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COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT Spring 2016 | www.millsaps.edu/conted | 601-974-1130 Course

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Arts and Crafts An Introduction to Observational Drawing Basic Enameling Basic Glass Fusion Beginning Photography Bob Ross® Painting: Landscape Calligraphy - The Art of Beautiful Writing Fair Isle Knitting Fixing Knitting Mistakes Furniture Refinishing Paint & Antique Furniture like a Pro Intermediate Mosaics Intro to Mosaics - Indoor Mosaic Intro to Mosaics - Outdoor Mosaic Oil Painting Pottery/Sculpture Spring/Summer Oil Painting Watercolor Painting

Richard J. Cawthon Laura Tarbutton Laura Tarbutton Ron Blaylock Michael Hughes Betsy Greener Donna Peyton Donna Peyton Latresa Enns Latresa Enns Teresa Haygood Teresa Haygood Teresa Haygood Thomas C. Morrison Thomas C. Morrison Laurel Schoolar Laurel Schoolar

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Dance Céilí and Set Dancing

Margaret Cupples

Health and Fitness Boxers Rebellion Hybrid Kickboxing Tai Chi Yoga for Everyone

Jeremy Gordon Mike Chadwick Sally Holly

Heritage and History Mississippi in the Civil War A Brief Architectural History of Belhaven Jackson Houses by Hays Town Jackson’s North State Street: An Architectural History Mississippi’s Plantation Houses The Architect of Jackson’s Old Capitol: William Nichols and his work in Mississippi’s Capitol City and Beyond

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Language and Literature How to Edit What You Write The Jane Austen Book Club: Happy Birthday, Emma! To Tell the Truth: Creative Nonfiction Transformational Writing: How to Find Your Voice Writing and Selling Short Stories

Gerard Helferich Carolyn Brown and Susan Ford Ellen Ann Fentress Jean Farish John Floyd

Money and Business Basics of Investing Exploring Entrepreneurship Volunteer Board Service 101 Introduction to Social Media and Content Strategy Leadership and Team Building: How to Inspire Others through Leadership Podcasting 101 Power Communication for Executives Self-Publishing 101: Using Createspace to Publish Your Manuscript

Mark A. Maxwell Joe Donovan Joe Donovan Sophie Wolf Jennifer Smith Beau York Linda Berry Cassandra H. Wilder

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Personal Development Jump Starting Your Career with Volunteerism Public Speaking Training for Personal and Professional Success Communicating to Connect with Others Pursuing Peace of Mind Unwrapping Your Spiritual Gift of Intuition Understanding Your Dreams: A Brief Introduction

Jean Farish Gwendolyn Caples Duann Kier Duann Kier Duann Kier Karen Mori Bonner

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Special Offerings ACT Test Prep Course Backyard Astronomy Dance for Parkinson’s

Leonard Blanton Jim Waltman Krista Bower & Phoebe Pearigen

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iranda Jordan removes a bottle from her tote bag and lifts it up to the window to let the sun shine through in layers of warm and cool colors. Hard black lines break up the light into geometric shapes, each with a distinct translucency that comes from her detailed painting. Her signature glass pieces, which include microbead-adorned jewelry, electric lamps and bottles that customers often buy to hold perfume or candle oil, make up the product line of her one-woman craft company, Randam Art. Whether it’s taking photos of each creation for reference or just avoiding patterns, Jordan takes care to ensure that no two are the same. “I just don’t like (to be) repetitive,” she says. “If I can do something different that’s unique and speaks to one person, that is more interesting to me. What I really love is meeting the people that buy them because they’ll tell me why it speaks to them.” Jordan has pursued the arts since she was a child. Her mother owned a crafts store in their hometown of Devonport, Tasmania, in Australia. Jordan first began to experiment with glass paint at the store almost 28 years ago. “She was big on learning about the products you sell,” she says of her mother. “You should have product knowledge. So I got to play with the new products, just because I had to talk about them—which isn’t a bad thing when you’re an art lover!” Jordan sold her pieces through Randam

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Art, a name she coined at age 13, which helped pay for her tuition at Monash University in Australia, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a bachelor’s degree in English in 1997. She moved to the U.S. in 1998 and married her first husband, who lived in Jackson. After they divorced in 2002, Jordan considered returning to Australia, a plan that halted when she was diagnosed with cancer. Within the first month, all her savings went toward her medical bills. She became so sick that she doubted whether she’d ever go anywhere again, let alone move to another continent. “I actually had that conversation with my oncologist, who came into the room and said, ‘The treatment has not worked. I’m sorry.’ ... But my response was, ‘We’ll see about that,’” she says. By 2009, Jordan returned to a more normal life, and while she still has regular checkups and can’t do much heavy lifting, Randam Art is in full swing. Her time in the hospital even inspired her to found two massive annual events—Mississippi Craft Show, which is exclusive to artists from our state and will have its fifth installment in August, and Handmade USA, which will have its second event March 5 through 6 at the Mississippi Trade Mart. When not creating artwork or organizing her craft shows, Jordan spends time with her husband of four years, Keith Armstrong, and devotes time to her other passion—animalrescue charities. —Micah Smith

cover painting of “Silhouette Without Limit” by Eli Childers

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EDITOR’S note

by Amber Helsel, Assistant Editor

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’ve been able to do some pretty exciting things in my life. I’ve been to Universal Studios twice (although I only remember the more recent time, as I was young the first time I went). I once saw Etta James in concert at the House of Blues in New Orleans. I’ve been on a mission trip to Arlington, Texas. I saw Switchfoot right before they made it big time. I’ve visited Doune Castle (one of the castles used in “Monty Python and the Holy Grailâ€?) and Stirling Castle in Scotland. But I still feel like I haven’t traveled much. Most of the trips I’ve taken happened so long ago that I barely remember them, and even though I’ve been across the Atlantic, I’ve barely been to big cities such as Nashville, or even just out of the South. I recently got to attend the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual Ted Scripps Leadership Institute in Memphis. I went to that city for the first time in 2009 with my then-boyfriend, but all we did was go to the zoo and eat at the Hard Rock CafĂŠ, so when I found out that the institute would be there, I was excited at the possibility of getting to see the city for real. We stayed in the historic Kress building, which was once a five-and-dime store. After a move and a name change, the store closed down in 1994. It’s been restored and is now part of the Spring Hill Suites by Marriott. While the hotel’s front entrance faces another hotel, the Kress building lets out into downtown Memphis. The first night, we immediately went into the first conference session, so I didn’t get to see much of downtown, and when everyone went out that night, I was asleep (three and a half hours is a long drive). But the next day, we stepped outside for a break, and I couldn’t help but be amazed. I knew Memphis was big, but not this big. The building faced Court Square, which is between Main and Second streets at Court

Avenue. It’s right smack dab in the middle of those streets. While Memphis’ trolleys are now trolley busses (the city began restoring them in 2014), the original trolley tracks and overhead lines are still there, and even though the trolleys don’t actively use them, they still ride along those tracks. The city itself has all manner of architecture, from art-deco buildings to tall skyscrapers to historical buildings such as The Orpheum Theatre and the Peabody Hotel. It also has a lot of stuff to do, from music tours (though you’d have to go

I believe in Jackson. just for that to be able to see all the city has to offer) to its large zoo to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. It’s easy to go to a city like Memphis and think to yourself how little a place like Jackson has ‌ and how little it can feel. We have a bus system, yes, but it’s unreliable. We don’t have trolleys. The neighborhoods aren’t as friendly to pedestrians as they could be. Our downtown has only a few blocks, and to be honest, the city itself is plain-looking, save for a few decorated traffic boxes and outdoor sculptures and statues. That’s what I liked most about Memphis: how colorful it was. When the group walked down Beale Street on Saturday night, neon signs lit up the streets. The trolley busses passing through were purple and yellow and green and many other colors. Murals covered sections of a tall art-deco building’s walls, and instead of just seeming out of place, much of the graffiti blended in

with the city’s surroundings. I’m sure Memphians could tell you better than I could about the city’s issues and how downtown got this way from its ghosttown days. I could see some of the problems as I walked through downtown. Even though most of the buildings were populated, some of them had vacant spaces. Some businesses had boarded-up windows. Homeless people sat along the streets, sometimes asking for change and sometimes just watching their surroundings. But even through the problems, it’s still a beautiful city, and I found myself wishing Jackson could be more like it. Of course, Memphis has had a head start with improvements. The Downtown Neighborhood Association was founded in 1981 and, though it has had some ups and downs, it’s pushed for changes in the area since then. In 2002, the organization partnered with the parks department and local metal artist Jill Turman to install decorative bike racks throughout the neighborhood. In 2011, DNA, working with the Center City Commission, sponsored a grant to assist the Hospitality HUB, which is a nonprofit organization trying to help the homeless in downtown Memphis. And other organizations around the city are working to improve Memphis. The Midtown Memphis Development Corporation works to promote the economic development, cultural activities, recreation and the historical integrity of that neighborhood. It’s doing things like helping revitalize housing, redeveloping Midtown’s business districts and promoting the artistic and cultural institutions in the area. (One cool thing about the area is the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is right next to the Memphis Zoo). We have organizations like that, too. Team JXN is supporting Friends of Smith Park’s revitalization of the park in downtown Jackson. Midtown Partners works tirelessly

to improve our own midtown neighborhood. West Jackson has a master plan for improving the neighborhood. Downtown Jackson Partners works to improve downtown. The Jackson City Council just gave 10 downtown bars resort status, which could be the beginning of a revitalization of both Farish Street and downtown. People are working to improve Jackson, but from what I see happening sometimes in city council and even at the state level, it seems like everyone is hell bent on leaving Jackson with nothing. Local suburbanites see the city as a crime-ridden hellhole with nothing left, so many of them won’t even step foot in the city limits, which means less money coming in. We have major issues with potholes and water quality and infrastructure. We don’t have a lot of money. But I believe in us. I believe in Jackson. I believe in the work all these organizations are doing. No, we aren’t as big as Memphis. Jackson’s total population is about 171,155, while Memphis’ population is about 656,861, and our city is about one-third the size of Memphis. But we can improve what we have if the citizens, the city, even the state work together to make the necessary changes. Maybe instead of trolley lines, we could have a decent bus system and more sidewalks and bike lanes. The City could partner with artists to add more color to downtown and even south and west Jackson. None of these ideas is new, but we need to keep pushing for ones like them. No, the city won’t improve overnight. But if everyone works together, maybe in 20 years we could have a city on par with Memphis. Assistant Editor Amber Helsel enjoys music, art, food and food-related art. She can school you in a round of obscure “Harry Potter� trivia any day of the week, except Tuesday. She begrudgingly does CrossFit (though not all that begrudgingly). Email her feature-story ideas at amber@jacksonfreepress.com.

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Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam is an art lover and a native of Jackson. He loves to be behind the camera and capture the true essence of his subjects. He took the cover photo and wrote the cover story.

Music Editor Micah Smith is married to a great lady, has two dog-children named Kirby and Zelda, and plays in the band Empty Atlas. Send gig info to music@jacksonfreepress.com. He helped compile the event listings.

Events Editor Latasha Willis is a native Jacksonian, a freelance graphic designer and the mother of one cat. See her design portfolio at latashawillis. com. She helped compile the event listings.

News Reporter Arielle Dreher is working on finding some new hobbies and adopting an otter from the Jackson Zoo. Email her story ideas at arielle@jackson freepress.com. She wrote about sexual education and the state Legislature.

New City Reporter Tim Summers Jr. enjoys loud live music, teaching his cat to fetch, long city council meetings and FOIA requests. Send him story ideas at tim@jacksonfreepress.com. He wrote about water bills and the Jackson airport..

Education Reporting Fellow Sierra Mannie is a University of Mississippi graduate whose opinions of the Ancient Greeks can’t be trusted as well as her opinions of BeyoncÊ. She covers education for the JFP and The Hechinger Report.

Freelance writer Mike McDonald attended the University of Montana. He enjoys listening to rap music, writing short stories and reading books about American history. He contributed to the cover package.

Freelance writer Genevieve Legacy is an artist, writer and community development consultant. She works at Hope Enterprise Corporation. She contributed to the cover package and wrote about Revolution’s Corner.

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.Wednesday, February 17 A federal grand jury in Nevada indicts Cliven Bundy, Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Ryan Payne and Peter Santilli on 16 charges related to an armed standoff near Bundy’s ranch in 2014 over unpaid grazing fees.

Friday, February 19 Thousands of mourners, including the President and members of Congress, pay their respects to the late Justice Antonin Scalia as his casket lies in repose at the Supreme Court building. Saturday, February 20 One law enforcement officer is killed and three are wounded after a sixhour long standoff at a rural Mississippi house ends with authorities storming the house and the gunman inside opening fire. The gunman is also killed.

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Sunday, February 21 Jason Dalton, a Michigan gunman who authorities believe chose victims at random, kills six people and seriously injures two others in the parking lots of an apartment complex, a car dealership and a restaurant.

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Monday, February 22 Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn, the first prominent Republican last summer to call for changing the state flag, says that if the flag design is going to be reconsidered, it should be put on a statewide ballot just as it was 15 years ago. ‌ A new study released by the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative finds that the films and television produced by major media companies are “whitewashed,â€? and that an “epidemic of invisibilityâ€? runs top to bottom through the industry for women, minorities and LGBT people.

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he opposition to the Jackson airport tion of JMAA may result in required Federal warned against potential conflicts of inter“takeover� bill strengthened this Aviation Administration-issued operating est by board appointees the bill proposes, week even as a Senate committee permit ... be put in limbo, or worse, in jeop- especially with Mississippi Development passed it to the floor Tuesday despite ardy.� In other words, the FAA could close Authority as part of the equation. warnings from state airport leaders that the the airport as legal battles drag on. “By appointing the Adjutant General effort could run afoul of state ethics laws. Writing for the MAA, President Cliff and the Executive Director of MDA (or his The Senate Accountability, Efficiency Nash of the Tupelo Regional Airport warned designee) to the board of an authority that and Transparency Committee passed the bill that Harkins’ bill would bring on a gover- governs a specific airport, the statute may authored by Sen. Josh Harkins, R-Flowood, to create a nine-member commissioner board to replace the current Jackson airport board. Harkins said his bill is just taking a regionalization approach to improve the airport with the input of several different mayors and other agencies. “This makes common sense and is about maximizing the effect because that is a major economic driver for our state,� Harkins told the committee Tuesday. “And all I am trying to do is take a regional Working Together Jackson board members spoke out against the airport “takeover� bill on Feb. 17. approach to it.� The Mississippi Airports Association, City of Jackson officials, com- nance battle much like what has happened create a natural prejudice in favor of that airmunity members and several local groups in Charlotte, N.C., where millions of dol- port for future economic or air service develhave come out against the bill, and Sen. lars have been spent on litigation after a new opment projects, and a prejudice against the David Blount, D-Jackson, spoke against it authority took over the city’s governance other airports in the state. ... Likewise, these Tuesday, calling it a “control� move on the powers. Representatives from Tupelo, Ox- appointments may create problematic relapart of legislators from outside Jackson. ford and Hattiesburg airports are part of the tionships under Mississippi’s ethics laws.� Blount told the committee that Senate airports association that signed the letter. At the committee meeting Tuesday, Bill 2162 is not just a fight between Jackson “Loss of operating certificate for JAN CEO Carl Newman, who has only been at and Rankin but is also a statewide issue. He would be harmful not only to the metropoli- the airport for a little over a year, said the airread part of a Feb. 18, 2016, letter from Mis- tan Jackson area,� Nash wrote to Harkins, port is on firm financial footing and that the sissippi Airports Association letter to Sen. “but to the entire state.� airport’s board will vote on a new straHarkins that warns that a “legislative dissoluOn behalf of the MAA, Nash also tegic plan on Feb. 29. The plan will

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Thursday, February 18 Senior Obama administration officials announce that the president will pay a historic visit to Cuba, making him the first president to set foot on the island in nearly seven decades.

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Jacksonized Masterpieces sk anyone who has swung by the Arts Center of Mississippi, the Mississippi Museum of Art, Mississippi Craft Center or any number of pop-up exhibits around town: Jackson has a

huge arts scene. While most of the world’s artistic masterpieces come from elsewhere—so far—we thought it might be fun to re-imagine them with a little more local flair.

Edvard Munch’s “The Scream (of Frustration at State Legislature)�

Tuesday, February 23 President Obama proposes to “once and for all� close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the United States. Get breaking news at jfpdaily.com.

George Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon in the Ghost Town of Downtown� Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper at La Finestra� Michaelangelo’s “The Creation of A Dumb Bill� Pablo Picasso’s “Three Musicians (That Play in 20 Bands)� James McNeill Whistler’s “Arrangement in Red and Blue: The Racist’s Flag� Salvador Dali’s “The Persistence of Potholes�

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change the look and feel of the current airport, Newman said. “I ask that you consider forming a study group to look at not only our airport but airports across the state,� he told the committee. Newman said that group could include members from MDA and other agencies listed in Harkins’ bill as the new representatives of the airport authority. Blount said the real matter of dispute is two-fold: to bring back a low-cost carrier to the airport and economic development around it. “I have never seen an issue this visceral with my constituents as this bill, but ultimately this is about control,� Blount said. The City of Jackson bought and owns the land that the Jackson airport sits on, but Harkins said the Mississippi Department of Transportation has put $4 million into the airport. “The City of Jackson currently does not spend any funds or services on the airport,� Harkins told the committee. “At the end of the day, they are not providing any services, but we aren’t taking any of the revenue away from the city.� At a Jackson City Council Planning Committee Monday, Councilmen Ashby Foote, of Ward 1, and De’Keither Stamps, of Ward 4, hinted that the city may start consider annexing more land around the airport

and start charging rent on property it owns off Lakeland Drive. Barely half an hour before the bill passed in Senate committee Tuesday, JMAA Commissioner Vernon W. Hartley, Sr. spoke to the Jackson City Council, lauding the airport’s CEO and positive budget. “We are on the right track, and we are doing well,� he said. “And we have a fight against us. Overall, your airport and Hawkins Field are in the best condition they have been in years.� He cautioned the council to stay vigilant in their opposition to the legislation. “The city is being subjected to extreme outside forces like never before,� Hartley said. Several other groups have been meeting over the last week to discuss the issue. Last weekend, the People’s Assembly and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement heard presentations on the situation, including one from JMAA Chair Dr. Rosie L. T. Pridget. In her presentation slides, she pointed out some of the more compelling financial facts surrounding the airport. For instance, the JMAA awarded over $10.9 million in contracts in 2015, with $5.2 million of that to Jackson-based businesses. “The Board of Commissioners, unanimously, opposes any and all efforts to take over the Jackson-Medgar Evers International

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First Dibs for Neighbors The Jackson City Council passed the Neighbors First Lot Program at its Feb. 23 meeting to address the city’s neighborhood blight and revitalization plans. Open to all Jackson homeowners and local organizations, the program is tiered to allow homeowners adjacent to the property to purchase vacant or unused surplus city and state property. “We want to fix problems of blight,� Mayor Tony Yarber said. “We want them cleaned up and fixed. We want to make sure that the land goes to people that can do something with the properties.� Neighborhood residents and associations, and community land trusts affiliated with the neighborhood associations, then have the opportunity to buy the land if the adjacent homeowners pass. Many city homeowners are already taking care of adjacent abandoned properties but without the rights of ownership. The program will not only provide this title for them but will also play a major role in revital-

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the registration process, will begin at $10 but cannot exceed $250. Participants must adhere to rehabilitation requirements for the property or risk ownership reverting back to the city. The program begins 30 days after Tuesday’s council decision.

Water Woes Continue The city declined to declare a state of emergency over lead readings in the water, while still exploring options to help assist those that may not be able to afford solutions such as replacing their pipes or water filters. “And that’s all I am proposing here, that we ‘ring the bell’ about the specific issue as it relates to people’s homes,� Ward 4 Councilman De’Keither Stamps said when he proposed the declaration. “And also ask for the EPA, USDA and HUD to do specific things to the area as we discover people’s homes that have the bad plumbing. And get resources to help solve some of their problems.� Ongoing billing and meter-reading problems are affecting the city’s budget still, according to information released during a budget meeting of the city council last week. Director of Public Works Kishia Powell outlined steps the department has taken. “At this point we have caught up all of the residential and commercial billings,� Powell said.

Billing delays have led to a slump in the revenue for the department in the first quarter. “At the end of the first quarter and starting out the fiscal year we knew we had issues getting financial reports on our revenues and the cash from the new billing system,� Powell said. “By the end of the first quarter we were showing about 3 percent of the revenue in. Which is not great. ... We just checked the revenue report last week. We are still behind, but it is about 23 percent. But we have been managing our expenses pretty well.� Powell did say that around 5,000 meters are now being read with the wireless meter system and that those households will be receiving their bills on time. The department is working on bringing another 3,000 up to wireless reading and automatic billing. “That will start relieving the issues with the meter reads, estimated billing and customers being behind on getting billed,� she said. More city coverage is at jfp.ms/localnews, including of efforts to bring transparency to subcontractors and to tighten rental laws.

Airport,� she said in the presentation. Another group, Working Together Jackson, assembled Feb. 17 to address the airport as representatives of more than 40 religious and nonprofit organizations. “We are more than just the 18 stand-

“We request that before considering any legislation regarding this issue,â€? board member Dorothy Triplett said, “the members of the Mississippi Legislature engage in civil discourse with the City of Jackson, the JMAA, the Board of Commissioners, other surrounding counties and municipalities, and including representatives of the business community and civic bodies ‌ about possible ways to address the airport issues and other issues of regional concern.â€? “All of the stockholders need to be consulted,â€? board member Pastor Horace McMillon of Open Door Mennonite Church said. “And so rather than the state moving unilaterally to make these changes we feel that everyone needs to be consulted. And that it needs to be a part of the process.â€? McMillon said that some “informal conversationsâ€? have been taking place between the group and legislators. “We really need to slow the process down. There is not a rush to get this done. We really want to encourage the legislators to slow down, back up,â€? McMillon said. “Let’s go back to square one and start with a broad-based conversation about what needs to be doneâ€? Read more stories about the Jackson airport “takeoverâ€? at jfp.ms/airport.

“The city is being subjected to extreme outside forces like never before.�– Airport Commissioner Vernon W. Hartley ing here,� Bishop Ronnie Crudup of New Horizon Church International said during the meeting at the Open Door Mennonite Church. “We represent congregations and groups from all across the city and metro area. So we are standing for tens of thousands of people. These people are greatly concerned with what they think is a power grab.�

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County’s at $100 million, Tollison says the consolidation would give them a $100 million tax base. But Holmes County School District and Durant Public School District don’t agree that consolidation would help. Robinson says his district operates at a paltry $300,000 of their $5 million yearly budget for administrative costs, and that his district’s MAEP dollars fund instructional costs—just like a high majority of other school districts in the state. And despite Durant’s small tax base, their student achieve-

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children in line finally broke free of the chain to crowd around him. If Tollison’s bill passes, Robinson’s more than 400 “babies� would grow substantially to include the children of the Holmes County School District. But Durant and Holmes Counties have fought against the swan song of consolidation since last year; in a December 2015 press release, the Durant Public

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ment and graduation rate both are higher than those at Holmes. “We have opposition statement letters from the mayor, from our school district, from Holmes County School District, and the same information was conveyed during the hearing, so it’s as if the Legislature is not listening to the citizens of Durant or Holmes County,â€? Robinson said in a later interview. Robinson, 39, is a long-time educator with a decorated resumĂŠ. He has a bachelor’s in science education from Mississippi Valley State University. He has a master’s in higher education from the University of Mississippi, and an MBA from Regis University. He just defended his doctoral dissertation, for his PhD in educational administration from Mississippi State University. In his nearly 15-year career, Robinson has been a science teacher and a principal. He’s presented and lectured on his education research at national conferences. He helped oversee a $4.9 million grant to implement magnet schools in the Clarksdale Municipal School District. Tollison has stressed the need for school districts to have appointed rather than elected superintendents so that lower-graded districts, like Durant, can have access to passionate, qualified leaders like Robinson. Durant also a strong proponent of fiscally strong school administrations. And though there’s no evidence that appointed rather than elected superintendents directly affect student achievement one way or another, Durant’s children seem to like and respect their superintendent. “What are you doing here, Mr. Robinson?â€? a Durant student asked him at the Capitol Thursday. “Fighting for you,â€? he said. Sierra Mannie is an education reporting fellow for the Jackson Free Press and The Hechinger Report. Read more at jfp.ms/education.

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dwin Robinson, superintendent of Durant Public School District, has his back turned to the doorway of the Senate gallery, so he doesn’t immediately notice the children, some dressed in green and white hoodies, trooping from the entrance behind him. But even with his back turned, they recognize him. Several pairs of eyes trail the stiff line of his shoulders, his tense posture. Several children wave, nudge their neighbors in line—“It’s Mr. Robinson!�— before trailing around the corner, continuing their tour of the Capitol. Thanks to SB 2494, authored by Senate Education Committee Chairman Sen. Gray Tollison, R-Oxford, Dr. Robinson’s school district is up for involuntary consolidation with the neighboring Holmes County School District. Despite the efforts of Sen. David Jordan, D-Greenwood, Robinson was unable to speak in opposition of the bill in the committee meeting, as Tollison said there wasn’t enough time. The Senate Education Committee meeting passed quickly. Sen. Lydia Chassaniol, R-Winona, stood up to speak in support of consolidation in her school district, which is in a different bill Tollison authored. Sen. Barbara Blackmon, D-Canton, who represents Holmes County, was not present at the meeting, but also opposes consolidation, and has authored legislation that intends to deconsolidate districts that do not improve three years after their involuntary consolidation. Robinson had leaned heavily against the wall in the crowded room, watching. Listening. “It was disappointing,� Robinson said to the Jackson Free Press after the meeting. “Mr. Robinson! Hi, Mr. Robinson!� “Oh, these are my babies,� Robinson said, momentarily distracted from his interview, but visibly reinvigorated, as some of the

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Sex Education’s Last Chance in Mississippi? by Arielle Dreher

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What Will Change The original 2011 legislation mandated public schools to provide sex education for students with a long list of stipulations. Districts had to pick whether to offer “abstinence only” or “abstinence plus” curriculum and then comply with a list of rules and stipulations, such as only explaining condoms and contraceptives if that discussion includes

risks and failure rates. Doty says the problem was that it is hard to find a curriculum that addresses every stipulation in the older statute. Some curricula pass as both “abstinence only” and “abstinence plus,” so some districts ended up teaching both. “Abstinence plus” education teaches students about contraceptives, sexually transmitted infections, and the risks and failure rates of contraceptive methods that aren’t abstinence.

and make available curriculums that have been used, that have been critiqued and that have proven themselves,” Doty said. The 2011 bill did not set specific age requirements, but Doty’s bill does. Her bill requires districts to offer sex education once in middle school and once in high school to students. School districts will, again, have the freedom to choose different curriculum for middle-school students IMANI KHAYYAM

ex education in Mississippi could end, or be revamped, as soon as July this year, depending on legislators’ actions between now and the end of the session. The House of Representatives and Senate have 15 bills before them to mandate or regulate sex education in the state. The “Personal Responsibility Act” would take sex education in the state a step further by requiring it to be taught twice— once in middle school, and once in high school as well as mandating that curriculum be evidence-based. Sen. Sally Doty, R-Brookhaven, authored the bill, which has passed through the Senate Education Committee and is on the calendar for debate this session. Doty’s bill removes a lot of language from the 2011 bill, which first mandated sex education in the state, allowing school districts to choose between “abstinence only” or “abstinence plus” curriculums. Doty said the 2011 bill included several curriculum standards that were not realistic. The 2011 legislation expires in July, so if sex education is going to be renewed without discontinuation, it needs to be this session. The “Personal Responsibility Act” would bring Mississippi’s law more in line with states that require all sex-education options to be “medically accurate and evidencebased.” Rep. John Moore, R-Brandon, filed a similar bill in the House of Representatives.

Mississippi has the fourth-highest teen-birth rate in the country, and Sen. Sally Doty, R-Brookhaven, is pushing a sex-education bill to help school districts bring that rate down. She wants schools to have smarter choices, she says.

Mississippi Department of Education data from the 2014-2015 school year shows that 64 percent of districts have implemented “Choosing the Best” sex-education curriculum, which is designated as both “abstinence only” and “abstinence plus” depending on how each school district decides to use and then report that curriculum to MDE. “If we’re serious about doing things that work and not just what we think maybe might work because it sounds like a good idea, I think we’ve got to choose curriculums

than high-school students. “Really what it does, we hope, is provide a bit more of local control at the local level for schools to let them make a choice,” Doty said. Middle-school students between ages 11 and 15 are at the best age to be receptive to sex education, the Mississippi Campaign for Teen Pregnancy Prevention uses says. The majority of school districts in the states start sex education in middle school, MDE data show.

A Step in the Right Direction’ The “Personal Responsibility Act” does not change the requirement for parents to opt in for their students to participate in sex education. Additionally, the bill still requires schools to separate students by gender during sex-education courses as well as not promote abortion as a viable way to end a pregnancy. The Women’s Foundation supports the bill because it supports evidence-based sex education, but in a statement also said the bill is “imperfect because it retains the gender separate classroom and opt-in provisions.” Doty said changing the name of the bill reveals the end-goal of her legislation. “It’s not about just sex, it’s not the mechanics of sex necessarily, it is about how to make those good decisions to put you in a healthy relationship (eventually),” Doty said. Josh McCawley, the teen-health policy director at Mississippi First, an education research and policy group, said the “Personal Responsibility Act” is a good step in the right direction for sex education in the state because evidence-based programs are what eventually lower the birth rate. McCawley said ensuring that programs are evidencebased will help affect behaviors that can in turn lower teen birth rates and STI rates. Mississippi has one of the highest teenbirth rates in the country at 38 births per 1,000 girls in 2014. Doty said several factors that bring down the teen birth rate that can take years, but curriculum that works elsewhere is a good place to start. “We want everyone to have a family when they’re ready to have a family, and when they’re ready to be a parent, not be a parent when they should be a student,” Doty said. Comment at jfp.ms. For more Mississippi Legislature coverage, visit jfp.ms/msleg. Email story tips to arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

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he deepest fears of some members of the Mississippi House of Representatives came out last week, as the chamber passed bills to fight terrorism, protect religious freedom and allow armed security programs in churches. Tuesday was the deadline for bills to make it out of committee because the session is shorter by two weeks this year. School consolidation, unemployment tax rates and breastfeeding bills made it onto the calendar 10 in the Senate and the House.

Anti-LGBT Bill Sails Through House State employees could be recused from performing their governmental duties if those duties go against their religious belief that marriage is between one man and one woman if legislation that passed through the House last week becomes law. Kim Davis, a circuit clerk in Kentucky who went to jail for not issuing same-sex marriage licenses, would not go to jail in Mississippi if the bill becomes law. The legislation defines marriage as a

union between one man and one woman, last week. The bill, called the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act,” also defines and protects religious beliefs that say sexual relations are properly reserved to that marriage; and male/female refer to an individual’s immutable biological sex determined at birth. Several Democrats voiced concerns about the bill, which would protect some individuals while allowing discrimination against LGBT citizens. Rep. Adrienne

Wooten, D-Ridgeland, said a part of the bill would actually allow discrimination without any state government interference. The bill says, “[T]he state government shall not take any discriminatory action against a state employee ... on the basis that such employee lawfully speaks or engages in expressive conduct based upon ... a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.” “Why are you giving people a pass for doing their governmental duty?” Wooten asked the chamber.

LEGISLATURE: Week 7 same time, there’s a competing right under the First Amendment to worship and believe what we believe without government interference.”

Anti-Terror and Guns in Churches The “Mississippi See Something, Say Something Act” passed through the House last Tuesday. It would provide civil and COURTESY MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

Rep. Adrienne Wooten, D-Ridgeland (left), argued against the “Mississippi Church Protection Act,” asking Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton (right), how many instances of violence have occurred in Mississippi; Gipson had no answer.

House Speaker Philip Gunn originally filed House Bill 1523, and on Friday, the House passed the bill on a vote of 80-39 but was held on a motion to reconsider.

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criminal immunity for a person who “in good faith” reports “behavior that the person reasonably believes relates to an act of terrorism.” If the bill becomes law, a person who

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Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, who presented the bill on the floor, said it “provides a layer of protection against state discrimination” for individuals and state government employee, who do not want to perform certain government duties that go against their religious beliefs—or beliefs that conflict with the Obergefell U.S. Supreme Court ruling last June that legalized same-sex marriage nationally. Gipson said the bill protects individuals’ right to believe that marriage is between one man and one woman. Sarah Warbelow, legal director at the Human Rights Campaign, said the bill takes elements of several pieces of legislation, including the First Amendment Defense Act, and brings them altogether to look on its face like a religious liberty act, which she said is an important American value. “This doesn’t advance American religious liberty—it allows people to discriminate against LGBT people and hide behind religion to do so,” Warbelow told the Jackson Free Press. Warbelow said the bill offers more authority to religious institutions than they should have constitutionally. Gipson said circuit clerks and judges in the state have asked for this legislation. “This is not undoing, avoiding or trying to roll back what the Supreme Court said (in Obergefell),” Gipson said. “At the

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Race Clearly Behind Airport ‘Takeover’ Move

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bolitionist Frederick Douglass once said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand.” A cliché proclaims, “There is power in numbers.” Do numbers equate to power in the great state of Mississippi, a former Confederate state? What do numbers really mean in the context of Jackson politics and ongoing power struggles? With an estimated population of 171,155, Jackson is the largest city in the state. Compared to every other state in America, Mississippi has the highest concentration of African Americans. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, they comprise approximately 37.5 percent of the state-wide population of 2.9 million and at least 79.4 percent of the capital city. By contrast, whites comprise 59.7 percent of the state population and 18.4 percent of the city’s population. While blacks outnumber whites within the Jackson city limits, there exists an imbalance of economic and political power between the two groups, particularly those who reside and conduct business along the edges of the city. Until the election of its first black mayor, Harvey Johnson Jr., in 1997, white people had a stronghold on economic and political power in Jackson. Under Mayor Johnson’s leadership, power gradually began to shift from the white establishment to black businessmen and businesswomen, as well as black elected officials. Two black mayors later, Jackson residents elected the late Chokwe Lumumba, Esq., a dynamic, forward-thinking leader, who loved and lived for the people. During his campaigns for the Ward 2 Jackson City Council seat and later the mayoral seat, Lumumba promoted the People’s Platform. He understood that all power lies with the people. His platform, among other things, emphasized a balance of power between and among all residents of Jackson. He reasoned that because Jackson is a predominantly black city, then the political and economic power should lie in the majority, descendants of enslaved Africans. This mindset and socio-economic and political stance distinguished Mayor Lumumba from his predecessors, Mayors Harvey Johnson and Frank Melton. For example, within the span of eight short months, Lumumba appointed an all-black commissioners to the Municipal Airport Authority. The commission then awarded its legal contracts to a qualified black Jackson law firm, Walker and Walker. The airport “takeover” bills, authored by Sen. Josh Harkins and Rep. Mark Baker, reflect white residents’ disdain and disapproval of black people in power. Harkins denies a race motivation to his bill, but fashioned it to give power to white conservatives and the governor the most power for appointments. From the bill author’s obvious vantage point, whites should remain in control of Jackson economics, although they reside in the suburbs. They opted to flee. Yet, they insist on controlling the city economically and politically. But, what about the people of Jackson? What of their political will? The late Mayor Lumumba was not the typical politician. He was a brilliant attorney and organizer first. For well over 40 years, he studied the socio-political and economic landscape of America. He focused his attention and his life’s work primarily upon the Deep South, namely Mississippi. Working among and for the people, Lumumba realized that participatory democracy could catapult Jackson forward economically and politically. Mayor Lumumba sought to involve the people in every level of governance and decision-making. He understood that every Jacksonian–black or white or other ethnicity—has the wherewithal to make a meaningful contribution to Jackson’s future and ultimate success. The thought of undermining the will of the people and the needs of the people never, ever entered his mind. Instead, he promoted self-determination. Yet, the Mississippi Legislature seeks to ignore democracy and thereby ignore the will of the people and destroy Jackson’s political structure one entity at a time. Its first step toward effectuating that strategy is to dissolve the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority and restructure it without black Jackson representation. Meanwhile, Sen. Harkins insists that his bill has nothing at all to do with race. On Feb. 23, the airport “takeover” bill passed to the Senate. Read more at jfp. ms/airport. June Hardwick is a local attorney who embraces and promotes the prin12 ciple of Kujichagulia, the ki-Swahili term for “self-determination.” iLÀÕ>ÀÞÊÓ{Ê Ê >ÀV Ê£]ÊÓä£ÈÊÊUÊÊ v«° Ã

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eligious moral conviction is a powerful tool in politics. Last week, the Mississippi House of Representatives proved this by passing the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act.” The bill aims to recuse state workers as well as religious institutions from doing their jobs if it goes against their “religious beliefs or moral convictions” that marriage should be a union of one man and one woman, sexual relations are properly reserved in such a marriage, and that male or female refer to a person’s biological sex based on anatomy and genetics at birth. The so-called anti-discrimination act would shield the predominantly white, religious and straight people in the state who don’t agree with the Obergefell U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage last June and decide to defy the law of the land. If the bill becomes law, it would also prevent the state government from taking “discriminatory action” against a state employee who engages in “expressive conduct” based on their religious beliefs, as well as foster care and adoption agencies. So while the act protects representatives like Dan Eubanks, R-Walls, who spoke before the House last Friday in support of the legislation, it allows those same people to not perform duties for or provide services to the LGBT communities. Rep. Eubanks asked if he had rights or if he was to be silenced because of his beliefs. “Who’s infringed upon here? Is it the Christian, or is it the person who makes a lifestyle choice?” he asked the House. This legislation would give circuit clerks the power to be Kim Davis without jail time or a

public-relations nightmare. It would let bakers who serve the public refuse to put two grooms on top of a wedding cake and state foster-care workers not give children to same-sex couples. Essentially, the bill would be a large step backward for the LGBT community in the state, and for human rights in general. Just because the state rejects a national precedent does not give government permission to legislate conservative religious morals into law. A religious moral conviction does not excuse the state from following federal law and precedents. Kim Davis went to jail because she did not comply with the law as it applies to her job. Allowing state officers and agencies to act on religious conviction above what federal and state law mandates is a dangerous road to go down. Rep. Edward Blackmon, D-Canton, spoke out against the bill saying it discriminated against our neighbors, friends and family members. “People become who they are because God has made them who they are. And now we’re using religion in the name of God to discriminate against these individuals,” he told the House. The House passed the bill by a vote of 80-39, and while it was held on a motion to reconsider, that’s an awful large vote in favor for what Blackmon called an “anti-human being piece of legislation.” In a state that should be focusing on how to fund failing infrastructure, building and attracting a strong work force, public education and a new division to run foster care, legislating religious morality and discriminating against some of its own citizens is a terrible idea and, quite frankly, a waste of time.

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(Clockwise left to right) Eli Childers posed with his original art titled “Shelter”; his piece “Ideal Conditions”; various painted pieces on his wall in his home; and “Sunset on Expectation.”

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li Childers’ home is filled with artwork that may shift viewers’ moods from somber to hopeful with the contrast of emotions that he presents in each piece. His more melancholic paintings run right off the edges of the canvases and often feature muted colors and frantic brushstrokes. A self-taught artist, Childers, 32, was born in Wheat Ridge, Colo. He juggled between living with his grandparents and his father before eventually landing with his father. At age 11, he decided to run away from home. As a runaway, he bounced from home to home with the help of friends that he knew at the time. Childers says there were 14 times when he wanted to give up on life be-

cause of the lack of love from his family and feeling like there was nothing left for his future. His father and stepmother forced him to move to Jackson and live with his mother, Linda Childers, whom he had never had a relationship with before then. While living in Jackson, he attended Forest Hill High School until he decided to drop out at the age of 16. In 2000, he received his GED. Childers worked as a land surveyor at a local engineering firm for 11 years until he lost his job when the company laid off his entire department in 2013. It wasn’t until then that he started to focus on painting. He says that art became his way of expressing the world through his eyes and way to keep himself grounded. When Childers first began

honing his skills, he would paint and offer his artwork to everyone, from people on the streets to people serving time in prison. He says that his art is a way for him to connect with people who understand both beauty and tragedy, and he felt the people that he gave his work to had stories similar to his own. “I want to put this message out there,” Childers says. “I want myself to ground the way I feel more towards other people. I want to relate to the world in a different way.” His paintings are not the only avenue that he uses to create art. Childers also writes poetry and makes hand-chiseled sculptures. Six of his sculptures, which he made out of alabaster rock, appeared in his first art show at Spectacles in Highland Village in

May 2013. The pieces are now on display at Fondren Art Gallery (3030 N. State St., 601-981-9222). With the encouragement of his artistic peers in Jackson, including Adrienne Dominick and Justin Ransburg, Childers also wrote his own book of poems titled “Chaotic Clarity” (self-published, 2015, $15). He currently lives in Byram with his two daughters, Bailey Childers, 8, and Iris Childers, 3. “I’m in a place where I’m not running from myself,” he says. Eli Childers’ artwork will be on display at the Greater Jackson Art Council (201 E. Pascagoula St., Suite 103) in June and July 2016. To view his latest pieces, visit elichilders.format.com.

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Also enjoy the concurrently held events Dinner and Movie: A Food Truck Festival and Screen on the Green. Cash bar available. Free; call 601960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UÊ i Ê À \Ê/iÀ > Ê9>À`ÃÊ> `Ê ÀÌ ÃÌÃÊvÀ Ê Ì iÊ À ÀÞÊ- ÜÊTuesdays-Saturdays through Sept. 4. In the McCarty Foundation Gallery. See works from American artists who contributed to the pivotal 1913 Armory Show in New York City. Free; call 960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UÊ,iv iVÌ Ã\Ê7 À ÃÊLÞÊ `iÀ Ê >ÃÌiÀÃÊvÀ Ê Ì iÊ Ê iVÌ ÊTuesdays-Saturdays through Oct. 30. See works from early 20thcentury American and European artists such as Franz Klein and Andy Warhol, and Mississippi

Ûi ÌÃÊ>ÌÊ Ãà Ãà «« Ê ÕÃiÕ Ê vÊ ÀÌ (380 S. Lamar St.) UÊ ÀÌÊ> `Ê vvii March 1, April 5, May 3, 10 a.m.-noon. In the Yates Community Room. Join docents, volunteers and museum staff to look at and discuss current and upcoming exhibitions. Free; call 960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UÊ ÕÃiÕ Ê vÌiÀÊ ÕÀÃ\Ê- i> iÀÊ >` iÃà March 17, 5:30-10 p.m. See sneaker designs from Mississippi artists. Cash bar and food for sale. Free; call 960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UÊ Õ >Ì }Ê i iLÀ>Ì Ê vÊÌ iÊÓä£ÈÊ ÎÊ *>ÀÌ V «>Ì ÀÞÊ ÀÌÊ*À iVÌ March 24, 6 p.m. See the unveiling of the Spirit Stations sculptures in the Art Garden. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UÊ >ÃÌÉ ÀiVÌ ÀÊ*> i Êv Àʺ,i`»Ê>ÌÊ iÜÊ-Ì>}iÊ Theatre April 8, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. In the BancorpSouth Classroom. Meet director John Logan and cast members of the play about artist Mark Rothko. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UÊ ` } ÌÊ `iÀ t April 8, 11:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Includes viewing the When Modern Was Contemporary exhibit, music, midnight snacks and more. Included with exhibit admission ($12, $10 seniors, $6 students, free for museum members); call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UÊ ÕÃiÕ Ê vÌiÀÊ ÕÀÃ\Ê Ãà Ãà «« Ê* « April 21, 5:30-10 p.m. Enjoy an exhibition of popculture-inspired work from Mississippi artists.

GALLERIES For more galleries and additional information, visit jfp.ms/galleries. vÀ > Ê ÀÌÊ > iÀÞÊ> `Ê vÌÊ- «Ê(800 N. Farish St.). The gallery is also a venue for Afrocentric events. Call 601-979-1413 or 601-918-5075. Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Open weekdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. with additional hours for special events. The Mississippi Collegiate Art Exhibit hangs through March 18. See the Power APAC Annual Student Exhibit and The Works of Ann Saunders March 1-April 29. Muslim Cultural Awareness Month events in April. Call 601-960-1500. ÌÌ iÊ/ÀiiÊ-ÌÕ` Ê(615 E. Court St.). The studio is the working space of five artists: Anne Campbell, Rhonda Blasingame, Diane Williams, Tony Davenport and Ellen Langford. Call 260-9423. À Ü ½ÃÊ iÊ ÀÌÊ> `Ê À> }Ê(630 Fondren Place). See works from Buttons Marchetti in March and Chatham Kemp in April. Open Monday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 601-982-4844; brownsfineart.com.

ÞiÊ ° °Ê, L Ã Ê LiÀ> Ê ÀÌÃÊ > iÀÞÊ (Jackson State University, 1400 John R. Lynch St.). Faculty member Chung-Fan Chang is a key exhibitor. Open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday from 1-8 p.m. and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. Call 601-979-2191; jsums.edu/liberalarts.

“Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies” is at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science through Sunday, May 1.

artists Fred Mitchell, Andrew Bucci and Dusti Bongé. $12, $10 seniors, $6 students (includes admission to When Modern Was Contemporary: Selections from the Roy R. Neuberger Collection); call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

, `}i > `Ê iÊ ÀÌÃÊ iÃÌ Û> April 2, 10 a.m.6 p.m., April 3, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland). Includes art and craft vendors, music and more. Free; ridgelandartsfest.com.

Ûi ÌÃÊ>ÌÊ Ãà Ãà «« Ê ÕÃiÕ Ê vÊ >ÌÕÀ> Ê -V i Vi (2148 Riverside Drive) UÊ£ÎÌ Ê Õ> Ê Ãà Ê, >`Ê- Ü March 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. See the museum’s fossil collection and collector displays, and meet institutional exhibitors. Enjoy hands-on activities, a simulated fossil dig and a scavenger hunt. Bring a fossil for the staff to identify. Included with admission ($6, $5 seniors, $4 ages 3-18, free for members and children under three); call 601-576-6000; mdwfp.com/museum. UÊ >ÌÕÀi -/t April 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Includes reptile encounters, watching divers feed the fish in the giant aquarium, guided tours, meeting scientists and more. Included with admission ($6, $5 seniors, $4 ages 3-18, free for members and children under three); call 601-576-6000; mdwfp.com/museum.

Õ` À>Ê7i ÌÞÊ ÕÃi½ÃÊ£äÌ Ê ÛiÀÃ>ÀÞÊ i iLÀ>Ì April 9-15, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., at Eudora Welty House and Museum (1119 Pinehurst Place). Includes tours, a birthday celebration, a pop-up art gallery, a family picnic and more. Free; call 601-353-7762; eudoraweltyhouse.com. -ÌÕ`i ÌÊ Û Ì>Ì > Ê ÀÌÊ Ý L Ì MondaysFridays through April 29, at Belhaven University, Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Center (1500 Peachtree St.). Show hangs through mid-May. Opening reception April 2 from 2-4 p.m. Free; call 601-965-1400; belhaven.edu. Õ >À iÃÊEÊ i}i `Ã\Ê > Ê vÊ > iÊ-« Ì } Ìp ÝÊ ÀÊTuesdays-Saturdays through July 3, at Old Capitol Museum (100 S. State St.). Connor was a major general and chief operations staff officer for the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War I. Free; call 601-576-6920.

`Ài Ê ÀÌÊ > iÀÞÊ(601 Duling Ave.). Hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. See an eclectic mix of paintings, sculptures and local art, including Richard McKey’s artwork. Custom paintings, portraits and framing also offered. Call 601-981-9222; fondrenartgallery.com . ÃV iÀÊ > iÀ iÃ(Dickies Building, 736 S. President St., fourth floor). Owner Marcy Nessel’s gallery features works from more than three dozen artists and photographers. Monthly receptions usually held on first Thursdays from 5-8 p.m. See works from Chalres Carraway and Thomas Frontini in March, Charlie Buckley in April and Doyle Gertjejansen in May. Call 601-291-9115; fischergalleries.com. > iÀÞ£(One University Place, 1100 John R. Lynch St., Suite 4). Open Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday from noon-4 p.m. The George Clinton Exhibit is Feb. 24-March 8. Call 960-9250; jsums.edu/gallery1arts. >`` ÃÊ À Õ«Ê-ÌÕ` Ê(2900 N. State St., Room 206). Features the work of 28 watercolorists, many of whom studied under John Gaddis, a renowned local artist and teacher. Commissioned work is welcome. Call 601-368-9522. more EVENTS, see page 17

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Events at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.) UÊ Ê-«À>ÞLiÀÀÞÊ*Ài iÀÊ- Ê Ý L Ì Mondays-Fridays through Feb. 29. Sprayberry is a photography student at Belhaven University. Free; call 601-960-1557, ext. 224. UÊ ÃÃ ÃÃ «« Ê i} >ÌiÊ ÀÌÊ Ý L Ì MondaysFridays through March 18. See artwork from Mississippi college students in the main galleries. Free; call 601-960-1557, ext. 224. UÊ/ iÊ7 À ÃÊ vÊ Ê->Õ `iÀÃ Mondays-Fridays through April 29. This exhibit coincides with the Muslim Cultural Awareness festivities happening in the month of April. Free; call 601960-1557, ext. 224. UÊ* ÜiÀÊ * Ê Õ> Ê-ÌÕ`i ÌÊ Ý L Ì Mondays-Fridays through April 29. View student artwork in the back galleries and lower atrium. Free; call 601-960-1557, ext. 224.

"«i }Ê vÊ iÌ Ü Ê/i> Ã\Ê ÜÊ-« ÀÌÃÊ - >«iÊ iÀ V> March 18, 5-7 p.m., at Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (1152 Lakeland Drive). The pep-rally celebration is in recognition of the Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibit that officially opens March 19 and hangs through April 30. Free; call 601-9828264; msfame.com.

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A Healthy Start Through Art Feb. 25, 11 a.m.2 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). The Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities hosts the event in the Community Room. See sculptures, photography, videography and more from African-American artists. Free with art for sale; call 815-9544; email swagner2@umc.edu.

UÊ/ ÞÊ/ Ì> Ã\Ê Ã>ÕÀÊ }}ÃÊ> `Ê >L ià Mondays-Saturdays through May 1. The handson exhibit includes a collection of dinosaur eggs and nests, explorations stations and animated video presentations. $6, $5 seniors, $4 ages 3-18, children under 3 and members free; call 601-576-6000; mdwfp.com/museum.

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>ĂŒVÂ…iâĂŠ ÂˆĂŒiĂ€>ÀÞÊ>˜`ĂŠ ˆ˜i“>ĂŠ iÂ?iLĂ€>tion Feb. 25-27, at Natchez Convention Center (211 Main St., Natchez). This year’s theme is “Natchez at 300: A River Runs by It.â€? Includes a panel discussion, guest speakers and optional ticketed events. Guest authors include William Ferris, John M. Barry, Jerry Mitchell and Suzanne Marrs. Free general admission, $10 benefit concert, $30 Tricentennial Luncheon, $60 Benefit Cocktail Buffet at the Elms; call 601-446-1208 or 601-446-1274; email nlcc@colin.edu; colin.edu/nlcc5. iÂœvvĂŠ ÂœĂœ>Â˜ĂŠ ÂœÂœÂŽĂŠ/ÂœĂ•Ă€ Feb. 26, 6-7 p.m., at Tougaloo College (500 W. County Line Road, Tougaloo). In the Bennie G. Thompson Center. Cowan is the author of “Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary.â€? Includes a Q&A and book signing. Free; call 601-977-7700; tougaloo.edu. ,ˆVÂŽĂŠ >ĂƒĂƒĂŠ ÂœÂœÂŽĂŠ-ˆ}˜ˆ˜} March 7, 57 p.m., at Eudora Welty Education and Visitors Center (1109 Pinehurst Place). The writer and environmental activist signs copies of “For a Little While: New and Selected Stories.â€? Free; call 601-353-7762. iĂŒĂŒĂžiĂŠ ÂœÂ?Â?ÞÊ iVĂŒĂ•Ă€i March 21, 4:306 p.m., at Eudora Welty House and Museum (1119 Pinehurst Place). Poet and literary critic Rosanna Warren is the speaker. Free; call 601-353-7762.

“Doctor Faustusâ€? Feb. 24-26, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 27, 2 p.m., at Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students and employees; call 601-9657026; belhaven.edu. Events at Belhaven University, Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Center (1500 Peachtree St.) UĂŠ ĂŠ >˜ViĂŠ œ˜ViĂ€ĂŒĂƒ Feb. 24-27, 7:30 p.m. Senior dance majors present choreography. $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students and employees; call 601-965-1400; belhaven.edu.

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UĂŠÂş,i`Âť April 12-16, 7:30 p.m., April 17, 2 p.m., April 19-23, 7:30 p.m., April 24, 2 p.m. The play is about the internal struggles of artist Mark Rothko. $28, $22 seniors and students; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com. UĂŠ ÂœÂ?Â?iVĂŒÂœĂ€ĂƒĂŠ Â?Ă•Lp iĂœĂŠ-ĂŒ>}iĂŠ /Â…i>ĂŒĂ€iĂŠ,iViÂŤĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜ĂŠ>˜`ĂŠ*iĂ€vÂœĂ€Â“>˜ViĂŠÂœvĂŠÂş,i`Âť April 19, 6 p.m., April 24, 2 p.m. The play is based on the life of abstract painter Mark Rothko. The first 50 people to sign up get to attend the Cultural Leader Reception before the 7:30 p.m. show. Included with Collectors Club membership; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

UĂŠÂş >À“iÂ˜Âť April 23, 7:30 p.m. The Mississippi Opera presents the Georges Bizet production about a gypsy temptress. Local choirs and dancers from Ballet Mississippi also perform. $60; call 601-960-2300; msopera.org. UĂŠ-Â…>ĂŒÂ˜iĂ€½ĂƒĂŠ7ÂœĂ€Â?`\ĂŠ7iĂŠ Ă•ĂƒĂŒĂŠ ÂˆĂ›iĂŠ In It May 4, 8 p.m. The veteran actor known for his roles in “Star Trek,â€? “Boston Legalâ€? and more gives a one-man show. The program is part of the BankPlus Concert Series. $39.5-$69.5; call 601-292-7121 or 877-987-6487; ardenland.net. Crossroads Film Festival April 1, 6 p.m., April 2, 9 a.m., April 3, 10 a.m., at Malco Grandview Cinema (221 Grandview Blvd., Madison).

Virginia Reeves: Of Home and History

irginia Reeves may be from Montana, but she has long had a feel for southern stories. Growing up in her hometown of Helena, Reeves started writing stories in elementary school, and after her grandparents retired to a town near Montgomery, Ala., while she was in third grade, the setting of her stories began to shift. “I went there every summer to visit. My grandmother still lives in the same house,� Reeves says. “My parents moved a lot, and I’ve moved around in adulthood, so this one place has been a constant ‘home’ during my life.� Her debut novel, “Work Like Any Other� (Scribner, 2016, $25) is a morally complicated ode to that home. Set in rural Alabama during the 1920s, the novel is a work of historical fiction that takes place in

UĂŠ-ÂŤĂ€ÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠ >˜ViĂŠ œ˜ViĂ€ĂŒ April 8, 7:30 p.m., April 9, 2 p.m., April 9, 7:30 p.m., April 15-16, 7:30 p.m. In the Studio Theatre. The Belhaven University Dance Ensemble performs. Doors open 30 minutes before the show. $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students and employees; call 601-965-1400; belhaven.edu. Âş >Ă•}Â…ĂŒĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ iĂŒÂť Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 26, 10 a.m., Feb. 26-27, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 28, 3 p.m., Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m., at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.). At McCoy Auditorium. MADDRAMA presents the play about what could happen when social media and one’s personal life are intertwined. $10, $5 seniors and students, $7 per person in groups of 20 or more; call 601-979-5956; jsums.edu/speechcomm.

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Film Festival. Included with festival registration; call 601-960-5369; blackhistoryplus.com. Ă›iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠ iĂœĂŠ-ĂŒ>}iĂŠ/Â…i>ĂŒĂ€i (1100 Carlisle St.) UĂŠÂş"Â…]ĂŠ Ă€°ĂŠ >Ă•Â?Ž˜iĂ€]ĂŠ ÂœĂŠ9ÂœĂ•ĂŠ Write?â€? March 1-12, 7:30 p.m., March 13, 2 p.m. Critically acclaimed actor John Maxwell reprises his role as Mississippi writer William Faulkner for the 35th anniversary of the one-man play. $25; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com. UĂŠÂş ĂŠ7Ă€ÂˆÂ˜ÂŽÂ?iĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠ/ˆ“iÂť March 5, 7 p.m., March 6, 2 p.m. The science fiction play is about two children who travel through space to rescue their father. Suitable for all ages. $15, $10 ages 12 and under; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com.

the real locale of Kilby Correctional Facility in Montgomery. While the characters are fictional with one exception—Ed Mason, an inmate and cabinet-maker who built “Yellow Mama,� Alabama’s first electric chair—the novel deals with many of the issues of the time period. “The south has rich, beautiful stories, but this being Alabama, there were many racial disparities to incarceration,� Reeves says. “Convict leasing primarily affected African American convicts who were leased to private companies and essentially sold as slave labor—this went on into the 1930s.� Virginia Reeves signs copies of “Work Like Any Other� at 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 16, at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). For more information, visit lemuriabooks.com. – Genevieve Legacy

Âş ÂˆĂƒÂŤ>ĂŒVÂ…iĂƒĂŠvĂ€ÂœÂ“ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ Ă•Â?v Ê ˆÂ?“Ê -VĂ€ii˜ˆ˜} March 12, 11 a.m., at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive). The Journey to Planet Earth episode is about how scientists are responding to the challenges of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Included with admission ($6, $5 seniors, $4 ages 3-18, free for members and children under three); call 601-576-6000; mdwfp.com/museum. Ă›iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠ/Â…>Â?ˆ>ĂŠ >Ă€>ĂŠ >Â?Â?ĂŠ(255 E. Pascagoula St.) UĂŠÂş ÂœĂƒiÂŤÂ…ĂŠ>˜`ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ “>∘}ĂŠ/iVÂ…nicolor Dreamcoatâ€? March 12, 8 p.m. The musical is based on the biblical story about the trials and triumphs of Joseph, Israel’s favorite son. $25-$75; call 800-745-3000; jacksonbroadway.com.

Enjoy dozens of independent films, workshops and parties during at the three-day event. Discounts for members, students and seniors. Admission TBA; call 601-345-5674; email info@crossroadsfilmfestival. com; crossroadsfilmfestival.com. Âş ÂˆĂŒĂŒÂ?iĂŠ-Â…ÂœÂŤĂŠÂœvĂŠ ÂœĂ€Ă€ÂœĂ€ĂƒÂť April 15, 7:30 p.m., April 16, 2 p.m., April 16, 7:30 p.m., April 20-22, 7:30 p.m., April 23, 2 p.m., April 23, 7:30 p.m., at Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). In Blackbox Theatre. The play is a science fiction story about an R&B-singing plant that thrives on human blood. Doors open 30 minutes before the show. $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students and employees; call 601-965-7026; belhaven.edu. more EVENTS, see page 20

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Ă›iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠ iÂ“Ă•Ă€Âˆ>ĂŠ ÂœÂœÂŽĂƒ (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202) UĂŠÂş ˆ˜iĂƒĂŠ7iĂ€iĂŠ Ă€>ĂœÂ˜Âť Feb. 25, 5 p.m. Teena Horn, Alan Huffman and John Griffin Jones sign books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $35 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com. UĂŠÂş >Â?Â?iÂ˜ĂŠ >˜`Âť Feb. 29, 5 p.m. Taylor Brown signs books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $25.99 book; call 601-3667619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com. UĂŠÂş ÞÊ >ĂŒÂ…iĂ€]ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ*ÂœĂ€Â˜Âœ}Ă€>ÂŤÂ…iÀ March 2, 5 p.m. Chris Offutt signs books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com. UĂŠÂş ÂœĂ€ĂŠ>ĂŠ ÂˆĂŒĂŒÂ?iĂŠ7…ˆÂ?iÂť March 7, 5 p.m. Rick Bass signs books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $28 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com. UĂŠÂş7ÂœĂ€ÂŽĂŠ ˆŽiĂŠ Â˜ĂžĂŠ"ĂŒÂ…iÀ March 15, 5 p.m. Virginia Reeves signs books. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $25 book; call 601-3667619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com. UĂŠÂş ÞÊ-Ă•Â˜ĂƒÂ…ÂˆÂ˜iĂŠ Ăœ>ޝ April 7 M.O. Walsh signs books. Time TBA. $16 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@ lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com. UĂŠÂş i>`ĂŠ7>ÂŽiÂť April 14 Erik Larson signs books. Time TBA. $16 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

It’s About You Film Festival Feb. 25-27, at Jackson State University Feb. 25, Lanier High School Feb. 26 and Mississippi Museum of Art Feb. 27. The mission of the film festival is to display works that express the experience of people of African descent in a positive manner and offer networking opportunities. Free festival, Filmmaker’s Bash: $50, $100 VIP; blackhistoryplus.com.

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Spring Events Preview FOOD & DRINK Popup and Pops Feb. 27, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at Deep South Pops (1800 N. State St.). Deep South Pops and Stäge team up to offer a sandwich lunch featuring six types of sandwiches (vegetarian option available). Food for sale; call Deep South Pops at 601-398-2174; email info@deepsothpops.com. Downtown Throwdown Pub Crawl Feb. 27, 6 p.m., at downtown Jackson. Restaurants include Iron Horse Grill, Jaco’s Tacos, Parlor Market, Martin’s and One Block East. Sign in at Jaco’s Tacos at 6 p.m. The party bus leaves at 7 p.m. For ages 21 and up. $25; find the event on Facebook. Desserts First Feb. 27, 7-9:30 p.m., at Jackson Yacht Club (700 Yacht Club Drive, Ridgeland). Chefs compete in a dessert challenge using Girl Scouts Thin Mints. Attendees vote for the best. Includes a silent auction and a cookie sale. Benefits the Girl Scouts of Madison County and Northeast Jackson. $25; call 601-856-8844; email manager@ jacksonyachtclub.com; tallpinesgsgms.org. Chef’s Table Dinner March 15, at The Strawberry Cafe (107 Depot Drive, Madison). Enjoy a sevencourse dinner with optional wine pairings from Chef Eric Bach. RSVP. Call for price; call 601856-3822; email eat@strawberrycafemadison.com; strawberrycafemadison.com.

Zoo Brew April 1, 5-9 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). The ninth annual event includes a craft beer tasting with more than 60 samples, food, live music, a wing-eating contest and animal viewing until dusk. $30 in advance, $35 at the gate, $15 designated driver, $60 VIP; call 601352-2580; jacksonzoo.org. Sante South Wine Festival April 2, 6:3010 p.m., at Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland). Sample more than 100 wines and food from several Mississippi restaurants. The VIP tasting is at 6:30 p.m., and the grand tasting is at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of Mississippi. $80 in advance, $90 at the door, $125 VIP, $25 designated driver, $20 raffle ticket; call 601-987-0020; santesouth.com. Taste of Mississippi 2016 April 4, 7-10 p.m., at Highland Village (4500 Interstate 55 N.). The annual fundraiser for Stewpot includes food from 45 restaurants, 10 beverage distributors, a silent auction and live entertainment. $65 in advance, $80 day of event; call 601353-2739; tasteofms.org. Wine Dinner April 19, at Anjou Restaurant (361 Township Ave., Ridgeland). Norm Rush of Beaumad Wines is the host. Details pending. Cost TBA; call 601-707-0587; anjourestaurant.net.

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Dinner and a Movie: A Food Truck Festival April 21, 5-8 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The annual party in the Art Garden includes a cash bar, food for sale from local food trucks and MMA chef Nick Wallace’s ‘sipp Sourced pop-up menu, a screening of “Toy Story 3.” Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

CREATIVE CLASSES Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) UÊ ÌÞ«iÊ*À Ì > }ÊÜ Ì Ê ÕÞÊ-ÌÀ V Ê Feb. 25, 5:30-8:30 p.m. In the BancorpSouth Classroom. Learn how to create images and print them on monotype plates with an etching press. Space limited, Registration required. $45-$45; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UÊ/ iÊ- Õ `Ê vÊ ÀÊÜ Ì Ê i ÞÊ7> ÌiÀÃ March 12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., March 13, 1-4 p.m. Musician and artist Kelly Walters conducts the two-day abstract landscape-painting workshop in a plein air environment. Registration required. $85; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UÊ-i>Ã i`Ê-ÌÕ`i ÌÃ March 17, April 21, 10:3011:30 a.m. Participants ages 55 and older tour the exhibitions and do a hands-on art project. Lunch sold separately. Registration required. $12; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

UÊ Ê ÌÀ `ÕVÌ ÊÌ Ê LÃÌÀ>VÌ Ê> `Ê `iÀ ist Approaches April 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mississippi artist Anthony DiFatta is the instructor. Registration required. Supplies not included. $75; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. Ballroom Class Series Feb. 25, 7-8 p.m., at Salsa Mississippi Studio and Club (605 Duling Ave.). John Malone is the instructor. No experience required. Singles welcome. $10 per person; call 601-213-6355; salsamississippi.com. “Burn Up the Dance Floor” Hip Hop Dance-athon Feb. 27, 12:30-3 p.m., at Courthouse Racquet and Fitness Club, Northeast (46 Northtown Drive). Learn high-energy, original hip-hop moves from Choreorobics Dance Off choreographer Roger L. Long. For ages 15 and up. $20 nonmember (door fee or pre-registration), $10 per person for groups of four or more; call 601-8537480; choreorobics.com. º > Ê9 ÕÊ }Ê Ì¶»Ê }Ê >Ãà March 19, 1-3 p.m., at Seafood R’evolution (Renaissance at Colony Park, 1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland). Join Chef John Folse for the class featuring spring vegetables. Registration required. Space limited. $75 per person plus tax and tip, cookbooks sold; call 601-853-3474. more EVENTS, see page 22

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“It’s been tough at times, but the experience has bonded us as a team and has helped us to create products that we’re really proud of,” Manning says. “A lot of our menu items are not just one person’s recipe but a combination of different approaches. The result is

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evolution’s Corner is a downtown destination that’s living up to its name. Located in a sunny storefront at the intersection of Roach and Pearl streets, the corner bodega with café aspirations opened in September. After five short months, the grocery concept has taken a back seat, while the café has evolved into a pizzeria. “We originally opened as a bodega and café,” co-owner Abraham Santa Cruz says, “but here there were delays with getting a food permit. Once we got it going, the café aspect took off. It seemed like people were looking for something different. That’s how we came up with the pizza idea.” Revolution’s Corner is a collaborative venture that Laura Manning, India Clark, James Rader and Santa Cruz co-own and operate. With half from New Orleans and half from Mississippi, they are a multicultural team that strives to represent and possibly redefine people’s ideas about Jackson. Working closely to create a distinct menu, their recipes are a fusion of city and country. Half the items on the menu, including the pizza, are team creations. With four cooks in the kitchen, the process of creating the café’s pizza recipe was a long and sometimes challenging process. Determined to get it right, they worked their way through 28 different variations before they nailed it.

Revolution’s Corner, which sells desserts such as pecan pies and entrees such as cheese pizza, opened in September 2015.

something better than any one of us could come up with on our own.” Santa Cruz says people are saying its thin crust and red sauce remind them of classic New York-style pizza. Specialty pizzas priced from $9 to $25, mirror their sandwiches—pork, chicken and

“We hit the farmers market every Saturday, and we go to the weekly market on West Street,” he says. “We make a point of buying local.” The other half of the menu is devoted to family recipes that have been passed along from a mother or grandmother.

“Mama’s Punch,” a fruit drink that Santa Cruz’s mother, whom people call Ms. A, created is offered by the glass for $3 or takehome jug for $18. “Mama’s Punch is like taking a cruise to the Caribbean,” he says. “When you drink it, you just experience bliss and happiness. It’s a recipe my mom created in her late 20s. She’s 60 now. That recipe was passed down to me; no one else has it.” The menu it still evolving. A few Italian dishes that will complement the pizza are in the developmental phase. Mini pies—sweet potato, pecan and apple—are recent additions to the sweets menu. While brownies, cookies and homemade Rice-Krispies treats are popular staples with wide appeal, Revolution’s team see the game-changing potential of the mini pies and punch. “People come here with their preconceptions about Jackson and the South. Apart from fried catfish, chicken and the Blues, they don’t have anything else to associate with Jackson,” Santa Cruz says. “We want to make and sell products that might help to redefine (the city).” Revolution’s Corner serves breakfast, lunch, pizza and sweets. It is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to midnight, and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, call 601-454-1228 or find the business on Facebook.

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op artist CeeLo Green has been through his upcoming recording studios in many reviewers praised the songwritsomething of a media mogul for Atlanta and Las Vegas. ing on display. The album is filled with many years. The Atlanta native was Green’s fifth studio album, “Heart tunes rooted in a more classic R&B and a member of rap group Goodie Blanche,� which hit stores Nov. 6, 2015, soul style, such as the singles, “Robin WilMob, one half of two-headed hit machine has received mixed reviews and lesser sales liams,� a tear-inducing tribute to many Gnarls Barkley, and a successful produc- numbers than his past successes. Still, of our fallen comedy and acting legends. er and songwriter. However, “Heart Blanche� is also the Green’s solo career is what really impetus for Green’s 11-stop pushed his boa-draped, cat-pet“Love Train Tour,� which is ting persona into the spotlight, headed to select southern cities, from Grammy Award-winning including Jackson. In December songs such as “Fool for You� and 2015, he announced the tour “F**k You� to coaching stints on via a YouTube video, promising NBC singing competition “The plenty of “dancing and romancVoice.� Behind the scenes, he reing� to each city he swings by. cently penned a deal with Sony CeeLo Green performs at 8 Music Entertainment to partner p.m., Tuesday, March 8, at Hal & on a joint label called Mothership Mal’s (200 Commerce St., 601Entertainment Group, which 948-0888). For more informawill focus on developing new Pop artist CeeLo Green, an Atlanta native, performs tion, visit ceelogreen.com. names in R&B and soul music Tuesday, March 8, at Hal & Mal’s. – Micah Smith

COMMUNITY Events at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch St.) UĂŠ*Â?>˜iĂŒĂŠ iiÂŤĂŠ-ÂœĂ•ĂŒÂ…ĂŠ ÂœÂ?Â?ÂœÂľĂ•ÂˆĂ•Â“ĂŠFeb. 24-27, 8 a.m. The theme is “Speculative Cultural Production and Africanisms in the American Black South.â€? Scholars, artists and students discuss the future of southern black and Pan African culture. Registration required. Free; call 601-9791563; jsums.edu/hamerinstitute. UĂŠ ÂˆÂ˜ÂŽĂƒĂŠEĂŠ Ă•Ă€Â?ĂƒĂŠÂœÂ˜ĂŠ >Â“ÂŤĂ•ĂƒĂŠ >ĂŒĂ•Ă€>Â?ĂŠ >ÂˆĂ€ĂŠ -ÂŤĂ€ÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠ/ÂœĂ•Ă€ĂŠFeb. 26, 6:30 p.m. At the McAllister Whiteside Residence Hall. Includes a product swap, games, a Q&A, an interactive photo booth and more. Blogger Jessica Simien is the special guest. Free; call 979-2121; email info@ jessicasimien.com; jessicasimien.com/kcc2016. Ă•Â˜VÂ…ĂŠEĂŠ i>Ă€Â˜\ĂŠ ĂƒĂŒ>LÂ?ÂˆĂƒÂ…ÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠ>ĂŠ-ÂœVˆ>Â?ĂŠ i`ˆ>ĂŠ *Ă€iĂƒi˜Vi Feb. 24, noon-1 p.m., at Mississippi Center for Nonprofits (201 W. Capitol St., Suite 700). Learn the three P’s of social media:

purpose, planning and production. Registration required. Includes lunch. $29, $19 members; call 601-968-0061; msnonprofits.org.

ÂœÂ˜ĂŒĂ€>VĂŒÂœĂ€ĂƒĂŠ ˆÂ?Â?ĂœÂœĂ€ÂŽĂŠ Ă€>˜`ĂŠ"ÂŤi˜ˆ˜} Feb. 25, 10 a.m., at Contractors Millwork (110 Jetport Drive, Pearl). Join the Pearl Chamber of Commerce for the ceremony, which includes a ribbon cutting. Free; call 601-939-3338; pearlms.org. >VÂŽĂƒÂœÂ˜ĂŠ*Ă€ÂœviĂƒĂƒÂˆÂœÂ˜>Â?ĂŠ Ă€ÂœĂ•ÂŤ\ĂŠ ĂŠ ÂœÂ˜Ă›iĂ€Ăƒ>ĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜ĂŠ LÂœĂ•ĂŒĂŠ"ÕÀÊ Ă€ÂˆÂ“ÂˆÂ˜>Â?ĂŠ Ă•ĂƒĂŒÂˆViĂŠ-ĂžĂƒĂŒi“ Feb. 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at The Penguin Restaurant & Bar (1100 John R. Lynch St.). Panelists include Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason, Judge James E. Graves Jr. and attorneys Carlos Tanner and Chokwe Antar Lumumba. Hors d’oeuvres included. Free; call 251-5222; email info@thepenguinms.com. Âş >VÂŽĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ >ޝÊ Â?>VÂŽĂŠ ÂˆĂƒĂŒÂœĂ€ĂžĂŠ iÂ?iLĂ€>ĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜ Feb. 25, 6 p.m., at New Hope Baptist Church (5202 Watkins Drive). In the Family Life Center. The annual event includes a guest speaker and presentations each night. Free; call 601-981-8696.

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œ˜`Ă€i˜½ĂƒĂŠ ÂˆĂ€ĂƒĂŒĂŠ/Â…Ă•Ă€Ăƒ`>Ăž March 3, April 7, May 5, 5-11 p.m., in Fondren. Studio Chane hosts the mostly monthly neighborhood event, and the main focus will be the arts for 2016. Includes shopping, food vendors, live music, open houses, a pet adoption drive and more. Free; call 601720-2426; fft.city. Âş ÂœÂ˜ĂƒĂŒiÂ?Â?>ĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜ĂƒÂť March 18-20, 7:30 p.m., at Warehouse Theatre (1000 Monroe St.). The play about the potential future of an encounter between a man and a woman is part of the Unframed Series at New Stage Theatre. For mature audiences. Admission TBA; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com. /ÂœĂ•VÂ…ĂŠ>ĂŠ/ÀÕVÂŽĂŠ >VÂŽĂƒÂœÂ˜ April 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl). The interactive showcase with trucks, construction equipment and more is a fundraiser for the Junior League of Jackson. Tickets go on sale March 1; call 601-932-8788; touchatruckjackson.com. Âş/ÂˆĂŒÂ?iĂŠÂœvĂŠ-Â…ÂœĂœÂť April 29-May 1, 7:30 p.m., at Warehouse Theatre (1000 Monroe St.). The play is about two struggling writers who rush to develop a musical. For mature audiences. The show is part of the Unframed Series at New Stage Theatre. Admission TBA; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com.

Ă“nĂŒÂ…ĂŠ Â˜Â˜Ă•>Â?ĂŠ/ÂœĂ•}>Â?ÂœÂœĂŠ ÂœÂ?Â?i}iĂŠ Ă•ĂƒÂˆÂ˜iĂƒĂƒĂŠ Ă•Â˜VÂ…iœ˜ Feb. 26, 11:45 a.m., at Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road). The speaker is Dr. Michael L. Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund. RSVP by Feb. 19. $350 table sponsorship; call 601-977-7871; email vsmith@tougaloo.edu. Ă›iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠ ˆÂ?Â?Ăƒ>ÂŤĂƒĂŠ ÂœÂ?Â?i}i]ĂŠ ÂœĂ€`ĂŠ V>`i“ˆVĂŠ

ÂœÂ“ÂŤÂ?iĂ? (1701 N. State St.) UĂŠ ˆÂ?Â?Ăƒ>ÂŤĂƒĂŠ Ă€Âˆ`>ÞÊ ÂœĂ€Ă•Â“ Feb. 26, 1 p.m. In room AC 137. Dr. Jaqueline DiBiasie Sammons speaks on the topic, “Picturing 1000 Words: Digital Archaeology at Pompeii and Herculaneum.â€? A workshop follows at Sullivan-Harrell Hall, room 268. Free; call 974-1061; millsaps.edu. UĂŠ ˆÂ?Â?Ăƒ>ÂŤĂƒĂŠ Ă€Âˆ`>ÞÊ ÂœĂ€Ă•Â“ March 18, noon. In room AC 215. Dr. Johanna Richter speaks on the topic, “Human Rights and Female Genital Mutilation in Africa.â€? Free; call 601-9741061; millsaps.edu. UĂŠ ˆÂ?Â?Ăƒ>ÂŤĂƒĂŠ ÂœĂ€Ă•Â“ March 22, 4-7 p.m. In room AC 215. Dr. Jennifer Sandlin speaks on the topic, “Disney’s Pedagogies of Pleasure and the Eternal Recurrence of Whiteness.â€? Free; call 601-974-1061; millsaps.edu. UĂŠ ˆÂ?Â?Ăƒ>ÂŤĂƒĂŠ Ă€ĂŒĂƒĂŠEĂŠ iVĂŒĂ•Ă€iĂŠ-iĂ€ÂˆiĂƒ\ĂŠ/Â…iĂŠ >Ă€Â?ÞÊ ˜`i>Â˜ĂŠ iĂ€>“ˆVĂŠ ÂœÂ?Â?iVĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜ĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ ÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆÂŤÂŤÂˆĂŠ Ă•ĂƒiĂ•Â“ĂŠÂœvĂŠ Ă€ĂŒĂŠMarch 22, 7 p.m. The speaker is Dr. Yumi Park, assistant professor of art at Jackson State University. $10, $5 students; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu/conted. UĂŠ ˆÂ?Â?Ăƒ>ÂŤĂƒĂŠ Ă€Âˆ`>ÞÊ ÂœĂ€Ă•Â“ April 1, 1 p.m. In room AC 215. Millsaps students Cheryl Cole, Brittany Hardy and Daniel Kees share their experiences of traveling abroad. Free; call 601974-1061; millsaps.edu. UĂŠ ˆÂ?Â?Ăƒ>ÂŤĂƒĂŠ Ă€Âˆ`>ÞÊ ÂœĂ€Ă•Â“ April 8, noon In room AC 215. Enjoy a panel discussion on journalism and social change with Fred Anklam, Hank Klibanoff and Leslie McLemore. Charles Overby of the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics is the moderator. Free; call 601-974-1061; millsaps.edu.

HOLIDAY -ĂŒ°ĂŠ*>``Ăž½ĂƒĂŠx March 19, 8 a.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). Includes a run/walk and a Crossfit sled pull (separate rules apply). The race is a fundraiser for the Batson Children’s Heart Center. Awards given. Registration required. $25 through March 13, then $30; call 601-960-2321; stpaddys5k.com. >Â?½ĂƒĂŠ-ĂŒĂŠ*>``Ăž½ĂƒĂŠ*>Ă€>`i March 19, 1 p.m., at downtown Jackson. Named after the late restaurateur Harold “Halâ€? Taylor Jr., the annual Mardi Gras-style parade begins at the corner of State and Court streets. This year’s theme is “HAL’lelu’Y’all.â€? Visit the website for a schedule. Free; email info@halsstpaddysparade.com; halsstpaddysparade.com. >Â?½ĂƒĂŠ-ĂŒ°ĂŠ*>``Ăž½ĂƒĂŠ iĂƒĂŒÂˆĂ›>Â? March 19, 3 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). Performers include Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Flow Tribe, Sweet Crude and the Mississippi Mass Choir. For ages 18 and up. No coolers or pets. $15, $150 VIP, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 292-7121 or 877-987-6487; email jane@halandmals.com; ardenland.net. }}ĂƒĂŒĂ€>ĂŠ-ÂŤiVˆ>Â? March 20, 2-5 p.m., at Traceway Park (200 Soccer Row, Clinton). Includes carnival games and an egg hunt. One of the hidden eggs contains a special prize. Free; call 601-924-6082; email tonya@clintonparksandrec.com. Ă€i>ÂŽv>ĂƒĂŒĂŠĂœÂˆĂŒÂ…ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ >ĂƒĂŒiÀÊ Ă•Â˜Â˜Ăž March 26, 9 a.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). At the Community Center. Includes breakfast, pictures with the Easter Bunny and visiting the zoo’s bunnies. Bring a basket for the egg hunt. Fee includes zoo admission. $15, $12 children, free for members; call 601-352-2580; jacksonzoo.org. >`ĂŠ >ĂŒĂŒiÀÊ/i>ĂŠ*>Ă€ĂŒĂž March 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Highland Drive). Wear your Easter best while learning about tea party etiquette and watching a scene from “Alice in Wonderland.â€? Registration required. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months free); call 9815469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

ÂˆĂŒĂžĂŠÂœvĂŠ >VÂŽĂƒÂœÂ˜ĂŠ >ĂƒĂŒiÀÊ }}ĂŠ Ă•Â˜ĂŒ March 26, noon, at VA Legion Softball Complex (4500 Officer Thomas Catchings Sr. Drive). The Department of Parks and Recreation is the host. For ages 4-8. Arrive 30 minutes early to participate, and bring a basket, bag or bucket. Includes candy, prizes and more. Free; call 601-960-0471; jacksonms.gov.

UĂŠ ˆÂ?Â?Ăƒ>ÂŤĂƒĂŠ Ă€ĂŒĂƒĂŠEĂŠ iVĂŒĂ•Ă€iĂŠ-iĂ€ÂˆiĂƒ\ĂŠ Â˜ĂŠ"Ă›iĂ€Ă›ÂˆiĂœĂŠ ÂœvĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ,iVÂœĂ€`ˆ˜}ĂŠ ˜`Ă•ĂƒĂŒĂ€ĂžĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠ >VÂŽĂƒÂœÂ˜]ĂŠ ÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆÂŤÂŤÂˆ April 26, 7 p.m. Dr. Woody Sistrunk and Wolf Stephenson talk about blues musicians who recorded in Jackson, local record labels and more. $10, $5 students; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu/conted. more EVENTS, see page 24

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All About ‘It’s About You’ COURTESY WILMA MOSLEY CLOPTON

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Wilma Mosley Clopton heads NMHS Unlimited Film Productions’ It’s About You Film Festival Feb. 25-27 at Jackson State University, Lanier High School and the Mississippi Museum of Art.

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Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) UĂŠ -ĂŠ1˜Â?ÂˆÂ“ÂˆĂŒi`ĂŠ ˆÂ?“Ê*Ă€Âœ`Ă•VĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜Ăƒ½ĂŠ ˆÂ?““>ÂŽiĂ€½ĂƒĂŠ >ĂƒÂ… Feb. 27, 6-9 p.m. The event is part of the annual It’s All About You Film Festival. Includes a cooking competition and entertainment. VIP reception at 6 p.m.; main event at 7 p.m. Attire is formal. $50, $100 VIP; call 960-1515; email info4nmhs@gmail.com; blackhistoryplus.com. UĂŠ/i>V…ˆ˜}ĂŠĂœÂˆĂŒÂ…ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ Ă•ĂƒiՓ\ĂŠ Ă•ĂƒiՓÊ£ä£ĂŠ vÂœĂ€ĂŠ `Ă•V>ĂŒÂœĂ€Ăƒ March 12, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. In the Yates Community Room. Learn about the museum’s mission, art education programs and resources. Space limited. Lunch for sale at the Palette Cafe. $10 for 0.5 CEU credits; call 601960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UĂŠ*>Ă€ĂŒĂžĂŠÂœvĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ­ ˆ`ÂŽĂŠ iÂ˜ĂŒĂ•Ă€ĂžĂŠ i˜ivÂˆĂŒ April 8, 7 p.m. Includes dinner, live theater that includes the portrayal of artist Mark Rothko, music and signature cocktails. Benefits the Museum’s exhibitions, programs and community outreach. $150; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UĂŠ/Â…iĂŠ Ă€ĂŒĂŠÂœvĂŠ7>Ă€ April 30, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. In Trustmark Grand Hall. The topic of the workshop is Modernism as it relates to conflict. Includes a tour of the exhibit When Modern was Contemporary: Selections from the Roy. R. Neuberger Collection. Class size limited. Registration required. $10 for CEU credits; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.

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ĂŠ ˆ}Â…ĂŒĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ >Ă€`i˜ Feb. 27, 6-9 p.m., at New Summit School (1417 Lelia Drive). The fundraiser includes a $5,000 drawdown, live and silent auctions, heavy hors d’oeuvres and entertainment. For ages 21 and up. Wear dressy attire. $100 for two, optional $25 ticket insurance; call 601-982-7827; newsummitschool.com. Ă•ĂƒÂˆÂ˜iĂƒĂƒĂŠ iÂ“ÂœÂˆĂ€ĂƒĂŠ Feb. 28, 4-6:30 p.m., at X-Pose’ Photography & Design (Royal Palace Mall, 4612 Medgar Evers Blvd., Suite 7). Sharetha Jamison is the facilitator. Current and aspiring business owners learn about collaboration, networking, and personal and professional development. Includes refreshments. Registration required. $25 through Feb. 26, then $35; call 601316-1552; photosbyxpose.com.

or Wilma Mosley Clopton, a filmmaker and adjunct professor at Jackson State University, stories from African Americans in Mississippi are “an untapped source with much more out there to be discovered.� She heads NMHS Unlimited Film Productions, a Jackson-based nonprofit organization that is sponsoring the fourth annual It’s About You Film Festival, which aims to explore those stories. The festival will take place Thursday, Feb. 25, through Saturday, Feb. 27, at Jackson State University, Lanier High School and Mississippi Museum of Art. At Jackson State on Feb. 25, audiences will enjoy a plethora of student-produced pictures on topics such as homelessness, personal tragedy, and police conduct and procedure. These films will screen in the Charles F. Moore Building from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On Feb. 26, Lanier High School will screen the documentary “Elport

ÂˆĂŒĂžĂŠÂœvĂŠ >VÂŽĂƒÂœÂ˜ĂŠ/ÂœĂœÂ˜ĂŠ >Â?Â?ĂŠ iiĂŒÂˆÂ˜} March 1, 6 p.m., at Callaway High School (601 Beasley Road). Topics include the new water billing system, infrastructure, public safety and more. Free; call 601-960-1084; jacksonms.gov. iĂŒĂ€ÂœĂŠ >VÂŽĂƒÂœÂ˜ĂŠ Â?VÂœĂ€Â˜ĂŠ-ĂŒ>ĂŒiĂŠ1Â˜ÂˆĂ›iĂ€ĂƒÂˆĂŒĂžĂŠ Â?Ă•Â“Â˜ÂˆĂŠ iiĂŒÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠMarch 3, April 7, May 5, 5:30 p.m., at Jackson City Hall (219 S. President St.). Meetings are on first Thursdays excluding June and July. The organization’s goals include to serve the communities within the metropolitan area, recruit students and provide financial support to Alcorn. Free; call 960-1084; email metrojacksonalcornalumni@gmail.com. >Ă€VÂ…ĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŒÂœĂŠ >Ă€VÂ… March 3, 6 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). In the Brew Pub. The Nugget League of Mayhem (NLM) hosts the party as a countdown to the Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade. Includes music from the T. Ledford Trio. Proceeds benefit Ronald McDonald House. Capes strongly encouraged. Minimum $5 donation, $5 raffle tickets; call 948-0888; find the event on Facebook. Ă›iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠ ÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆÂŤÂŤÂˆĂŠ/Ă€>`iĂŠ >Ă€ĂŒ (1200 Mississippi St.) UĂŠ >˜`“>`iĂŠ1- ĂŠ-Â…ÂœĂœ March 5, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., March 6, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The arts and crafts show features vendors with only handmade items. $6 (cash only), children under 12 free; call 354-7051; handmadeusashow.com. UĂŠ/Â…iĂŠ œ“iĂŠ-Â…ÂœĂœĂŠĂ“ä£Ăˆ March 11-12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., March 13, noon-5 p.m. The Home Builders Association of Jackson’s annual event includes more than 200 exhibitors of home improvement products and a designers’ challenge. $7; call 601-362-6501; email hbaj@ hbajackson.com; homeshowjackson.com. UĂŠ >Ă€`iÂ˜ĂŠ Ă?ĂŒĂ€>Ă›>}>˜â> March 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., March 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., March 20, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Includes seminars, demonstrations, chats with experts, product showcases and items for sale. Arrive early for a chance to receive a free tomato plant. $6, ages 15 and under free; call 601-919-8111; msnla.org. UĂŠ ÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆÂŤÂŤÂˆĂŠ “Â?ÂœĂžÂ“iÂ˜ĂŒĂŠ Ă?ÂŤÂœĂŠĂ“ä£Ăˆ March 23, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. The Governor’s Job Fair Network of Mississippi is the host. Free; call 601-321-6122; jobfairs.ms.gov.

Chess and the Lanier High School Bus Boycott of 1947� from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., along with special recognition of original bus-boycott participants. At the art museum will close the festival on Feb. 27 with the Filmmakers’ Black Tie and Blues Bash, which will include an awards ceremony, chef competition, silent auction and music from acts such as Dexter Allen and Melvin “House Cat� Hendrex. Clopton says the film festival stems from the mission of NMHS: to promote African Americans’ narratives through the frame of positivity in print, film and lecture media. Of course, she says, the festival cannot be credited to her alone. “We had many volunteers that contributed so much to this project,� Clopton says. “I’m already thinking about next year.� For more information, visit blackhistoryplus.com. –Mike McDonald

UĂŠ-ÂŤĂ€ÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠ >ÀŽiĂŒ April 15-16, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., April 17, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The annual shopping event includes products from more than 100 merchants. Cupcakes & Cocktails is April 15 from 5-9 p.m., and Market Madness is April 17 from 2-5 p.m. $8 one day, $15 three days, $15 Cupcakes & Cocktails, $10 Market Madness, ages 12 and under free; call 662-8903359; themarketshows.com. Ă›iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠ/ÂœĂ•}>Â?ÂœÂœĂŠ ÂœÂ?Â?i}i (500 W. County Line Road, Tougaloo) UĂŠ >VÂŽĂƒÂœÂ˜ĂŠ Â?>VÂŽĂŠ Ă•ĂƒÂˆÂ˜iĂƒĂƒĂŠ Ă?ÂŤÂœ March 5, noon-5 p.m. Jackson Black Pages hosts the event in the Owens Health and Wellness Center’s gymnasium. The purpose of the event is to establish a network of black-owned businesses in the metro area. Vendors and advertisers welcome. Free; call 543-9600; expo.jacksonblackpages.com. UĂŠ ˆ““ˆiĂŠ/Ă€>Ă›ÂˆĂƒĂŠ ÂˆĂ›ÂˆÂ?ĂŠ,ˆ}Â…ĂŒĂƒĂŠ i}>VÞÊ-ĂžÂ“ÂŤÂœĂƒÂˆĂ•Â“ĂŠ-iĂ€ÂˆiĂƒ March 30, 6:30 p.m. The theme is “Movement Women.â€? Constance SlaughterHarvey is the moderator. Panelists include Karima Al-Amin, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, Ineva May Pittman and Brenda Travis. Reception at 8:30 p.m. Free; call 601-977-7914; email mississippicivilrightsveterans@gmail.com; mscivilrightsveterans.com. UĂŠ6iĂŒiĂ€>Â˜ĂƒĂŠÂœvĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ ÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆÂŤÂŤÂˆĂŠ ÂˆĂ›ÂˆÂ?ĂŠ,ˆ}Â…ĂŒĂƒĂŠ ÂœĂ›i“iÂ˜ĂŒĂŠÂŁÂŁĂŒÂ…ĂŠ Â˜Â˜Ă•>Â?ĂŠ œ˜viĂ€i˜Vi March 30, 6:30 p.m., March 31-April 1, 8:30 a.m., April 2, 9 a.m., April 3, 3 p.m. This year’s theme is “The Moral and Political Imperatives of Black Empowerment and Human Dignity.â€? Visit the website for a schedule. Registration required. $75, $100 with banquet, $25 March 31 for April 1 only (includes lunch), $15 luncheon only March 1 or April 1, $15 college students, $10 high school students; call 601-977-7914; email mississippicivilrightsveterans@gmail.com; mscivilrightsveterans.com. *Ă€ÂœviĂƒĂƒÂˆÂœÂ˜>Â?ĂŠ iĂ›iÂ?ÂœÂŤÂ“iÂ˜ĂŒĂŠ7ÂœĂ€ÂŽĂƒÂ…ÂœÂŤĂƒ March 7-11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Highland Drive). The sessions for early childhood and elementary teachers help to improve their skills and grow their knowledge base. Registration required. Fees apply; call 601981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

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ˆ>Â?Âœ}Ă•iĂƒ March 8, March 15, March 22, March 29, April 5, April 12, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., at Eudora Welty Library (300 N. State St.). Attendees discuss issues related to race, reconciliation and responsibility. Free; call 601-668-2102; email redeaglegallery@bellsouth.net or revelationm@bellsouth.net. Ă›iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠ >VÂŽĂƒÂœÂ˜ĂŠ<œœ (2918 W. Capitol St.) UĂŠ<ÂœÂœĂŠ >Ăž March 12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Includes bounce houses, crafts, face painting, a magician and a spring fling dance party. Included with admission ($10.25, $7.75 children); call 601-3522580; jacksonzoo.org. UĂŠ -1ĂŠ >Ăž April 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Jackson State University alumni, staff and students visit the JSU Tiger Exhibit and more. Discounted memberships available. Included with admission ($10.25, $7.75 children); call 601-352-2580; jacksonzoo.org. UĂŠ 1ĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ<ÂœÂœĂŠ >Ăž April 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Representatives from the Credit Unions of Mississippi give out financial literacy tools and savings tips for children. Free admission for the first 2,500 guests; call 601-352-2580; email tfrancis@jacksonzoo.org; jacksonzoo.org. UĂŠ*>Ă€ĂŒĂžĂŠvÂœĂ€ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ*Â?>˜iĂŒ April 23, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Learn how to save the planet and why the environment is important at the annual Earth Day event. Includes games and related activities for children. Included with admission ($10.25, $7.75 children); call 601-352-2580; email tfrancis@jacksonzoo.org; jacksonzoo.org. Փ>Â˜ÂˆĂŒÂˆiĂƒĂŠ iĂƒĂŒÂˆĂ›>Â? March 14-20, at Tougaloo College (500 W. County Line Road, Tougaloo). The annual event includes lectures, discussions, demonstrations, concerts, exhibitions, dance concerts and more. Free; call 601-977-4431; email amontgomery@tougaloo.edu; tougaloo.edu. ÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆÂŤÂŤÂˆĂŠ6œˆViĂŠ }>ÂˆÂ˜ĂƒĂŒĂŠ Ă?ĂŒĂ€iÂ“ÂˆĂƒÂ“ĂŠ >Â?>ĂŠ*Ă€Âœ}Ă€>“ March 29, 6 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). The Dialogue Institute of Mississippi hosts. The keynote speaker is Rev. Reverend Dirk Ficca, executive director of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions. $45; call 960-2321; email jackson@thedialoginstitute.org; thedialoginstitute.org/ms.

Zippity Doo Dah Weekend April 1-2, in Fondren. The annual event is in conjunction with the Sweet Potato Queens Convention (March 30-April 3). The Sal & Mookie’s Street Carnival and the Zippity Doo Dah Parade take place April 2. More details to come. Admission varies, some events free including the parade; zddparade.com.

Jackson-Hinds Alumni Chapter of JSU’s Scholarship Banquet April 8, 7 p.m., at Mississippi e-Center at Jackson State University (1230 Raymond Road). Attendees celebrate this year’s scholarship winners. Proceeds go toward the chapter’s scholarship fund. $40; call 601-260-6279 or 601354-1779; email msecenter@msecenter.com. Project Rezway: Keep the Rez Beautiful’s Recycle Fashion Show April 16, 6 p.m., at Mississippi Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland). Participants feature apparel and accessories composed of at least 75 percent recycled materials. Cash prizes given. Proceeds go toward tree plantings and litter cleanups in the Reservoir area. $20 at the door; call 601-856-7546; email keeptherezbeautiful@ gmail.com; keeptherezbeautiful.org. Mad Hatter Tea Party April 30, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at Manship House Museum (420 E. Fortification St.). Enjoy an afternoon of Alice in Wonderlandinspired activities. Reservations required. Free; call 601-961-4724; email info@manshiphouse.com. Garden Club of Jackson Spring Tour 2016 May 5-6, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at Country Club of Jackson (345 St. Andrews Drive). The Garden Club of Jackson is the host. The preview party is May 4. May 5-6 activities include a tour of four gardens at the country club, a garden at Montrose (shuttle access required) and four homes. Reservations required. $50 preview party, $20 tour ticket, $15 lunch reservation; call 601-5066366; email gardenclubofjackson@gmail.com; gardenclubofjackson.com.

UÊ6 Ã Ì }Ê ÀÌ ÃÌ\Ê > V>Ê ÛiÊApril 3, 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.April 17, 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Local artist Blanca Love leads participants in creating ceramic art pieces. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months free); call 601-981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com.

Events at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Highland Drive) Uʺ-> >À>Ê< »ÊFeb. 27, 11 a.m. The Mississippi Puppetry Guild presents the puppet show based of African folklore. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months free); call 601-981-5469; mschildrensmuseum.org. UÊ À°Ê-iÕÃÃÊ- ÞÊ ÀÌ `>ÞÊ i ebration March 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Includes eating green eggs and ham, stories, crafts and more. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months free); call 601-981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com. UÊ - Ê >ÞÊMarch 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Learn how robots are used in space, explore rocket transportation and experiment with light activated solar beads. Includes an astronaut ice cream tasting. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months free); call 601-981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com. UÊ+ÕiÃÌ Ê Ì¶Ê ÃV ÛiÀÊ ÌtÊ->Ìurday—Doctor’s Day March 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Learn from professionals in a variety of fields as they give children first-hand knowledge, demonstrations and more. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months Project Rezway: Keep the Rez Beautiful’s free); call 601-981-5469; missisRecycle Show is Saturday, April 16, at sippichildrensmuseum.com. Mississippi Craft Center in Ridgeland. UÊ ÌiÀ >Ì > Ê `Ài ½ÃÊ Ê Day April 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. UÊ ÃV ÛiÀÞÊ1Ê >ÞÊApril 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Guest authors include Taylor Kitchings, Children explore and learn about the funcMichelle Hirstius, Joyce Crotchett, Alice tions of the human body with real medical Mitchell, Wendy Edlund, Alison Fast and equipment. Included with admission ($10, Bill Wilson. $10, children under 12 months children under 12 months free); call 601-981and members free; call 601-981-5469; 5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com. mschildrensmuseum.org.

BE THE CHANGE -7>ÌV Ê Ãà Ãà «« ÊÓä£ÈÊFeb. 25, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi State Capitol (400 High St.). My Brother’s Keeper, The Mississippi Center for Justice and Robin Webb, Vice Chair of the Southern AIDS Coalition, host the legislative event. Includes policy briefs, a luncheon, exhibitors and meeting with legislators. Registration encouraged. Free; call 662-545-1000; email robintwebb@aol.com or csturdevant@aol.com.

, ½ÃÊ >À Ã]Ê +ÊEÊ ÕiÃÊ Õ `À> ÃiÀÊFeb. 27, 6-9 p.m., at The Hideaway (Deville Plaza, 5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The fundraiser for Community Animal Rescue & Adoption includes all-youcan-eat barbecue, a silent auction and a cash bar. The Envelope Pushers perform. $45 in advance, $55 at the door, $350 reserved table of eight; call 601-209-0667; carams.org. Emerald Evening Feb. 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). The Mu Chapter of Kappa Delta hosts. Includes a silent auctions, refreshments and live music. Proceeds benefit Prevent Child Abuse America and the Children’s Justice Center. Wear cocktail attire. $25; students: $15 or $10 per person in groups of two; call 501-730-1077; email hambuer@millsaps.edu. Events at The Railroad District (824 S. State St.) UÊ > ÀÊ > ÊÓä£ÈÊFeb. 28, 6 p.m. Hairstylists of the South hosts the masquerade charity ball that includes a hair competition, a silent auction,

refreshments, and music from Once We Were Saints and DJ Jon Juan. Proceeds benefit the Pink Hearts Fund. $75 (includes two drink tickets); email hairball2016@gmail.com; find the event on Facebook. UÊ,i`Ê À ÃÃÊ > >ÊMarch 5, 7-10 p.m. In fundraiser includes food, music and more. This year’s Southwest Mississippi Chapter Humanitarian Award recipient is Mississippi State Treasurer Lynn Fitch. $100; call 601-353-5442; redcross.org. } ÌÊÌ iÊ-«iVÌÀÕ \Ê/À> Ãv À }Ê ÕÌ Ã April 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Highland Village (4500 Interstate 55 N.). The annual event includes music, food and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit the Mississippi Children’s Home Services Autism Clinic. For ages 21 and up. $50; call 601-3527784; email kym.williams@mchscares.org; mchscares.org. Ultimate Fashion Show and Champagne Brunch April 21, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at Country Club of Jackson (345 St. Andrews Drive). Includes refreshments, a fashion show and a car giveaway from Patty Peck Honda. Proceeds benefit the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi’s awareness and education programs for children. $70, $10 raffle tickets; call 601-957-7878; msdiabetes.org. Hunks and Heels—A Womenless Beauty Pageant April 28, 5-9 p.m., at Jaco’s Tacos (318 S. State St.). Guests vote by paying $1 per vote. The contestant who raises the most money is crowned the Mississippi Burn Foundation’s “Hunk of the Year.” Local celebrities also present additional awards. For ages 21 and up. $5 at the door; call 961-7001; email tacojaco1@gmail.com; msburn.org.

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Muslim Cultural Awareness Month Program April 2, 6-8 p.m., April 9, 6-8 p.m., April 14, 5:30-7 p.m., April 16, 6-8 p.m., April 21, 5:30-7 p.m., April 22, 6-8 p.m., at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Includes a presentation on a specific part of Muslim culture and dialogue. Free; call 601-960-0440.

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ART GALLERIES // COMMUNITY // CREATIVE CLASSES // EXHIBITS // HOLIDAY // LITERARY // MUSIC // STAGE & SCREEN UÊ+ÕiÃÌ Ê Ì¶Ê ÃV ÛiÀÊ ÌtÊ->ÌÕÀ`>Þp ½ÌÊ Be Shy April 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Learn how to approach and play with children with disabilities. Included with admission ($10, children under 12 months free); call 601-981-5469; mississippichildrensmuseum.com. UÊ ÌiÀ >Ì > Ê >ÀÀÞÊ* ÌÌiÀÊ >ÞÊApril 30, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Includes mixing potions, playing table Quidditch and more. Costumes encouraged. $10, children under 12 months and members free; call 601-981-5469; mschildrensmuseum.org. Events at Jackson State University, Walter Payton Recreation and Wellness Center (32 Walter Payton Drive) UÊ > «Ê/ }iÀÊ/> ÃÊ-«À }Ê Ài> Ê > « March 7, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The fitness camp is for ages 5-16. Sessions held through March 11. Registration required. $75; call 601-979-1368; email mark.dixon@jsums.edu; jsums.edu/paytoncenter. UÊ > «Ê/ }iÀÊ/> ÃÊ-iV `Ê-i iÃÌiÀÊ Ài> Ê Camp April 18, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The fitness camp is for ages 5-16. Registration required. $25; call 601-979-1368; email mark.dixon@ jsums.edu; jsums.edu/paytoncenter. Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) UÊ ÌÊ> `Ê iÀÊ > ÞÊ Ài>Ì Ê >L]Ê }iÃÊ 5-7 March 13, April 10, 2-4 p.m. Museum School teacher Lesley Collins guides families in conversations around works from the permanent collection and related studio projects in the classroom. $30 for one child and parents, $15 each additional child; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UÊ ÌÊ> `Ê iÀÊ > ÞÊ Ài>Ì Ê >L]Ê }iÃÊ 8-10 March 20, April 17, 2-4 p.m. Museum School teacher Lesley Collins guides families in conversations around works from the permanent collection and related studio projects in the classroom. $10 per child; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. Ûi ÌÃÊ>ÌÊ iÜÊ-Ì>}iÊ/ i>ÌÀiÊ(1100 Carlisle St.) UÊYouth Acting Classes March 19. The New Stage Theatre Professional Acting Intern Company hosts the sessions on Saturdays through April 23. Grades 1-3 meet at 9 a.m., and grades 4-6 meet at 10:30 a.m. $100; call 948-3533, ext. 232; email croebuck@newstagetheatre.com. UÊTeen Acting Class March 21. Education director Chris Roebuck teaches the class for grades 7-12 on Mondays from 5:30-7 p.m. through May 9. Registration required. $150$150; call 948-3533, ext. 232; email croebuck@newstagetheatre.com. Cookie Tectonics Program April 9, 11 a.m., at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive). Educator and geo-science enthusiast Dixie Houchen guides visitors through a hands-on activity with sandwich cookies to demonstrate the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. Included with admission ($6, $5 seniors, $4 ages 3-18, free for members and children under three); call 601-576-6000; mdwfp.com/museum. ` iÃÌtÊ, `}i > `ÊApril 9-10, April 16-17, at Freedom Ridge Park (235 W. School St., Ridgeland). Includes big top acts, an activity tent, music, food, animated characters and more. $12 at the gate ($2 coupon available online), children under 2 free; call 853-2011; kidfestridgeland.com. more EVENTS, see page 27

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2016 Mental Health and Wellness Fair April 7, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at Tougaloo College (500 W. County Line Road, Tougaloo). In Warren Hall. Includes samples, resorces, screenings and hourly giveaways. Free; call 601-977-7818; email rharper@tougaloo.edu.

A Run to Remember April 16, 8 a.m., at Hospice Ministries (450 Towne Center Blvd., Ridgeland). The 5K race benefits Hospice Ministries. Awards given. Registration required. $25 in advance, $30; call 601-899-9696; fleetfeetjackson.com.

Run Now, Wine Later 5K April 1, 6:30 p.m., at Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland). Near the Ridgeland Tourism Center. The race is in conjunction with the

Walk Against Traffick April 7, 5-9 p.m., in Fondren. Proceeds from go toward fighting child sex trafficking. Fundraising minimum of $100; call 942-0429; email hardplacesdrew@ gmail.com; walkagainsttraffick.org.

2016 American Cancer Society Tennis Classic April 22, 6 p.m., April 23, 9 a.m., at The Club at the Township (340 Township Ave., Ridgeland). St. Dominic Hospital hosts. Ain’t Nothing But a Thing

duathlon ($15 more on race day); call 992-3556; email del@mustardseedinc.org; racinfortheseed.com.

lant Hearts Guide Dog Center in Madison. Dogs welcome. 5K: $20 in advance, $30 day of race; $10 dog walk; call 984-8000; active.com.

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walk is a fundraiser for the Manning Family Fund for a Healthier Mississippi. Registration required. $10 online through March 10, then $20; call 601-487-9263 or 850-4283747; email erin@capitalcompanies. net; racesonline.com. Legal Beagle 5K March 12, 8:15 a.m., at Regions Bank, Northeast Jackson (1455 Jacksonian Plaza). The Jackson Young Lawyers Association is the host. Check-in is at 7 a.m. Includes a run, walk and kids’ fun run. Awards given. Proceeds benefit the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Mississippi Bar Association. $20 in advance ($21 online), $25 race day, $65 in advance for teams or families, fun run: $12 in advance ($13 online), $15 race day; call 601-969-4656; email sdgregory@bakerdonelson. com; jacksonyounglawyers.com or mstrackclub.com.

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he Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame advertising, the influence of booster and include stadium architect and Callaway and Museum (1152 Lakeland cheer clubs, and the popularity of sports High School graduate Janet Marie Smith, Drive, 601-982-8264) former Mississippi governors Hahas always showcased the ley Barbour, William Winter and state’s greatest naturally gifted Ronnie Musgrove, sportswriter athletes, but from March 18 Wright Thompson, Sports Hall through April 30, the museum of Fame historian Rick Cleveland, will help visitors discover what and professor Chuck Ross, the dithose players really mean to Misrector of African American Studies sissippi when it hosts the travelat the University of Mississippi. ing exhibit, “Hometown Teams: “We’re very excited to showHow Sports Shape America.” case these unique small teams “Hometown Teams” highbecause Mississippi has such a lights the impact of small-town unique sports history with much teams on American culture in the of that history emanating from United States and is the latest in- The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum small towns,” Sports Hall of hosts the “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape stallment of the Smithsonian In- America” traveling exhibit March 18-April 30. Fame Marketing Director Anstitution’s Museum on Main Street drea Patterson says. “This exhibit project, a Congress-supported collabora- movies based in rural settings, like “Field of fits very well with the larger themes prestion with humanities councils nationwide, Dreams” and “Remember the Titans.” ent at the Hall of Fame.” including the Mississippi Humanities “Hometown Teams” has also inspired For more information about the exhibit Council. The exhibit covers topics such a speaker series, which will take place week- or speaker series dates, visit msfame.com. as how American companies use sports in ly throughout the exhibit’s stay. Speakers – Mike McDonald Sante South Wine Festival and benefits the Mississippi chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Includes a wine-and-cheese after party.Registration required. $25 through March 27, $30 March 28-31, $35 race day; call 899-9696; fleetfeetjackson.com.

Race for the Cure April 9, 8 a.m., at Old Capitol Museum (100 S. State St.). Check-in is at 6 a.m. The walk is a fundraiser for the Central Mississippi Steel Magnolias Affiliate of Susan G. Komen. $20-$40; call 932-3999; komencentralms.org.

Sweetness Fest 2016 April 2, 8 a.m., at Jackson State University, Walter Payton Recreation and Wellness Center (32 Walter Payton Drive). Includes the Fight Against Obesity 5K, 10K and Fun Run for ages 14 and under, a health fair, live music, vendors and more. Proceeds benefit Camp Tiger Tails. Fees vary; call 601-979-1368; active.com.

Over the Edge with Friends April 16, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at Trustmark Corporate Office (248 E. Capitol St.). Participants rappel down the 14-story Trustmark Corporate Office building. Benefits Friends of Children’s Hospital. Registration required. Minimum $1,000 fundraising (includes $25 reservation fee); call 899-9696; email edgers@overtheedgewithfriends.com; overtheedgewithfriends.com.

Racin’ for the Seed April 2, 8 a.m., at Lakeshore Park (Lakeshore Drive, Brandon). Participate in the 5K run/ walk or the duathlon with a 15-mile bike ride and two run/walks. Individuals and teams welcome. Benefits The Mustard Seed. $30 5K, $50

6th Annual Hot Diggity Dog 5K and Dog Walk April 16, 7-10 a.m., at Mississippi School for the Blind (1252 Eastover Drive). Check-in is at 7 a.m. Proceeds benefit the Gal-

Bash is April 22, and tournament is April 23. $30 bash, $60 registration; call 321-5500; acstennisclassic.com. Walk MS: Jackson April 23, 9 a.m., at Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl). The charity walk includes music, food and children’s activities. Benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Alabama-Mississippi Chapter. Fundraising encouraged; call 800-FIGHT-MS; walkms.org. Racing for Donation 8K Run/ Walk April 30, 7:30 a.m., at Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (4400 Lakeland Drive, Flowood). Includes a race, Celebration of Life Picnic, and music from Chris Gill and the Sole Shakers. $25 through April 23, $30 after, $10 kids’ fun run (ages 12 and under), $20 team members (four or more); call 601-933-1000; racingfordonation8k.com. more EVENTS, see page 28

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by Bryan Flynn

The University of Tennessee was in the Associated Press Women’s Basketball Top 25 for 565 straight weeks. That streak started Feb. 17, 1985, and ended this week. THURSDAY, FEB. 25

College basketball (7-9 p.m. SECN): The 16th-ranked Lady Bulldogs hit the road to face Vanderbilt. FRIDAY, FEB. 26

College baseball (4-7 p.m. SEC+): Two top college baseball teams collide as the University of Mississippi hosts Louisville. SATURDAY, FEB. 27

College basketball (11 a.m.-1 p.m., SECN): UM keeps driving toward a postseason bid against Georgia on the road. SUNDAY, FEB. 28

College basketball (1:30-3:30 p.m., SECN): The Alabama Lady Tide of will try to derail the late-season momentum of the Lady Bulldogs in Starkville. MONDAY, FEB. 29

Documentary (9:30-11 p.m., SECN): “SEC Storied: Thunder and Lightning” tells the story of Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro and the 1985 MSU baseball team. TUESDAY, MARCH 1

College baseball (6-9 p.m., SEC+): Alcorn State hits the road, looking to take down a preseason top 25 MSU. WEDNESDAY MARCH 2

College basketball (6-8 p.m., SECN): The Rebels can’t afford for the Bulldogs to sweep them if they have any postseason hopes as UM hosts MSU. Now, the current longest streak of consecutive weeks ranked in AP Women’s poll is Connecticut’s 428 weeks streak. It will take the Huskies another seven years to tie the Lady Vols. Follow Bryan Flynn at jfpsports.com, @ jfpsports and at facebook.com/jfpsports.

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UĂŠ ÂœĂŒÂ…iĂ€Ăƒ April 15, 8 p.m. Sego also performs. $7 in advance, $10 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 601-292-7121; ardenland.net. UĂŠ ÂœLÂ?iĂž April 16, 9 p.m. $8 in advance, $10 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7121; ardenland.net. UĂŠ Ă€ÂˆĂ›i‡ ÞÊ/ÀÕVÂŽiĂ€Ăƒ April 29, 8 p.m. The Band of Heathens also performs. $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 601292-7121; ardenland.net. Ă•ĂŒÂ…iÀÊ ˆVÂŽÂˆÂ˜ĂƒÂœÂ˜ĂŠ>˜`ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ ÂœÂœÂŤiĂ€>ĂŒÂœĂ€Ăƒ March 12, 9 p.m., at Cathead Distillery (422 S. Farish St.). Luther Dickinson performs to promote his new double album. $25 in advance, $30 at the door; call 601-292-7121; ardenland.net. Ă›iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠ ÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆĂƒĂƒÂˆÂŤÂŤÂˆĂŠ Ă•ĂƒiĂ•Â“ĂŠÂœvĂŠ Ă€ĂŒ (380 S. Lamar St.) UĂŠ Ă•ĂƒÂˆVĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ ÂˆĂŒĂž March 15, 5:15 p.m. In Trustmark Grand Hall. Enjoy a cash bar at 5:15 p.m., and music from Taylis Fernandez and

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Âœ>ĂƒĂŒĂŠĂ“ĂŠ Âœ>ĂƒĂŒĂŠ ÂˆĂ›i March 8, 8 p.m., at Metropolitan Bar Sports Grill (M-Bar) (6340 Ridgewood Court Drive). Hip-hop artists compete to win a promotion package. The judges are Bog Swoll. DJ Bigg V, DJ Young Venom and DJ Tech. Performers must register. For ages 18 and up. $10; call 398-0999; coast2coastlive.com. Events at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.) UĂŠ ii ÂœĂŠ Ă€ii˜ March 8, 9 p.m. The Grammywinning artist performs. For ages 18 and up. $33.50; call 800-745-3000; halandmals.com. UĂŠ->“Ê œœ˜iĂž April 9, 8 p.m. Victoria Holmes also performs. $7 in advance, $10 at the door, $3 surcharge for under 21; call 601-292-7121; email jane@halandmals.com; ardenland.net. UĂŠ >ĂŒiĂŠ ˆ}Â…ĂŒĂŠ i>ĂŒĂ•Ă€ÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠ/Â…iĂŠ7iĂ€ÂŽĂƒ April 12, 10 p.m. $15; call 601-292-7121; ardenland.net. UĂŠ >ĂŒiĂŠ ˆ}Â…ĂŒĂŠ i>ĂŒĂ•Ă€ÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠ<"" April 13, 10 p.m. $15; call 601-292-7121; ardenland.net.

John Paul at 5:45 p.m. Free, donations welcome; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. UĂŠ ˆ}Â…ĂŠ ÂœĂŒiĂŠ >“Ê œ˜ViĂ€ĂŒĂŠ-iĂ€ÂˆiĂƒ March 17, 6-7:30 p.m. In the Art Garden on the CSpire Stage. Enjoy a hip-hop showcase with DJ Young Venom as the host. Free with cash bar; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org. Â?>Â˜ĂŠ >VÂŽĂƒÂœÂ˜ March 18, 7:30 p.m., at Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.). The Grammywinning country artist performs on his Keepin’ It Country Tour. $45-$99; call 800-745-3000. Ă›iÂ˜ĂŒĂƒĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠ iÂ?Â…>Ă›iÂ˜ĂŠ1Â˜ÂˆĂ›iĂ€ĂƒÂˆĂŒĂžĂŠ iÂ˜ĂŒiÀÊvÂœĂ€ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ Ă€ĂŒĂƒ (835 Riverside Drive; 601-974-6494; belhaven.edu.) UĂŠ ĂŠ ˆ}Â…ĂŒĂŠÂœvĂŠ*iĂ€VĂ•ĂƒĂƒÂˆÂœÂ˜ĂŠ>˜`ĂŠ Â?>ĂƒĂƒÂˆV>Â?ĂŠ Ă•ÂˆĂŒ>Ă€ April 7, 7:30 p.m. In the concert hall. The Belhaven University Percussion Ensemble and guest classical guitarists perform. Free. UĂŠ-ĂŒĂ•`iÂ˜ĂŒĂŠ ÂœÂ“ÂŤÂœĂƒiĂ€ĂƒĂŠ œ˜ViĂ€ĂŒĂŠ86 April 12, 7:30 p.m. In the recital room. The Belhaven Composers Forum hosts the interactive showcase of new works from Belhaven student composers. Free. UĂŠ Â?Â?‡-ĂŒ>ĂŒiĂŠ-ĂŒĂ€ÂˆÂ˜}ĂƒĂŠ œ˜ViĂ€ĂŒ April 16, 3 p.m. In the concert hall. Mississippi’s best high school string students present the results of two intensive days of rehearsal and study. Free. UĂŠ Â…ÂœĂ€>Â?ĂŠ>˜`ĂŠ6ÂœV>Â?ĂŠ Ă€ĂŒĂƒĂŠ œ˜ViĂ€ĂŒ\ĂŠ >VÂ…ĂŠ>˜`ĂŠ Â?Â?ĂŠ /Â…>ĂŒĂŠ >ââ April 23, 7:30 p.m. In the concert hall. Enjoy modern Bach arrangements from composer Ward Swingle. Also includes jazz music from pianist Margaret Ingram. Free. <ÂœÂœĂŠ Â?Ă•iĂƒ May 1, 1-7 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). F&S Productions hosts the annual blues concert featuring several artists. Includes food vendors. Lawn chairs and coolers are welcome but will be checked. Admission TBA; call 601-352-2580; email tfrancis@jacksonzoo.org; jacksonzoo.org.

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Jackson Professional Group: A Conversation About Our Criminal Justice System is at The Penguin.

Millsaps Friday Forum is at the Millsaps College Ford Academic Complex.

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The BFA Dance Concert is at 7:30 p.m. at Belhaven University’s Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Center (1500 Peachtree St.) in the Studio Theatre. Senior dance majors and DOXA members present original choreography highlighting their area of study. Additional dates: Feb. 25-27, 7:30 p.m. $10, $5 seniors and students, free for Belhaven students and employees; call 601-965-1400; belhaven.edu. The Metro Male Chorus of Jackson’s Spring Concert I is Saturday, Feb. 27, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral.

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“Caught in the Net” is at 7:30 p.m. at Jackson State University (1400 John R. Lynch) at McCoy Auditorium. The MADDRAMA play is about what happens when social media and personal life intertwine. Additional dates: Feb. 26, 10 a.m., Feb. 26-27, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 28, 3 p.m., Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m. $10, $5 seniors and students, $7 per person in groups of 20 or more; call 979-5956; jsums.edu/speechcomm.

SATURDAY 2/27

CARA’s Barks, BBQ & Blues Fundraiser is from 6 to 9 p.m. at The Hideaway (Deville Plaza, 5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The fundraiser for Community Animal Rescue & Adoption includes all-you-can-eat barbecue, a silent auction and a cash bar. AJC & the Envelope Pushers perform. $45 in advance, $55 at the door, $350 reserved table of eight; call 601-209-0667; carams.org. … Metro Male Chorus Spring Concert I is at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral (305 E. Capitol St.). The ensemble and the Murrah High School Choir perform. Proceeds benefit the Habitat for Humanity Episcopal Build Fund. $20, $5 students; call 601-594-2902; email royce@castlemedia.net; msmcg.net. … Emerald Evening is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). The Mu Chapter of Kappa Delta hosts the event in the Kappa Delta Lodge. Includes a silent auction, refreshBY MICAH SMITH ments and live music. Proceeds benefit Prevent Child Abuse America and the Children’s JACKSONFREEPRESS.COM Justice Center. Wear cocktail FAX: 601-510-9019 attire. $25; students: $15 or DAILY UPDATES AT $10 per person in group of JFPEVENTS.COM two; call 501-730-1077; email hambuer@millsaps.edu.

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“The Lanier High School Bus Boycott” Film Premiere is at Lanier High School (833 W. Maple St.). NMHS Unlimited’s film is about Lanier student and World War II veteran Elport Chess, whose arrest led to the 1947 bus boycott. The event is part of the It’s About You Film Festival. Included with 30 festival registration; call 960-5369; blackhistoryplus.com.

SUNDAY 2/28

Hair Ball 2016 is at 6 p.m. at The Railroad District (824 S. State St.). Hairstylists of the South hosts the masquerade charity ball that includes a hair competition, a silent auction, refreshments, and music from Once We Were Saints and DJ Jon Juan. Proceeds benefit the Pink Hearts Fund. $75 (includes two drink tickets); email hairball2016@ gmail.com; find the event on Facebook. … Wicked City is from 8 to 11 p.m. at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.). Performers

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MONDAY 2/29

Jafrica Rising: Renaissance & Revolution in the Capitol City is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.) in the third floor mezzanine. The BARS Institute for Boys and the City of Jackson host the program. Topics include wealth, resources, education, health care, empowerment and more. Free; email barsinstitute@gmail.com; find the event on Facebook.

TUESDAY 3/1

“Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write?” is at 7:30 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.) in the Hewes Room. Critically acclaimed actor John Maxwell reprises his role as Mississippi writer William Faulkner for the 35th anniversary of the one-man play. Seating limited. Additional dates: March 2-5, 7:30 p.m., March 6, 2 p.m., March 7-12, 7:30 p.m., March 13, 2 p.m., $25; call 601-948-3533, ext. 222; newstagetheatre.com. … The Faculty Voice Recital with Dr. Christopher Shelt, Baritone Winterreise: Winter Journey into Despair is at 7:30 p.m. at the Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive) in the concert hall. Dr. Shelt performs songs from Franz Schubert in the original German. Free; call 601-974-6494; belhaven.edu.

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Author Chris Offut signs copies of his book, “My Father, the Pornographer,” at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26 book; call 601-366-7619; email info@lemuriabooks.com; lemuriabooks.com.

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