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Potluck Dinners In The Park

Mama always thought she and Daddy ought to become full-time RVers once he had retired in 1987. It would have been natural for my parents because they spent 7 1/2 …

Cyber Wine

When I first became obsessed with learning all I could about wine, I subscribed to Wine Spectator, the premier publication on wines in the U.S. The problem was that I …

Tevye And His Kids

Look out: Here come the kids. New Stage Theatre is presenting "Fiddler on the Roof Jr." March 30 through April 3. Fiddler, directed by Kate Roselle, consists of a 34-member …

The Art Of Killing

A Review Of "Shadow Of The Colossus"

What is art? A painting by da Vinci? Michelangelo's David? A guitar solo by Hendrix, maybe. But while Mona Lisa can be seen, David can be felt, and a riff …

Godfrey, Take Me Away

Godfrey Morgan, the Jamaican native whose food delights JFP staffers more than any other, is fulfilling one of his (and our) dreams: He now has a restaurant downtown. On May …

EDWARDS: Finding My Roots

It was 1961 when my father, then 19, moved from Mound Bayou, Miss., to Milwaukee, Wis., to live with his older brother Willie. Mound Bayou was offering few if any …

'Glories of Summer' Opens Downtown Tonight

An exhibition of artwork celebrating the season of heat and leisure opens tonight at the Gallery 119, formerly known as Highlands Fine Art Brokers.

The River Runs Through It

Most everyone is familiar with the names of the big wine regions in California: Napa, Sonoma, Central Coast, etc., but what about the smaller AVAs (Approved Viticultural Areas)? Within Sonoma …

[Green Girl] The Green Wallet

Now is the perfect time to start thinking about how to make your life a little greener. Many of us make less-than-green choices because we believe that living green means …

When Kansas Bled Over Slavery

The war between North and South began in the West. In the 1850s, the fight over whether Kansas would allow slavery became so violent that it ignited the Civil War. …

[Dance] Shall We Salsa?

If you've ever dreamed of gliding across the dance floor like Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers, you're not alone. Growing up on those old black-and-white musicals on TV made me …

Where's the Monk?

"Van Helsing—The Game" looks and feels like a medieval "Enter the Matrix" and plays like "Devil May Cry 2"—both of which flopped. Fortunately, it also manages to combine the good …

Sex, Lies, and Ping Pong

Sometimes it's hard to write about video games. When there is good news to report on, it's likely too cryptic or too little to really write up until it's no …

Doubt

• Showing at Malco Grandview and Cinemark Tinseltown• PG-13, 104 minutes• Prices vary

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 …

Young Dems Hit Jackson

Beginning Friday, Nov. 17, Jackson hosts the three-day Young Democrats National Fall Conference. Kate Jacobson, 22, is the Mississippi chapter's vice president. Jacobson, born in Washington, D.C., came to Mississippi …

Cornbread Connection

When I first came to Mississippi, I faced college cafeteria lines of steaming fried chicken, fried green tomatoes, fried okra and grits, and I felt very lost. Then, at the …

"Journey of Hope"

"Journey of Hope"• Thalia Mara Hall• Tickets $15-$35

Pulp Nonfiction

The three stickers on my car sum up my value system pretty well. There is the Amherst College sticker, an homage to my beloved alma mater, whose ever-increasing social consciousness …

Not One But Many

Onion. It's almost a palindrome, a word that's spelled the same backwards and forwards, like did, dad, peep, mom. And we who enjoy sweet onions realize there's nothing oxymoronic there, …