:: cover stories

Best Of Jackson 2012:  Food & Drink

Best Chef: Craig Noone
Parlor Market (115 W. Capitol St., 601-360-0090, http://www.parlormarket.com)
It might seem odd to think a chef could catalyze a movement. But Jackson native Craig Noone was not just any chef. The visionary behind Parlor Market built a restaurant and a community of restaurant-industry…
 
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Best Of Jackson 2012:  Music & Nightlife

Best Bar, Best Bar Where Everyone Knows Your Name, Best Open-Mic Night: Fenian's Pub
901 E. Fortification St., 601-948-0055, http://www.fenianspub.com
Since 1996, Fenian's has operated as a neighborhood pub, providing food and drink as well as live music. Perhaps it's the Irish public-house tradition of being not…
 
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Best Of Jackson 2012:  Beyond Jackson

Best Casino Hotel, Best Casino for Shows:
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
875 Beach Blvd., Biloxi, 888-567-6667, 228-386-7111, http://www.beaurivage.com
Casinos have become an important part of Mississippi culture in recent years, both as a tool for economic development and as a way to relax and have…
 
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Beneta Burt: Proof in Experience

by Valerie Wells
January 25, 2012

Beneta Burt stays so busy as executive director of the Jackson Roadmap to Health Equity Project that she didn't think she would have time to run for City Council. After several phone calls from supporters in Ward 3, however, she…
 
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Pushing Kids Out

Feeding the 'Cradle-to-Prison' Pipeline

by Valerie Wells
January 18, 2012

Drodriquez Williams watched the news that night about the twin towers at the World Trade Center collapsing Sept. 11, 2001. It shocked the 9-year-old boy. Every time he saw the footage of the…
 
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‘It Can Be in Ward 3’

by Elizabeth Waibel
January 18, 2012

Jackson needs more investment in businesses and needs it quick. That's how Albert Wilson, who is running for the Ward 3 City Council seat, thinks the city can boost both its tax base and the number of opportunities for its…
 
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With the End in Mind

by ShaWanda Jacome
January 11, 2012

Along the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, La., stands the largest southern live oak in the country. The Seven Sisters Oak is estimated to be 1,500 years old.

 
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Stampede

Republicans proved they can win elections. Now they must prove they can govern.

By R.L. Nave
January 4, 2012

On Dec. 20, Haley Barbour stepped to the podium on the 18th floor of the Walter Sillers office building to make his final budget…
 
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JFP 2012 College Basketball Preview

by Bryan Flynn
December 28, 2011

The great thing about sports is that each season begins fresh and anew. Every new year, hopes begin high, and every fan dreams of dancing.

 
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Good Ideas Work

December 21, 2011

Work. We need it; we love it; we hate it; we dread it. Whatever the case, it dominates our lives by necessity. This GOOD Ideas issue is dedicated to the belief that work should make you happy, content, inspired and, with any luck, prosperous.…
 
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