ON STAGE: Capitol City Classic Comedy Show

• With Rickey Smiley
• Nov. 21, 8 p.m.
• JSU Athletics and Assembly Center
• $20, $25 day of show; $50 floor seating

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IN THE STREET: Fondren Unwrapped

Film Producer Doing Interactive Lectures at St. Andrews
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Film composer/producer/graphic designer Nathan Johnson will do interactive lectures at the St. Andrews Center for the Performing Arts in December.

Mississippi Museum of Art Receives Major Gift
The Mississippi Museum of Art has received a gift of 50 works of contemporary art from New York collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel.

[Young] Save Our Men
It is Friday morning. The rain is slowing from an overnight storm. The streets are wet, and the air is humid and cold. The gray skies and wet chill are no deterrent for concerned citizens silently gathering at the Medical Mall in Jackson to bring attention to an epidemic in Mississippi that kills—the spread of HIV.

[Publisher’s Note] Think Global, Buy Local
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Welcome to the “Good” issue. Our goal with this intern-created issue is to present you of ways that you can give back, give thanks and consider some opportunities to do some good this holiday season before you sink into shopping madness.

Seale Granted Hearing
In a rare move Nov. 14, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted federal prosecutors an en banc rehearing on the court’s Sept. 9 decision that overturned the conviction of James Ford Seale. In that decision, the court ruled that the statute of limitations had expired on the federal kidnapping charges prosecutors used to convict Seale.

It’s Official; We Run it Now
Mayor Frank Melton’s administration confirmed to council members Monday that the city will soon be in the business of running a bus route, whether or not council members like it.