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Jackson’s Best-Kept Secret
I encourage bands looking to recording new albums or songs to check out Terminal Studios. The staff is knowledgeable, making sure sessions run smoothly, and will give you a positive …
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South Toward Home: A Poet’s Journey Back to Literary Mississippi
I was all but dragged to Mississippi kicking and screaming.
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City & County
The Lumumba Economy
During his yearlong campaign, Mayor-elect Chokwe Lumumba did not tout big-box stores, movie theaters, waterfronts or Farish Street as the silver-bullet solution to economic development in the capital city.
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City & County
Lumumba: Defining Success
The great American newscaster David Brinkley once said that a successful man is one who can build a foundation out of the bricks thrown at him. If that holds true, …
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City & County
Growing Up Lumumba
On a flight from Detroit to Washington, D.C., in 1977, a young lawyer named Chokwe Lumumba saw something he'd never seen before: a flight-attendant crew consisting of three black women.
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Making of a Mayor
On the morning of the Democratic primary race on May 7, Jackson's political insiders in the mood for prognosticating might have positioned Ward 2 Councilman Chokwe Lumumba as a long …
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The Commons at Eudora Welty's Birthplace
Periodic exhibits and art shows held throughout the year. Enjoy a cup of joe at Congress Street Coffee, and shop for books at Tattered Pages Bookstore. Venue available for hosting special events.
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Wyatt Waters Gallery
Features watercolor paintings, prints, posters, calendars, books and cards. The gift shop has T-shirts, mugs, tote bags and other novelty items.
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studio5fifty Art Center
The art center is in downtown Laurel.
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Samuel Marshall Gore Galleries
The gallery is located on the campus of Mississippi College. Open weekdays from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and Tuesday evenings from 6-8 p.m.
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Richard McKey Studio
See paintings and sculptures from Richard McKey, including the large “Obama Head” in front of his studio; by appointment only. Works for sale at Fondren Art Gallery. Art classes offered throughout the year.
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NunoErin
Erin Hayne, a Mississippi designer, and Nuno Gonçalves Ferreira, a sculptor from Lisbon, Portugal, founded the art and design studio in 2006. The duo also designs interactive furniture. Permanent exhibits: "Kinetic Vapor" at the Jackson Convention Complex and “Lightning Benches” …
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North Midtown Arts Center
NMAC is Jackson’s only DIY contemporary and modern-art gallery. Gallery hours vary with exhibits.
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Municipal Art Gallery
Located directly in the heart of downtown Jackson, the Municipal Art Gallery has become the center of cultural and artistic expression for local artists and welcomed guests. The art gallery displays permanent art collections which date back to the 1940’s …
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Millet Studio and Gallery
Featuring illustrations by Mark Millet. Photography services offered. Limited edition prints for sale. Learn more about Millet’s watercolor painting classes at markmillet.com.
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Harry the Potter
Select from a large variety of unpainted bisque items, and hand paint your own masterpiece.
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Prissy Paintbrush Studios
The art studio offers custom artwork, face painting, art classes and private painting parties for adults and children.
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Biz Roundup
High on Thai, Backyard Burger Renovations, Fischer Galleries and SBA Hangouts
Mellow Mushroom (275 Dogwood Blvd, Flowood; 601-992-7499) is running a "High on Thai" promotion through July 14.
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Local Person Charged in 2nd Buttocks Injection Death
By R.L. NaveMississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's office sent out the following news release this afternoon:
Jackson, MS—A Hinds County resident has been arrested a second time for depraved heart murder, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.
Tracey Lynn Garner (formerly known as Morris Garner), age 52, of Jackson was arrested Thursday (June 13) by Investigators with the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection Division Intellectual Property Task Force, with assistance from investigators with the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit, and charged with one count of depraved heart murder.
Garner has been indicted in Hinds County on the recent charges involving the death of a Selma, Alabama resident while Garner was performing a buttocks augmentation. The indictment alleges that Garner, on or about January 13, 2010, “did kill Marilyn Hale…by means of injecting a silicone substance into the body of Marilyn Hale, thereby committing an act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved heart.”
Garner was arrested at his home where he was under house arrest facing charges in another depraved heart murder case involving the death of Atlanta Georgia resident, Karima Gordon, who also allegedly received injections of a foreign and possible counterfeit substance during an illegal buttocks augmentation performed by Garner at his 1020 Peyton Avenue address in Jackson.
“Our intellectual property task force is involved in these cases to investigate the possibility that the substances injected into the victims were a counterfeit version of silicone,” said Attorney General Hood
The Attorney General encourages anyone who may have received a buttocks or breast augmentation from this defendant to please notify the AG’s Consumer Protection Division at 1-800-281-4418.
If convicted of these crimes, Garner faces up to life in prison. As with all cases, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
The case is being investigated by Lee McDivitt and Richie McCluskey of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division Intellectual Property Task Force. Prosecution of the case will handled by the division director, Assistant Attorney General Patrick Beasley.
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