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Creating The Music for Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is a day for partners to share their love for one another. Some people prepare romantic evenings at home by candlelight or plan a night on the town …
Judge Excludes Informant's Statements
U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate denied a motion last Wednesday from prosecutors in the James Ford Seale federal kidnapping trial to admit statements from Ernest Gilbert, a deceased FBI informant …
David ‘Honeyboy' Edwards
One of the "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen" has passed. David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 96, died yesterday at his home in Chicago, Ill.
Sports, Stennis and a Saloon
SportsEvents magazine, an industry publication for sports event planners, has named Jackson as one of the top destinations for sports events in its 2012 Readers' Choice Awards issue.
Herman's Picks
[Herman's Picks] Vol. 7, No. 19
If you're feeling that back-to-worker's remorse after the holidays, this is a good weekend to blow the lid off your kettle.
The Weekly Jerry Update: Better Late Than Never
I had begun a series of Sunday sermons pulling Jerry around by the short ones, but was unable to update it yesterday because someone at Fallwell Ministries was being lazy …
A Truly Racially Diverse America Ahead
Now that the nation officially numbers more than 300 million, what next?
The Associated Press has an intriguing story about what America will look like when we hit 400 million people, which is projected to happen in fewer than 40 years. White …
Nibbles after the Nuptials
Wedding guests arrive and take their seats. They chatter quietly as the flower girl and ring bearer come down the isle. They "ooh" and "aah" about the bride's dress. They …
[BoozeTalk] DIY: Make Twists For Fifty
Even ugly people look refined when they're holding martinis with bright yellow twists on their rims. While Champagne is a must for your New Year's toast, most people don't want …
A Filmmaker in Movieland
What amazes me after having read "Scorsese on Scorsese" (Faber and Faber, revised 2003, $15) is how much divergent work this one great American director has been able to get …
Hosemann Travels Abroad to Promote Military Voting
[Verbatim] Jackson, MSAt the request of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is one …
Coming to Terms in the Delta
Forty years ago in Mississippi, federal judges had had enough. A decade and a half had come and gone since Brown v. Board of Education, and the state's public schools …
City on the Verge
Opening: DiFatta's show will open Thursday, May 13, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and then hang at Nunnery's Gallery, 426 Meadowbrook Road, through June 13. For more information, call 981-4426.
Burning Bush: A Review of "Fahrenheit 9/11"
Perhaps the most controversial (and deservedly so) film so far this year is "Fahrenheit 9/11," a new release from Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore. Winner of last May's Golden Palm, …
Dr. Kimberly Hilliard
Dr. Kimberly Hilliard isn't one to make small plans. As the director of Jackson State University's Center for University-Based Development, Hilliard is on a mission to make west Jackson a …
Basketball For Dummies
During the final game of the 2009-2010 NBA championship, I accompanied my Hungarian friend and her boyfriend, Attila, to a performance of the International Ballet Competition. I said to Attila, …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
College basketball, Jackson State vs. Alabama State (10 a.m., Birmingham, Ala., 1400 AM): The Tigers will have to get up early to beat the Hornets in the first round of …
Teaching ‘Nice Girls' to Stand Up to Bullies
Many young girls know one--a "friend" who makes fun of them and points out faults at every opportunity but responds to complaints and hurt feelings with a laugh and "just …
[Rob In Stereo] Decade In Review
It was a decade of regression in pop music. If you were to chart the quality pop albums that came out each year of the aughts, you would have a …
[Rob In Stereo] The Man In The Mirror
I recently had an hour to kill in the airport, so I indulged myself and picked up a few tabloid magazines inundated with Michael Jackson stories. In the weeks following …
