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Dance
A New Twist on an Old Classic
For some families in Jackson and around the world, there are five seasons in the year, the fifth being The Nutcracker Season.
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Beloved Friends
I spent two weeks in Turkey this summer mostly traveling on a bus with a group of Christian, Muslim and Jewish people.
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Natalie's Notes
Gift of Music
The Christmas holiday season is yet upon us. Some of you look forward to this time of year, while others dread it like the plague. Before things get too crazy …
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Film
Blurring Lines
It's a work so powerfully felt and so intensely expressed that somewhere along the way you feel better about the world.
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An Artful Approach to Learning
Each time the Jackson Free Press publishes one of the four annual arts preview issues, we are reminded of the immense diversity and wealth of talent that abounds in Mississippi.
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Food
True Gingerbread
Can you smell the gingerbread? One of the mainstays of the holiday season, it can be found everywhere in December in many forms.
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City & County
Hinds Jail Could be Privatized
The beleaguered Hinds County Detention Center at Raymond could come under new management—a private corrections firm.
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Girl About Town
Nothing Like Live
One recent night, I found myself without any company or plans, and watched a movie at home, by myself. It was a very un-Girl-About-Town moment, I suppose. It also made …
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Feedback
"Thank you for publishing such an informative and educated article on the growing gap of wealth between the rich and the poor in Mississippi."
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Art
You Don't Have to be a One-Percenter
The famous postman-art-collector, Herb Vogel said, "You don't have to be a Rockefeller to collect art."
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Art
Striving For Magic
"I was trying to enter the adult society. After that happened, I realized if that was what it was all about then I didn't want to be (an adult) after …
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Economy
The Truth About Obamacare
If you spent any amount of time listening to the nattering voices of the negative, chances are you've heard any number of rumors, lies and half-truths about the Patient Protection …
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Education
'Change Your World'
Harvard professor and political consultant Steve Jarding capped off last week's Mississippi Black Leadership Summit by telling a small group of students and community leaders what he believes it takes …
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Jacksonian
Rhonda Blasingame
Rhonda Blasingame got her first sewing machine when she was 8 and began sewing clothing.
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Editor's Note
In the Name of Being 'Right'
Like it or not, we live in a society now where it's becoming harder and harder for people of opposite beliefs to coexist peacefully, particularly in the somewhat distanced atmosphere …
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Death Toll from Philippine Typhoon Nears 300
Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides Wednesday, a day after a powerful …
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AP Interview: UN Chief Blames Rich for Warming
Rich countries are to blame for climate change and should take the lead in forging a global climate pact by 2015, a deadline that "must be met," the head of …
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APNewsBreak: Feds Funnel Millions into Gulf Coast
Days before a newly formed council focuses on long-term Gulf of Mexico cleanup, a report released to The Associated Press shows that one federal agency has committed more than a …
