http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/jfp.php/events/ Events calendar by the Jackson Free Press. en events@jacksonfreepress.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-22T04:00:55+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/22655/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/22655/#When:00:30:00Z Don't miss Step Afrika's first ever performance in Jackson. Internationally renowned Step Afrika celebrates stepping, an art form born at African American fraternities and based in African traditions. Pick up advance tickets at Children's Defense Fund SRO Office. Presented by SRBWI's Unita Blackwell Young Women's Leadership Institute and JSU Kids Kollege. Community, Concerts, Dance 2008-06-22T00:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/22630/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/22630/#When:02:00:00Z Seven*Studioz hosts the Southern ROOTS Collective, featuring Courtney Bryan, Sunni Patterson, Saddi Khali and M.U.G.A.B.E.E. Concerts, Spoken Word and Poetry, Stage and Screen 2008-06-23T02:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23158/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23158/#When:01:00:00Z slyo, a series of performances by nat slaughter (contrabass) and katherine young (bassoon), investigates the relationships between site specificity (spaces in cities and non-urban places) and sound. The plan is geographic and intuitive: at selected sites in the contiguous southeastern United States these two will use their instruments and the environmental parameters to formulate and manifest sounds in and for each space. Community, Concerts, Regional Music, Stage and Screen 2008-08-03T01:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23157/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23157/#When:00:00:01Z slyo, a series of performances by nat slaughter (contrabass) and katherine young (bassoon), investigates the relationships between site specificity (spaces in cities and non-urban places) and sound. The plan is geographic and intuitive: at selected sites in the contiguous southeastern United States these two will use their instruments and the environmental parameters to formulate and manifest sounds in and for each space. Community, Concerts, Regional Music, Stage and Screen 2008-08-04T00:00:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23258/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23258/#When:00:00:00Z Full Moon Artistry is a cast of artists who celebrate the arts under a full moon. On that night, a select mixture of Jackson’s most talented recording artists, vocalists, and poets will take center stage and celebrate the arts for the second edition of Full Moon Artistry. Those scheduled to appear include Donyale, Renee' Shakespeare, C. Liegh McInnis, Soleah Rayne, Poet of Truth, M.U.G.A.B.E.E., Pyinfamous, Skipp Coon and more. Local radio station 97.7 will host a live remote to spread excitement via the airwaves. Community, Concerts, Local TV and Radio, Spoken Word and Poetry, Stage and Screen 2008-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23028/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23028/#When:18:00:00Z The 3rd Annual Mississippi Experience features best of regional performers of gospel, blues, R&B, and hip-hop genres and dance. Headlining will be local R&B sensation Recognition and legendary blues icon Bobby Rush. Vendors will serve the best of Southern favorites. Community, Concerts, Family, Outdoors 2008-09-01T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23593/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23593/#When:00:30:00Z A faculty/guest recital featuring guest artist Marta Szlubowska performing violin sonatas by Debussy and Prokofiev. The program will include a Piazzolla tango piece performed by the trio of Szlubowska; Lynn Raley, Millsaps associate professor of music; and Alexander Russakovsky, guest artist. Concerts, Dance 2008-09-03T00:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23608/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23608/#When:00:30:00Z The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 2008-2009 season with Boomers at the Ballpark, presented under the generous sponsorship of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi. The concert will include favorite patriotic music, food, a fireworks finale, and fun for all ages. Concerts, Family, Outdoors 2008-09-07T00:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23603/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23603/#When:18:30:00Z Arrive early for Dathan Thigpen and Holy Nation's encore performance. Concerts, Family, Outdoors 2008-09-07T18:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23907/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23907/#When:22:15:01Z This new partnership with St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral encourages Jacksonians to stay downtown for some culture and fun. Designed for enjoyment on its own or as a warm-up for other evening obligations, this event features such entertainers as Lester Senter and John Paul performing French love songs, Marta and Danuta Szlubowska in a recital of Chamber Music for violin and piano and Sibyl Child and John Paul performing songs of Claude Debussy. Hors d'oeuvres at 5:15 p.m., music performance begins at 5:45 p.m. Specific entertainment announced each month. Concerts 2008-09-09T22:15:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23591/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23591/#When:00:30:00Z Todd Wilson, one of the world’s leading concert organists, performs for the public. Concerts 2008-09-13T00:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23605/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23605/#When:18:30:00Z Mississippi's own smooth Jazz Sax sensation Jesse Primer, III, swings and grooves jazz standards and R&B favorites. Concerts, Family, Outdoors 2008-09-14T18:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23955/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23955/#When:01:00:00Z Get ready for a night of non-stop entertainment with two incredibly talented singer/songwriters. Hiatt returns to MSU Riley Center stage, this time with his full band, The Ageless Beauties, after performing two sold-out shows with Lyle Lovett in spring 2007. Expect full sets by both Osborne and Hiatt, and songs performed by the duo together. Hiatt began playing and writing music as a teenager in Indiana. His work has since been performed by such luminaries as Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Willie Nelson, B. B. King, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett and Jewel, among others. Like Hiatt, much of Osborne’s work is steeped in country, blues and folk music. She has spent time here in the Deep South to uncover the roots of the blues and traveled to concert halls in every corner of the world to perform with artists whose names would never otherwise be uttered in the same sentence: Taj Mahal, Luciano Pavarotti, Spearhead, Bob Dylan, The Dead, The Dixie Chicks. Most widely recognized for her runaway hit “(What If God Was) One of Us,” Osborne’s voice is sure to fill the theater with authentic and unforgettably soulful sounds. Concerts 2008-09-17T01:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23948/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23948/#When:00:30:00Z The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra presents this first Chamber series event. Concerts 2008-09-21T00:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23606/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23606/#When:18:30:01Z Virgil "Big Juv" Brawley and his bluesmen paint the zoo blue with juke joint guitar and vocals and Delta shuffles. Concerts, Family, Outdoors 2008-09-21T18:30:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23516/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23516/#When:00:00:01Z Corporate and Friends tables available, or bring your blanket and picnic under the stars on the beautiful grounds. Community, Concerts 2008-09-26T00:00:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23906/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23906/#When:13:00:00Z This annual family-friendly music festival also includes a 5K run and walk and one-mile fun run, arts and crafts, a silent auction of goods and services, coffee and desserts, soft drinks and McAlister’s tea, and a wide variety of children’s activities. All proceeds will go to New Life for Women, which helps homeless women confronting problems with alcohol and drug abuse. Special activities planned for this year’s 25th anniversary include a reunion of the surviving members of The Tangents, a pet parade at 10 a.m. and a live auction at noon of art by longtime contributing artists including Wyatt Waters. Community, Concerts, Outdoors 2008-09-27T13:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/22649/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/22649/#When:16:19:01Z Get your teams together and cook up your best chicken wings to vie for bragging rights and a $1,000 grand prize for the best grilled/smoked or fried chicken wings. The deadline is September 1, 2008. Cash prizes will be given for the best wings in each category, and a $1,000 goes to the grand prize winner. This year’s event will feature blues musician Eden Brent. Activities are planned for every age group: arts and crafts, a pet show and parade, and motorcycle show. Forest Community Arts will be providing arts and crafts for the children. Community, Concerts, Family, Outdoors 2008-09-27T16:19:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23949/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23949/#When:23:30:01Z The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra performs. Concerts 2008-09-27T23:30:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25063/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25063/#When:18:23:00Z Wavorly and Eleventyseven perform. Concerts, Regional Music 2008-10-01T18:23:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23956/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23956/#When:01:00:00Z An American original, WAR was the first and most successful musical crossover phenomenon that forever fused rock, jazz, Latin, and R&B, while transcending racial and cultural barriers with a multi- ethnic line-up. Hits include Low Rider, Spill the Wine, The Cisco Kid, Why Can't We Be Friends and Slippin' Into Darkness. A musical melting pot and an enduring influence that has sold over 50 million records to date, WAR is a permanent part of America's pop cultural landscape, a touring act that performs 150 shows a year and whose catalog of timeless hits permeates our everyday lives. Concerts 2008-10-04T01:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/24889/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/24889/#When:01:00:00Z Local rapper 5th Child celebrates the release of his new CD "Behind the Music." Community, Concerts 2008-10-05T01:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25203/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25203/#When:22:45:01Z In partnership with St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Museum brings you a new series of free concerts one Tuesday a month. Get a little culture, have a lot of fun in downtown Jackson this month as harpsichordists John Paul and Shawn Leopard perform an all Bach program. Be sure to make dinner reservations at Sophia's restaurant at the Fairview Inn--A portion of your tab goes to support Music in the City. Concerts 2008-10-07T22:45:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23951/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23951/#When:00:30:01Z The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra performs. Concerts 2008-10-12T00:30:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25212/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25212/#When:18:30:00Z The popular Gospel, Jazz and Blues Sundays series at the Jackson Zoo continues this month Jazz musician Ezra Brown performing soulful standards from his collection. Concerts, JFP Sponsored Events 2008-10-12T18:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25332/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25332/#When:00:30:01Z Guest artist Marta Szlubowska, violin, with Millsaps College faculty member Lynn Raley, piano, and Millsaps faculty member Alexander Russakovsky, cello. Concerts 2008-10-14T00:30:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25315/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25315/#When:01:00:01Z Celebrate the blues singer's birthday at this bash, raising money for the Central Mississippi Chapter, Central Mississippi Blues Associaion. Community, Concerts 2008-10-14T01:00:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23916/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23916/#When:23:00:00Z The Mississippi Improv Alliance in conjunction with Cynthia Newland of the Belhaven Dance Department and Duncan Dance/a modern dance company present an evening of dance-centered improvisation. A series of 3 directed dance-improvisations will focus on dissolution and the possibilities inherent within. Each presentation will be accompanied by a musical trio creating live in response to the dance. For details contact Concerts, Dance, Stage and Screen 2008-10-18T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23962/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/23962/#When:01:00:00Z After garnering both Song of the Year and Record of the Year Grammys in 1998 for “Sunny Came Home,” Colvin put her recording life briefly on hold to start a family. What she temporarily lost in marketplace visibility, she gained in life lessons both bitter and sweet, gathering up insights and emotions that have found their way into her latest songs. In 2007, Colvin released a single entitled "HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_%28Gnarls_Barkley_song%29" o "Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)"Crazy", a cover of the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley" o "Gnarls Barkley"Gnarls Barkley song. Shawn Colvin can also be heard on Chris Botti's tune "All Would Envy" written by HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_%28musician%29" o "Sting (musician)"Sting, and has begun touring again with the likes of Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovett, and Bruce Hornsby. Concerts 2008-10-19T01:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/24863/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/24863/#When:01:00:00Z Skipp Coon and Mr. Nick celebrate the release of their new album "Women Revolution Tennis Shoes." Doors open at 8 p.m., show begins at 10 p.m. Community, Concerts 2008-10-19T01:00:00+00:00