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Music
A Decade of Jazz Artistry
The Mississippi Jazz Foundation began with a well-attended concert at Belhaven University's Center for Performing Arts.
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Bayou Arts
This year’s final monthly installment of “Unburied Treasures: Cover to Cover” is Dec. 17 at the Mississippi Museum of Art.
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Film
'Dallas Buyer's Club''s Emotional Rodeo
Jared Leto (left) and Matthew McConaughey deliver Oscar-worthy performances as people living with AIDS in the ’80s in “Dallas Buyers Club.”
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Style
Kids and Parents Get FIT
A veteran gymnastics instructor and certified personal trainer, Lesley Dukes is one of several trainers involved in the FIT Program.
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Food
The Big Apple Inn and the World’s Weirdest Sandwich
The pig-ear sandwich represents more than a sandwich. To some adolescents in the Jackson community, it means hope for their future.
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Remembering Nelson Mandela
By reading Nelson Mandela's story, I saw what the best of humanity looked like. I saw that no matter how much oppression and humiliation one group may inflict upon another, …
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Economy
Not Buying It This Year
As many people come off the high of the Thanksgiving holiday and the shopping experiences of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I am spending my time contemplating if all the …
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Be the Change This Holiday
As the holiday season progresses, more charities and fundraisers need your help. Here's a couple more ways to give back.
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City & County
JSU Powers Up
Dr. Robert Blaine said Jackson State University’s iPad program helped closed the school’s internal achievement gap, and has put JSU on the cutting edge of digital learning.
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City & County
The Phantom Inspection
When the David Watkins camp responded to the Jackson Redevelopment Authority's decision to cancel Watkins lease on the Farish Street Entertainment District project, it sent JRA a 10-page letter that …
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Killing Quardious Thomas: A Castle Doctrine Case Study
The law providing immunity for Eric Williams is Mississippi's Castle Doctrine, which spells out a range of circumstances in which homicide may be justified.
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Almost three months after the death of Quardious Thomas, his mother, Tonya Greenwood, organized an …
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City & County
What's With the Boil-Water Notices?
If Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba is looking for a pitch to sell Jacksonians on the proposed 1-percent sales tax, he could simply forward everyone the press releases regarding boil water …
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Art
In the Land of Santa
Exercise your bitterness and laugh at the ridiculousness of the holidays at Michael Matthews Guidry's performance in "SantaLand Diaries."
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Bipartisan Budget Deal Sets Off Some Grumbling
Backers of a narrowly drawn budget deal are selling it as a way to stabilize Congress' shaky fiscal practices and mute some of the partisan rancor that has helped send …
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Health Care Signups Pick Up Pace in November
Playing catch-up with a long way to go, President Barack Obama's new health insurance markets last month picked up the dismal pace of signups, the administration reported Wednesday.
