARY:Luella and the Sun
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/21/4714/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Duling Hall
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130621T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130621T120000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130621
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
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END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130621
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130621
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130621
SUMMARY:"The Murder of Medgar Evers and 'Where is the Voice Coming From?'"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4224/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nThe impact of Evers’s killing was immediate and widespread\, influencing the work of writers\, poets\, musicians\, and other artists. At the Eudora Welty House the exhibit The Murder of Medgar Evers and “Where is the Voice Coming From?” will examine how that event impelled Eudora Welty to write one of the most gripping and political stories of her career\, as well as the repercussions Welty faced after her story was published in The New Yorker. The free exhibit will run May 15 through December 15 at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitor Center.\n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:Eudora Welty House and Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622T193000
SUMMARY:"Noises Off"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/22/3369/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Black Rose Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622T193000
SUMMARY:"Steel Magnolias"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/22/4227/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Actor’s Playhouse
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622T203000
SUMMARY:Billy Joe Shaver
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/22/4000/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Duling Hall
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622T210000
SUMMARY:Burn the Dance Floor
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/384/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Salsa Mississippi Studio and Club
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622T140000
SUMMARY:"Wild Ocean"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/552/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles\, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy\, an epic struggle for survival where whales\, sharks\, dolphins\, seals\, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator\, mankind.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622T160000
SUMMARY:"Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/696/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Experience the magnificence of Egypt and her mysterious mummies. Discover how new genetic research may reveal ancient secrets of the Pharaohs and advance modern science.
LOCATION:Russell C. Davis Planetarium
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
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END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622
SUMMARY:"'This is Home': Medgar Evers\, Mississippi and the Movement"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4223/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In observance of the fiftieth anniversary of his death\, MDAH will commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers with exhibits and programs. Evers was the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP from 1954 until his assassination in the driveway of his family’s home in Jackson on June 11\, 1963. \n\nOn May 1\, a History Is Lunch lecture by Myrlie Evers-Williams\, former director of the NAACP and Medgar Evers’s widow\, will open the exhibit “This is Home”: Medgar Evers\, Mississippi\, and the Movement. Drawing on photographs\, artifacts\, documents\, and newsfilm footage from the MDAH collection\, the exhibit will cover Evers’s early life and family\, his career with the NAACP\, and his death. The exhibit will run through October at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson\, then travel the state. \n\nMyrlie Evers-Williams donated the papers of her husband to MDAH. The collection is divided into two subgroups: papers of Evers as Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP\, and the family papers of Medgar Evers. The first group includes primary documents relating to civil rights actions\, petitions for improvements to black schools\, affidavits signed by African Americans denied the right to register to vote\, reports on investigations of racial incidents\, materials used to develop speeches\, and newspaper clippings from his files. \n\nEvers’s papers as field secretary show how closely he worked with national\, state\, and local NAACP leaders to facilitate organizational goals in Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement. Included are minutes for the Jackson branch of the NAACP meetings between 1955 and 1959 and monthly reports to NAACP headquarters for 1955–61; correspondence regarding reported instances of assault and battery\, denial of civil rights\, economic reprisals\, police brutality\, segregation\, and voting discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi; correspondence concerning the murder of Emmett Till and denial of admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and letters to Evers from Julian Bond and Thurgood Marshall. \n\nThe family papers include correspondence\, financial records\, photographs\, cards\, and other items that reflect the activities and interests of Medgar Evers\, his wife\, and their three children. The Evers Collection can be accessed at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.\n\nThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects\, preserves\, and provides access to the archival resources of the state\, administers various museums and historic sites\, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation\, state and local government records management\, and publications. The department is headquartered in the state-of-the-art William F. Winter Archives and History Building\, located on the corner of North and Amite Streets in downtown Jackson. For more information call 601-576-6850 or see the MDAH Web site\, www.mdah.state.ms.us.
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130623T140000
SUMMARY:"Noises Off"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/23/3369/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Black Rose Theatre
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130623T140000
SUMMARY:"Steel Magnolias"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/23/4227/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Actor’s Playhouse
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130623T150000
SUMMARY:Jackson Adult Kickball League Games
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4376/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:A group of excited fans pile into the bleachers at the Legion Field (VA) at 400 South Drive in West Jackson to cheer on one of their favorite teams. As the each team prepares for battle the excitement mounts. The players take their places of the field. The first pitch is thrown. With each bounce of the big red ball rolling toward the kicker he knows he must make it good. Swoosh! Pow! The ball sails into the air. Fans leap to their feet screaming. The stunned kick finds his legs and runs with all his might to the first base. Although the outfielders have the ball he found his destination first. He is safe and the cycle starts again.\n\nJackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League debuted last spring. The league consists of seven teams; which are twenty-two co-ed players ranging in age from 25-60. There are four veteran teams and three new teams this year.\n\nFor each team the rules are still the same; establish bragging rights\, clear Sunday’s schedule\, dust off a pair of cleats\, put on shorts and a team shirt and get ready to play some kickball.\n\nThe team this year are the Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes; Fantastic Eleven; Straight Ballers; Tiger Tailgaters; Yell-O-Jacks; Regulators and New Kicks. Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes were last year’s league champions.\n\nThe League provides more than an opportunity to exercise; it is also gives players and their families an outlet for community involvement. This year\, teams will participate in the following events: Relay for Life-June 7\, 2013 (American Cancer Society)\, American Heart Association\, Lupus Foundation\, American Cancer Walk\, Multiple Sclerosis\, Sickle Cell\, and Mississippi Kidney Foundation.\nAlso\, the league is looking for youth to sing the National Anthem each Sunday before the game. To sign up\, upload a video to the Jackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League’s Facebook page or email Pleshette Smith at jackson1adultkickball2012@gmail.com.
LOCATION:Legion Field
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130623
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/3831/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Volunteer Opportunity @ 2 day Youth Justice Conferences (6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Annual Parent/Advocate Conference): \n\nHere's a great and fun volunteer opportunity to give back and help make your community a better place for all! The Summit and PA Conference are annual two day youth justice focused conferences at Millsaps College on Friday\, July 20th and Sat.\, July 21st. We expect around 800 attendees\, with about 500-600 youth (10-18 years old) and 200-300 adults in attendance. This is an excellent opportunity you won't want to miss being a part of -- please sign up and spread the good word today (19+ only): tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n\nWe need at least 100 volunteers to make these successful\, rewarding events for all - please sign up and forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit:\n\nVolunteer Registration Form:\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\nWHEN: Sat.\, July 20th and Sun.\, July 21st\n               ALL DAY each day - volunteers are needed - please sign up for ANY time you can give! \n                (7am-overnight on Sat. and 7am-5pm on Sun.) \nWHERE: Millsaps College - Jackson\, MS\n\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\nContact: Questions and/or concerns - David Denney @ 601.354.3408 x 104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
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END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130623T120000
SUMMARY:Dog Day Afternoons
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/682/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130623
SUMMARY:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 25th Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition\nMay 4 – September 1\, 2013 \nPublic Corridor
This annual presentation of award-winning quilts is on loan from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads\, Port Gibson. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads sponsors Crossroads Quilters\, a group that displays and sells its one-of-a-kind handmade quilts at the Crossroads Building in Port Gibson. Admission:  Free\, open to the public
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130627T170000
SUMMARY:Red\, White and Jackson
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/27/469/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Thursday\, June 27\, 5–8 p.m. at the OldCapitolMuseum. Red\, White and Jackson. In conjunction with Fourth of July festivities sponsored by the Jackson Chamber of Commerce\, the OldCapitolMuseum will stay open until 8 pm and offer free activities for children such as crafts and a scavenger hunt. Enjoy food\, music\, and fireworks on the Old Capitol Green. For more information on Red\, White\, and Jackson\, call the Jackson Chamber at 601-948-7575.
LOCATION:Old Capitol Museum
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130628T180000
SUMMARY:Community Bike Ride
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/28/137/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Bikers ride to a different destination on the last Friday of each month. Jackson Bike Advocates is the sponsor.
LOCATION:Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130628T193000
SUMMARY:"Steel Magnolias"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/28/4227/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Actor’s Playhouse
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130629T190000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Roller Vixens Roller Derby: "Independence Slay"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/29/4028/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:June 29\, 2013 - "Independence Slay"\nCome cheer on the Vixens as they take on the Hub City Derby Dames of Hattiesburg\, MS! The bout will be at the Jackson Convention Complex in downtown Jackson. The doors will open at 6pm and the action will start at 7pm! Advanced tickets can be purchased online. Tickets will be $15 at the door for adults\, $5 for kids. For more information\, visit www.magnoliarollervixens.com.
LOCATION:Jackson Convention Complex
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130629T193000
SUMMARY:"Steel Magnolias"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/29/4227/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Actor’s Playhouse
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130630T140000
SUMMARY:"Steel Magnolias"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/30/4227/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Actor’s Playhouse
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130630T150000
SUMMARY:Jackson Adult Kickball League Games
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/4376/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:A group of excited fans pile into the bleachers at the Legion Field (VA) at 400 South Drive in West Jackson to cheer on one of their favorite teams. As the each team prepares for battle the excitement mounts. The players take their places of the field. The first pitch is thrown. With each bounce of the big red ball rolling toward the kicker he knows he must make it good. Swoosh! Pow! The ball sails into the air. Fans leap to their feet screaming. The stunned kick finds his legs and runs with all his might to the first base. Although the outfielders have the ball he found his destination first. He is safe and the cycle starts again.\n\nJackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League debuted last spring. The league consists of seven teams; which are twenty-two co-ed players ranging in age from 25-60. There are four veteran teams and three new teams this year.\n\nFor each team the rules are still the same; establish bragging rights\, clear Sunday’s schedule\, dust off a pair of cleats\, put on shorts and a team shirt and get ready to play some kickball.\n\nThe team this year are the Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes; Fantastic Eleven; Straight Ballers; Tiger Tailgaters; Yell-O-Jacks; Regulators and New Kicks. Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes were last year’s league champions.\n\nThe League provides more than an opportunity to exercise; it is also gives players and their families an outlet for community involvement. This year\, teams will participate in the following events: Relay for Life-June 7\, 2013 (American Cancer Society)\, American Heart Association\, Lupus Foundation\, American Cancer Walk\, Multiple Sclerosis\, Sickle Cell\, and Mississippi Kidney Foundation.\nAlso\, the league is looking for youth to sing the National Anthem each Sunday before the game. To sign up\, upload a video to the Jackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League’s Facebook page or email Pleshette Smith at jackson1adultkickball2012@gmail.com.
LOCATION:Legion Field
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130630T180000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Gospel Choir Invitational Showcase
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jun/30/4945/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Jackson State University
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130704T180000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/04/451/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:This year is the 27th Anniversary of the Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest! Don’t miss\, dozens of hot air balloons will lead a fun-filled weekend for children and adults of all ages. The four-day event will include four competitive balloon races\, two spectacular balloon glows\, two incredible firework presentations\, Special Shape Fiesta\, children’s activities\, great food\, and great entertainment.\n\nThe Festival is fund-raiser for the Good Samaritan Center Inc. If you would like to be involved in this event as a volunteer or as sponsor please don’t hesitate to contact us.\n\nOur Main Events\n\nJoin us on the Historic Courthouse Square with hot air balloons on the Square and lots of great Shopping.\n\nThe Ridgeland Balloon Glow and fireworks will be held at Northpark Mall on Friday night\, July 5th.\n\nThe Canton Balloon Glow\, Fireworks and Special Shape Fiesta will be held at the Canton Multi Purpose Center on Saturday night\, July 6th.\n\nGolf Ball Drop Fundraiser\n\nTake part in The Good Samaritan Center’s\, 4th Annual Golf Ball Drop!\n\nWhat’s a Golf Ball Drop and how does it work? First\, you have to buy a ball (all will be numbered up to 1000). Then at the festival a hot air balloon will take the balls up in air and drop all of the balls onto the balloon glow field. The closest ball to the target or hole will win $2\,000! Simple as that.\n\nYou do not have to be present to win!\n\nTickets are now available for purchase online.\n\nSpecial Shape Fiesta\n\nJoin us at the Canton Multi Purpose Center on Saturday\, July 6th to see special shape hot air balloons. Check back to see who we will have for 2013!\n\nPictured to the right\, When Pigs Fly (Ham-let). A 115 foot tall Flying Pig delighted all ages\, young and old at the 2012 Festival! Also joining Ham-let was: Off the Wall (Humpty Dumpty).
LOCATION:Historic Canton Square
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130704T180000
SUMMARY:Celebrate America Balloon Glow
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/04/4950/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Celebrate America Balloon Glow\nNorthpark Mall\nRidgeland\, MS \nThursday\, July 4\, 2013\n6:00 pm – 10:00 pm\n\nThis family friendly Fourth of July celebration offers a wide variety of activities and experiences for all ages.  Each year thousands gather near Northpark Mall and enjoy good food\, wonderful music from regional and national acts\, hot air balloons that paint the horizon at dusk as they light up the night sky\, and a breath taking fireworks display that leaves everyone with a patriotic feeling unlike any other celebration.  Food vendors serve up Southern favorites such as fried turkey legs\, funnel cake\, bar-b-q; and they wash it all down with homemade lemonade and sweet tea.  Musical acts get the crowd in a fevered pitch as we lead up to the balloon glow and the fireworks.  After the sun starts to go down\, and when darkness sets in\, the balloons inflate and glow to provide a beautiful skyline dotted by the varied colors of the balloons.  When the balloons are packed away\, the crow is excited with anticipation of the night’s main feature.  Everyone’s eyes are fixed on the sky as they marvel over the fireworks!
LOCATION:Northpark Mall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130704T210000
SUMMARY:Madison Family Fireworks (tentative)
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/04/816/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Every July 4\, the town of Madison celebrates with a fireworks display. Family friendly.
LOCATION:Liberty Park\, Madison
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130705T180000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/05/451/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:This year is the 27th Anniversary of the Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest! Don’t miss\, dozens of hot air balloons will lead a fun-filled weekend for children and adults of all ages. The four-day event will include four competitive balloon races\, two spectacular balloon glows\, two incredible firework presentations\, Special Shape Fiesta\, children’s activities\, great food\, and great entertainment.\n\nThe Festival is fund-raiser for the Good Samaritan Center Inc. If you would like to be involved in this event as a volunteer or as sponsor please don’t hesitate to contact us.\n\nOur Main Events\n\nJoin us on the Historic Courthouse Square with hot air balloons on the Square and lots of great Shopping.\n\nThe Ridgeland Balloon Glow and fireworks will be held at Northpark Mall on Friday night\, July 5th.\n\nThe Canton Balloon Glow\, Fireworks and Special Shape Fiesta will be held at the Canton Multi Purpose Center on Saturday night\, July 6th.\n\nGolf Ball Drop Fundraiser\n\nTake part in The Good Samaritan Center’s\, 4th Annual Golf Ball Drop!\n\nWhat’s a Golf Ball Drop and how does it work? First\, you have to buy a ball (all will be numbered up to 1000). Then at the festival a hot air balloon will take the balls up in air and drop all of the balls onto the balloon glow field. The closest ball to the target or hole will win $2\,000! Simple as that.\n\nYou do not have to be present to win!\n\nTickets are now available for purchase online.\n\nSpecial Shape Fiesta\n\nJoin us at the Canton Multi Purpose Center on Saturday\, July 6th to see special shape hot air balloons. Check back to see who we will have for 2013!\n\nPictured to the right\, When Pigs Fly (Ham-let). A 115 foot tall Flying Pig delighted all ages\, young and old at the 2012 Festival! Also joining Ham-let was: Off the Wall (Humpty Dumpty).
LOCATION:Historic Canton Square
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130705T193000
SUMMARY:"Gold in the Hills"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/05/746/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Guinness Book of World Records' longest-running show. Set in the 1890s\, it features a relentless hero\, a winsome heroine\, a ruthless villain\, and the wilder side of city life in the infamous New York Bowery. The show is presented at Parkside Playhouse\, 101 Iowa Avenue at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults/seniors/students and $5 children ages 12 & under. Call 601-636-0471 or visit www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com for more information.
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130706T070000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/06/451/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:This year is the 27th Anniversary of the Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest! Don’t miss\, dozens of hot air balloons will lead a fun-filled weekend for children and adults of all ages. The four-day event will include four competitive balloon races\, two spectacular balloon glows\, two incredible firework presentations\, Special Shape Fiesta\, children’s activities\, great food\, and great entertainment.\n\nThe Festival is fund-raiser for the Good Samaritan Center Inc. If you would like to be involved in this event as a volunteer or as sponsor please don’t hesitate to contact us.\n\nOur Main Events\n\nJoin us on the Historic Courthouse Square with hot air balloons on the Square and lots of great Shopping.\n\nThe Ridgeland Balloon Glow and fireworks will be held at Northpark Mall on Friday night\, July 5th.\n\nThe Canton Balloon Glow\, Fireworks and Special Shape Fiesta will be held at the Canton Multi Purpose Center on Saturday night\, July 6th.\n\nGolf Ball Drop Fundraiser\n\nTake part in The Good Samaritan Center’s\, 4th Annual Golf Ball Drop!\n\nWhat’s a Golf Ball Drop and how does it work? First\, you have to buy a ball (all will be numbered up to 1000). Then at the festival a hot air balloon will take the balls up in air and drop all of the balls onto the balloon glow field. The closest ball to the target or hole will win $2\,000! Simple as that.\n\nYou do not have to be present to win!\n\nTickets are now available for purchase online.\n\nSpecial Shape Fiesta\n\nJoin us at the Canton Multi Purpose Center on Saturday\, July 6th to see special shape hot air balloons. Check back to see who we will have for 2013!\n\nPictured to the right\, When Pigs Fly (Ham-let). A 115 foot tall Flying Pig delighted all ages\, young and old at the 2012 Festival! Also joining Ham-let was: Off the Wall (Humpty Dumpty).
LOCATION:Historic Canton Square
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130706T140000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Black Rodeo
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/06/638/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Mississippi Coliseum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130706T193000
SUMMARY:"Gold in the Hills"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/06/746/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Guinness Book of World Records' longest-running show. Set in the 1890s\, it features a relentless hero\, a winsome heroine\, a ruthless villain\, and the wilder side of city life in the infamous New York Bowery. The show is presented at Parkside Playhouse\, 101 Iowa Avenue at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults/seniors/students and $5 children ages 12 & under. Call 601-636-0471 or visit www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com for more information.
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130706T200000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Black Rodeo
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/06/638/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Mississippi Coliseum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130707T070000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/07/451/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:This year is the 27th Anniversary of the Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest! Don’t miss\, dozens of hot air balloons will lead a fun-filled weekend for children and adults of all ages. The four-day event will include four competitive balloon races\, two spectacular balloon glows\, two incredible firework presentations\, Special Shape Fiesta\, children’s activities\, great food\, and great entertainment.\n\nThe Festival is fund-raiser for the Good Samaritan Center Inc. If you would like to be involved in this event as a volunteer or as sponsor please don’t hesitate to contact us.\n\nOur Main Events\n\nJoin us on the Historic Courthouse Square with hot air balloons on the Square and lots of great Shopping.\n\nThe Ridgeland Balloon Glow and fireworks will be held at Northpark Mall on Friday night\, July 5th.\n\nThe Canton Balloon Glow\, Fireworks and Special Shape Fiesta will be held at the Canton Multi Purpose Center on Saturday night\, July 6th.\n\nGolf Ball Drop Fundraiser\n\nTake part in The Good Samaritan Center’s\, 4th Annual Golf Ball Drop!\n\nWhat’s a Golf Ball Drop and how does it work? First\, you have to buy a ball (all will be numbered up to 1000). Then at the festival a hot air balloon will take the balls up in air and drop all of the balls onto the balloon glow field. The closest ball to the target or hole will win $2\,000! Simple as that.\n\nYou do not have to be present to win!\n\nTickets are now available for purchase online.\n\nSpecial Shape Fiesta\n\nJoin us at the Canton Multi Purpose Center on Saturday\, July 6th to see special shape hot air balloons. Check back to see who we will have for 2013!\n\nPictured to the right\, When Pigs Fly (Ham-let). A 115 foot tall Flying Pig delighted all ages\, young and old at the 2012 Festival! Also joining Ham-let was: Off the Wall (Humpty Dumpty).
LOCATION:Historic Canton Square
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130710T120000
SUMMARY:History Is Lunch
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/10/4793/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130712T193000
SUMMARY:"Gold in the Hills"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/12/746/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Guinness Book of World Records' longest-running show. Set in the 1890s\, it features a relentless hero\, a winsome heroine\, a ruthless villain\, and the wilder side of city life in the infamous New York Bowery. The show is presented at Parkside Playhouse\, 101 Iowa Avenue at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults/seniors/students and $5 children ages 12 & under. Call 601-636-0471 or visit www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com for more information.
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130713T080000
SUMMARY:The Color Run 5K
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/13/4933/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Welcome to The Color Run™ Jackson Mississippi!\nThe Color Run™ 5k is going down in Jackson\, Mississippi on July 13th\, 2013! The only question is “Are you ready for the craziest\, colorful\, 5k of your life?” You bet you are. Race it solo or form a “color team” of 4+ members. Check out the race details below & we’ll see you all squeaky clean at the start line.\n\nHOW DOES IT WORK?\nThe Color Run™ event is a one of a kind experience that is less about speed and more about enjoying a color crazy day with your friends and family. For our events\, it is about participants of all different speeds\, ages\, shapes\, and sizes toeing the start line. Whether you are a casual morning mall walker or an Olympic athlete\, the 3 miles of The Color Run™ course will be the most enjoyable real estate you’ve traveled in a VERY long time. \n\nRACE RULES\nRule #1 All participants are welcome… fast\, slow\, runner\, walker\, old\, and young.\nRule #2 White shirt dress code at the official start line and ready to roll by 8am\nRule #3 Completely colored Willy Wonka goodness at the finish.\n\nTo support NCADD’s efforts to help individuals\, families\, and our community\, visit www.ncaddms.org\n\nWe are also partnering with local sponsors for the 2013 event. For more information or to inquire about openings\, please email charity@thecolorrun.com.\n\nRegistration\n\nSign up as a solo runner/walker\, or get together with a team of four or more to participate in The Color Run™ 5k. Our races fill up VERY fast\, so make sure to get on our VIP List to get notified as soon as this race opens up for registration. If you plan on racing with a team\, make sure everyone on the team gets registered for updates as well\, to ensure that they get their spots!\n\n*The Color Run™ Jackson Pricing & Deadlines*\n*Solo Runner/Walker\n45.00 starting March 15th\, 2013\n50.00 starting June 15th\, 2013\n\n*4+ Person Color Team Runners & Walkers\n40.00 per person starting March 15th\, 2013\n45.00 per person starting June 15th\, 2013\n\n**Creating a team does not secure spots for all 4 members; each team member needs to register BEFORE registration fills up!
LOCATION:Mississippi State Fairgrounds
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130713T100000
SUMMARY:Ice Cream Safari
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/13/582/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Jackson Zoo
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130713T193000
SUMMARY:"Gold in the Hills"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/13/746/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Guinness Book of World Records' longest-running show. Set in the 1890s\, it features a relentless hero\, a winsome heroine\, a ruthless villain\, and the wilder side of city life in the infamous New York Bowery. The show is presented at Parkside Playhouse\, 101 Iowa Avenue at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults/seniors/students and $5 children ages 12 & under. Call 601-636-0471 or visit www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com for more information.
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130713T200000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130713
SUMMARY:Poetry and Soul
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/13/4884/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Jackson Medical Mall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130716T173000
SUMMARY:Rebel Reunion
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/16/579/
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LOCATION:Jackson Convention Complex
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130718T170000
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Art Reception
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/18/2324/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:View Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130718T200000
SUMMARY:YES
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/18/4715/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Thalia Mara Hall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130719T193000
SUMMARY:"Gold in the Hills"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/19/746/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Guinness Book of World Records' longest-running show. Set in the 1890s\, it features a relentless hero\, a winsome heroine\, a ruthless villain\, and the wilder side of city life in the infamous New York Bowery. The show is presented at Parkside Playhouse\, 101 Iowa Avenue at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults/seniors/students and $5 children ages 12 & under. Call 601-636-0471 or visit www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com for more information.
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130719T200000
SUMMARY:Bull Palace On Tour
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/19/4949/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Kirk Fordice Equine Center
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130719
SUMMARY:Jackson Rhythm and Blues Pre-festival Concert
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/19/4218/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Summer of 2013 will be known as the Summer of Music in Jackson. With the overwhelming popularity of Six-time Grammy Award Winner and the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors recipient Buddy Guy\, this premiere artist will headline the Jackson Rhythm and Blues Pre-Festival Concert at the Mississippi Coliseum on Friday\, July 19th\, 2013. Joining Buddy Guy will be blues legend Bobby “Blue” Bland performing a number of his greatest hits. Kicking off the evening will be Canadian International artist Shakura S’Aida and Grammy nominated and Blues Music Award Winner Ruthie Foster.\n \nTickets for the Jackson Rhythm and Blues Pre-Festival Concert are $45 and $60 and are available through Ticketmaster and the Mississippi Coliseum Box Office.
LOCATION:Mississippi Coliseum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130720T080000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/20/3830/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:**Save the Date**\n\nJoin us for the 6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Parent/Advocate Conference [Make the Beat. Take Action.]\n\nWHEN: \nJuly Friday\, 20th & Sat.\, 21st\, 2013\nALL DAY each day \n\nWHERE: Millsaps College\n                 Jackson\, MS\n\nWHAT: Totally FREE\, all expenses included (housing overnight\, food\, drinks\, programming\, and activities) 2 day Youth Justice focused conferences - MS Youth Hip Hop Summit (youth only\, 10-18 years old) and Parent/Advocate Conference (adults only\, 19 years and older).\n\nRSVP TODAY (space is limited and filling up fast): \n2013 Summit Registration Form (Youth ONLY - 10-18 years old):\ntinyurl.com/2013HipHopSummitReg\n\nVolunteer Registration Form (we need at least 100 volunteers to make this a successful\, rewarding event for all - please forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit):\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n2013 Parent/Advocate Conference Registration Form (ONLY those NOT bringing youth to the Summit):\nEncourage other adults (19 years old and older) to REGISTER TODAY here:\ntinyurl.com/4thAnnualParentAdvocateConf\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\n\nFundraising Guide - to help with Transportation Expenses (Summit covers all other expenses: food\, room\, programming\, and activities)\nCHECK OUT THIS PAGE for some GREAT fundraising ideas: http://www.fundraising-ideas.org/DIY/\n\n*One stop shop website: www.mshiphopsummit.com \n\n\nAnnual Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit Mission:\n\nTo lift up the youth of MS through social justice awareness and leadership development as they build a statewide Youth Justice Movement. MS Youth will rise up and engage in the practices and policies that affect their lives. MS’s youth must be part of the decisions that affect their lives – youth voices for youth justice. \n\nEvents’ Descriptions:\n\nMS Youth Hip Hop Summit:\n A venue in which to bring about social justice awareness\, inform youth about their rights and encourage leadership and responsibility in a creative culture. A MS Student Bill of Rights has been drafted and will act as the guiding document for the Youth Justice Movement across the state. The Summit is for youth 10-18 years old only.\n\nParent/Advocate Conference: \nA uniquely tailored event for adults only (19+) to discuss youth justice issues in a mature setting. Along with the issues\, we discuss action items to successfully and directly address them. Workshops\, Panels\, Breakout Sessions\, and Quality Speakers make this a well developed event for those concerned with youth welfare throughout MS. \n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThe Summit and PA Conference are annual two day empowerment and leadership intensives. Both events happen at the same time and place. The goals of these events are to create and sustain a statewide\, youth-led\, Youth Justice Movement and for adults to learn to see youth as co-leaders and allies. All activities of these events have one goal: moving the MS Youth Justice Movement forward.\n\nRSVP TODAY (space is limited and filling up fast): \n2013 Summit Registration Form (Youth ONLY - 10-18 years old):\ntinyurl.com/2013HipHopSummitReg\n\nWORKSHOPS:\nSocial Justice Workshops:\n	Know Your Rights\n	Community Organizing\n	Hip Hop History\n	School Discipline Due Process\n	Comprehensive\, Evidence-Based Sex Education\n	Bullying Prevention\n	Financial Literacy \n	Dating Violence\n	Intersections of Discrimination \n\nHip Hop Workshops: \n	Rap/Rhyme/Poetry\n	Djing\n	Urban Art\n	Bboy/Bgirl \n\nPost-Summit:\n\nFollowing the Summit\, Quarterly Youth Leadership Meetings take place throughout the state to continue our efforts from the Summit. These youth focused\, youth empowerment meetings are excellent\, exciting events that youth won’t want to miss.\n Mini-Summits of sorts\, the Quarterly’s include social justice and creative workshops to further develop the knowledge\, skills\, and abilities learned at the Summit. These meetings will help you create ways to speak out about issues that concern you in your schools and communities.\n\nRSVP TODAY (space is limited and filling up fast): \n2013 Summit Registration Form (Youth ONLY - 10-18 years old):\ntinyurl.com/2013HipHopSummitReg\n\nContact: Any questions and/or concerns - David Denney\, Youth Advocacy Coordinator @ 601.354.3408 x104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
LOCATION:Millsaps College
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130720T180000
SUMMARY:Ninth Annual JFP Chick Ball
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/20/4691/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:JFP CHICK BALL\n\nDonate Now To Help Fight Sex Trafficking\n\nItems Needed: Original Art\, Gift Certificates\, Corporate Items\nGifts (big & small)\, Monetary Donations\, Chick Toys & Decor\n\nSponsorships Available:\nImperial Highness $5\,000\, Diva $2\,500\, Goddess $1\,000\, Queen $500\,\nPrincess $250\, Duchess $125\, Chick $50\n\nIf we receive your donation by July 5\, it will be featured in our big Chick Ball Gift Guide on July 17.\n\nSaturday\, July 20\, 2013 | Hal & Mal’s Red Room\nCover $5 | 18+\nTo donate or volunteer:\n601-362-6121 ext 16\nchickball@jacksonfreepress.com\n\nFor more information:\njfpchickball.com • follow us on twitter @jfpchickball
LOCATION:Hal & Mal's
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130720T193000
SUMMARY:"Gold in the Hills"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/20/746/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Guinness Book of World Records' longest-running show. Set in the 1890s\, it features a relentless hero\, a winsome heroine\, a ruthless villain\, and the wilder side of city life in the infamous New York Bowery. The show is presented at Parkside Playhouse\, 101 Iowa Avenue at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults/seniors/students and $5 children ages 12 & under. Call 601-636-0471 or visit www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com for more information.
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130721T080000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/21/3830/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:**Save the Date**\n\nJoin us for the 6th Annual MS Youth Hip Hop Summit and 4th Parent/Advocate Conference [Make the Beat. Take Action.]\n\nWHEN: \nJuly Friday\, 20th & Sat.\, 21st\, 2013\nALL DAY each day \n\nWHERE: Millsaps College\n                 Jackson\, MS\n\nWHAT: Totally FREE\, all expenses included (housing overnight\, food\, drinks\, programming\, and activities) 2 day Youth Justice focused conferences - MS Youth Hip Hop Summit (youth only\, 10-18 years old) and Parent/Advocate Conference (adults only\, 19 years and older).\n\nRSVP TODAY (space is limited and filling up fast): \n2013 Summit Registration Form (Youth ONLY - 10-18 years old):\ntinyurl.com/2013HipHopSummitReg\n\nVolunteer Registration Form (we need at least 100 volunteers to make this a successful\, rewarding event for all - please forward to anyone 19 years old and older who is a responsible\, reliable person to help us make this happen - volunteers CANNOT have youth participating in the Summit):\ntinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg\n\n2013 Parent/Advocate Conference Registration Form (ONLY those NOT bringing youth to the Summit):\nEncourage other adults (19 years old and older) to REGISTER TODAY here:\ntinyurl.com/4thAnnualParentAdvocateConf\n\n\n*For more information please see:\n\n- "LIKE" our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MS.HipHopSummit\nOR\n- See the video of last year's Summit: www.tinyurl.com/2012HipHopSummitVideo\n\n\nFundraising Guide - to help with Transportation Expenses (Summit covers all other expenses: food\, room\, programming\, and activities)\nCHECK OUT THIS PAGE for some GREAT fundraising ideas: http://www.fundraising-ideas.org/DIY/\n\n*One stop shop website: www.mshiphopsummit.com \n\n\nAnnual Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit Mission:\n\nTo lift up the youth of MS through social justice awareness and leadership development as they build a statewide Youth Justice Movement. MS Youth will rise up and engage in the practices and policies that affect their lives. MS’s youth must be part of the decisions that affect their lives – youth voices for youth justice. \n\nEvents’ Descriptions:\n\nMS Youth Hip Hop Summit:\n A venue in which to bring about social justice awareness\, inform youth about their rights and encourage leadership and responsibility in a creative culture. A MS Student Bill of Rights has been drafted and will act as the guiding document for the Youth Justice Movement across the state. The Summit is for youth 10-18 years old only.\n\nParent/Advocate Conference: \nA uniquely tailored event for adults only (19+) to discuss youth justice issues in a mature setting. Along with the issues\, we discuss action items to successfully and directly address them. Workshops\, Panels\, Breakout Sessions\, and Quality Speakers make this a well developed event for those concerned with youth welfare throughout MS. \n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThe Summit and PA Conference are annual two day empowerment and leadership intensives. Both events happen at the same time and place. The goals of these events are to create and sustain a statewide\, youth-led\, Youth Justice Movement and for adults to learn to see youth as co-leaders and allies. All activities of these events have one goal: moving the MS Youth Justice Movement forward.\n\nRSVP TODAY (space is limited and filling up fast): \n2013 Summit Registration Form (Youth ONLY - 10-18 years old):\ntinyurl.com/2013HipHopSummitReg\n\nWORKSHOPS:\nSocial Justice Workshops:\n	Know Your Rights\n	Community Organizing\n	Hip Hop History\n	School Discipline Due Process\n	Comprehensive\, Evidence-Based Sex Education\n	Bullying Prevention\n	Financial Literacy \n	Dating Violence\n	Intersections of Discrimination \n\nHip Hop Workshops: \n	Rap/Rhyme/Poetry\n	Djing\n	Urban Art\n	Bboy/Bgirl \n\nPost-Summit:\n\nFollowing the Summit\, Quarterly Youth Leadership Meetings take place throughout the state to continue our efforts from the Summit. These youth focused\, youth empowerment meetings are excellent\, exciting events that youth won’t want to miss.\n Mini-Summits of sorts\, the Quarterly’s include social justice and creative workshops to further develop the knowledge\, skills\, and abilities learned at the Summit. These meetings will help you create ways to speak out about issues that concern you in your schools and communities.\n\nRSVP TODAY (space is limited and filling up fast): \n2013 Summit Registration Form (Youth ONLY - 10-18 years old):\ntinyurl.com/2013HipHopSummitReg\n\nContact: Any questions and/or concerns - David Denney\, Youth Advocacy Coordinator @ 601.354.3408 x104 or ddenney@aclu-ms.org \n\n*Sponsored by the ACLU of Mississippi and the MS Youth Justice Movement
LOCATION:Millsaps College
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130724T120000
SUMMARY:History Is Lunch
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/24/4794/
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LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130725
SUMMARY:"See Jane Quit" (dates tentative)
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/25/4868/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Fondren Theatre Workshop presents "See Jane Quit\," at The Warehouse Theatre\, 1000 Monroe Street\, Jackson\, MS\, July 25-28 (with possible additional performances TBA.) In celebration of its 10th anniversary season and its mission to promote local playwrights\, FTW is pleased to present this fresh new comedy by Jackson’s own national award-winning playwright\, Beth Kander. Produced in cooperation with New Stage Theatre’s Unframed Series. Admission is $10/$12. For show times and additional information\, visit www.fondrentheatrworkshop.org; call 601-301-2281; or email fondrentheatre@hotmail.com\n\nThe story: Jane\, a neurotic waitress\, needs to quit smoking. Her loved ones concur. So when she announces that she’s quitting "for real\," their zeal to support her by eliminating all potentially stressful family news goes just a little too far\, with hilariously complicated results. Contains mature themes and language.
LOCATION:Warehouse Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130726T180000
SUMMARY:Community Bike Ride
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/26/137/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Bikers ride to a different destination on the last Friday of each month. Jackson Bike Advocates is the sponsor.
LOCATION:Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130726T193000
SUMMARY:James Gregory
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/26/4716/
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LOCATION:Duling Hall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130726
SUMMARY:"See Jane Quit" (dates tentative)
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/26/4868/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Fondren Theatre Workshop presents "See Jane Quit\," at The Warehouse Theatre\, 1000 Monroe Street\, Jackson\, MS\, July 25-28 (with possible additional performances TBA.) In celebration of its 10th anniversary season and its mission to promote local playwrights\, FTW is pleased to present this fresh new comedy by Jackson’s own national award-winning playwright\, Beth Kander. Produced in cooperation with New Stage Theatre’s Unframed Series. Admission is $10/$12. For show times and additional information\, visit www.fondrentheatrworkshop.org; call 601-301-2281; or email fondrentheatre@hotmail.com\n\nThe story: Jane\, a neurotic waitress\, needs to quit smoking. Her loved ones concur. So when she announces that she’s quitting "for real\," their zeal to support her by eliminating all potentially stressful family news goes just a little too far\, with hilariously complicated results. Contains mature themes and language.
LOCATION:Warehouse Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130727T090000
SUMMARY:International Tiger Day
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/27/608/
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LOCATION:Jackson Zoo
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130727
SUMMARY:Top of the Hops Beer Festival
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/27/4220/
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LOCATION:Jackson Convention Complex
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130727
SUMMARY:"See Jane Quit" (dates tentative)
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/27/4868/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Fondren Theatre Workshop presents "See Jane Quit\," at The Warehouse Theatre\, 1000 Monroe Street\, Jackson\, MS\, July 25-28 (with possible additional performances TBA.) In celebration of its 10th anniversary season and its mission to promote local playwrights\, FTW is pleased to present this fresh new comedy by Jackson’s own national award-winning playwright\, Beth Kander. Produced in cooperation with New Stage Theatre’s Unframed Series. Admission is $10/$12. For show times and additional information\, visit www.fondrentheatrworkshop.org; call 601-301-2281; or email fondrentheatre@hotmail.com\n\nThe story: Jane\, a neurotic waitress\, needs to quit smoking. Her loved ones concur. So when she announces that she’s quitting "for real\," their zeal to support her by eliminating all potentially stressful family news goes just a little too far\, with hilariously complicated results. Contains mature themes and language.
LOCATION:Warehouse Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130728T180000
SUMMARY:Jackson Music Awards
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/28/610/
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LOCATION:Jackson Marriott
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130728
SUMMARY:"See Jane Quit" (dates tentative)
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/28/4868/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Fondren Theatre Workshop presents "See Jane Quit\," at The Warehouse Theatre\, 1000 Monroe Street\, Jackson\, MS\, July 25-28 (with possible additional performances TBA.) In celebration of its 10th anniversary season and its mission to promote local playwrights\, FTW is pleased to present this fresh new comedy by Jackson’s own national award-winning playwright\, Beth Kander. Produced in cooperation with New Stage Theatre’s Unframed Series. Admission is $10/$12. For show times and additional information\, visit www.fondrentheatrworkshop.org; call 601-301-2281; or email fondrentheatre@hotmail.com\n\nThe story: Jane\, a neurotic waitress\, needs to quit smoking. Her loved ones concur. So when she announces that she’s quitting "for real\," their zeal to support her by eliminating all potentially stressful family news goes just a little too far\, with hilariously complicated results. Contains mature themes and language.
LOCATION:Warehouse Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130729T170000
SUMMARY:Mississippi Gospel Music Awards
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/jul/29/609/
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LOCATION:Jackson Marriott
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130801T170000
SUMMARY:Fondren After 5
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/01/322/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
Fondren
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130801
SUMMARY:fondRUN
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/01/1926/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:fondRUN returns March 7th to Fondren After 5. Presented by liveRIGHTnow\, fondRUN is a 2 mile run or walk open to all levels. The monthly event is sponsored in part by Fondren Renaissance Foundation.\n\nParticipants meet at 6pm\, run 2 miles and return to enjoy drinks and dining. The first round of beer will be “on the house” courtesy of Southern Beverage. March’s location is Sal and Mookies.\n\nfondRUN™ is free and is presented in conjunction with Fondren After 5\, a late evening monthly opportunity to stroll\, shop and dine. All runners must sign a waiver to participate. While the run is open to all ages\, no one under 21 will be served alcohol.
Fondren
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130806T171500
SUMMARY:Music in the City
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/06/794/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Music in the City\nMississippi Museum of Art\, Trustmark Grand Hall
\n5:15 PM hors d'oeuvres and cash bar\n5:45 PM program
In partnership with St. Andrew's Cathedral\, the Museum hosts John Paul\, pianist – Preludes and Fugues from the Well Tempered Clavier of Bach with lessons. This event is sponsored by Wise Carter Child & Caraway\, P.A. Cost: Free\, donations welcome
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130808T183000
SUMMARY:Storytellers Ball
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/08/602/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Greater Jackson Arts Council (GJAC) annouces STUDIO 54\, the Eighth Annual Storytellers Ball\, for Thursday\, August 8 at the Arts Center of Mississippi in Downtown Jackson. \n\nGJAC is the official arts council for the City of Jackson and Hinds County. Proceeds from the Storytellers Ball benefit the agency's flagship Grants for the Arts Program\, which directly funds approximately 100 arts and cultural projects each year.\n\nTickets for STUDIO 54 are $60 each (includes heavy hor d'oeuvres plus drinks) and are available  by reservation at 601-960-1557 or via advance purchase at 1-800-595-4TIX and www.jacksonartscouncil.tix.com.  GJAC takes MasterCard\, Visa and Discover. For addtional information\, visit Greater Jackson Arts Council on Facebook\n\nCONTACT:\nTammy Golden\, GJAC Special Events Manager\ntammy@jacksonartscouncil.org\n(601)960-1557 ext. 224\n\n\nStudio 54 8th Annual Storytellers Ball\nThursday\, August 08\, 2013 at 6:30 PM\nArt Center of Mississippi\n201 E. Pascagoula Street\nJackson\, MS 39201\nPhone: (601) 960-1557\nWebsite: www.jacksonartscouncil.org\nE-Mail: tammy@jacksonartscouncil.org
LOCATION:Arts Center of Mississippi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130809T193000
SUMMARY:"CATS"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/09/4787/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:CATS is presented through exclusive arrangement with R & H Theatricals and The Really Useful Theatre Company Limited.\n \nBased on the universally popular poetry of T.S. Eliot\, CATS tells the story\, in song and dance\, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats at which time one special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. A true musical theatre phenomenon\, CATS opened at London’s New London Theatre on May 11\, 1981 and ran for a record-setting 21 years. CATS’s London success was nearly matched on Broadway where it ran at the Wintergarden Theatre for just over 18 years.\n \nShows: Friday & Saturday\, August 16\, 17\, 23 & 24\, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday\, August 18 & 25\, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.\n \nTickets: available at the Box Office and on the web site www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com. \n \nNo reservations. Open seating.\n \nVicksburg Theatre Guild\nP.O. Box 821472\nVicksburg\, MS 39182\n\n601-636-0471 \n\nvtgpublications@gmail.com
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130810T173000
SUMMARY:Bright Lights\, Belhaven Nights
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/10/606/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Greater Belhaven Foundation (GBF) is pleased to announce the date for its Bright Lights\, Belhaven Nights festival. The Hottest Festival in Town celebrates its ninth year on Saturday\, August 10\, 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.\, with a night of fun for the whole family. Bright Lights\, Belhaven Nights is an end-of-the-summer tradition that celebrates all things that make Greater Belhaven special including art\, music\, children’s activities and food. Once again named as a Top 20 Event in the Southeast for the month of August by the Southeast Tourism Society\, the festival begins at McDade’s parking lot and goes down Carlisle Street to New Stage Theatre and also turns on Kenwood Place and extends into Belhaven Park.\n\nThis year’s event will feature:\nFive stages filled with live music including Blues\, Jazz\, Celtic\, Indie Rock and Acoustical.\nA children’s area including space jumps\, arts & crafts activities\, games and a clown.\nFood for sale from the popular Greater Belhaven area restaurants.\nItems available for purchase by the merchants and artisans of the Greater Belhaven neighborhood. Also available for purchase will be a variety of items from The Farmer’s Market including foods\, arts and crafts.\nA silent auction filled with signature festival artwork and a raffle of items from area merchants.\nDrinks including water\, soft drinks and beer will be for sale.\n\nFree parking will be available at New Stage Theatre\, along Belhaven streets and in the parking garage adjacent to Baptist Health Systems Medical Arts East at the corner of North and Carlisle Streets.\n\nEvent entrance fees are $5 for adults and $1 for children ages 12 and under. Enjoy a budget friendly evening of family fun and entertainment in historic Belhaven.\n\nTo learn more about Bright Lights\, Belhaven Nights\, the announcement of the entertainment line-up and this year’s featured artist\, find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/belhavennights\, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/greaterbelhaven\, visit us at www.greaterbelhaven.com or call 601-352-8850.\n\nGBNF\, a non-profit group governed by a board of directors with representation from the Belhaven and Belhaven Heights neighborhoods\, works to improve and revitalize the area through long-range planning\, economic restructuring\, historic preservation\, green space enhancement\, and improvement of Fortification Street\, the major east-west corridor between the two neighborhoods.
Carlisle Street and Kenwood Place behind McDade's
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130810T190000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Roller Vixens Roller Derby: "Cirque du Derbè"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/10/4029/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:August 10\, 2013 - "Cirque du Derbé"\nThis circus themed bout will have the Vixens bouting against the Mississippi Rollergirls of Gulfport\, MS. The bout will be at Jackson Convention Complex in downtown Jackson. The doors will open at 6pm and the action will start at 7pm! Advanced tickets can be purchased online. Tickets will be $15 at the door for adults\, $5 for kids. For more information\, visit www.magnoliarollervixens.com.
LOCATION:Jackson Convention Complex
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130810T193000
SUMMARY:"CATS"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/10/4787/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:CATS is presented through exclusive arrangement with R & H Theatricals and The Really Useful Theatre Company Limited.\n \nBased on the universally popular poetry of T.S. Eliot\, CATS tells the story\, in song and dance\, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats at which time one special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. A true musical theatre phenomenon\, CATS opened at London’s New London Theatre on May 11\, 1981 and ran for a record-setting 21 years. CATS’s London success was nearly matched on Broadway where it ran at the Wintergarden Theatre for just over 18 years.\n \nShows: Friday & Saturday\, August 16\, 17\, 23 & 24\, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday\, August 18 & 25\, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.\n \nTickets: available at the Box Office and on the web site www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com. \n \nNo reservations. Open seating.\n \nVicksburg Theatre Guild\nP.O. Box 821472\nVicksburg\, MS 39182\n\n601-636-0471 \n\nvtgpublications@gmail.com
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130810T200000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130810
SUMMARY:Poetry and Soul
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/10/4884/
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LOCATION:Jackson Medical Mall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130811T140000
SUMMARY:"CATS"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/11/4787/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:CATS is presented through exclusive arrangement with R & H Theatricals and The Really Useful Theatre Company Limited.\n \nBased on the universally popular poetry of T.S. Eliot\, CATS tells the story\, in song and dance\, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats at which time one special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. A true musical theatre phenomenon\, CATS opened at London’s New London Theatre on May 11\, 1981 and ran for a record-setting 21 years. CATS’s London success was nearly matched on Broadway where it ran at the Wintergarden Theatre for just over 18 years.\n \nShows: Friday & Saturday\, August 16\, 17\, 23 & 24\, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday\, August 18 & 25\, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.\n \nTickets: available at the Box Office and on the web site www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com. \n \nNo reservations. Open seating.\n \nVicksburg Theatre Guild\nP.O. Box 821472\nVicksburg\, MS 39182\n\n601-636-0471 \n\nvtgpublications@gmail.com
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130811T150000
SUMMARY:Jackson Adult Kickball League Playoffs
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/11/4377/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:A group of excited fans pile into the bleachers at the Legion Field (VA) at 400 South Drive in West Jackson to cheer on one of their favorite teams. As the each team prepares for battle the excitement mounts. The players take their places of the field. The first pitch is thrown. With each bounce of the big red ball rolling toward the kicker he knows he must make it good. Swoosh! Pow! The ball sails into the air. Fans leap to their feet screaming. The stunned kick finds his legs and runs with all his might to the first base. Although the outfielders have the ball he found his destination first. He is safe and the cycle starts again.\n\nJackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League debuted last spring. The league consists of seven teams; which are twenty-two co-ed players ranging in age from 25-60. There are four veteran teams and three new teams this year.\n\nFor each team the rules are still the same; establish bragging rights\, clear Sunday’s schedule\, dust off a pair of cleats\, put on shorts and a team shirt and get ready to play some kickball.\n\nThe team this year are the Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes; Fantastic Eleven; Straight Ballers; Tiger Tailgaters; Yell-O-Jacks; Regulators and New Kicks. Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes were last year’s league champions.\n\nThe League provides more than an opportunity to exercise; it is also gives players and their families an outlet for community involvement. This year\, teams will participate in the following events: Relay for Life-June 7\, 2013 (American Cancer Society)\, American Heart Association\, Lupus Foundation\, American Cancer Walk\, Multiple Sclerosis\, Sickle Cell\, and Mississippi Kidney Foundation.\nAlso\, the league is looking for youth to sing the National Anthem each Sunday before the game. To sign up\, upload a video to the Jackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League’s Facebook page or email Pleshette Smith at jackson1adultkickball2012@gmail.com.
LOCATION:Legion Field
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130815T170000
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Art Reception
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/15/2324/
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LOCATION:View Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130816T180000
SUMMARY:Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/16/2956/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival will premiere on the grounds of the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum on August 16th and 17th\, 2013. The event will be headlined by Six-time Grammy Award Winner Dr. John and the Nite Trippers. This two-day festival will feature over 30 of the best rhythm and blues artists assembled in the Southeast.\n \nThe line up for the Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival is as follows:\n \nFriday\, August 16th:\nGates open at 5:00 PM\, music starts at 6:00 PM:\n \nCity with Soul Main Stage: Shane Dwight\, Urban Mystic\, Laura Izibor\, Leela James\, Mint Condition\nDowntown Divas Den at the Ethnic Heritage Center: Lacee\, Eden Brent\, Nikki Hill\nHighway 49 Blues Shack at the Forestry Auditorium: Mark “Muleman” Massey\, Memphis Icebreakers\, Jesse Dee\nFarish Street Juke Joint at the Sparkman Auditorium: The Jarekus Singleton Band\, Dexter Allen\, Vasti Jackson\, Dorothy Moore\n \nSaturday\, August 17th:\nGates open at 1:00 PM\, music starts at 2:00 PM\n \nDowntown Divas Den at the Ethnic Heritage Center: Reba Russell\, Nikki Hill\, Barbara Carr\, Denise LaSalle\nHighway 49 Blues Shack at the Forestry Auditorium: Vickie Baker\, Jeff Floyd\, Patrice Moncel\, Pat Brown\nFarish Street Juke Joint at the Sparkman Auditorium: D’Mar & Gill\, Grady Champion\, Zac Harmon\nJamming Jailhouse Acoustic Stage: Terry “Harmonica” Bean\, Kenny Brown\, Ben Payton\nCity with Soul Main Stage: Alex Wilson Band\, John Nemeth\, Mud Morganfield\, Trampled Under Foot\, Bettye Lavette\, Tab Benoit\, Bobby Rush\, Dr. John and the Nite Trippers\n \nFriday general admission tickets are $35 and gates will open at 5 p.m. Saturday general admission tickets are $45 and gates will open at 1 p.m. A limited number of weekend passes good for both days is $65. All tickets are available through Ticketmaster and at the Mississippi Coliseum Box Office.\n \nA percentage of the proceeds will benefit the Mississippi Blues Commission Blues Musicians Benevolent Fund.\n \nFor more information on the event visit www.JacksonRhythmandBluesFestival.com\, facebook.com/JxnBluesFest and @JxnBluesFest on Twitter.\n \nFor more information on the Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau\, hit us up at www.visitjackson.com or call 601-960-1891.
LOCATION:Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130816T193000
SUMMARY:"CATS"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/16/4787/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:CATS is presented through exclusive arrangement with R & H Theatricals and The Really Useful Theatre Company Limited.\n \nBased on the universally popular poetry of T.S. Eliot\, CATS tells the story\, in song and dance\, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats at which time one special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. A true musical theatre phenomenon\, CATS opened at London’s New London Theatre on May 11\, 1981 and ran for a record-setting 21 years. CATS’s London success was nearly matched on Broadway where it ran at the Wintergarden Theatre for just over 18 years.\n \nShows: Friday & Saturday\, August 16\, 17\, 23 & 24\, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday\, August 18 & 25\, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.\n \nTickets: available at the Box Office and on the web site www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com. \n \nNo reservations. Open seating.\n \nVicksburg Theatre Guild\nP.O. Box 821472\nVicksburg\, MS 39182\n\n601-636-0471 \n\nvtgpublications@gmail.com
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130817T140000
SUMMARY:Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/17/2956/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival will premiere on the grounds of the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum on August 16th and 17th\, 2013. The event will be headlined by Six-time Grammy Award Winner Dr. John and the Nite Trippers. This two-day festival will feature over 30 of the best rhythm and blues artists assembled in the Southeast.\n \nThe line up for the Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival is as follows:\n \nFriday\, August 16th:\nGates open at 5:00 PM\, music starts at 6:00 PM:\n \nCity with Soul Main Stage: Shane Dwight\, Urban Mystic\, Laura Izibor\, Leela James\, Mint Condition\nDowntown Divas Den at the Ethnic Heritage Center: Lacee\, Eden Brent\, Nikki Hill\nHighway 49 Blues Shack at the Forestry Auditorium: Mark “Muleman” Massey\, Memphis Icebreakers\, Jesse Dee\nFarish Street Juke Joint at the Sparkman Auditorium: The Jarekus Singleton Band\, Dexter Allen\, Vasti Jackson\, Dorothy Moore\n \nSaturday\, August 17th:\nGates open at 1:00 PM\, music starts at 2:00 PM\n \nDowntown Divas Den at the Ethnic Heritage Center: Reba Russell\, Nikki Hill\, Barbara Carr\, Denise LaSalle\nHighway 49 Blues Shack at the Forestry Auditorium: Vickie Baker\, Jeff Floyd\, Patrice Moncel\, Pat Brown\nFarish Street Juke Joint at the Sparkman Auditorium: D’Mar & Gill\, Grady Champion\, Zac Harmon\nJamming Jailhouse Acoustic Stage: Terry “Harmonica” Bean\, Kenny Brown\, Ben Payton\nCity with Soul Main Stage: Alex Wilson Band\, John Nemeth\, Mud Morganfield\, Trampled Under Foot\, Bettye Lavette\, Tab Benoit\, Bobby Rush\, Dr. John and the Nite Trippers\n \nFriday general admission tickets are $35 and gates will open at 5 p.m. Saturday general admission tickets are $45 and gates will open at 1 p.m. A limited number of weekend passes good for both days is $65. All tickets are available through Ticketmaster and at the Mississippi Coliseum Box Office.\n \nA percentage of the proceeds will benefit the Mississippi Blues Commission Blues Musicians Benevolent Fund.\n \nFor more information on the event visit www.JacksonRhythmandBluesFestival.com\, facebook.com/JxnBluesFest and @JxnBluesFest on Twitter.\n \nFor more information on the Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau\, hit us up at www.visitjackson.com or call 601-960-1891.
LOCATION:Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130817T193000
SUMMARY:"CATS"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/17/4787/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:CATS is presented through exclusive arrangement with R & H Theatricals and The Really Useful Theatre Company Limited.\n \nBased on the universally popular poetry of T.S. Eliot\, CATS tells the story\, in song and dance\, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats at which time one special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. A true musical theatre phenomenon\, CATS opened at London’s New London Theatre on May 11\, 1981 and ran for a record-setting 21 years. CATS’s London success was nearly matched on Broadway where it ran at the Wintergarden Theatre for just over 18 years.\n \nShows: Friday & Saturday\, August 16\, 17\, 23 & 24\, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday\, August 18 & 25\, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.\n \nTickets: available at the Box Office and on the web site www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com. \n \nNo reservations. Open seating.\n \nVicksburg Theatre Guild\nP.O. Box 821472\nVicksburg\, MS 39182\n\n601-636-0471 \n\nvtgpublications@gmail.com
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130817
SUMMARY:Enchanted Evening
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/17/1383/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:BankPlus Presents Enchanted Evening is scheduled for Saturday\, August 17th at The Mississippi Museum of Art. Guests will enjoy great food\, live music\, a fabulous live auction and someone will win $5\,000 in the cash raffle giveaway. If you are interested in joining the host committee or sponsoring this event\, please contact Kristin Allen at 601-898-8312 or KristinAllen@BankPlus.net today. Friends has pledged to raise $2 million during the next five years to help construct the new Children’s Heart Center at Batson Children’s Hospital. The inaugural BankPlus Presents Enchanted Evening last summer raised more than $350\,000 and was a great start to the fundraising campaign.
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130818T140000
SUMMARY:"CATS"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/18/4787/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:CATS is presented through exclusive arrangement with R & H Theatricals and The Really Useful Theatre Company Limited.\n \nBased on the universally popular poetry of T.S. Eliot\, CATS tells the story\, in song and dance\, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats at which time one special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. A true musical theatre phenomenon\, CATS opened at London’s New London Theatre on May 11\, 1981 and ran for a record-setting 21 years. CATS’s London success was nearly matched on Broadway where it ran at the Wintergarden Theatre for just over 18 years.\n \nShows: Friday & Saturday\, August 16\, 17\, 23 & 24\, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday\, August 18 & 25\, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.\n \nTickets: available at the Box Office and on the web site www.vicksburgtheatreguild.com. \n \nNo reservations. Open seating.\n \nVicksburg Theatre Guild\nP.O. Box 821472\nVicksburg\, MS 39182\n\n601-636-0471 \n\nvtgpublications@gmail.com
LOCATION:Vicksburg Theatre Guild/Parkside Playhouse
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130818T150000
SUMMARY:Jackson Adult Kickball League Championship Game
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/18/4378/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:A group of excited fans pile into the bleachers at the Legion Field (VA) at 400 South Drive in West Jackson to cheer on one of their favorite teams. As the each team prepares for battle the excitement mounts. The players take their places of the field. The first pitch is thrown. With each bounce of the big red ball rolling toward the kicker he knows he must make it good. Swoosh! Pow! The ball sails into the air. Fans leap to their feet screaming. The stunned kick finds his legs and runs with all his might to the first base. Although the outfielders have the ball he found his destination first. He is safe and the cycle starts again.\n\nJackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League debuted last spring. The league consists of seven teams; which are twenty-two co-ed players ranging in age from 25-60. There are four veteran teams and three new teams this year.\n\nFor each team the rules are still the same; establish bragging rights\, clear Sunday’s schedule\, dust off a pair of cleats\, put on shorts and a team shirt and get ready to play some kickball.\n\nThe team this year are the Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes; Fantastic Eleven; Straight Ballers; Tiger Tailgaters; Yell-O-Jacks; Regulators and New Kicks. Diva Dolls and Dem Dudes were last year’s league champions.\n\nThe League provides more than an opportunity to exercise; it is also gives players and their families an outlet for community involvement. This year\, teams will participate in the following events: Relay for Life-June 7\, 2013 (American Cancer Society)\, American Heart Association\, Lupus Foundation\, American Cancer Walk\, Multiple Sclerosis\, Sickle Cell\, and Mississippi Kidney Foundation.\nAlso\, the league is looking for youth to sing the National Anthem each Sunday before the game. To sign up\, upload a video to the Jackson’s 1st Adult Kickball League’s Facebook page or email Pleshette Smith at jackson1adultkickball2012@gmail.com.
LOCATION:Legion Field
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130822T180000
SUMMARY:Saving Grace: A Benefit for Grace House
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/aug/22/570/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Grace House (the home for people living with HIV/AIDS) is having its Annual Fundraiser called Saving Grace on Thursday\, August 22\, from 6:00-9:00 at St. James Parish Hall (on Oakridge Drive) in Fondren.  We will have "world renowned" music throughout the evening\, tapas\, and beer and wine for sale.  The tickets are $40 and may be purchased at local churches or at the door on the night of the event.  For more information\, please call Molly MacWade at 601-540-8447 or email at mollymacwade@hotmail.com.
LOCATION:St. James Episcopal Church
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130903T190000
SUMMARY:Millsaps Arts and Lecture Series
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/sep/03/4865/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Millsaps Arts and Lecture Program\, Tuesday\,  September 3\, 2013\, featuring Mississippi Roots and Bluesman\, Rambling Steve Gardner.     Based in Tokyo\, Japan\, the Clinton native plays original\, acoustic roots and country blues music while combining his music with storytelling.  The program will be at 7:00 p.m. in the Ford Academic Recital Hall on the Millsaps campus.  Tickets are $10 and $5 for students.  For more information\, go to www.millsaps.edu/conted or call 601-974-1130.
LOCATION:Millsaps College\, Ford Academic Complex
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130904T120000
SUMMARY:History Is Lunch
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/sep/04/4795/
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LOCATION:William F. Winter Archives and History Building
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130905T170000
SUMMARY:Fondren After 5
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/sep/05/322/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
Fondren
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130905
SUMMARY:fondRUN
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/sep/05/1926/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:fondRUN returns March 7th to Fondren After 5. Presented by liveRIGHTnow\, fondRUN is a 2 mile run or walk open to all levels. The monthly event is sponsored in part by Fondren Renaissance Foundation.\n\nParticipants meet at 6pm\, run 2 miles and return to enjoy drinks and dining. The first round of beer will be “on the house” courtesy of Southern Beverage. March’s location is Sal and Mookies.\n\nfondRUN™ is free and is presented in conjunction with Fondren After 5\, a late evening monthly opportunity to stroll\, shop and dine. All runners must sign a waiver to participate. While the run is open to all ages\, no one under 21 will be served alcohol.
Fondren
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130907T190000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Roller Vixens Roller Derby: "Block 'n' Roll High School"
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/sep/07/4030/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Title: "Block 'n' Roll High School"\nDescription: Get stuffed into your locker the first day of school? Didn't make it onto the cheerleading team? Snubbed by the popular kids? Forget all that for one Saturday night\, come watch roller derby! Your Magnolia Roller Vixens duke it out with the Crescent Wenches of New Orleans\, Louisiana.
LOCATION:Jackson Convention Complex
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130910T171500
SUMMARY:Music in the City
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/sep/10/3122/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Tuesday\, September 10\, 2013\nMusic in the City\nMississippi Museum of Art\, Trustmark Grand Hall\n5:15 PM hors d'oeuvres and cash bar\n5:45 PM program\nIn partnership with St. Andrew's Cathedral\, the Museum hosts Hristo Hristov and Shawn Leopard – sonatas for viola and piano by J.S. Bach. This event is sponsored by Wise Carter Child & Caraway\, P.A. Cost: Free\, donations welcome
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130914T200000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130914
SUMMARY:Poetry and Soul
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/sep/14/4884/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Jackson Medical Mall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130919T170000
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Art Reception
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/sep/19/2324/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:View Gallery
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130927T180000
SUMMARY:Community Bike Ride
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/sep/27/137/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Bikers ride to a different destination on the last Friday of each month. Jackson Bike Advocates is the sponsor.
LOCATION:Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130927T200000
SUMMARY:Paul Thorn
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/sep/27/3999/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:Duling Hall
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131003T170000
SUMMARY:Fondren After 5
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/oct/03/322/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
Fondren
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131003
SUMMARY:fondRUN
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/oct/03/1926/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:fondRUN returns March 7th to Fondren After 5. Presented by liveRIGHTnow\, fondRUN is a 2 mile run or walk open to all levels. The monthly event is sponsored in part by Fondren Renaissance Foundation.\n\nParticipants meet at 6pm\, run 2 miles and return to enjoy drinks and dining. The first round of beer will be “on the house” courtesy of Southern Beverage. March’s location is Sal and Mookies.\n\nfondRUN™ is free and is presented in conjunction with Fondren After 5\, a late evening monthly opportunity to stroll\, shop and dine. All runners must sign a waiver to participate. While the run is open to all ages\, no one under 21 will be served alcohol.
Fondren
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131012T200000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131017T170000
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Art Reception
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/oct/17/2324/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:View Gallery
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131025T180000
SUMMARY:Community Bike Ride
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/oct/25/137/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Bikers ride to a different destination on the last Friday of each month. Jackson Bike Advocates is the sponsor.
LOCATION:Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131107T170000
SUMMARY:Fondren After 5
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/nov/07/322/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
Fondren
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131107
SUMMARY:fondRUN
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/nov/07/1926/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:fondRUN returns March 7th to Fondren After 5. Presented by liveRIGHTnow\, fondRUN is a 2 mile run or walk open to all levels. The monthly event is sponsored in part by Fondren Renaissance Foundation.\n\nParticipants meet at 6pm\, run 2 miles and return to enjoy drinks and dining. The first round of beer will be “on the house” courtesy of Southern Beverage. March’s location is Sal and Mookies.\n\nfondRUN™ is free and is presented in conjunction with Fondren After 5\, a late evening monthly opportunity to stroll\, shop and dine. All runners must sign a waiver to participate. While the run is open to all ages\, no one under 21 will be served alcohol.
Fondren
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131109T200000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131121T170000
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Art Reception
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/nov/21/2324/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:View Gallery
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131129T180000
SUMMARY:Community Bike Ride
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/nov/29/137/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Bikers ride to a different destination on the last Friday of each month. Jackson Bike Advocates is the sponsor.
LOCATION:Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131205T170000
SUMMARY:Fondren After 5
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/dec/05/322/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
Fondren
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131205T173000
SUMMARY:Christmas in the Park
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/dec/05/2471/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:December 5th (5:30 – 8:30 p.m.) Christmas In The Park “Grand Lighting of the Park”/Chili Cook Off …\nThe Christmas Wonderland with Santa and the Train runs on the 6th\, 7th\, 9th\, 10th\, 11th\, 12th\, 13th\, 14th\, 16th\, 17th\, 18th\, 19th\, 20th and 21st for Santa and the Train.
LOCATION:Winners Circle Park
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131205
SUMMARY:fondRUN
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/dec/05/1926/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:fondRUN returns March 7th to Fondren After 5. Presented by liveRIGHTnow\, fondRUN is a 2 mile run or walk open to all levels. The monthly event is sponsored in part by Fondren Renaissance Foundation.\n\nParticipants meet at 6pm\, run 2 miles and return to enjoy drinks and dining. The first round of beer will be “on the house” courtesy of Southern Beverage. March’s location is Sal and Mookies.\n\nfondRUN™ is free and is presented in conjunction with Fondren After 5\, a late evening monthly opportunity to stroll\, shop and dine. All runners must sign a waiver to participate. While the run is open to all ages\, no one under 21 will be served alcohol.
Fondren
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131214T200000
SUMMARY:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Monthly Dance
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/ongoing/2576/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Magnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association will hold a ballroom dance at Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison the second Saturday night of each month. The dances are 8-11 p.m. and cost $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water\, setups and snacks will be available. \n\n-------\n\nMagnolia Ballroom Dancers’ Association  will have Magnolia in May – Hot Latin Nights on Saturday\, May 11\, 8-11 p.m. at the Madison Square Center for the Arts in Madison.  There will a samba class at 7:00 0.m. which is free for Magnolia members and $5 for nonmembers.  Fee for the dance is $10 for members and $15 for guests.  Water and soft drinks will be furnished.  For more information\, call publicity chair Nola Gibson at 601-506-4591.
LOCATION:Madison Square Center for the Arts
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131219T170000
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Art Reception
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/dec/19/2324/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
LOCATION:View Gallery
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131227T180000
SUMMARY:Community Bike Ride
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2013/dec/27/137/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Bikers ride to a different destination on the last Friday of each month. Jackson Bike Advocates is the sponsor.
LOCATION:Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20140704T210000
SUMMARY:Madison Family Fireworks (tentative)
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2014/jul/04/816/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Every July 4\, the town of Madison celebrates with a fireworks display. Family friendly.
LOCATION:Liberty Park\, Madison
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20150704T210000
SUMMARY:Madison Family Fireworks (tentative)
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2015/jul/04/816/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Every July 4\, the town of Madison celebrates with a fireworks display. Family friendly.
LOCATION:Liberty Park\, Madison
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20160704T210000
SUMMARY:Madison Family Fireworks (tentative)
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2016/jul/04/816/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Every July 4\, the town of Madison celebrates with a fireworks display. Family friendly.
LOCATION:Liberty Park\, Madison
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20170704T210000
SUMMARY:Madison Family Fireworks (tentative)
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2017/jul/04/816/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Every July 4\, the town of Madison celebrates with a fireworks display. Family friendly.
LOCATION:Liberty Park\, Madison
END:VEVENT

BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20180704T210000
SUMMARY:Madison Family Fireworks (tentative)
URL;VALUE=URI:http://jacksonfreepress.com/events/2018/jul/04/816/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Every July 4\, the town of Madison celebrates with a fireworks display. Family friendly.
LOCATION:Liberty Park\, Madison
END:VEVENT


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