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[Girl About Town] Fantasy Hair

"I can't wait to meet your new hair!" That's been my favorite response to the newest addition to my life: a new length of tresses—real hair, just not my own. …

Bryan's Rant

Thoughts and More Thoughts

There is not just one topic on my mind this week. Instead, I have thoughts on a few things from around the sports world.

Sports

[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Not even February's extra day can hold back the Madness of March.

Business

[Publisher's Note] The Ledger's Obsession with ‘Exclusive'

Something interesting came to the attention of our advertising sales department during the production of this edition of the Spring Arts and Events Preview. It seems that The Clarion-Ledger is …

Business

The Ledger's Obsession with ‘Exclusive'

Something interesting came to the attention of our advertising sales department during the production of this edition of the Spring Arts and Events Preview. It seems that The Clarion-Ledger is …

Business

Pushing the Beer Limit

Asking Craig Hendry to name his favorite beer is like asking him which of his two kids he likes best.

Justice

Friendship Ball Honors Brooks and Reed

Owen Brooks and Phil Reed are builders. In addition to the voter registration and education drives he led as director of the Delta Ministry, Brooks oversaw economic development projects, organized …

Politics

Power to the People

When someone offered Melissa Cooper $700 for some of her prescription pain medication in 2010, she jumped at the opportunity.

Education

Charter Schools Likely Coming

After years of unsuccessfully trying to pass legislation favorable to charter schools, the new Republican majority in the Mississippi Legislature looks poised to get at least one of its bills …

Editorial

Teach Kids About Safe Sex

Adecision by a Department of Education task force earlier this week confirmed what some of us have suspected for some time: Schools in Mississippi really don't have any legal way …

Editorial

[Editorial] Teach Kids About Safe Sex

Adecision by a Department of Education task force earlier this week confirmed what some of us have suspected for some time: Schools in Mississippi really don't have any legal way …

[Stiggers] Drink Your Big Black Cow

Mr. Announcement: "Ghetto Science Public Television presents highlights from Kunta 'Rasheed X' Toby's thought-provoking documentary film series 'The Pursuit of Crappyness: The Unemployed, Underemployed and Part-time Djs are Close to …

Politics

[Kamikaze] Behind the Curtain

It appears the culture wars of 2008 have returned for a sequel in 2012. You can attribute some of it to the Republican presidential candidates. Sure, gas prices are rising, …

Art

[Purvis] The Art of Appreciation

I love gazing at art, but know only enough about it to embarrass myself if I try to discuss it in more informed company.

Tease photo Interview

Mississippi Maestro

Maestro Crafton Beck stands in front of the skilled musicians in the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. Beck, 55, stands over the 65 musicians seated in a sea of string, woodwind, brass …

Tease photo Interview

Six Decades of Music

As 1944 dawned, the course of World War II was turning in the Allies' favor. On the home front, Jackson's population of 70,000 coped with sugar, shoe, gasoline and tire …

Art

African American Art at MMA

Growing up in the 1940s in the South, Walter O. Evans never had the chance to visit museums or galleries because of racial divides in society. In 1978, however, Evans …

Art

‘I Was There'

Turning 12 is hard enough for a girl. Old friends start acting weird, especially the slightly older ones starting high school. You can try to hold on to the magic …

Eating Out

Eating History

If you're looking for a way to improve your mind while you satisfy your mid-day hunger, look into History is Lunch, a lecture series from the Mississippi Department of Archives …

Film

Nirvana for Film Addicts

The 13th Annual Crossroads Film Fest is April 13 to 15 with events in Madison, Fondren and downtown Jackson. At the Malco Grandview Theater in Madison, movie buffs can view …