Jackson Free Press

In 1926, the Mississippi Art Association, the forerunner to the Mississippi Museum of Art, began …

• October 3, 2018

The Mississippi River Basin Model is overgrown and decaying, but it is seeing new life …

• October 3, 2018

Bringing the River Back to Life

The Mississippi River Basin Model, a National Civil Engineering Landmark, is in bad shape; however, compared to the last time I wrote about it for the Jackson Free Press, it …

The 200-acre Mississippi River Basin Model covers the entire 15,000 miles of the river and …

• October 3, 2018

SILAS: Hope, Hops & Hokage

Silas Stapleton III, better known to fans as SILAS, is blending hip-hop and hops for his upcoming album, "The Last Cherry Blossom."

Jackson hip-hop artist SILAS will celebrate his latest album, “The Last Cherry Blossom,” with a …

• October 3, 2018

Artists to Watch

Jackson officially earned the nickname of the "City with Soul" back during Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s administration, and it's fitting. If you pick up any issue of the Jackson Free …

R&B and soul artist Jonté Mayon moved to Jackson in 2016 following years performing in …

• October 3, 2018

Clinton deathcore band VØID, which features (left to right) Joseph Creel, Michael Day, Sean Borlin, …

• October 3, 2018

Deunta Butler, whom fans know as R&B-hip-hop artist and producer Hollywood Luck, has been making …

• October 3, 2018

New York-native musician Veronica Parrales has served as the principal cellist with the Mississippi Symphony …

• October 3, 2018

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• October 3, 2018

EDITOR'S NOTE: Breaking the ‘Bucket List’

If I cared to make a bucket list, then Oct. 1 would have checked off one item for me. I got to lead my first workshop, "Making the Most of …

JFP Music Editor Micah Smith partnered with Blue Sky Studios in Jackson for a workshop …

• October 3, 2018

Monique Davis

For most of her career, local artist Monique Davis has been centered at the intersection of art and social justice.

Photo courtesy MMA/Stacy Clark

• October 3, 2018

Jackson’s Budget Marks Progress, Setbacks

Jackson's Chief Administrative Officer Robert Blaine stepped up to a podium at the base of the steps outside City Hall carrying "antique technology."

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba’s second budget went into effect on Oct. 1, 2018. He is …

• October 3, 2018

Trump Mocks Kavanaugh Accuser He Had Called Credible Witness

President Donald Trump ignited a crowd at a campaign rally in Mississippi by mocking a woman who has claimed she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh decades …

The audience laughed as Trump ran through a list of what he described as holes …

• October 3, 2018