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[Herman's Picks] Vol. 8, No. 31
Spring fever is in the air, and you'll find lots going on this week around town.
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Health Care
Forget the Kumbaya
Some former mayors of Mississippi Delta towns would like to have a word with Gov. Phil Bryant.
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Dish
John Currence: ‘King of American Seafood'
John Currence was wiped out for days during the fifth annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off held in early August in New Orleans.
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A Ride Through Town
Being a bicyclist in Jackson is not always easy. Rude cars tailgate bicyclists; they honk, they weave and sometimes insult or threaten even the most kindly of two-wheelers. While Ridgeland …
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No Fires Burning
For filmmaker Tom Rice, patience is paying off. Rice, a Jackson native, began work on "The Rising Place," his feature film debut as a writer and director, in the late …
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Minimalist Musings
Though a lover of words, Wyatt Hillyer is not very good with them. The main character in "What is Left the Daughter" by Howard Norman, Hillyer writes to his daughter: …
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Domestic Disturbance: A Review Of "A History Of Violence"
By turns tender and tragic, funny and frightening, David Cronenberg's masterful new thriller "A History of Violence" has emerged on the short list of 2005's most outstanding releases. A meditation …
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[Drive] Cat-Like Reflections
Does your car say something about you? It's a question I can't seem to get out of my head, even though, intellectually, I'd prefer not to worry about it. Unwittingly, …
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Hot Author, Cold Biscuits
We know a few things to be constant in the South: Coworkers are extended family members, porch swings are adult-sized cradles, the weather changes its mind at the drop of …
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Milkshakes and French fries on this road? Probably not, huh?
The JFP Road to Wellness came at a wacky time for Todd and me. It started the week we were closing the new BOOM Jackson, as well as the summer …
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Civil Rights
OPINION: John Robert Lewis, ‘A Soul Giant’ Who Touched Mississippi and Me
"One of the best ways to remember John (Lewis) is to look and listen to the young voices who are speaking out today for human and civil rights. John often …
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City & County
Shaye’s Picks 5-21-21
Things are starting to pick up again out there, event-wise, so here are a few of this weekend's offerings to give you some ideas.
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Where in the World Does Redondo Beat?
Redondo Beat can be difficult to pinpoint on your musical atlas. The group's name might remind you of a popular beach town in California.
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Talent in Full Bloom
Caroline Herring labored to be heard over the garbled intercom chatter of an Atlanta lawn and garden store. It seems that she has a green thumb, and it's time to …
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NJ Gov. Christie Blasts Boehner, Republicans
Christie, who has verbally tangled with many, showed Wednesday he's willing to aim his barbs at the highest echelons of his own party.
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City of the Dead
Memphis in 1878 became a city of the dead—people hiding behind shuttered windows and locked doors, the clickety-clack of wagons carrying the corpses to waiting gravediggers.
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Border Cities Worry that Ending NAFTA Would Hurt Economies
Donald Trump's only visit to the U.S.-Mexico border while running for president was a stop in Laredo that lasted less than three hours. On some days, that's not long enough …
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State
‘All That Is Dead’: Roads and Bridges Funding Dies at Legislature
Efforts to provide additional funding for roads and bridges are dead in the 2018 legislative session after Senate and House leaders could not come to an agreement on exactly how …
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LGBT
I’m Staying, and I’m Fighting for Jackson and Mississippi
I promised my husband that I would not leave Mississippi. I looked him in the eye, and I told him that Jackson, Miss., would forever be my home, come what …
