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ven if you aren’t yet familiar with found-object artist Lesley F. Collins, your kids might be. Since summer 2015, she has been a museum schoolteacher for the Mississippi Museum of Art and helps organize the C3 community art projects. For three years, she also worked as the assistant director of children’s services at Stewpot Community Services following many years as a counselor with the organization. She recently left Stewpot to take a fulltime position as an artist at The Wolfe Studios. However, a career in studio art wasn’t always the path she planned for herself. “I actually wanted to be a journalist,” she says. “My father was in journalism his entire life, and I just knew that’s what I wanted to do. I went to the University of Missouri, and I was like, ‘Yes, this is my life. I can’t wait.’ I got there, and I hated it.” In 2004, after a short time at Missouri, Collins moved back to Jackson, where she had lived while her father, Corrice Collins, worked as a producer for WLBT before relocating to Chicago in 1998. Leslie decided to attend Jackson State University, but while she knew that journalism wasn’t for her, she hadn’t figured out what was. Then, one day, her mother, Rebecca Collins, asked if she had considered studying art, and it clicked. She did have

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one major worry, though. “I went up to the floor where the art department was, and I said, ‘Listen. I can’t really draw,’” she says. The art department accepted her anyway, and over the next few years, she honed her skills as an artist and discovered a passion for working with found objects. Collins says that it was a matter of pragmatism at first—“Why buy an 18-inch-by-20-inch canvas for $60 when she could find a door to work on for free?” she asked. Now, those found objects add to the narrative of her pieces, she says. For instance, one of her recent series centered on political rights. Among other materials, she used soap in reference to the Jim Crow-era literacy tests that white southerners used to keep African Americans from voting. One test question asked the potential voter how many bubbles were in a bar of soap. Although her jobs with Stewpot and MMA kept her busy, Collins says they also taught her important lessons that she applies to her artwork, such as the patience to wait until a piece is truly complete. “There’s art everywhere,” she says. “One of my professors once told me, ‘You’ll have jobs, and you’ll have jobs that help you make the work you want to make.’” To learn more about her art, email lesleyfcollinsart@gmail.com. —Micah Smith

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6 ............................ Talks 14 ................... editorial 14 .................. Sorensen 15 ...................... opinion 16 ...................... Holiday 20 ......................... 8 Days 21 ........................ Events 21 ....................... sports 22 .......................... music

8 Trump’s Health Plans for You

President-elect Donald Trump’s health-care reform wishlist includes repealing parts of the Affordable Care Act and block-granting Medicaid.

22 Save the Offbeat

“I don’t expect much, but seeing the support that I’m getting is overwhelming to me.” —Phillip “DJ Young Venom” Rollins, “Beat Down, Not Out”

23 ........ music listings 24 ............................ Arts 26 ...................... Puzzles 28 ......................... astro 28 ............... Classifieds

24 A ‘Loving’ Embrace

Richard and Mildred Loving’s story led to the U.S. Supreme Court validating marriage between interracial couples.

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4 ............ Editor’s Note

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editor’s note

by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief

The Impolite Free Press in the Age of Trump

et’s get this straight off the bat: There is no one reason that Hillary Clinton lost and Donald Trump won enough electoral votes last week to become president. Coming off the election, many people are looking for one easy scapegoat— her email, Comey, jobs in the Rust Belt, white anxiety, racism, too little/much turnout of various groups, Facebook, poor media coverage, a divided nation, whatever. It is a combination of factors that brought Trump to power, and trying to place easy blame is a waste of time when he is still making disturbing promises (while rescinding others) and appointing men like Steve Bannon to high posts in the White House. Instead, we must seek solutions to factors that are dividing America, and moving us closer to a becoming a dangerous nation, and get to work on what each of us can fix. I work in media, so that is where my focus lies. And, boy, is the press under fire. On the one hand, Trump is fixated on media that have dared question him, even tweeting about them after the election. As a new head of state, his obsession poses serious risks for a free press, which is key to actually keeping the U.S. a free nation and a check on leaders. This alone is disturbing, especially as the hate crowd jumps on Trump’s anti-media wagon. Even FOX, and certainly Megyn Kelly, shows up on Trump’s enemies list. Then there is the smarter criticism of the media, especially national mainstream outlets that many of us believe helped normalize a dangerous man like Trump. CNN draws much ire, especially due to its employ of the controversial Corey Lewandowski of Trump’s campaign, who then left and went back to

Trump after last week’s election. NBC has taken heat for months, especially for news division head Andy Lack, who made it clear early on that the network was giving Trump a lot of airtime due to his popularity (as in, ratings). Lack got flack after working with Matt Lauer on twin interviews with Clinton and Trump that many believed were tilted toward Trump. Lauer certainly inter-

Beware the two-sided monster. rupted the woman candidate a whole lot more than the man. Trump even hosted Saturday Night Live on NBC. The soft treatment of Trump—who had pushed the racist “birther” lie about Obama for years, and called Mexicans rapists and murderers and many other unacceptable characterizations—raised the question of “false equivalency.” Were prominent media outlets equalizing the candidates in a dangerous way, making him more palatable and bringing the stateswoman down to his level to get ratings and to pretend to be “objective”? Well, sure they were, or at least many of them, and especially cable news. Even though most smart journalists and media academics now fully comprehend the danger of trying to split every story equally down the middle, many of them still believe in the antiquated practice. It’s

how you get stories about legislation that only quote the officials on each “side,” and never talk about people affected. It’s how you get insipid pieces about our governor winning an education award that never explain the anti-public-school bent of those giving it. And it’s how many came to believe Trump was a viable option for president. But it didn’t start with this election, and neither did the forces that helped him win. And pandering to racists and dangerous types didn’t start with Steve Bannon, although he makes an art and a science of it. This Republican strategy started back in the Nixon era after national Democrats passed federal civilrights legislation to end Jim Crow in the South, and lonely Dixiecrats suddenly needed somebody new to love them. Sadly, this southern strategy hides in the reporting gap left by so-called “neutral,” “objective” and “non-partisan” journalism—labels that always make me wonder that’s really up. USA Today-style journalism of 30 years ago—back when parent company Gannett was buying up local dailies and shuttering or ruining them—provides the perfect cover for a political strategy to play to racists on TV. Just do it with false crime rhetoric or make it sound like the main people who need public assistance (or “entitlements”) are people of color, ignoring all the elderly white women getting it, too. A he-said-she-said outlet rthen quotes one official side and then the other with little in between. They give you few stories, marginal context (certainly about untended structural causes of crime and poverty) and, by splitting the baby in two, they make the two sides

look equal even when they’re not. Some even tell their reporters to count how many Democrats and Republicans are in each story, which results in the most partisan reporting you can find: all about political squabbling but little else. The people, thus, are nowhere to be found. For years, the American public heard little about the southern strategy, and the political-party switch that made it possible. It’s so bad that, today, many racism apologists will tell you that the Democrats started slavery, the Klan, etc., and deny the historic facts. The media have taught them no history. And the so-called “alt-right”? We’ve reported for years on hate groups functioning just out of view, gathering thread, waiting for their turn to take back the nation. (See jfp.ms/confeds.) But they, too, are neutraled out of sight by so much of the media. Trump didn’t start this wave. All those years of racial strategizing in plain view, egging many white people to distrust just about everybody who is not them, got us to this moment. And, yes, corporate media clinging to fake equivalency and ignoring what they thought would go away helped paved the way. All the while, real stories about people and what they face, feel and experience gets lost, or now is hidden between pay walls. Americans need to get to know each other, and it’s not through a fake two-sided politeness that wants to divide us all into two neat piles represented by Democrats and Republicans. Most of us don’t fit there, and it’s time media start to reflect what America really looks like, at our best and our worst and everything in between.

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contributors

Amber Helsel

Dustin Cardon

Sierra Mannie

Tim Summers Jr.

Arielle Dreher

Myron Cathey

Tyler Edwards

Zilpha Young

Assistant Editor Amber Helsel’s alter ego is Umaru Doma, but some call her the Demon Lady of Food. She likes to cook, eat, make art and pet cats. Email story ideas to amber@jacksonfreepress. com. She wrote about holiday craft festivals.

Web Editor Dustin Cardon is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. He enjoys reading fantasy novels and wants to write them himself one day. He wrote the Thanksgiving roundup.

Education Reporting Fellow Sierra Mannie’s opinions of the Ancient Greeks can’t be trusted nearly as much as her opinions of Beyoncé. She wrote about the election’s impact on children.

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 Siemens.

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@jacksonfreepress.com. She wrote about how Trump’s health care reforms will affect Mississippi.

Sales and Marketing Consultant Myron Cathey is from Senatobia. He is a graduate of Jackson State University and enjoys traveling, music and spending time with family and friends.

Events Editor Tyler Edwards loves film, TV and all things pop culture. He’s a Jackson native and will gladly debate the social politics of comic books. Send events to events@jacksonfreepress.com. He wrote about the film “Loving.”

Zilpha Young is an ad designer by day, and a painter, illustrator, seamstress and freelance designer by night. Check out her design portfolio at zilpha creates.com. She designed ads for the issue.

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“When tragedy strikes, my voice needs to be louder.”

How can Donald Trump change Obamacare and Medicaid? p8

— Siwell Middle School teacher Cassandre Connolly on why talking about the presidential election with her students is important.

Wednesday, November 9 Gov. Phil Bryant announces that he’s not actively seeking an appointment in the Donald Trump administration, but that he wouldn’t refuse if offered the job of agriculture or energy secretary.

Friday, November 11 Veterans, their family members, men and women in the military and state leaders gather at the Mississippi War Memorial Building to observe Veterans Day. Saturday, November 12 Donald Trump names GOP chief Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff and names Breitbart news executive Stephen Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor. A leader of France’s hard-right National Front, Marion Le Pen, tweets Bannon that she accepts his offer to work with Trump.

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Sunday, November 13 On CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Trump says he a fence might replace his wall in some places along the U.S. southern border, and vows to overturn Roe v. Wade. House Speaker Paul Ryan says on CNN that Congress does not plan to act on Trump’s “deportation force” to round up undocumented migrants.

Monday, November 14 Flowood Mayor Gary Rhoads the “One Lake” plan could protest Flowood hospitals from flooding … Prosecutors question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London about sexual-assault charges. Tuesday, November 15 Environmental groups issue a report warning Congress against tax changes that could subsidize Mississippi Power Co.’s Kemper County power plant by $700 million or more. Get breaking news at jfpdaily.com.

by Tim Summers Jr.

inds County Election Commissioner Connie Cochran stands amid piles of papers, ballots and maps as workers comb through the boxes upon boxes of affidavit ballots that voters filled out during last Tuesday’s general election. “There’s always problems, but basically we didn’t have any major problems,” Cochran said. Cochran, who lost her seat in the election, said the county would not have an exact number, or all of the estimated 5,000 affidavit ballots read and verified, before the Nov. 18 deadline for the final results. Affidavit Ballots to Count Poll workers used affidavit ballots when the voter’s name did not appear on their rolls if the voter believed that it was supposed to be his or her district. At all precincts, Cochran said, poll workers were supposed to have scanned the voter’s ID, if it was a driver’s license. The license should have corresponded to the voter roll for the precinct. If the voter used another form of ID, Cochran said, then the poll worker would manually look for the voter’s name. In the case that neither option worked, the voter could file an affidavit ballot. The county then reviews and con-

ELECTION 2016:

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epublicans may have only won the popular vote for the presidency once since 1988 (Bush over Kerry in 1994), but no matter. Election 2016 and Donald Trump’s win in the Electoral College has taken our nation into uncharted waters. We don’t mean this IN-OUT list to be depressing, but more of a call-to-action to love and stand up for each other, your neighbors and all humanity. No one is better than anyone else. Keep the faith, all. It’s a time for love.

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Thursday, November 10 Thousands of anti-Trump protesters take to the streets across the country,. … A top Russian diplomat and Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says that Russian experts were in contact with some members of Donald Trump’s staff during the presidential campaign.

Clinton Handily Wins Hinds, Despite Poll Problems, Closings

Some Jackson voters, like the ones pictured here at the McWillie Elementary School polling precinct, waited in lines for up to 45 minutes to vote in the recent presidential election. Hinds County ofﬁcials continue to tally up the voter afﬁdavits and absentee votes, but the area went heavily for Clinton.

firms the veracity of the details on the affidavit ballot, and if the voter was actually supposed to be on that precinct’s voter roll, the vote will count. For this reason, the commission does not have any way to tell how many of the possibly 5,000 votes it must add to the totals until after it verifies the affidavits. “When you have humans involved, you are going to have issues,” Cochran said of the ballots, which number in the thousands. “I have 833 in District 4. Some have IN: Safety Pins OUT: Safety

IN: Hate crimes OUT: Women’s rights

IN: “Nasty Woman” OUT: The B-word, the C-word, the P-word

IN: Horse-race reporting OUT: Reporting on issues

IN: Gold elevators OUT: Respect for Gold Star Families

IN: Deportations and registries OUT: Americanism

IN: Justice Jim Kitchens OUT: Dark Money

IN: White Nationalism OUT: Human Decency

hundreds, some have more.” “In 2008, there were more (affidavits) than this,” Cochran said, adding that they did not expect the number of voters who went to the polls in Hinds County. “In the end, there was a driving force (to vote).” Although Hinds County continues to count affidavit ballots as of press time, the preliminary results show a turnout of 62.93 percent of total registered voters (148,633) with Hillary Clinton winning 70.91 percent of the preliminary IN: Donald Trump OUT: Electoral College

IN: “Mad Men” OUT: “The American President”

IN: Climate-change Deniers OUT: Evidence

IN: Attacking good media OUT: First Amendment

IN: Racial proﬁling OUT: Smart policing IN: Steve Bannon OUT: Mike Rogers IN: Neo-Nazis, Bashing Jews OUT: “Political Correctness”

IN: Tweeting about enemies OUT: Knowing who they really are IN: Loyal Opposition OUT: Blind Loyalty

“We are trying to reassure people that as it stands now, the comprehensive health coverage is still available through 2017.”

“Are we going to go to these elderly people and turn their water off?”

— Roy Mitchell, Mississippi Health Advocacy executive director, on Mississippians enrolling in Affordable Care Act plans for 2017

— Ward 7 Councilwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon expressing concern about how the latest round of back-logged water bills will affect Jackson citizens

Buying Justice: ‘Dark Money’ in Judicial Elections by Arielle Dreher

votes, 65,727, while Donald Trump received 26.77 percent, or 24,813 votes. Leah Rupp Smith, press representative for the Mississippi secretary of state’s office, said during a Nov. 10 interview that the counties are in charge of the voting machines and the polling places. Smith also said that the State of Mississippi only closed or moved 68 polling locations since 2012. Today, Mississippi has 1,809 polling places across the state. Her response comes on the heels of a 2016 Leadership Conference on Civil Rights study that outlines a trend among some states in the south for closing polling places since 2012. For example, the study outlines how several southern states,

including Texas and Louisiana have closed polls now that, after a landmark Supreme Court ruling, the counties can change the locations without Department of Justice approval. Scott Simpson, the author of the study, said during a Nov. 11 interview that Hinds County was one of the many holes in the information the federal government gathered after elections, mostly because his group collects information through voluntary surveys. So to track the most recent changes, the most authoritative source is Connie Cochran and the county. Poll Closures in Hinds Overall, Hinds County moved,

merged or closed 14 polling locations in anticipation of the election, a list Cochran provided showed, ending with 110 locations for the county. The secretary of state’s office reports that Hinds had 120 polling places in 2012. The reasons for the closings and mergers vary. The commission determined that three of the polling places were out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act requires, a problem Cochran said is common in some of the older buildings. Five locations simply did not wish to host a polling location anymore. “There are more precincts that are going to have to be closed,” Cochran said. “We use so many schools, and they are not

ADA compliant. Churches. And you can’t make them be compliant, so the county bears the brunt.” Cochran said the Hinds County Board of Supervisors consistently tries to close polling places in order to save money on the cost of operations each year. She added, however, that public input usually serves to push back against this tendency. As for voter confusion, she said voters should stay alert for mail from the county before elections. “Every voter involved in a change is sent a voter card giving them updated information,” Cochran said. Email city/county reporter Tim Summers Jr. at tim@jacksonfreepress.com.

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he “dark money” that poured into the state in order that (court cases mentioned in the ads) and try to influence tions used to be low-profile and low-spending races back in to defeat incumbent Mississippi Supreme Court an election by deception or half-truths or worse,” Kitchens the early 2000s, but both corporate interests and plaintiff Justice Jim Kitchens did not pay off this election told the Jackson Free Press. attorneys have started spending more in recent years. cycle, as he defeated his challenger Kenny Griffis “And the people of Mississippi, I think, are tired of it; Most of Kitchens’ $586,000 came from attorneys, by 25,000 votes. The two candidates raised about the same we’ve seen this in several judicial elections.” from inside and outside the state. amount of money for the race, but state busi “I think all of my money was from ness PACs and outside organizations doubled inside the state of Mississippi, and I have Griffis’ financial support with another half-milfriends outside the state that contributed. lion dollars. Mississippi donors, political action But they’re people I know, people that I’ve committees and outside groups spent more worked with as an attorney for many, many than $1.5 million on the race. years outside the state who’ve been loyal to A separate PAC, Improve Mississippi me, and I’m grateful for that,” Kitchens said PAC, and at least two outside groups spent on election night. more than $500,000 running attack ads against Menendez said contributions from Kitchens or campaigning for Griffis, a Missislawyers usually mean they are looking for sippi Court of Appeals judge with six years left good favor in the outcome of pending cases of his term. The money from groups outside or future cases. the state cannot be traced to their origin due to “What we’ve seen in judicial elections the Citizens United v. FEC ruling in 2010, in in particular is massive spending in contriwhich the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the ban butions from lawyers. It’s sobering to think From local lawyer donations to outside groups running ads, donors spent on independent expenditures in elections for about the interests of the people trying to over $1.5 million on the District 1, Position 3 Mississippi Supreme Court Race between Justice Jim Kitchens (left) and Judge Kenny Griffis (right). corporations and unions. elect these judges,” he said. The Center for Individual Freedom, a Vir Kitchens said in an interview before ginia-based “constitutional advocacy organization,” spent Citizens United Loophole the election that he signs his campaign-finance reports more than $175,000 running attack ads against Kitchens The Improve Mississippi PAC, called IMPAC for blindly, not looking at who has donated so it cannot affect throughout the election, Federal Communications Com- short, started as a coalition of Mississippi PACs, donating his decision-making on the bench. mission records from WAPT, WLBT and WJTV show. Its large amounts of money (from $10,000 to 50,000 each) Other judicial spending from outside interest groups, ads attacked Kitchens for “not keeping kids safe” and “using to IMPAC. Mississippi law caps judicial election contribu- Menendez says, is common, especially in the wake of the a legal loophole” to let criminals off. On the night of his tions at $5,000. An easy way to go around that law is to 2010 Citizens United decision. The biggest issue to that re-election, Kitchens addressed the ads and what ended up create a separate PAC or get money from outside donors in decision is that of “dark money.” being a race filled with dark money. order to give more money. “Citizens United has not made anything better. It re “These entities don’t care about criminal law unless Matthew Menendez, counsel at the Democracy Promore JUSTICE, see page 8 someone is stealing from them, so they take something like gram at the Brennan Center for Justice, says judicial elec-

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How Trump’s Health Reform Could Affect Mississippi by Arielle Dreher

“Healthcare Reform” policy paper. Mississippians re-enrolling in ACA marketplace insurance plans will likely have to pay more for their premiums. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney warned Mis-

What President-elect Donald Trump chooses to change as a part of his healthcare reform plan could significantly affect Mississippians who have insurance through the Affordable Care Act and those who qualify for Medicaid.

sissippians of the rate hikes back in August. In an Aug. 4 press release, he said that Humana monthly premiums will go up an average of 43 percent. The majority of Mis-

JUSTICE

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sissippians with ACA insurance plans currently receive federal government subsidies to help pay for the plans, another part of the ACA that could go away with a Trump presidency. Imani Khayyam

ower- and middle-class Mississippians could have the most to lose from Trump’s proposed health-care reforms, including those who benefit from insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplace as well as those who qualify for Medicaid. Re-enrollment for marketplace insurance plans was underway before the presidential election, and Roy Mitchell, executive director at the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program, said enrollment spiked the day after the election. “I think they had one of the highest days (of enrollment) ever; there is a lot of concern—we’ve had calls from people concerned about their existing coverage and viability,” Mitchell told the Jackson Free Press. “We are trying to reassure people that as it stands now, the comprehensive health coverage is still available through 2017.” More than 77,000 Mississippians have insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, and consumers who pay premiums by Dec. 15 will be covered at the start of the new year. The Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare, will be in effect until the new presidentelect, Donald Trump, and a heavily Republican Congress say differently. Long a complaint among Capitol Hill Republicans, repealing Obamacare is at the top of Trump’s

moved any limits on outside spending in elections including in judicial elections,” Menendez said. “A lot of that money is what we call dark money, from groups that don’t disclose their donors.” The Center for Individual Freedom, for example, is a nonprofit organization, so data on donors would be limited to anything in IRS documents. The National Association of Realtors Fund spent $75,000 in support of Griffis, filings with the secretary of state’s office show. There are no records of what this money was spent on, although a captured screenshot shows that at least some of that money must have gone toward Google ads that pop up on various sites. The National Association of Realtors is a membership organization for real estate agents throughout the country that members who pay dues. Law: Ignored or Unknown? State election law mandates that judicial elections be nonpartisan in nature, which means no judge can affiliate with a particular party. Further limitations exist in state law, but federal courts

A lot of the ACA’s future will depend on how seriously Trump takes his own policy papers. Just days after winning the projected votes of the electoral college, Trump

have long since struck down such provisions. For example, state law technically prohibits political parties and committees affiliated with political parties to fundraise, contribute money to or endorse judicial candidates. A 2002 federal court case, Mississippi Republican Party State Executive Committee v. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, changed that law, however. In his declaratory judgment, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate wrote that the limitations in Mississippi state law “unquestionably limit the core political speech of the parties and fundamentally impair their First Amendment rights, without being narrowly tailored to a compelling government interest.” Wingate threw out the part of Mississippi law that said political parties and committees cannot contribute, fundraise or endorse candidates for judicial office on the grounds that several federal courts had ruled that such restrictions violate a party’s First Amendment free-speech rights. Darlene Ballard, the executive director of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance, said she is working with the secretary of state’s office to propose legislation to clean up Mississippi’s statutes to come in line with how the courts ruled back in 2002. In this past judicial election cycle, the Mississippi

sat down with President Barack Obama at the White House, a meeting that seemed to shift his thoughts on parts of the Affordable Care Act. Trump told The Wall Street Journal that he favors “keeping the prohibition against insurers denying coverage because of a patients’ existing condition and a provision that allows parents to provide years of additional coverage for children on their insurance policies.” In that same interview, Trump said, “Either Obamacare will be amended, or repealed and replaced.” Medicaid Chopping Block Beyond the ACA, who is eligible for Medicaid in each state could change if Trump and the Republican-led Congress make good on another one of the presidentelect’s health-care reforms: block-granting Medicaid. “Nearly every state already offers benefits beyond what is required in the current Medicaid structure. The state governments know their people best and can manage the administration of Medicaid far better without federal overhead,” Trump’s health-care policy paper says. Mississippi never expanded Medicaid more HEALTH see page 10

GOP not only endorsed Griffis and two other judges in the 2016 election cycle but also publicly campaigned with those candidates throughout the state. Judge Wingate’s 2002 ruling made that legal, so any political party who wants to fundraise for or endorse a candidate for office in Mississippi is welcome to do so. Wingate’s judgment did uphold the limits on monetary contributions to judicial candidates, however. Courts in other states have found that laws like Mississippi’s that bar political parties from being involved in judicial races to be unconstitutional under the First Amendment. The Republican Party of Minnesota v. White U.S. Supreme Court case allowed judges to speak out on some issues (for example, to say they’re pro-life or pro-choice) as long as they stop short of pledging to reach a particular result, Menendez said. Spending in judicial races is not limited to Republican-leaning states. Menendez said 2016 was another record-breaking spending cycle for judicial races around the country. “We’re seeing records being broken all over the place,” Menendez said. “The best way to think about it is there was a problem before, and then Citizens United was like pouring gasoline on that fire.” Email Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

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Black, Hispanic Kids React to Trump Win by Sierra Mannie

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coverage, opting for a limited managedcare program that continues to balloon, much to Republican lawmakers’ chagrin. Even with the state’s limits, however, federal mandates required the state’s Division of Medicaid to adjust its eligibility requirements, leading to more Mississippians on the rolls. State funding for Medicaid has increased since 2012. Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, chairs the Medicaid Committee in the Senate. He said that while he thinks the country will see something done on Obamacare, that it is too early to say what those reforms will look like. In an August budget working-group meeting, the executive director of the state’s Division of Medicaid, David Dzielak, told lawmakers that the state saw an increase in spending for two reasons. First, the Affordable Care Act affected how Medicaid eligibility works, which led to more kids and 10 adults becoming eligible to receive Med-

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iwell Middle School art teacher Cassandre Con- he asked in his response. “How can we let a man who lost tell anybody this, but I cried in the bathroom this morning nolly taps keys on her computer and the projec- his mind in the presidential seat?” when I found out.” tor splotches the wall with President-elect Don- Michael, 11, who is also black, didn’t understand that A group of boys to his left burst into laughter and ald Trump’s smiling face. Her classroom of sixth quote, either. Or how Trump won. called him a crybaby. His teacher, a white Manhattanite graders erupts at once into groans. All living in Mississippi and serving her are black or Hispanic except for Orion, second year in Teach for America, who is Venezuelan and Israeli; his cousin however, was sympathetic. teaches him Hebrew on the weekends. “Don’t let anyone make you feel “Rigged, I tell you!” yells Julian, 12, bad,” she said. “I cried, too.” who is Latino, as he points gleefully at the front. “Rigged!” ‘Back to Africa’ The assignment accompanying The electorate of the United Trump’s face asks the students to consider States, and the voters who elected four Tweets about Trump and the elecDonald Trump, do not resemble the tion in which he bested former Secretary demographics of the country’s public of State Hillary Clinton to win the office schools. of President of the United States. The Pew Research Center pro “TRUMP rocked. WORLD jected in February that 69 percent of shocked!!” the voters who came to the polls last “Don’t forget to set your clocks back Tuesday would be white; CNN exit a couple hundred years.” polls for the election said about 70 “This isn’t an episode. This isn’t percent of voters were white. marketing. This is reality.” In contrast, 49.7 percent of the “Making America Great Again.” nation’s public schools are now white. Layla, a 12-year-old student at Siwell Elementary, said maybe Hillary Clinton’s loss meant that she could be the first female president. From there, the students wrote their Nonwhite children have been the mainterpretations of what the posts meant. jority of American public-school stu Ricardo, 11, who is black, says dents since 2014. “making America great again” is just “sarcasm” on Trump’s In Mississippi, a deeply red state, 44.76 percent of “Black people don’t vote for white people unless part. “How is a person who has no understanding of presi- they’re like cool,” he read from his paper. “He said what public-school students are white, compared to the 49.22 dency and has no etiquette going to make America better?” people wanted to hear, and they voted for him. Also, don’t percent who are black. The remaining 6 percent are a mix

icaid benefits. The state’s rolls increased accordingly. Now, 765,050 Mississippians receive Medicaid or CHIP benefits as of the end of October; that number is down from March, when 780,315 Mississippians were covered. Secondly, Dzielak said that the increasing cost of medical services also contributed to driving costs up. Wiggins said that it is also important to note that 80 percent of the Medicaid costs to the state are driven by 20 percent of the Medicaid population: namely the elderly and those in long-term care facilities. Medicaid is the second-largest spending item in Mississippi’s state budget, behind all of education. The state also has the highest federal medical assistance percentage in the country, meaning that Mississippi gets the best bang for its buck when it spends money on Medicaid. The state’s federal medical assistance percentage is 74.63, the highest in the nation. “We have the highest match in the country. For (every dollar) we put in, we get

at least $3 back in federal money,” Mitchell told the Jackson Free Press.. The Block-Grant Debate Block-granting Medicaid could have several consequences for Mississippians who benefit from the coverage. First, a block-grant means a fixed amount instead of a need-based amount, Mitchell said. Currently, Medicaid funding can fluctuate based on poverty levels, income and social security status. In a block-grant situation, the state Legislature would control what services qualify for Medicaid coverage and what eligibility requirements are for a person in the state to enroll. Sen. Wiggins says block-granting would give Mississippi lawmakers the ability to control the rising costs and spending on Medicaid. “We cannot continue on the road we’re going, but another thing that we have to keep in mind is we do have a significant Medicaid population,” he said. Advocates worry about how blockgranting will affect who gets coverage. “The state (would) get a certain

amount of money, not as much as they were getting, but in turn for taking a lesser amount, they (would) get the flexibility to decide what services they’re going to provide, what payments they are going to give to providers and what eligibility guidelines,” Mitchell said. Wiggins said he has faith in his colleagues if they were to block-grant Medicaid, to pay attention to the specific needs of Mississippians, especially since the state has such a high population eligible for Medicaid, he said. “I don’t see us at all leaving anybody out in the sense that we aren’t going to take care of the vulnerable population,” he said. Thousands of Mississippians receive medical care through Medicaid, and children receive that same care through the Children’s Health Insurance Program, referred to as CHIP. The 2016 Kids Count report found that 29 percent of Mississippi children are in poverty. Over 400,000 children in the state receive health care from Medicaid or CHIP benefits. Comment at jfp.ms.

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he Jackson City Council expressed concerns about charging those on fixed incomes the larger-thannormal bills that have accumulated over the last six months as the water-billing department and Siemens close down their cooperative effort to alleviate difficulties. “Are we going to go to these elderly people and turn their water off?” BarrettSimon asked, adding that the City might

when customers did not know about it. “The City has estimated bills forever. It was never an issue because it was never indicated on the bill,” Smash said. Now that customers are receiving astronomical bills, like one woman BarrettSimon said told her of a $3,000 bill, Smash said they are not mistakes but rather accumulation of owed bills. Siemens representatives told the council that they released

Ward 7 Councilwoman Margaret BarrettSimon and other council members expressed concern over whether elderly and fixed-income families in Jackson could handle the large bills as the backlog from program difficulties continue.

have not prepared citizens for the sticker shock of these latest round of large, backedup bills. “It is alarming to older people who get these bills out of the blue, and they are really frightened. And so we have to give them a plan they can understand.” Ward 5 Councilman Charles Tillman interjected, putting a personal spin on the question. “I am one of those citizens she is talking about,” Tillman said. The comments took place during a presentation by the Jackson Public Works Department and Siemens representatives during a Nov. 9 special budget committee meeting. ‘Stranded Bills’ The most important thing to understand, Smash told the council, is that the City has always estimated water bills, even-

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these bills for delivery after contract workers solved the problems that “stranded” them in the billing system in the first place. “Any issue that would not be closed would prevent the bill from being sent out,” Jerry Philmon, project manager for Siemens, told the council. Philmon explained that between late June and the end of October, the public works department and Siemens separated 15,000 bills from the rest to focus on the issues that kept them locked in the system. These bills were locked for many different reasons, including computer or human error, and required a highly skilled technician to go into the billing system and fix the problems, freeing the bill for delivery. People received large bills that had built up while their bills sat in digital limbo. “We took that away from the opera-

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tions so we could concentrate on getting bills out regular every month. And most of those bills have been resolved,” Wanda Knots, deputy director of public works, said. “There are a few other bills that we are working on currently. The water/sewer business office is currently working on over 2,000 bills.” It was a cooperative effort between the two entities, Knots said, one that netted the City an additional $11 million in sent bills. “We took care of them and cleared them based on y’all’s parameters,” Philmon said. “Based on those guidelines, we were able to work these bills and then turn them back over to the City department … to be able to generate a bill to the client.” But now, the contract with Siemens has begun to enter its final stages with the City left wondering how it can handle the billing system on its own. No In-house Ability “The reality is living with this system day-to-day is going to be a significant challenge, as it has been,” Smash told the city council. Since the cooperation with Siemens began, Smash’s department has looked ahead to when Siemens would leave, but with few options to supplement the vacuum of skills. “Normally, you want to take a hard look at what you have in place today, and that’s staffing, everything. For whatever reason, the complexity of the system, from the standpoint of billing, is going to be a challenge for the employees,” Smash said. The concern of whether Jackson can attract the talent it needs to properly address municipal issues has come up repeatedly for the council. Qualified people are not necessarily available in the geographic area for the pay offered, Smash said. “From what we can tell at the onset of the contract that was not clearly understood or presented,” he said. But the real difficulty, Smash added, decision-makers did not discuss or plan for that challenge at the outset of the project, leaving his department without the ability to deal with the technical problems of “stranded bills.” “The vulnerabilities that the system kind of sets up for us was something that was not contemplated when the contract was sent out,” Smash said. Comment at jfp.ms. 11 November 16 - 22 , 2016 • jfp.ms

‘Crying Like Babies’ As for Hillary Clinton, who fell to Trump in the electoral college while drawing more votes, the students seemed impassive. Julian said he did not know much about her, just that she did not seem “as bad.” Layla, a 12-year-old black student, said Clinton’s loss meant that maybe she could be the first female president, now. As her students wrote and drew pictures about what a Trump presidency would mean for them, their families and their futures for their final assignment of the day, Connolly told the Jackson Free Press that she voted for Clinton. She and her roommates and a friend watched the election results with increasing despair. “Five grown women, four teachers and a lawyer, crying like babies on the couch,” she said. But Connolly says it is important for her, as a white person, to make moves to bridge the gap of trust between herself and her students, especially when they might feel threatened by what they don’t understand. “When tragedy strikes, my voice needs to be louder. Their lives are the ones going to be affected more than the women’s on the couch.” Sierra Mannie is an education reporting fellow for the Jackson Free Press and The Hechinger Report. Email her at sierra@jacksonfreepress.com. For more state news visit jfp.ms/state.

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of non-white Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders and multiracial students. But the state’s population is 37 percent black, with whites making up 58 percent of the population, U.S. Census data show. The nation’s deeply segregated schools, including the ones in Jackson, have made the election even more confusing and disturbing for many children who rarely encounter others who don’t look and think like them. Mississippi voted overwhelmingly for Trump. But at schools like Siwell that serve mostly black and Hispanic students, kids can’t understand how a candidate who received an endorsement from the Ku Klux Klan could have won. Many of the students said their knowledge about Trump came from what their friends told them. “I thought Trump was racist,” one black student told the class. “I thought he was going to send us back to Africa.” “He doesn’t have the power,” another student assured him.

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Post-Trump Guilt and Fear

can’t sleep, for Donald Trump is to be our next U.S. president. It’s astonishing, horrifying, unnerving, embarrassing, deeply saddening and real. Of course, we all know that many of his campaign “promises” will be nearly impossible to implement. But those that fall under the realm of executive action are right at his fingertips—withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, overturning DACA and deporting undocumented children, or rolling back President Obama’s executive order against torture. Trump could quickly end Obama’s regulations that protect LGBT citizens from housing and health-care discrimination and give married same-sex couples family-leave benefits. Trump has the likely potential to negatively affect our foreign relations, making them tenuous at best and volatile at worst. And his U.S. Supreme Court appointments will impact us for generations to come. The fear is legitimate and palpable. I was watching the election results with a buddy of mine. We sat in awe, thinking about where we went wrong, how we told ourselves that this was a no-brainer, and—although this is counterproductive—we asked ourselves who was to blame. I found myself stating that I felt guilty for leaving Mississippi. Although I have progressive friends and former colleagues there who are tirelessly fighting the good fight, I fled the state, seeking a larger progressive community. One to whom I could relate. I had this overwhelming pang of responsibility. If I hadn’t left, there would at least be one more progressive. Obviously, this is an irrational thought translated into guilt, coming from an anxiety-prone person, but, involuntarily, I surprised myself. I said it aloud. And I meant it. I know one more progressive wouldn’t change the rhetoric, mindset or the outcome of an election. That would be incredibly silly. But, nonetheless, I felt the weight of guilt. I can look at a conservative point of view and say, “I understand where you are coming from, but I must respectfully disagree.” I cannot respectfully disagree with a platform that tapped into, inflamed and exploited all of the things about America we have tried to dismantle for so long. Racism, bigotry, homophobia, sexism, xenophobia—and the list goes on. We said we had come a long way. The people who we thought wouldn’t (before now) openly dare to identify themselves with such hateful rhetoric came out in droves. Since Election Day, I find myself preoccupied with what happened in the early morning hours of Nov. 9, 2016. As melodramatic as it may sound, I’m hugging others and sharing tears with still others, trying to find a way to deal with the dread we are experiencing. Having stayed up on election night until 3 a.m. on the West coast, I finally went to bed. My co-habitant has a room directly next to mine. I called out to him and said, “Are we going to be OK?” I needed to be reassured. “I think so,” he responded. I breathed a sigh of relief. A few moments later, he added, “But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared.” Hopefully, the Trump on the campaign trail was, at the very least, a bit of a sham—employing a strategy designed to garner support, particularly from disillusioned, white voters. Hopefully, he was acting, as if he were on another reality show. Hopefully, the former Democrat will temper his words and behavior. Hopefully, we will be surprised. If not, everyone needs to buckle their seatbelts. It will be a long, tough four years. Natalie Irby is a Mississippi native and the founder and chief executive officer of Corner to Corner Productions. She is based in Los Angeles. 14 November 16 - 22 , 2016 • jfp.ms

Hopefully, he was acting, as if he were on another reality show.

Post-Election Mississippi: Engage, Educate, Vote

f you weren’t engaged in the great American democratic process before Nov. 8, we ask that you get engaged now. This presidential election came with a lot of historical firsts, many of which we cannot stand by and idly accept as normal. This was not a normal election on several counts, and at least in the states that chose Trump in the electoral college, like ours, that’s what those states’ voters wanted, even as the majority of voters didn’t. (Hillary Clinton continues to lead the popular vote count, and at press time, she was close to having 1 million more votes than Donald Trump.) The abnormality of this election cannot and should not fade quickly from the public’s memory. The next U.S. president is facing up to 75 lawsuits as he moves into the White House. Some of those lawsuits concern Trump University, the nowdefunct real-estate program shrouded in accusations of fraud and scam. Other lawsuits are more troublesome. There are at least 20 lawsuits that name Trump or his companies for mistreating women in the workplace: charges from discrimination based on gender to sexual-harassment claims. Beyond the courthouse, Trump has had to work to fend off attachment to white nationalist groups, including the KKK, whose newspaper endorsed the candidate for president. While the Trump campaign denounced the endorsement, it did not hesitate to hire Steve Bannon, a whitenationalist hero who draws praise from neo-Nazi groups and who Bloomberg Business called the

“Most Dangerous Political Operative in America” in a 2015 feature, as his chief strategist. Election-related hate crimes have spiked across the country, and in Mississippi, as well as #NotMyPresident protests drawing attention to his controversial promises. The protests, when peaceful as most are, are a vital part of democracy. Hate speech and creating a culture of fear are not. In the midst of such a divided nation, it is now more crucial than ever before to stand up for one another. If you see or hear sexist, classist, racist or any discriminatory speech, it is your duty as an American and a citizen to say something. We live in a free democracy with freedom of speech, including to talk back. Besides, the normalization of hatred and fear is, at least in part, how we got to be a divided nation. Protest signs or Facebook posts are not enough. Democracy requires active engagement, and this election needs to serve as a wake-up call to Mississippians on all sides of the political aisle. Now more than ever is the time to educate yourself and those you surround yourself with about democracy, how Congress works and how the Mississippi Legislature works. Changes are happening at the federal level for health care, taxation and immigration that can and will affect our state from the top down. It is our job as Americans and Mississippians to stay engaged in the political process, voting for elected officials again in two years and educating those around you. Democracy is messy and imperfect, but it’s up to us to stay vigilant and fight for our voices to be heard, especially in the next four years.

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n 1787, the Founding Fathers met at the Constitutional Convention and crafted the U.S. Constitution. It was a watershed moment, and to many today, the creation of this abstract ideal government turned the founders into living gods. These uniquely American gods are apparently omnipresent and may be invoked in any political argument as a means to win the debate. To invoke them is to imply that one’s opponent is literally “un-American.” In modern political discourse, it is extremely common to hear all political parties (but especially Republicans and libertarians) seek to tie their modern beliefs to the words of the Founding Fathers or appeal to a supposed time in the country when the founders’ words were more respected. Debate on gun regulations? The founders said in the Second Amendment that there shall be no regulation. Civil-rights legislation that codifies anti-discrimination rules and protects disenfranchised classes of people? The founders didn’t want government interference in private freedom of association. Should religion and government ever lay together? If one listened to the political talking heads, it seems the founders argued both sides without reservation on this topic. People pore over the personal notes and writings of the founders for insights and debate material. A stray comment regarding the Christian religion leading to good morals is extrapolated to justify government-sponsored Christian-only favoritism, while “separation of church and state” must clearly mean people must deny their personal views and morals. In a certain way, the idea that the country was founded by gods who created an infallible guide for politics is comforting. When problems arise, just look to the gods. Surely the answer will be there. The problem is, like most supremely dogmatic political religions, that the Founding Fathers were flawed products of their time. They did not, contrary to popular belief, share a common faith in Protestant Christianity. Benjamin Franklin was a deist with an affinity for prostitutes. Thomas Jefferson, he of “all men are created equal” fame, raped his slaves. Speaking of slavery, the Founding Fathers determined at the convention by majority vote that a slave was only 3/5 of a person. Almost half of those present at Constitutional Convention (25 of 55)

were slave owners. The convention protected the slave trade, a shameful dark stain on American history. Before the convention was convened, the founders took part directly in or indirectly approved of the crushing of Shays Rebellion, an organized protest by former continental soldiers and farmers who merely wanted economic equality and due process of law. Property was more important to the founders—not people. To vote, one had to be a property owner, thereby placing political power in the hands of the few rather than the many. The rights the Founders enumerated did not apply to all equally, as the poor, minorities, women, etc. were all left out. Now this is not a “be edgy and trash the founders” piece. The founders were flawed people, but they were people. What else can be expected of them? The Constitution they produced is not worthless. On the contrary, the ideal it put into action was ahead of its time. The ideals within its framework have provided structure for social progress, as the openended nature of the Constitution allows for interpretations and resulting amendments. The world has changed since America’s founding, and it will continue to. The founders offered ideas in their time, but they do not belong to our time. At best, they provide a political ideal of freedom to be adapted to the modern day. At worst, they provide justification for chattel slavery, political repression of the poor and capitalistic wage slavery. Either way, what the founders do not and cannot do is provide pure truth, absolute justification or political vindication. Today’s problems require the people to unite and confront them. The founders’ religion is a stone idol; it cannot grapple with the economic inequality, systemic racism, war, poverty and strife that confront America today. Only a living spirit of democracy and freedom within the people can face the future and overcome it. The founders were intelligent, thoughtful, diplomatic, slave-owning, systemically sexist and ultimately flawed people. Thank God for that. No one deserves perfection. Smash the idols of these old gods. The spirit is among the people, and there is much work to be done. Criminal defense attorney Andrew J. Williams, Esq., lives and practices in his adopted home of Mississippi.

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Broad Street Baking Co. (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 101, 601-362-2900, broadstbakery.com) Broad Street’s menu for Thanksgiving includes baked goods such as caramel-apple king cake, decorated sugar cookies in fall leaf, pumpkin and turkey patterns, apple-raisin bars, and chocolatechip pumpkin bread. For its catering menu, Broad Street has dishes such as curried butternut-squash bisque; BRAVO!’s signature spinach-and-goat cheese salad, andouille dressing, spinach casserole, fried turkey breast, a rustic deep-dish quiche, pumpkin, pecan and sweet potato pies, and more. Broad Street also has gluten-sensitive options such as honey-bourbon carrots, corn maque choux, cheese grits, gluten-sensitive chocolate-chip cookies and more. Customers can make orders until Sunday, Nov. 20, and pick up their selections on Wednesday, Nov. 23, by 2 p.m. The restaurant will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24. Crazy Cat Eat Up (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 173, 601-957-1441)

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For Thanksgiving, Whole Foods has dishes such as a smoked turkey, Gardein holiday roast and herb-roasted turkey breast. It also has dinner packages for that serve anywhere from four to eight people. One of the packages include a roasted turkey breast dinner for four people that includes homestyle mashed potatoes, herb stuffing, cranberry orange relish and turkey gravy. The turkey dinners for six to eight people include a green-bean casserole, in addition to the other items and the turkey. Whole Foods also has other dinners such as a prime-rib one, a spiral-sliced ham one and a vegan dinner for one. Whole Foods has other items such as Sriracha chicken wontons, Maryland-style crab cakes and apple pie. To order, visit wholefoodsmarket.com.

Sugar Magnolia Takery will have a full holiday menu that includes asparagus casserole, butter beans, turkey, spiral-cut ham, dressing and cranberry salsa. The restaurant will accept orders until Monday, Nov. 21.

Primos Café (2323 Lakeland Drive; Flowood; 515 Lake Harbour Drive, Ridgeland) For Thanksgiving, Primos offers a dinner pack-

Olivia’s Food Emporium (820 Highway 51, Madison, 601-898-8333, oliviasfood emporium.com) Olivia’s Food Emporium has a holiday menu with meats such as smoked or fried turkey, smoked pork tenderloin and Cajun stuffed turdukens; cornbread dressing; sides such as green-bean, casserole and sweet-potato casseroles; appetizers such as pimiento cheese, chicken salad, salsa and black-bean salsa; breakfast items such as breakfast casserole and bacon-and-cheese quiche; Sugaree’s cakes in flavors such as caramel and red velvet; and pies such as lemon ice box and Hershey. Olivia’s has a meal plan that can serve 10 to 12, and the Flickr/Kimberly Vardeman

For its Thanksgiving catering menu, Crazy Cat has savory dishes such as a Coca-Cola-glazed ham, cornbread dressing, Mississippi sweet-potato puree and yellow squash casserole, and desserts such as bread pudding, chocolate chip-bourbonpecan pie, Snickers cobbler, spiced-apple cake with a caramel glaze and more. Crazy Cat will take orders until it can’t any more. Pick-up will be the day before Thanksgiving, Wednesday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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This Thanksgiving, McDade’s has gallonsized sides such as cornbread dressing, turnip greens, candied yams, macaroni and cheese, and more, each for $19.99. The markets also have sweet potato or pumpkin pies for $3.99. It also has turkey or ham dinner options that feed eight to 10 people and include cornbread dressing, a 32-ounce side such as broccoli-andrice or green-bean casseroles; and include items such as a pumpkin pie and a dozen dinner rolls. McDade’s will take orders for the dinners through this weekend.

Hickory Pit (1491 Canton Mart Road) For Thanksgiving, Hickory Pit offers items such as smoked turkey, desserts, ribs and sides. For more information, call 601-956-7079.

Cookin’ Up a Storm (1491 Canton Mart Road, 601-957-1166) Cookin’ Up a Storm will have a full holiday menu that includes stuffing with sage sausage, pecans and apples; scalloped pineapple casserole; corn; vodka and coffee liqueur-chocolate cake; and mini cinnamon rolls. The restaurant will accept orders until Friday, Nov 18. Cookin’ Up a Storm will be open Wednesday, Nov. 23, until 2 p.m. and will be closed Nov. 24-27. Chimneyville Smokehouse (970 High St., 601-354-4665, chimneyville.com) For Thanksgiving, Chimneyville has a menu of with items such as smoked or fried turkey, smoked ham, cornbread dressing, macaroni and cheese, and cranberry sauce. Delivery to offices or homes is available. The Strawberry Café (107 Depot Drive, Madison, 601-856-3822, strawberrycafe madison.com) For Thanksgiving, Strawberry Cafe will offer a special family feast package. With it, customers have a choice of pork loin with an orange-honey and rosemary demi glaze or a glazed boneless ham; herbed cornbread dressing or oyster cornbread dressing; a choice of three sides such as seasonal salad, green-bean casserole, baked apples, sweet potatoes with candied walnuts, potatoes au gratin, or macaroni and cheese; a homemade cranberry sauce; dinner rolls; and caramel pie. The package feeds 10 to 12 people. The deadline for orders is Sunday, Nov. 20.

Grant’s Kitchen (2847 Lakeland Dr., Flowood, 601-665-4764, grantskitchen.com) Grant’s offers two Thanksgiving packages for with anywhere from seven to 20 servings people that includes a half or whole roasted turkey (depending on the package), two sides, cornbread dressing and two pies, as well as sweet potato or corn casseroles, desserts and other menu options that are available individually. Customers can get vegetables and sides in pints, quarts, half gallons and gallons. For pricing, visit grantskitchen.com. Pick up is Wednesday, Nov. 23.

green-bean casserole, glazed carrots, macaroni and cheese, roaster cauliflower and more, and dessert is pumpkin pie or bread pudding. Orders must be placed by Thursday, Nov. 17, at 4 p.m., and pick up is Wednesday, Nov. 23.

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age that serves 10 to 12 people. It includes a whole turkey or ham, cornbread dressing, giblet gravy, a large vegetable such as sweet-potato casserole, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, and a choice of pies, including lemon ice box pie and sweet potato pie. Pecan pie costs extra. Primos also has a breakfast menu, which includes items such as pancake batter in a quart, cheese grits in a pint or quart and cinnamon rolls, and a holiday office catering menu. For more information about the catering menus, call Primos at 601-898-3600 (Ridgeland) or 601-936-3398 (Flowood).

business can also do corporate deliveries for 15 or more people. Thanksgiving orders must be placed by Friday, Nov. 18, and must be picked up by Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m.

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Table 100 (100 Ridge Way, Flowood, 601933-2720, tableonehundred.com) Table 100 offers chicken or turkey meal packages for 10 to 12 people with dressing and gravy, cranberry relish and a choice of either two pumpkin pies or bread pudding. The chicken package is $149.95, and the turkey package is $169.95. Customers can also order four whole sweet tea-brined chickens for $49.95 or one whole sweet tea-brined hickory smoked turkey for $69.95. Sides include

Rainbow Cooperative and High Noon Cafe will both be closed on Thanksgiving Day. However, it will be taking pre-orders for organic and free-range turkeys as well as Tofurky, vegetarian field roasts and more. Customers can pick up their order at any time during normal business hours until Nov. 23.

CHAR Restaurant (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 142, 601-956-9562, charrestaurant.com) The menu includes butter beans, smashed sweet potatoes, cornbread dressing and whole pecan pie. Customers should place orders by Nov. 21 and pick the food up by Nov. 23.

The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 N. State St., 601-398-4562) The Manship’s holiday catering menu has meats such as a whole turkey (smoked or fried) or a maple-glazed duroc pork shoulder; sides such as pork and cabbage dressing; corn casserole; braised greens; and pumpkin and pecan pies. The deadline for ordering is Nov. 18, and customers should pick orders up on Nov. 23. The Pig & Pint (3139 N. State St., 601-3266070, pigandpint.com) The Pig & Pint has meat such as smoked turkey, smoked Angus brisket and whole Boston butt; sides such as collard greens, Momma Hutcheson’s cornbread dressing and comeback cole slaw; pecan wood-smoked gravy, Mississippi “sweet” barbecue sauce or Carolina mustard for sauces; and bananas Foster pudding and white chocolate-and-cranberry bread pudding for desserts. Order must be placed by 4 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18, and must be picked up by Wednesday, Nov. 23.

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Jingle Bell Market, Dec. 3 To kick off the holiday season in December, the Pearl Chamber of Commerce is once again hosting the Jingle Bell Market, which brings arts-and-crafts and food vendors together at Trustmark Park (1 Braves Way, Pearl). The event, which takes place Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m.

Local artists sell their pieces at prices under $100 in order to make art a more accessible commodity. Last year, the event was at the Russell C. Davis Planetarium, and included artists such as Justin Ransburg and Samara Thomas. This year, the event will be at the Fondren location of Hops & Habanas (2771 Old Canton Road). For more information, find the event on Facebook. courtesy Nancy Perkins

he impending holiday season means stuffing our faces with tons of food and congregating with family and friends, but it also means something else: The shopping season is about to begin. This holiday, make sure you support Mississippi craftmakers. Here’s a guide to some of the craft festivals in and nearby the Jackson metro area.

Handworks Holiday Market, Nov. 18-19 Midtown Holiday For the last 35 years, Studio Tours, Dec. 3 Handworks Holiday Market The Midtown Holiday has gathered hundreds of arStudio Tours are a great way tisans from the South to celto celebrate local arts and craft ebrate arts and crafts through and the midtown neighborshopping. This year, the feshood—and to find interesting tival will bring in more than gifts for loved ones. People can 140 exhibitors. tour more than 10 warehouses While there, you can and studios, including The find something for everyone, Hangar, N.U.T.S., Pearl River whether you need jewelry Glass Studio and Offbeat. from Jewel of Havana or J The event will also have Lizzie Jewelry, bath products art, as well as food and drink from Southern Natural Soap, vendors, such as Mississippi or even treats for your favorite Mayo Flynt, the chairman of the board of trustees at the Cold Drip Coffee, who will Mississippi Museum of Art, and Renee Flynt, a former dog’s stocking from Cotton’s president of the Craftsmen Guild of Mississippi, pose with have a pop-up coffee shop, Café Dog Treat Bakery. and Lucky Town Brewing items from the Chimneyville Crafts Festival. The event takes place Company, who will have a Friday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and to 4 p.m. in the Trustmark Park parking holiday beer garden. The event will also Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. lot, will also have live entertainment all day have live music starting at 5 p.m. The at the Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mis- and events such as an antique car show. holiday tours are Saturday, Dec. 3, from sissippi St.). General admission is $8, and For more information, call 601-939- 3 to 8 p.m. in midtown. advance tickets are $10. Advance weekend 3338 or visit pearlms.org. passes are $15. People who purchase tickets Chimneyville Crafts Festival, early can get in at 8 a.m. and will receive a Priced to Move, Dec. 16-17 Dec. 1-3 free shopping bag. Priced to Move will celebrate its sev- If you’ve ever been inside the Missis For more information, visit handworks enth installment from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. sippi Crafts Center’s gift shop, you know market.com. on Friday, Dec. 16, and Saturday, Dec. 17. it’s a treasure trove for southern art. You

can find pretty much anything you want in there, from handcrafted pocket knives to framed feather paintings. Each year, the Craftsmen Guild of Mississippi also hosts the Chimneyville Crafts Festival at the Mississippi Craft Center (950 Rice Road). This year is the event’s 40th anniversary and will have about 170 booths that sell work in mediums such as wood, pottery, glass, fiber and jewelry. The Preview Party is Thursday, Dec. 1, from 7 to 10 p.m. and will include entertainment, food, beer, wine and other drinks, as well as early access to items on sale. Tickets for that event are $50 in advance or $60 at the door and include admission to the festival on Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3. The event is 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Dec. 2 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 3. Regular admission is $10 for each day. For more information, visit craftsmenguildofms.com. Holly Days Arts & Crafts Show, Dec. 3 While you’re looking for holiday gifts, don’t forget to check out the Holly Days Arts & Crafts Show in Vicksburg. The event, which is in its ninth year, will feature vendors from around the state and will have entertainers such as the RiverPointe Dance Academy students and Ms. Thabby’s Musical Theatre Program. The Vicksburg Main Street Christmas Parade of Lights follows the event at 5 p.m. The festival is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation’s auditorium (1302 Adams St., Vicksburg). Tickets for the festival are $1. For more information, call 601-631-2997 or visit southernculture.org. See more events at jfp.ms/calendar.

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Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Fred Hammond performs for the Festival of Praise Tour on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the Jackson Convention Complex.

Harvest Festival is at 9 a.m. at the Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). Includes industrial demonstrations at the cotton gin, farmstead, cane mill, blacksmith shop and sawmill, an antique tractor display and more. Additional dates: Nov. 17-18, 9 a.m. $6, $4 for children; call 601-432-4500; msagmuseum.org.

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Museum After Hours—Made in Midtown is at 5:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Includes a pop-up exhibition from Midtown creatives, a Thanksgiving ‘sipp-sourced menu from chef Nick Wallace, performances from the Blue Monday Band and Mississippi Improv Alliance, and a screening of the film “The Blues Brothers.” Free admission, food prices vary; call 601960-1515; msmuseumart.org. … The Pin-Ups on Tour Burlesque & Variety Show is at 8 p.m. at The Hideaway (5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The 1940s-style

FRIDAY 11/18

BARS Institute Annual Black Renaissance Gala is at 6:30 p.m. at the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center (528 Bloom St.). Includes art, dance, music, fashion, poetry, cuisine, education and works of innovation in the black community. $25, $40 for couples; eventbrite.com. … Katt Williams: Conspiracy Theory is at 9 p.m. at the Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.). The stand-up comedian and actor performs as part of his latest national tour. $45-$100; call 601-353-0603; ticketmaster.evyy.net.

SATURDAY 11/19

12Ks for the Holidays is at 7 a.m. in the Fondren Green by TYLER EDWARDS Space. The seventh annual race event includes a 12K run, a 5K run, a 5K walk, a free one-mile jacksonfreepress.com fun run for kids, a holiday cosFax: 601-510-9019 tume contest, food, an after-race Daily updates at party, door prizes and more. Projfpevents.com ceeds benefit the Good Samaritan Center. $45; call 601-355-6276; email 12k@goodsamaritancenter.org; christmas12k.com. … Casting Crowns performs at 8 p.m. at the Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.). The Grammy Awardwinning contemporary Christian band’s latest album is called “The Very Next Thing.” Matt Maher and Hannah Kerr also perform. $37.50-$87.50; call 601-353-0603; ticketmaster.com.

SUNDAY 11/20

The Bookfriends Membership Party is at 4 p.m. at Fondren Public (2765 Old Canton Road). Includes guest speaker Jerry Strahan, author of “Lucky Dogs,” and live music from The Vamps. Tickets include a year membership to Bookfriends of the University Press of Mississippi. $50, $35 for anyone 35 and under; call 601-259-3650; email threedognight@bellsouth.net; find the event on Facebook.

MONDAY 11/21

“Cavalleria Rusticana” is at 7:30 p.m. at the Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). The Mississippi Opera performs Pietro Mascagni’s one-act opera, first performed in 1890. $30-$60; msopera.org.

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The Pin-Ups on Tour Burlesque & Variety Show, which raises funds for veterans and active military, is at The Hideaway on Thursday, Nov. 17.

national burlesque tour raises funds for hospitalized veterans and active military. Doors open at 7 p.m. Vintage attire encouraged. $20 in advance, $20 at the door, free with RSVP for active military and veterans; call 601-291-4759; 20 pinupsontour.com.

Festival of Praise Tour is at 7:30 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). Fred Hammond, Israel Houghton, Hezekiah Walker, Regina Belle, Karen Clark Sheard, Casey J and Earthquake perform. $30-$65; call 679-322-8098; ticketmaster.com.

WEDNESDAY 11/23

The Molly Ringwalds performs at 9 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The 1980s-themed band is known for its costumes and energetic live shows. $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

Jackson 2000—Fall Dialogue Circle Nov. 17, 6 p.m., at the Mississippi Youth Media Project (125 S. Congress St.). Local individuals discuss race, prejudice and racial reconciliation using a curriculum and study guides. Must register in advance. Free; call 504-931-5486; email dialoguecircles@jackson2000.org; jackson2000.org.

HOLIDAY 36th Annual Squat & Gobble Nov. 17, 6 p.m., at Old Capitol Inn (226 N. State St.). Includes food, beverages, a silent auction, a live auction, dance contest, turkey calling contest and live music. $45; call 359-9000; friendsforacause.com. “Songs of Thanksgiving” Fall Concert Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m., at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral (305 E. Capitol St.). The Jackson Choral Society’s holiday-themed concert features the works of Franz Joseph Haydn. Proceeds benefit Stewpot Community. $10 admission, $8 for seniors and students; email jacksonchoralsociety@gmail.com. 12Ks for the Holidays Nov. 19, 7 a.m., in the Fondren Green Space. The seventh annual race event includes a 12K run, a 5K run, a 5K walk, a free one-mile fun run for kids, a holiday costume contest, food, an after-race party, door prizes and more. Proceeds benefit the Good Samaritan Center. $45; call 601-355-6276; email 12k@ goodsamaritancenter.org; christmas12k.com. Turkey Tuesday Nov. 22, 10 a.m., at Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (2148 Riverside Drive). Participants examine turkey feathers under a microscope, make turkey headbands, investigate egg anatomy and learn what turkeys eat for lunch. Free with admission; mdwfp.com.

COMMUNITY 1 Million Cups Nov. 16, Nov. 23, 9 a.m., at Coalesce (109 N. State St.). Entrepreneurs meet to network, pitch ideas and get information on scaling and improving their businesses. Presenters must register. Free; 1millioncups.com. Madison County Chamber of Commerce’s 95th Anniversary Celebration Nov. 17, 6 p.m., at Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road). Includes a silent auction, hors d’oeuvres, craps and roulette tables, a cash bar and music from Southern Komfort Brass Band. $50, $40 members; madisoncountychamber.com. The Economic Case for Addressing Climate Change Nov. 18, 1 p.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). Dominika Dziegielewska speaks on the topic of climate change. Free; call 601-974-1061; email kenneth.townsend@ millsaps.edu; millsaps.edu. BARS Institute Annual Black Renaissance Gala Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m., at Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center (528 Bloom St.). Includes art, dance, music, fashion, poetry, cuisine, education and works of innovation in the black community. $25, $40 for couples; eventbrite.com. Annie’s Christmas Gift Nov. 20, 6 p.m., at Madison Square Center for the Arts (2103 Main St., Madison). The play tells the story of a young girl torn between social acceptance and the pursuit of her own personal destiny. $10 in advance, $15 at the door; call 601-207-4463; eventbrite.com.

Mississippi Professional Connection Quarterly Networking Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m., at Hops and Habanas Fondren (2771 Old Canton Road). Guest speakers discuss topics such as branding, global marketing, sales, purchasing, supply chain management, vendor relationships, and JV partnerships. Entry includes four seasonal micro-brewed beers and entrance into door prize drawings. $15 in advance, $20 at the door; call 769-234-6254; email pscott@ professionalconnection.biz; mississippi. professionalconnection.biz.

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STAGE & SCREEN What’s New with New Stage Theatre? Nov. 17, 11:30 a.m., at Fairview Inn (734 Fairview St.). Shannon Frost, marketing associate with New Stage Theatre, is the speaker. Free for AAF member, $30 for non-members; call 601-487-1100; aafjackson.ticketleap.com. Pin-Ups on Tour Burlesque & Variety Show Nov. 17, 8 p.m., at The Hideaway (5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The 1940s-style national burlesque tour raises funds for hospital-

the best in sports over the next seven days by Bryan Flynn

It was a wild weekend in college football and the NFL. Close games and upsets defined the weekend and made for exciting viewing for football fans. Thursday, Nov. 17

College basketball (4-6 p.m., ESPN2): Set your DVR as the MSU men face UCF. … NFL (7:25-11 p.m., NBC): After a heartbreaking loss to the Broncos, the Saints have to quickly rebound on a short week on hit the road against the Carolina Panthers. Friday, Nov. 18

College basketball (2-4 p.m., CBS Sports): Get ready to record some hoops again, as the Rebels men’s team takes on Oral Roberts. Saturday, Nov. 19

College football (4:30-8 p.m., beIN Sports): USM looks to get bowl eligible against North Texas. … College football (6-9:30 p.m., ESPNU): MSU can’t lose against Arkansas or no bowl game. … College football (7-11 p.m., SECN): Rebels look to get bowl eligible against Vanderbilt. Sunday, Nov. 20

NFL (noon-3 p.m., CBS): Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys hope

FOOD & DRINK Mississippi Food Summit and Agricultural Revival Nov. 17-19, 8 a.m., at Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). Speakers discuss issues pertaining to food and farming in Mississippi. Includes networking, film screenings, dinners, live music, farm and garden tours, and more. $25 single day, $40 full summit; call 601-432-4500; mssagnet.net. Beaujolais Nouveau Day Nov. 17, 6 p.m., at Anjou Restaurant (361 Township Ave., Ridgeland). Includes a four-course French meal and live jazz music. $52; anjourestaurant.net. BBQ, Beer & Bingo Nov. 17, 7 p.m., at Pig & Pint (3139 N. State St.). Includes bingo games and features prizes from Lucky Town Brewing Company. Free; call 326-6070; pigandpint.com.

to win nine straight as they host the Baltimore Ravens. Monday, Nov. 21

NFL (7:30-11 p.m., ESPN): Watch players with ties to Mississippi universities on both the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Texans in the Monday night matchup. Tuesday, Nov. 22

College football (6-7 p.m., ESPN): As the college-football season heads into its final week, “College Football Playoffs: Top 25” digs into the latest rankings.

Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • Beth McKee’s Swamp Sistas Songwriter Circle Nov. 18, 8 p.m. Performers include singer-songwriters Holley Peel, Lynn Drury and Bronwynne Brent. $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net. • The Molly Ringwalds Nov. 23, 9 p.m. The 1980s-themed band is known for its costumes and energetic live shows. $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net. MSO Pops I—Woodstock: Real & Imagined Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and the Jeans’n Classics Band perform music from Woodstock. $15-$49; call 601-9601565; msorchestra.com. “Cavalleria Rusticana” Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., at Belhaven University Center for the Arts (835 Riverside Drive). The Mississippi Opera performs Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana.” $30-$60; call 601-960-2300; msopera.org.

LITERATURE & SIGNINGS Events at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202) • “Atlantis Lost” Nov. 16, 5 p.m. Author T. A. Barron signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $17.99 book; lemuriabooks.com. • “Patmos” Nov. 17, 5 p.m. C. Baxter Kruger signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $16.99 book; lemuriabooks.com. • “White Sands” Nov. 18, 5 p.m. Geoff Dyer signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $25.00 book; lemuriabooks.com.

Wednesday, Nov. 23

College basketball (6-8 p.m., ESPN3): The Jackson State men’s team looks to pull off the shocker of the early season as they travel to face Ohio State. Alcorn State won its third consecutive SWAC East title after beating MVSU. This weekend’s game between JSU and ASU is just for bragging rights. Follow Bryan Flynn at jfpsports.com, @jfpsports and at facebook.com/jfpsports.

EXHIBIT OPENINGS Art Space 86 Gallery Nov. 17, 5 p.m., at Capri Theater (3023 N. State St.). Jerrod Partridge, Ashleigh Coleman, Ida Floreak, Robert Crowell, Rob Cooper and David West exhibit artwork. Free; email painterjerrod@gmail.com. Museum After Hours—Made in Midtown Nov. 17, 5:30 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Includes a pop-up exhibition from Midtown creatives, a Thanksgiving ‘sipp-sourced menu from chef Nick Wallace, live entertainment and a screening of “The Blues Brothers.” Free admission; msmuseumart.org.

ized veterans and active military. Vintage attire encouraged. $20 in advance, $20 at the door, free with RSVP for active military and veterans; call 601-291-4759; pinupsontour.com.

2016 Handworks Holiday Market Nov. 18-19, 9 a.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). More than 140 exhibitors sell crafts, jewelry, art and more. $8; call 601-354-7051; greaterjacksonpartnership.com.

“The Mikado” Nov. 20, 3 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The Mississippi Opera presents the musical comedy from the British comedic team of Gilbert and Sullivan. $30; call 601-292-7121; msopera.org.

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CONCERTS & FESTIVALS Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra Nov. 20, 3 p.m., at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral (305 E. Capitol St.). Soloist Amulet Strange and the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra perform music from Handel. Free; call 601-927-7494; email sallysteincohen@gmail.com.

Sleep-Out to Help the Homeless Nov. 22, 10 p.m.-Nov. 23, 6 a.m., at Poindexter Park (825 W. Capitol St.). Participants sleep outside to raise money and awareness for local homeless shelters. Donations encouraged; call 601-918-4350; email info@msmove.org. Check jfpevents.com for updates and more listings, or to add your own events online. You can also email event details to events@jacksonfreepress.com to be added to the calendar. The deadline is noon the Wednesday prior to the week of publication.

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tepping inside midtown-based record, comic-book and collectibles store Offbeat, you’ll notice plenty of products that come from all over the United States and from different corners of the world, including Japanese manga and toy kits, and paperback comic collections from Marvel Comics in New York and DC Comics in California. However, Offbeat owner Phillip Rollins has always made a point to provide products coming from closer to home, as well. Patrons can purchase clothing from local t-shirt company Donnie Wahl, artwork from up-and-coming local creatives, and CDs and records from a localmusic section. On many days, customers can catch him playing tracks from Mississippi musicians over the store sound system, and outside of standard store hours, he also hosts live performances to promote regional and touring acts. Unfortunately, playing music doesn’t come cheap. In the United States, copyright laws require businesses and venues to pay fees to licensing companies such as ASCAP and SESAC in order to play music from their recording artists. As ASCAP and SESAC charge Offbeat as a store and a venue, and the prices are rising in the new year, Rollins’ fees became overwhelming. The solution would be to buy a subscription for a radioesque, selected playlist. But that would mean playing local music was off the table. “I’m all for making sure that artists get paid,” he says, “but the long and short of it, the fees are so extravagant that it’s like, ‘Hell, I can’t support the artists locally that are trying to do their thing.’” Although he was able to negotiate a reduced cost with ASCAP on Oct. 20, the increased fees for both will still compound with the debt that Rollins accrued within his first year of business. When opening the store in 2014, he was working with a business partner, and both owners would have taken equal shares of the operation costs. About six months after Offbeat opened, though, Rollins’ partner left the venture, saddling him with far more expense than he had prepared for. “It put me into a really tight position to where, by accounting and financial people’s positions, it’s not super bad, but in my eyes, I don’t like being in debt at all,” Rollins says. “It has me really worried and nervous, and I want to nip it in the bud before it gets to the point where, ‘Well, doors are shut down.’”

After weighing his options, Rollins decided to reach out to his friend and fellow deejay, Garrad Lee, to ask if he would organize a fundraiser to relieve some of the financial pressure on the store. As more supporters became aware of the event, “Damn the Man, Save the Offbeat,” it grew from a small benefit show to a full-fledged festival.

always hesitant to ask for help or ask for money, stuff like that. So when I did, I said, ‘All right, I’m going to see what happens.’ I don’t expect much, but seeing the support that I’m getting is overwhelming to me.” While he says he is grateful to the people offering their time, talent and financial support, he wishes it hadn’t come to that

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“Damn the Man, Save the Offbeat,” a fundraiser for Phillip Rollins’ midtown store, is on Saturday, Nov. 19.

The fundraiser will showcase local talents in a variety of art forms, from visual to musical to culinary, all in support of Offbeat. Comedian Merc B. Williams will host the evening, with musical performances from hip-hop artists Mr. Fluid, Sir Flywalker, Ray Kincaid and Yung Jewelz, deejays Skratchin’ Jackson and DJ Sandpaper, and rock acts Passing Parade and Surfwax. Comedian Patrick Jerome will also perform with special guests. Beyond music, attendees can expect live artwork from light-graffiti artist T.J. Legler and painter Justin Ransburg, food from chef Tom Ramsey and Jackson State University professor Noel Didla, and a raffle for art pieces and products from local creatives, such as Adrienne Domnick, Eli Childers, Will Brooks, Kira Cummings and Jason Daniels. “It’s kind of amazing to me,” Rollins says. “I’m an only child, but I was by no means spoiled. My mom busted my ass to make sure I earned everything, so I was

point for his small business. He is hoping to improve Offbeat’s standing as a safe place for the community and a support system for the arts, but there’s only so much he can do to promote it alone, he says. “With this city, what I’ve learned is that people take things for granted,” Rollins says. “We took Bebop for granted, we took Morningbell for granted, and we lost them. Even when we had Star Comics back in the day, that’s gone; the Metrocenter deteriorated for numerous reasons; and these are things that in the back of our heads, we said, ‘Oh, these things are going to be here forever,’ not realizing that we need to at least visit and buy a Coke or something. “It’s the little things like that that make a huge difference.” “Damn the Man, Save the Offbeat” is from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, at Offbeat (151 Wesley Ave.). Admission is based on donations, with a $10 suggested minimum. For more information, visit offbeatjxn.com or find the event on Facebook.

Music listings are due noon Monday to be included in print and online listings: music@jacksonfreepress.com.

Big Sleepy’s - PWR BTTM w/ Bellows & Lisa Prank 8 p.m. $10 advance $12 door all ages Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Fitzgerald’s - Sonny Brooks, Andrew Pates & Jay Wadsworth 7:30 p.m. Kathryn’s - Gator Trio 6:30 p.m. free Kemistry - Open Mic Night 9 p.m. 601-665-2073 Old Capitol Inn - Brian Jones Pelican Cove - Stevie Cain 6 p.m. Shucker’s - Lovin Ledbetter 7:30 p.m. free

NOV. 17 - THURSDAY Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Fitzgerald’s - Johnny Crocker 7:30 p.m. Georgia Blue, Flowood - Brian Jones Georgia Blue, Madison - Ron Etheridge Iron Horse Grill - Vinnie C. 6 p.m. Kathryn’s - Greenﬁsh 6:30 p.m. free MS Museum of Art - Museum After Hours feat. Blue Monday Band 5:30 p.m. free Old Capitol Inn - Stevie Cain Pelican Cove - Alanna Mosley 6 p.m. Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 7:30 p.m. free Soulshine, Flowood - John Causey 7 p.m. free St. Andrew’s Cathedral - Jackson Choral Society’s “Songs of Thanksgiving” 7:30 p.m. $10 admission $8 seniors & students Sylvia’s - Thursday Night Live feat. The Blues Man & Sunshine McGhee 9 p.m. free

NOV. 18 - FRIDAY Ameristar, Vicksburg - The Anteeks 8 p.m. free Big Sleepy’s - Lisbon Deaths w/ Dad Stuff 8 p.m. Burgers & Blues - Acoustic Crossroads 6 p.m. Cerami’s - Linda Blackwell & James Bailey 6:30-9:30 p.m. free Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m. Duling Hall - Beth McKee’s Swamp Sistas Songwriter Circle feat. Holley Peel, Lynn Drury & Bronwynne Brent 8 p.m. $15 advance $20 door ardenland.net F. Jones Corner - The Blues Man 10 p.m. $1; Sherman Lee Dillon & the MS Sound midnight $10 Fitzgerald’s - Hunter Gibson & Ronnie McGee (Dueling Pianos) 7:30 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Brandon Greer Georgia Blue, Madison - Shaun Patterson Iron Horse Grill - Reverend KM Williams 9 p.m. Kathryn’s - Shadz of Grey 7 p.m. free Martin’s - Stephen Neeper & the Wild Hearts 10 p.m. MS Coliseum - Katt Williams Comedy 8 p.m. $46-$99 Old Capitol Inn - Stace & Cassie Ole Tavern - David Dunavent & the Evol Love Band 9 p.m. $5 Pelican Cove - May Day Pop’s Saloon - Truck Patch Revival 9 p.m. Shucker’s - Travelin’ Jane 5:30 p.m. free; Snazz 8 p.m. $5; Jessie Howell 10 p.m. free Soulshine, Flowood - Crooked Creek 7 p.m. free Soulshine, Ridgeland - Stevie Cain 8 p.m. free WonderLust - DJ Taboo 8 p.m.2 a.m.

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Pelican Cove - Jay & the Roundup Band 6 p.m. Pop’s Saloon - Shameless 9 p.m. Shucker’s - Andrew Pates 3:30 p.m. free; Snazz 8 p.m. $5; Jason Turner 10 p.m. free Thalia Mara Hall - MS Symphony Orchestra’s “Woodstock: Real & Imagined” 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15$49 msorchestra.com WonderLust - Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-3 a.m. free before 10 p.m.

NOV. 20 - SUNDAY Char - Big Easy Three 11 a.m.; Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Duling Hall - MS Opera’s “The Mikado” 3 p.m. $30 The Hideaway - Mike & Marty’s Jam Session Jackson Revival Center Thanksgiving Praise & Worship Concert feat. Shana Wilson 6 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Sid Thompson & DoubleShotz 6 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Ronnie Brown 11 a.m.; Rocking the Keys (Dueling Pianos) 4 p.m. Shucker’s - Steele Heart 3:30 p.m. free Wellington’s - Andy Hardwick 11 a.m.

NOV. 21 - MONDAY Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Hal & Mal’s - Central MS Blues Society (rest) 7 p.m. Kathryn’s - Stevie Cain 6:30 p.m. free

NOV. 22 - TUESDAY Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Fenian’s - Open Mic Fitzgerald’s - Doug Hurd 7:30 p.m. Jackson Convention Complex - Hezekiah Walker, Israel Houghton, Fred Hammond, Casey J, Karen Clark Sheard & Earthquake 7:30 p.m. $35-$65 Kathryn’s - Road Hogs 6:30 p.m. free

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irector Jeff Nichols is no stranger to the nuances the reason he thinks the Lovings are not as known as subjected to House Bill 1523, which Gov. Phil Bryant of the South. other civil-rights figures is because news stories are often signed into law. It would have allowed clerks to recuse “Where you’re from dictates so much about about “a flash of violence, or a tipping point,” he said. themselves from issuing marriage licenses and broadwho you are,” he told the Jackson Free Press “This was a couple who were enduring nine years ened the scope of who can deny service to government about how growing up in Arkansas influences his aes- of constant ‘can’t do this, can’t do that,’” Edgerton said, agencies, had a federal judge not struck it down. thetic as a filmmaker. “There’s just a different rhythm “but there was no real news event. Until they got the The governor has appealed the district court’s ruland cadence to things in the South.” helping hand that took them to the Supreme Court.” ing, and the case is currently in the 5th U.S. Circuit You can feel that specifically quiet, humble south- This subtlety and lack of bombast is also part of Court of Appeals. ern flavor in his latest work, “Loving.” The Virginia- what makes “Loving” such a powerful film. The lives The Lovings’ fight for the equality of their marbased film tells the story of Richard and Mildred Lov- of Richard and Mildred are not overly dramatized. In- riage bears strong similarities to the recent fight by ing, whose battle against discrimination and racism led stead, the film tells this pivotal story of the Civil Rights same-sex couples for equality in the same institution, to the U.S. Supreme Court decision that invalidated Movement through the intense psychological pain that and the continuing fight against anti-LGBT discrimilaws prohibiting interracial marriage. the Lovings experience. The lead actors, Joel Edgerton nation laws. Edgerton brought this up when discussing The story follows the interracial couple over nine and Ruth Negga, beautifully convey the fear and degra- the importance of the film with today’s audiences. years. In 1958, shortly after the “To reach forward, to couple discovered Mildred is pregwhat’s going on now, Loving v. nant, they got married and were Virginia was cited in the changing quickly arrested for breaking the of the rights for same-sex couples state’s anti-miscegenation law. Not in this country,” he says. “Even knowing what else to do, the Lovnow (Richard and Mildred) are ings pled guilty to the charges, forhaving an effect over the freedoms going jail time under the condition of other people.” that they leave the state for at least Nichols, who grew up in the 25 years. The couple moved to South, understands both sides of the safer and more tolerant Washthe issues. “There are good people ington, D.C., until the American that just carry around bad views,” Civil Liberties Union took on their he said. But then he reiterated case, giving them the courage to Edgerton’s point by quoting the tentatively move back to Virginia. Lovings’ lawyer, Bernie Cohen, in Eventually, in 1967, the battle his oral arguments at the Supreme reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Court. which struck down the Virginia “What is the danger of interJoel Edgerton (far left) and Ruth Negga (left) play interracial couple Mildred and law. Decades later, the high court racial marriage to the state of VirRichard Loving in “Loving,” which tells the story of how their case helped legalize cited that ruling when it legalized ginia? What is the state of danger interracial marriage in the U.S. Michael Shannon (right) is a Time photographer in the film. same-sex marriage in 2015. to the people of Virginia of interra While the film’s themes are cial marriage?” Cohen said. undeniably resonant with issues prevalent in today’s dation that interracial couples went through at the time. “There are people at the center of this story, and there culture, Nichols says the movie does not have a specific They do not accomplish this through Aaron Sorkin- are people at the center of this marriage equality deagenda. esque speechmaking or lecturing, but by the visceral bate, people that matter,” Nichols said. “We were just trying to tell a love story,” he said, heartbreak on their faces and in their voices through Edgerton articulated the daily struggle of both “and in doing so, what you’re going to do, hopefully, so much of the film. Nichols says he purposely empha- black and LGBT Mississippians. “It’s such a sad thing is connect to people. Maybe they connect to the (con- sized this aspect of the film, along with the apolitical when you learn to be silent, or you’re forced to be sicept) and say, ‘Hey, these are two people that at some nature of the couple. lent,” he said. “One of the great freedoms of this counpoint in our American history were told they couldn’t “What they were doing wasn’t an act of defiance, try is the freedom of speech, the freedom to be vocal love each other, and maybe, gosh, that has parallels to or a symbol of that movement,” he said. and to be heard. And to think that right is somewhat something else that’s going today.’” “They just loved each other, and were trying to kicked out of you, and you eventually lay down and Even though interracial couples do not have to stay married. … Their existence is what was so offensive shut up, and you learn to be quiet, and that’s a shame. fight for the right to marry whom they love anymore, to certain people and the government. Just the fact that Because none of us should ever feel that way.” African Americans in Mississippi are not in the clear they existed was the problem.” “Loving” is a brilliant reminder to people whose when it comes to civil-rights battles, even more than Being told you cause offense by just existing is un- rights are still being stepped on, that we should never 40 years post-Loving v. Virginia. Issues like voter dis- fortunately a pain many Mississippians still experience learn to be silent. enfranchisement are still alive and well, all while the today. LGBT people potentially face legalized discrimiConfederate battle flag, a symbol of slavery, flies over nation on a daily basis in our state, simply for existing. Where to See “Loving” the Mississippi state capitol. It is currently legal for private businesses to not serve It is easy to imagine issues such as voting rights LGBT people if they deem not to. Title VII does not The film premiered in Atlanta, Ga., on and the state flag going under the radar for people not recognize sexual orientation and gender identity as catNov. 11 and opens in Los Angeles and New York directly affected by them in a similar way to interracial egories for discrimination, and only as of March have on Friday, Nov. 18. For updated information on marriage decades ago. Joel Edgerton, who plays Rich- same-sex couples been allowed to apply for adoption local release dates, visit focusfeatures.com. ard Loving in the film, told the Jackson Free Press that in the state. Most recently, LGBT Mississippians were 24

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

Does the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;revolutionâ&#x20AC;? have any useful meaning? Or has it been invoked by so many fanatics with such melodramatic agendas that it has lost its value? In accordance with your astrological omens, I suggest we give it another chance. I think it deserves a cozy spot in your life during the next few months. As for what exactly that entails, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call on author Rebecca Solnit for inspiration. She says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still think the (real) revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all have ghosts inside us, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better when they speak than when they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? wrote author Siri Hustvedt. The good news, Sagittarius, is that in recent weeks, your personal ghosts have been discoursing at length. They have offered their interpretation of your lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s central mysteries and have provided twists on old stories you thought you had all figured out. The bad news is that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to want to shut up. Also, less than 25 percent of what they have been asserting is actually true or useful. But hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fantastic news: Those ghosts have delivered everything you need to know for now, and will obey if you tell them to take an extended vacation.

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In the film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bruce Almighty,â&#x20AC;? Morgan Freeman plays the role of God, and Capricorn actor Jim Carrey is a frustrated reporter named Bruce Nolan. After Nolan bemoans his rocky fate and blames it on Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ineptitude, the Supreme Being reaches out by phone. (His number is 716-776-2323.) A series of conversations and negotiations ensues, leading Nolan on roller-coaster adventures that ultimately result in a mostly happy ending. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you Capricorns will have an unusually high chance of making fruitful contact with a Higher Power or Illuminating Source in the coming weeks. I doubt that 716-776-2323 is the right contact information. But if you trust your intuition, I bet youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make the connection.

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Some spiders are both construction workers and artists. The webs they spin are not just strong and functional, but also feature decorative elements called â&#x20AC;&#x153;stabilimenta.â&#x20AC;? These may be as simple as zigzags or as complex as spiral whorls. Biologists say the stabilimenta draw prey to specific locations, help the spider hide and make the overall stability of the web more robust. As you enter the web-building phase of your cycle, Aquarius, I suggest that you include your own version of attractive stabilimenta. Your purpose, of course, is not to catch prey, but to bolster your network and invigorate your support system. Be artful as well as practical. (Thanks to Mother Nature Networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jaymi Heimbuch for info on stabilimenta.)

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there parts of ourselves that are just better left unfed?â&#x20AC;? asked Piscean author David Foster Wallace. I propose that we make that one of your two keynotes during the next four weeks. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a second keynote: As you become more and more skilled at not fueling the parts of yourself that are better left unfed, you will have a growing knack for identifying the parts of yourself that should be well-fed. Feed them with care and artistry!

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

The Onion, my favorite news source, reported that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfectly natural for people to fantasize about sandwiches other than the one currently in their hands.â&#x20AC;? You shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel shame, the article said, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re enjoying a hoagie but suddenly feel an inexplicable yearning for a BLT or pastrami on rye. While I appreciate this reassuring counsel, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

I hesitate to deliver the contents of this horoscope without a disclaimer. Unless you are an extremely ethical person with a vivid streak of empathy, you might be prone to abuse the information Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m about to present. So please ignore it unless you can responsibly employ the concepts of benevolent mischief and tricky blessings and cathartic shenanigans. Ready? Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your oracle: Now is a favorable time for grayer truths, wilder leaps of the imagination, more useful bullshit, funnier enigmas and more outlandish stories seasoned with crazy wisdom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

Kavachi is an underwater volcano in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It erupts periodically, and in general makes the surrounding water so hot and acidic that human divers must avoid it. And yet some hardy species live there, including crabs, jellyfish, stingrays, and sharks. What adaptations and strategies enable them to thrive in such an extreme environment? Scientists donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to draw a comparison between you and the resourceful creatures living near Kavachi. In the coming weeks, I bet youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll flourish in circumstances that normal people might find daunting.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

Seventeenth-century British people used the now-obsolete word â&#x20AC;&#x153;firktytoodle.â&#x20AC;? It meant â&#x20AC;&#x153;cuddling and snuggling accompanied by leisurely experiments in smooching, fondling, licking and sweet dirty talk.â&#x20AC;? The coming weeks will be prime time for you to carry out extensive experiments in this activity. But hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an interesting question: Will the near future also be a favorable phase for record levels of orgasmic release? The answer: maybe, but IF AND ONLY if you pursue firkytoodle as an end in itself; IF AND ONLY IF you relish the teasing and playing as if they were ultimate rewards, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t relegate them to being merely preliminary acts for pleasures that are supposedly bigger and better. P.S.: These same principles apply not just to your intimate connections, but to everything else in your life, as well. Enjoying the journey is as important as reaching a destination.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an experiment worth trying: Reach back into the past to find a remedy for whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bugging you now. In other words, seek out on an old, perhaps even partially forgotten influence to resolve a current dilemma that has resisted your efforts to master it. This is one time when it may make good sense to temporarily resurrect a lost dream. You could energize your future by drawing inspiration from possibilities that might have been but never were.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

By the time he died at the age of 87 in 1983, free thinker Buckminster Fuller had licensed his inventions to more than 100 companies. But along the way, he often had to be patient as he waited for the world to be ready for his visionary creations. He was ahead of his time, dreaming up things that would be needed before anyone knew theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be needed. I encourage you to be like him in the coming weeks, Libra. Try to anticipate the future. Generate possibilities that people are not yet ripe to accept, but will eventually be ready to embrace.

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