V16n07 - The Music Issue

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The Music Issue The Evolution of

Music Videos Smith, pp 16-18

Artists to Watch pp 17 - 18

ZOO IN LIMBO? Bragg, pp 8 - 10

WALTHALL GETS A MAKEOVER Dreher, pp 7-10w

STEAMY SUMMER NIGHTS Walker, p 26

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apper Silas Stapleton, whom fans know as just Silas, says he never imagined the amount of attention that would come from his debut solo album, 2016’s “The Day I Died.”

“The responsibility that has been demanded of me as far as people asking for music and performances has been unbelievable,” he says. “It has made me a lot more busy.”

Stapleton, 30, grew up in Jackson. At the age of 12, he began playing trumpet and was in band at Murrah and Bailey Magnet high schools.

Before he released “The Day I Died” last year, he stopped playing the trumpet, as he thought it did not fit his persona as a hip-hop artist, he says.

“I was fitting a certain mold—a mold the world gave me,” he says. “I finally made it in, and it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. I feel like I let a lot of people down who were chasing a fake reality of a person I thought I was supposed to be. I wanted to get back to who I was originally, and I never had that chance.”

Stapleton says that he recently started playing the instrument again.

He describes his most recent album as “real music” with a nostalgic story that is not just about his life, but the life of the city of Jackson.

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“It’s a time box filled with several great memories of the past,” Stapleton says. “For me, it was about remembering a time when my life was less stressful, and I really hope this album has helped other people do the same. I was finally able to let the listeners know that should always be themselves.

The way God made you is the way you are supposed to be. You’re always going to be good enough.”

With the responsibility that followed the success of his album, he says, there was also a creative fire. “It means that I want to raise my own expectations,” he says.

“When people follow you and see you as having a great project, it makes you want to make more music.”

This attention also led to coverage in publications such as Vibe and his widespanning “The Wiz Tour,” which has taken him not only all over Mississippi, but also in states such as Florida and Illinois. His next local performance is at Jacktoberfest on Friday, Oct. 11.

Through all the attention, Stapleston says that he has tried to stay true to his roots and feels that fans consider him an “artist” because of his attention the craft.

“Lyrics are important to art,” he says.

“People have noticed my lyrics and my delivery. Art has to sound interesting.”

Visit dear-silas.com. —Greg Pigott

cover photo of Epic Funk Brass Band

by Imani Khayyam

6 ............................ Talks 12 ................... editorial 13 ...................... opinion 16 ............ Cover Story 19 ........ music listings 20 ........... food & Drink 22 ......................... 8 Days 24 ........................ Events 24 ....................... sports

6 A Second Chance at Justice Tried as an adult, Zachary Stringer may get a chance to clear his record of killing his brother, which he maintains he did not do.

20 From Cooking to Dining

“It’s important to understand and hone in on the guest experience and what makes them happy and comfortable.” —Hunter Evans, “From the Kitchen to the Dining Room”

26 ............................ Arts 28 ...................... Puzzles 29 ......................... astro 29 ............... Classifieds

26 Steamy, Southern Summer Nights Read about “Baby Doll” ahead of New Stage Theatre’s production Oct. 24-Nov. 5.

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4 ............ Editor’s Note

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editor’s note

by Micah Smith, Music Editor

The Six-Word Musical Death Sentence

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n the 2014 movie “Whiplash,” J.K. Simmons’ character, Terence Fletcher, says, “There are no two words in the English language more harmful than ‘good job.’”

Unfortunately, I think just about any musician who has ever shared their work with another person could one-up him with six words: “Oh, so you’re in a band?”

I can understand why that reaction, even if it is an internal one, has become the go-to move, for sure. There is so much content out there that, when a stranger asks you to check out their music, it can kind of feel like a direct affront to you:

“Excuse me, sir or madam, but you look like you have too much time on your hands. Let me help by assigning you 40 minutes of listening, which I will ask you to follow with several steps, including signing up for my newsletter and buying a T-shirt and going to my show tonight and …”

For some, recoiling when an artist tries to hand them a CD or flyer on the street is also a rare opportunity to say “no more.” You may not be able leap into pop, hip-hop, rock, country or Christian radio, and slap each and every sound-alike artist until they stop, but you sure as heck can tell this 21-year-old kid in a fedora that you are not interested in perpetuating the system of sameness, man.

When it is someone that you know telling you about their music, the average person won’t intentionally be hurtful.

However, the response is usually still a small variation on that tried-and-true sixword statement.

It comes with more baggage than you may realize, too. For one, there is often the hint of an “oh, come on, not you, too” attitude lurking in even the most wellmeaning responder. Sure, a lot of music is

on the market, but few people can attest to this fact like musicians, whose biggest hurdle is trying to stand out in the middle of that.

For me personally, I know, like nearly every white man who ever picked up a guitar hath known, that being a singersongwriter does not make me one in a million. If anything, it puts me closer to “a million in a million.” It’s such a commonality that the media and viewers of

19, I’ve been performing all around the Jackson metro area. Over the past year, I’ve been able to start touring, playing music around the region with a group of friends. Strangely enough, the latter endeavor has made the biggest difference in people in Jackson listening to our music and paying attention.

I think that it’s worth asking: Why do I have to leave for my friends and neighbors to catch on? I’m grateful when anyone

Why do I have to leave for my friends and neighbors to catch on?

TV talent shows, such as “American Idol,” coined the acronym “WGWG.” As in, “They had ‘white guys with guitars’ win the last two years. I can’t handle anymore WGWGs this season.”

It’s an accurate descriptor, but it has an inaccurate connotation. Do I sound anything like John Mayer or Phillip Phillips or James Taylor or Jason Mraz or Shawn Mendes or Ed Sheeran or Jack Johnson?

Not in the least, nor do those guys sound much like each other, but I’m betting that you’ll be a mile down State Street before my guitar is out of its case.

The second part of hearing “Oh, so you’re in a band,” and by far the most hurtful, is the people from whom that phrase tends to come.

I started writing music when I was about 16 years old, and since the age of

looks up our album online or comes out to a show, but it feels strange when people who I’ve told about my music countless times can still be surprised and say things like, “Oh, OK. I didn’t know you guys were actually going to be good.” I’m sure I’m not alone in that, and I’m also equally sure that I’ve been guilty of it.

Music may not be my job, but after more than a decade pursuing it, I would say that it is certainly more than a casual hobby. Over the years, I’ve devoured countless books, podcasts and blogs about songwriting, stage presence and the music industry. I normally do a few hours of research each week, in addition to hours of practice, and apply what I learn to my own music. I’ve posted on social media about every show, invited the people I know both in person and online, printed

and hung up flyers, and when it came time to release my band’s first full-length record in December 2016, I didn’t shut up about it for months. I still haven’t.

So when someone that I’ve known for many years replies, “Oh, so you’re in a band?”—of course it stings a little.

It happens with every art form, too.

I’ll be honest and admit that I don’t know much about visual art. When I try to draw a person, the legs usually end up with the shape and proportions of Christmas hams.

However, I have been at vendor tables where my insanely talented artistic friends were trying to sell work, and passersby just shooed them away in annoyance or beelined around their tables.

Again, I get it. It would be a lot to ask of someone to attend every show, to buy every piece of art or jewelry, to read every e-book that gets released. But I’m not asking you to support “every” anything.

I’m asking you to support people—your friends, family, co-workers, colleagues.

Trust me, as a long-recovering introvert, when I say that they wouldn’t step out on that limb and try to share something with you unless, for one thing, they trust and respect your opinion, and for another, they actually have a deep passion for it.

Take a few minutes to ask the people around you what they’re passionate about, and then, give it a shot.

You might be surprised at how much your support means to them, and you may be even more surprised at how much you like what you find.

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

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Malcolm Morrow

Alex Thiel

Brinda Fuller Willis

Greg Pigott

Imani Khayyam

Arielle Dreher

Ko Bragg

Amber Helsel

Freelancer Malcolm Morrow has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Southern Mississippi.

He is the founder of Jacksonbased entertainment blog The Hood Hippie. He wrote about hip-hop artist Vitamin Cea.

Freelance writer Alex Thiel is a Jackson-native filmmaker and musician. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he asserts that his Ole Miss fandom was biologically determined, and in fact, not a choice. He wrote about the band Kicking.

Freelance writer Brinda Fuller Willis often plays tricks on people with her identical twin. She’ll go anywhere to hear the blues, and she is a real farmer’s daughter. She wrote about singer-songwriter Cody Rogers.

Freelance writer Greg Pigott teaches business and technology at Velma Jackson High School. He wrote the book on being an all-around hustler. He is the guy who takes karaoke seriously. He wrote about singer-songwriter Arabella.

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

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 youth being tried as adults.

City Reporter Ko Bragg is a Philadelphia, Miss., transplant who recently completed her master’s in journalism. She loves traveling and has been to 25 countries to date. She wrote about the Jackson Zoo.

Managing Editor Amber Helsel is a Gemini, feminist, writer, artist and otaku. She loves travelling, petting cats, hoarding craft supplies and more. Email story ideas to amber@jacksonfreepress.com. She interviewed chef Hunter Evans.

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“Girls, just try. Don’t doubt yourself. ...That’s what I did at first. I doubted myself. That’s what took me so long to even try.”

— JPD’s first woman SWAT officer Cossandra Feltson when she was recognized during COMSTAT last week.

Thursday, October 12

The Jackson Police Department inducts Cossandra Feltson as the first female member of its SWAT team since its inception in 1971.

Friday, October 13

Donald Trump signs an executive order to halt payments to insurers under the Affordable Care Act after U.S. Senate efforts to repeal the act failed, a day after rewriting federal rules to allow consumers to purchase plans offering less coverage across state lines in a further attempt to undermine the ACA. Saturday, October 14

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revokes Harvey Weinstein’s membership in an emergency session following recent reports by The New York Times and The New Yorker about sexual harassment and rape allegations against Weinstein going back decades.

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Sunday, October 15

Moderate Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins urges Donald Trump to back a bipartisan Senate effort to shield consumers from rising premiums after his abrupt decision to halt federal payments to insurers, calling the move “disruptive” and an immediate threat to access to healthcare.

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A Teenager, A Gun and A Chance for Innocence

Courtesy Roger Stringer

Wednesday, October 11

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announces it will waive permit fees for people who need to rebuild piers, boathouses and docks following Hurricane Nate.

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by Arielle Dreher

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t was summer 2011, and Zachary and his younger brother Justin were alone at home in their living room in Columbia, Miss.

Zac was fooling around with his Remington Model 700 deer rifle, which was loaded, he later said. Justin was sitting in a chair, toying with his new dart gun. He faced the couch, where Zac sat.

What happened next landed Zac in Parchman for manslaughter instead of in high school. He has always maintained that he never pulled the trigger and never intended to kill his only brother.

“When I got up from the couch to put the rifle up, I heard a click, and the gun went off and shot Justin in the head,” Zachary writes in his most recent affidavit filed with the Mississippi Supreme Court.

No one else was there to witness the shooting, and when their father returned, Zac was outside pleading for his father not to come inside where Justin’s body was. Six days later, police officers arrested Zac at his brother’s funeral.

Even Zac’s own father did not believe that it was accident.

Roger Stringer testified in court to send his son to prison because he thought Zachary had meant to kill his brother for a long time. He had also never heard of a gun going off without someone pulling the trigger. Zachary had insisted throughout his case that he did not pull the trigger. It was not until 2015, during a conversation with a friend, who told him about a gun going off on its own, that his father realized a malfunction with a trigger was even possible.

“It hit me like a ton of bricks: ‘Roger, you need to look at that gun again,’” he had thought. “I Googled ‘Remington Model 700 rifle spontaneous firing,” ... and, voila there it was.”

‘Stop Using Your Rifle’

The Remington 700 Model is the subject of several class-ac-

Zachary and Justin Stringer (left to right) were four years apart growing up. Their father said the boys spent most of their time outdoors either fishing or hunting. Now one is gone, and the other went to prison for killing him.

tion lawsuits against the firearms manufacturer due to a faulty trigger, which can discharge on its own. The company has recalled all Remington Model 700 rifles manufactured between May 1, 2006, and April 9, 2014.

Remington has never accepted responsibility for the malfunction, however, beyond the voluntary recall. Robert Chaffin, an attorney involved in several cases over the guns, wrote in an affidavit for Stringer that the rifle’s recall “came several years too late and has only captured roughly 15 percent of the 1,328,481 defective XMP rifles sold between 2006 and 2014.”

“STOP USING YOUR RIFLE,” the recall website says. “Any unintended discharge has the potential for causing injury or

by Micah Smith

Monday, October 16

The Eudora Welty Library in downtown Jackson reopens after state and city officials inspected the building and determined that the first floor is safe for patrons.

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The Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation votes to put 18 school districts in the state on probation for violating accreditation standards.

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• Donald Trump covers John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy”

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“The building is in bad shape.”

“I think that the discussion of moving the zoo does not consider the likely astronomical costs of doing so.”

— Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, discussing the Eudora Welty Library’s limited re-opening on Monday in downtown Jackson.

— Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba on the potential movement of the Jackson Zoo out of west Jackson.

The Edison Walthall Rises Again

by Arielle Dreher

Developers of the Edison Walthall Building have cleared and cleaned the inside of the 1920s era hotel and plan to start new construction this month.

lic an attempt to return the Walthall to its previous, more lustrous days when Jackson bartender Cotton Baronich was the man who probably knew the Capitol Gang’s secrets and where all the bodies are buried.

“Basically, there will be a new restaurant in the future and a bar in the future, as there was previously,” Harris said. Developers have not yet named the operators and names of the restaurant and bar.

New construction will begin im-

death. Immediately stop using your rifle until Remington can inspect it to determine if the XMP trigger has excess bonding agent used in the assembly process, which could cause an unintentional discharge and, if so, replace the trigger mechanism.

“If you own a rifle subject to this recall, Remington will provide shipping, inspection, replacement of the trigger mechanism if necessary, and return at no cost to you.”

That was when Roger realized that his son could have been telling the truth. It is entirely possible that Zac’s gun had fired on its own, meaning that he was spending time in prison for a crime he did not commit. Roger called Remington and gave them the gun’s serial number; he had bought the rifle for Zachary’s Christmas gift in 2008.

Remington staff confirmed Roger’s fears. The rifle, which still sits in the Marion County Courthouse, is subject to the recall issued in April 2014, his affidavit says.

By then, Zac had been sitting in Parchman for more than two years when his father discovered the Remington

mediately once the building permit is in place. The designer and contractor have been cleaning out the building under a previous permit for the last month, Harris said, and sub-contractors on the project are locked in.

The Creeks Underneath

The Edison Walthall property, on the corner of Capitol and Lamar streets, sits on top of Town Creek, along with several

malfunction on a Saturday in March 2015.

By the next Monday, Roger was back in the office of the same attorney he had hired to represent Zachary back in 2011, Thomas Fortner. The attorney, based in Hattiesburg, warned Roger of the challenges of reversing a conviction in court, but Roger was determined.

“It has been really difficult getting all this done because the bar is so high getting someone un-convicted. … And what it has done is it’s forced me to dig deeper and deeper and deeper, because I would not take ‘no’ for an answer,” Roger Stringer told the Jackson Free Press. “I was going to see right done by my one surviving child.”

Justice is back in sight for Zachary, however, after the Mississippi Supreme Court granted his petition to seek a new trial back in Marion County Circuit Court last week.

Now the Marion County Court judge will have to decide whether or not to grant Zachary Stringer an evidentiary hearing, where he could potentially present entirely new evidence in his case, including the Remington recall

blocks of downtown Jackson. The creek, which stretches into northwest Jackson, flows underground next to F. Jones Corner on Farish Street and on the surface by Court Street, where it then stays above ground as it winds its way to meet the Pearl River.

Downtown Jackson buildings located in the floodplain of the creek are required to elevate or “dry floodproof” their structures in the event of a 1-percent chance flood hazard, also called a 100-year flood zone.

Dry floodproofing, city code says, is a combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to structures, which reduce or eliminate flood damages to real estate or improved real estate property, water, and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.

The Jackson City Council approved the developer’s plan to dry floodproof the first floor of the Walthall parking structure for two reasons, the memo from the city planning office shows. First, the City decided the parking garage, which is structurally independent of the hotel, has enough pedestrian connections between the main hotel and the garage to allow for evacuations of residents on the fifth, sixth and seventh floors. Secondly, elevating the Edimore WALTHALL, see page 10

and other horror stories of people killed or injured by the misfiring rifles.

Hood: Stringer’s Still Guilty

Once Fortner learned about the Remington recall, he got to work preparing Zachary’s motion the Mississippi Supreme Court to re-try the case in trial court—and ideally clear his record.. Roger said it took him a long time to find an expert who was willing to go on the record and write affidavits against Remington. Zachary’s most recent petition shows that no evidence of the Remington recall was publicly available before October 2015. Roger said several people confirmed the Remington malfunctions in rifles like Zac’s but were fearful of retribution from the company’s attorneys. Many Remington rifle malfunction cases are settled out of court in highly secretive and sealed agreements.

Remington is a multimillion-dollar firearms company more INNOCENCE see page 8

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Stephen Wilson

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he Edison Walthall Hotel is the place of legends, bar fights between powerful men and lots of stories its walls could tell, but it has sat empty now since it closed in 2010.

The hotel, named for a Confederate general and Mississippi senator, Edward Cary Walthall, that sits atop a city creek in downtown Jackson may live again soon, however. Construction on the building and parking structure will begin this month, after the Jackson City Council passed an ordinance Oct. 10 allowing the developers to avoid elevating the parking structure by 18 inches in accordance with floodplain code.

They can now “dry floodproof” the building instead.

Harris Building Solutions LLC, the designer on the project, in concert with the general contractor, Construction Equity LLC, plans to start new construction this month, Aaron Harris told the Jackson Free Press. The project includes 155 loft apartments on the second through eighth floors of the hotel, with Harris and Construction Equity LLC converting former hotel rooms into one-bedroom studio apartments.

Harris plans to keep the existing parking garage as well as have amenities on-site for tenants.

The first floor will be open to the pub-

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TALK | city

A Tipping Point for ‘Threatened’ Jackson Zoo

by Ko Bragg Stephen Wilson

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he parking lot at the Jackson Zoo on West Capitol Street is one of the rare smooth road surfaces in the city. It is a relief from the roadway in, which is so damaged that an entire orange traffic barrel sits in a pothole. But, as soon as you get up to the ticket counter, the cracks start to show again.

One of the first exhibits on the lefthand side when walking into the zoo is closed for repair. Deep in the zoo within the water creatures exhibit, murky green water fills the beaver’s swimming area.

Paul Griffin Jones III, the director of development at the Jackson Zoo, apologizes to a visiting family for the water’s color before showing them how to spot the beavers by pressing their faces close to the glass to get a peek at them in the corner. He knows the zoo would need $20,000 to repair the beaver tank, but in the moment, he tries to create the best experience possible for the family from Kosciusko, Miss.

If the Jackson Zoo were a species, it would be considered “threatened” on the extinction scale.

“An animal could be threatened by poaching, environment, separation of territories or something,” Poff says during a recent Jackson Free Press visit. “I think right now our (threat) is location.”

Beth Poff, the executive director of the Jackson Zoo, wants to see visible action behind fixing up the neighborhood around the zoo.

Like many of the threatened animals it houses, the zoo’s future potential is unclear, as it is tied up in the status of the deteriorating neighborhood of west Jackson that surrounds it.

But, with a new mayor, who ran on the promise of pumping hope back into the city his father once led, the zoo leadership is

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that sells not only sporting rifles but also ammunition and firearms to law enforcement and the U.S. government. The company was awarded a $7.4-million federal contract in April, Bloomberg reported. Remington did not return messages left on their media line voicemail by press time.

Fortner filed Zachary’s 200-plus-page motion in March 2017, asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to consider sending his case back to Marion County so he might get a new trial.

“Basically, what we’re saying is Zachary ought to get a new trial to hear all of this evidence. (The jury should) know about the malfunction; they ought to at least know that as a possibility,” Fortner told the Jackson Free Press.

The state’s high court did nothing for months on Zachary’s motion until September when it ordered the attorney general’s office to respond to Zachary’s motion. The attorney general entered a motion, arguing that the teen was still guilty of manslaughter even if he did not pull the trigger.

“As this Court pointed out in the opinion issued in Stringer’s direct appeal, Stringer pointed a loaded gun at his brother,” the state’s motion says. “And although he claimed

betting on revitalization both within their gates and outside them.

Location. Location. Location.

In 2015, 53 percent of zoo visitors were from counties outside the Jackson metro area or from out-of-state, a 2016 economic impact study found. Only about

that the firing of the gun was accidental, this act alone supported his conviction for manslaughter.”

Three Mississippi Supreme Court judges were not convinced—and a week after the state filed its motion, they granted Zachary’s motion on Oct. 11. Fortner is preparing the now 21-year-old’s briefs to go before the Marion County Court judge, who will decide whether or not to grant Zachary’s petition to potentially wipe his slate clean.

In the midst of his appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court, Zachary got out of Parchman five years early for his good behavior last October—he’s on earned-release supervision with an ankle monitor, his father said.

Of Faith and Fishing

Before that fateful June 2011 night, Roger Stringer loved to hunt and fish with his sons. Justin, the youngest, loved fishing with his father. Zachary loved to hunt. Roger said hunting is not enjoyable to him anymore, and he has put all the guns away.

“It’s just different,” he said.

Roger said he just recently got to the point where he can fish without getting a big lump in his throat, on the verge of tears.

“Justin was my fisherman, and Zac was my hunter,” he said. “Until this year, I felt like I was cheating on Justin by going fishing, but I have finally been fishing three times

100,000 visitors have made the trek into west Jackson to visit the zoo this year so far.

Ten years ago, the zoo had almost 200,000 guests annually. But since then, even with bringing in penguins, tigers and a splash pad, attendance declines.

You can learn a lot about public perception of the zoo by visiting TripAdvisor.

“If you do attempt this adventure, I would highly recommend carrying a concealed weapon,” wrote user “ry b” in a one-star TripAdvisor review of the zoo from three weeks ago.

“I also think the zoo needs to move to a brand new location in Jackson, Ms,” wrote “mstwilight” of Florence, Miss., in a 3-star review from March. “A lot of people do not want to go in that area, so the zoo isn’t visited as much.”

With more than 200 reviews, and an average rating of 3 out of 5, not all of the reviews are totally negative, although even many glowing reviews mention the surroundings.

“The neighborhood the zoo is in has no effect on what’s inside the zoo,” Tish H. wrote in a five-star review from May.

“Very nice place to visit considering its location,” Michael B. more ZOO, see page 10

this fall, and I actually enjoy it now.”

Zachary lives with Roger now, and as soon as he got home to Columbia, Miss., he started looking for work.

Roger got him work at a friend’s business for a couple months, but then Zachary wanted something more consistent. He asked around and found work at the local tire shop. He has to be home by midnight.

Zachary and Roger go to Enon Landmark Missionary Baptist Church every Sunday. The father says his son’s faith have kept them going. Zachary’s mother and father were going through a divorce at the time of Justin’s death, and since then, his mother has moved out of state.

“Zac’s faith is really strong, and so is mine, and we literally have prayed our way through this whole thing,” Roger said. “It has been a walk of faith, and that’s where we are now. He’s not angry at anybody. He’s not angry at me or the people who put him in jail.”

Roger, who installs power lines for the local electric co-operative, says Zachary is working to study some algebra books at home and preparing to apply to a junior college in January. He missed all of high school while he was in prison and wants to go to college.

The father said he is trying to stay positive. “I’m just a daddy doing the best he can trying to make things right for his one surviving child,” he said.

Email Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com.

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ZOO from page 7 from Murfreesboro, Tenn. wrote in a five-star review last month.

Negative feedback about the zoo’s location is keeping investors away. Poff and her team have been hoping to lure donors to help the zoo, so they developed a fourphase master plan through interactive planning workshops led by consulting firm Schultz & Williams. But, they keep getting blocked by west Jackson’s reputation.

“An animal could be threatened by poaching, environment, separation of territories or something. I think right now our (threat) is location.”

“The consultants came back at the end of November 2016 and said ‘you can’t raise any money,’” Poff says. The consultants apparently told her people who can write checks are in two camps: those who are waiting for the neighborhood to bounce back, and those who want the zoo somewhere else in Jackson. The rumor mill says donors would like to see it on the site of the old Smith-Wills stadium on Lakeland Drive on the eastern edge of Jackson.

The leadership at the zoo has resorted to pouring dwindling money into the facility. Over the last 15 years, Poff estimates that $12.5 million has gone into improve-

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son Walthall would eliminate the building’s historic designation. The Walthall, known previously as the Downtowner Hotel, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

“If the structure were to be elevated to 18 inches above base flood elevation, the structure may no longer be considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places,” a letter from Mississippi Department of Archives and History says.

Mukesh Kumar, the director of the Jackson planning and development depart10 ment, said all development or significant

ments throughout the zoo—though that dollar amount is not obviously reflected in its current state.

“If we were a business and had been doing that kind of investment, you would expect things to spring up around it,” Poff says. “But again, it hasn’t helped any.”

Jones, the development director, doesn’t want the zoo to become “another story of how Mississippi can’t have nice things.” But he is also sensitive to the fact that it is not his job to become an urban planner “responsible for the eventual redevelopment of an entire part of the city.”

Poff says 42 percent of her $2.1-million budget is a city grant; about one-third comes from admissions and earned revenue; and the rest is from fundraising. Most of the zoo’s revenue goes toward behindthe-scene safety features and homes for the animals. Poff says the care of the non-public spaces, more than the fancy exhibits, shows how much the staff cares.

Financially, it would cost nearly $100 million to implement all four phases of the zoo’s master plan. Poff estimates that moving across Jackson would cost nearly the same. But, as Jones says, “technically, officially and truthfully,” the zoo’s only strategy is the master plan it developed for the current locale. Neither zoo leadership nor Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba want to see the zoo uproot from west Jackson.

“I think that the discussion of moving the zoo does not consider the likely astronomical costs of doing so,” Mayor Lumumba tells the Jackson Free Press, “nor is it considerate of the increased void, or the void, that we would then create in the city.

And it’s bad planning.”

Mayor Lumumba believes that both his administration and the zoo have reached a “meeting of the minds” through multiple

meetings this year. One such matter that they might come to agree upon is opening the zoo’s board meetings.

The city has expressed concerns in the past about the zoo’s closed board meetings, especially considering the fact that it receives city funding and the mayor appoints board members too the zoo that are then approved by City Council. However, Poff says that the zoo’s status as a nonprofit does not require them to host public meetings, although she is not fundamentally opposed to the idea per se.

“We don’t have to have open meetings; I can’t think of another nonprofit that does,” Poff says. “Not that we’re for or against it, but we just had never thought about it. We’re going to talk about that.

Mayor Lumumba is aware of Poff’s willingness to open board meetings, and he believes it is a resolvable concern.

If only the money problems were as easy. Every party involved is just as eager to see change as they are affected by the city’s limited resources that make the city incapable of “putting in all the money that is necessary or all the money that we would like to for the zoo,” Lumumba says.

‘Visible Action’ Needed

In order to uplift west Jackson, Mayor Lumumba says he has developed partnerships with artists to create murals and moveable art throughout the streets around the zoo. He also says the city received a blight elimination grant from the Mississippi Home Corporation, but that the funds will not be put to use overnight.

“It’s immediate in the sense that the wheels are already turning, not immediate in the sense that you’ll see a house knocked down this week,” Mayor Lumumba says.

“The grant and the requirements take more

time than that, but there’s significant investment in that, and you’ll see movement within the next few months.”

Poff has been looking forward to blight elimination for years, with particular anticipation building since 2013.

An architectural firm, Duvall Decker, released a community-inspired master plan and guidebook for the restoration of west Jackson in 2013. The developmental plan for reviving west Jackson indicates homelessness, vacant and overgrown lots, dilapidated and abandoned houses, and education as major concerns for the area’s residents, and offers solutions to rectify those problem areas. Architect Roy Decker says this master plan is “not a top-down” initiative, but rather a community-based tool “empowering the residents and stakeholders to use it to better their world.”

Poff then created a $100-million master plan for the zoo based on the impending revitalization of the west Jackson community that she believed would result from the master plan. But little has happened on the revitalization front to date. Now she vests her hopes in the mayor.

As Poff zips through the grounds on a golf cart, in her green polo, khaki pants, slip-on sneakers and with her walkie talkie in hand, she points out improvements made in the 12 years she has been there.

Now, she’s hoping to see evidence of change before it’s too late.

“We just want to see visible action,” Poff says. “And that can be the mayor and his cabinet; that can be active people that have been waiting for something to happen around here.

“We’re at the tipping point. When I said this is a threatened zoo, this is a threatened zoo.”

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renovations of structures located in the flood plain must show how they are going to address and mitigate flooding. In the Easter Flood of 1979, several downtown businesses suffered serious damage when water levels rose and lapped at their storefronts. Kumar said the flood risk for businesses that sit on top of Town Creek would likely come from overflow of the creek.

Who’s in Charge?

Development of the 1920s-era Walthall Hotel has stalled for years, but now progress seems possible. The main developer, 225 East Capitol Hotel LLC, lists Amit Goel as its manager in business records filed with the state. The address on file for the LLC is based in Houston, Texas,

and connected to Evercore Companies.

Goel did not return repeated requests for comment. Goel is also listed as the manager for the general contractor on the project, Construction Equity LLC, business records filed with the Secretary of State show. Late last week both of Goel’s LLCs had not filed

their annual reports and were subject to dissolvement by December.

After the Jackson Free Press inquired about the reports, both LLCs filed their annual reports late in the day on Monday, Oct. 16. Both LLCs are in good standing.

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Men: Stop the Harassment

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ice ass.”

I was 16 years old and standing in line at a Burger King waiting to order. The guy who loudly whispered it from behind and into my left ear appeared to be in his 40s. That didn’t matter. It wasn’t his age that was offensive.

It is the first time I remember being sexually harassed in public. Twenty years later, I can bring up the memory as clear as if it were yesterday. I ate a chicken sandwich with a side of shame. The woman who handed me my change did not look me in the eye. I wanted to run, but I did not.

There was no “assault.” He did not put his hands on me. He did not have to. Afterwards, I nervously giggled and looked around—unsure of what to do. I was young and didn’t have enough confidence to tell him where to go—something I would do now.

No one stepped in to help me, although several people were around and heard the exchange. And my reaction, once processed, was more complicated than I had words for at that age.

“Nice ass.” It was a mixture of preening and shame so strong it ripped me down the middle. On one hand, I’d been taught to think that a man appreciating an external part of me was something that I should covet. It should make me proud that I was randomly born into this world with a backside that looked good in a pair of shorts, that what was given to me to sit upon would be seen as something other than utilitarian and built for comfort and more than just a part of me to use as intended.

I’ve since heard that phrase several times over. At times, I’m willing to give it a pass. Sometimes its earns a middle finger and a “screw you.” But for all the times, I’ve learned that it’s a function of being a woman in a patriarchal society. I will be seen as ass first, brain second—if I’m lucky. Maybe my brain will come in third, after my tits. Maybe it will come in forth, if my face happens to sit right with a man. But more often than not, my brain will never factor in at all.

Twenty years later, I stare at my ass in a mirror and wish for days that it could still elicit a response. A brain warped by the thoughts of the men that permeated my life. Is it still nice? Is it still round? Will a stranger see it and still think unsolicited thoughts about it being pleasing? What will I do when it falls and dimples and becomes less of something that I have used to define myself? Who will I be?

“Nice ass.” The journey from being shamed about a stranger commenting on my ass at 16 to being worried about its continual definition of who I am at 40 is one that is familiar to most women. Who am I outside of this body? Am I the collection of ’80s movie quotes that I throw into random conversation? Am I the bad jokes I tell when I am nervous?

This is the part of sexual harassment that men do not understand.

That it soaks into you. It becomes a part of how you define your worth. It is not mine, but I must carry it. Be a part of it, as it is a part of our society.

It is always be there, weighing me down as I walk through the world. It is no longer just a crass comment but becomes the very thing I use to justify whether or not I deserve to have a seat at the table.

I don’t know how to end this because I have no resolution yet myself. And as long as society makes jokes about it and tells our boys that this behavior is okay, I feel no one will. But I do have one recommendation for men: Stop.

Lori Gregory is a social worker from Greenville, Miss. She lives in Fondren with two ruined rescues and a 7-year-old daughter who terrorizes her.

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Mississippi: Listen to the ‘Me, Too’ Chorus

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omen should not have to post on social media to bring awareness to the harassment, assault and abuse that half of the world’s population endures daily. Those who chose not to share their stories as a part of the #metoo social-media campaign this week, spurred to life by the recent Harvey Weinstein sexual-harassment scandal, are no less important than those who did.

It feels like 2017 has been a banner year for women outing powerful men as sexual harassers and abusers. January began with the largest demonstration on behalf of women worldwide, including a march drawing hundreds of men, women and children to the capitol in Jackson. Women have outed Roger Ailes, Bill O’Reilly, Bill Cosby and, now, Harvey Weinstein as harassers, predators and abusers. But all this progress is as much of a reaction and a defense as it is movement forward.

Fifty-three percent of white women in the country elected President Donald Trump, a man who, perhaps if he was not elected leader of the free world, would also be suffering the same fate as Ailes and Weinstein, after several women admitted to being sexually harassed and assaulted by the former “Apprentice” host. Despite the “Access Hollywood” tape leaking that Trump felt fame allowed men to grab women by the p*ssy, he won the presidency, subsequently rolling back a woman’s right to have birth control covered by her health insurance and funding for women’s health internationally. Unsurprisingly, Trump is terrible for and to women—

particularly women of color (more than 90 percent of black women voted for Hillary Clinton).

The president recently took it upon himself to berate ESPN journalist Jemele Hill, who had called out Trump for sympathizing with white supremacists. Hill was subsequently suspended from the network, and her job might be in jeopardy.

The trial against Bill Cosby has been repeatedly postponed after a judge declared a mistrial earlier this year. Many of Weinstein’s accusers were fearful of accusing him any sooner for fear of retribution and in protection of their career. Women fear retaliation for speaking out daily. One in three women have been physically abused by an intimate partner.

Black women experience higher rates of intimate partner violence than white or Hispanic women, recent U.S. Department of Justice statistics show.

The way men treat women is detrimental to society and to future generations. One of the ways to bring about justice for all women is to bring more women, particularly women of color, to the table in community and in public spaces. Women make up only 26 of the state’s 175 elected representatives and senators in the Legislature—that’s equivalent to just 15 percent of the policymakers in the statehouse, despite accounting for half the population. There are no black women (or men for that matter) in state elected-official positions currently, and black women have never held a spot on the Mississippi Supreme Court. If we say we care about women, we need to start by seeking out women’s voices, listening to their stories and when they say “me too.”

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lood-control alternatives, including the “One Lake” project for the Pearl River, have been out of the spotlight and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ technical review for nearly four years since scoping meetings in fall 2013. When the Environmental Impact Statement and engineering studies are published late in 2017 or early 2018, it will signal the last practical chance for public comment and input until the decision from the assistant secretary of the army for civil works.

The Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District offered four flood-control alternatives: levees and floodwalls, nonstructural measures, channel improvements and a lake development.

Among these alternatives, only the lake development has its own public-relations campaign thanks to John McGowan’s nonprofit, Pearl River Vision Foundation, which has consistently promoted dredging and damming the Pearl River to create a 1,500-acre lake. The foundation has also partnered with the drainage district to lobby Congress and the state Legislature to obtain funding for planning and construction. Such a public-private partnership must adhere to public-works spending rules, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t trying to slant the administrative and legislative procedures their way to achieve a slam-dunk.

This public-private partnership has followed a strategy since 2007 to tip the scales toward the lake-development alternative. In the 2007 Water Resources Development Act, Mississippi’s delegation got Congress to authorize $133 million for a Pearl River flood-control project that could be handled outside of the usual Army Corps of Engineers public-works process. Having the project operate under WRDA’s Section 211 rules allowed the sponsoring district to handpick its contractors, and self-fund and direct environmental studies and planning documents, with periodic Corps oversight.

The 2007 WRDA language for this project also narrowed the study area to Rankin and Hinds counties in the vicinity of Jackson.

Restricting the extent of the area controlled costs, but this move could backfire when people on the coast inevitably ask why the studies don’t look far enough downstream.

This issue has troubled the marine resource management agencies and oyster industries in both Mississippi and Louisiana.

After those meetings, at the start of

the study process, the district took a vote to select the lake project over all the other options as the locally preferred alternative.

Then, the district and foundation began “self-funding” their environmental and engineering studies. The Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, which features a lake as the centerpiece of its Vision 2022 plan, provided money. In 2013, lake sponsors were able to talk Gov. Phil Bryant’s Mississippi Development Authority into a $1-million Industrial Incentive Finance Fund Program grant. MDA spends the taxpayers’ money, so “self-funding” here means taxpayer-funded.

Some taxpayers live downstream.

Given the choice, they wouldn’t knowingly help fund a flood-control study by an agency that already voted on a lake and dam—the most environmentally disruptive choice—as its preferred option.

In Congress, the 2016 version of WRDA required the Corps of Engineers to give “expedited review” to the environmental and engineering studies to fast-track the assistant secretary of the army for civil works’ decision.

Also, this public-private partnership lobbied the 2017 Mississippi Legislature to enact a tax bill, House Bill 1585, to fund construction of urban-flood-control projects. It gives a flood-control district the authority to tax “property that is directly or indirectly benefitted” by a project. The interpretation of this law is anybody’s guess, but its “benefit” language is broad, and spreads a wide net for taxing property owners for bond-debt service within a district.

The drainage district and Pearl River Vision Foundation have friends in Washington, D.C., and Jackson, and have bent the federal and state public works processes toward a lake development that may or may not reduce flooding, but would be a triumph of cronyism. Dredging and damming the Pearl is an economic-development project being sold as flood control.

Unfortunately, the lake option will invite accelerated development in the river’s floodplain, compounding future floodmanagement challenges. The special treatment at the state and federal levels wouldn’t happen if this project was only about flooding. Beware the slam-dunk.

For more information, visit the website OneRiverNoLake.com. Andrew Whitehurst is the water program director for the Gulf Restoration Network.

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he rat-a-tat of a snare drum rings out from the center of South President Street in downtown Jackson. It bounces off the smattering of parked cars and office buildings, but there’s no audience in sight.

It is a Sunday afternoon in late September, and Michael Weary, garbed in the signature black T-shirts of local second-line ensemble Epic Funk Brass Band, is practicing his instrument, while music-videographer J.B. Lawrence walks the block and ponders shot ideas. Two other members of the band, bass-drum player Eddie Newton and tuba player Tellis Moaton, stand at the ready nearby, but the remaining musicians have not arrived yet.

“We were actually wanting to do solo shots, individual shots of them playing from the start,” Lawrence says, “so this works out perfectly. We can get rolling now.”

He joins Weary in the street and trains his camera on the snare, on the rhythmic rebounding of drumsticks, as the drummer plays along to a pre-recorded track.

With the small budget for the video project, renting a generator to amplify the music was not an option, so Lawrence opted to play the track through a handheld speaker.

While the volume is plenty loud for personal listening, the song all but disappears with snare over it, even lightly.

The solution comes in the form of a light-colored sedan, as Lawrence directs Newton to drive his car just out of frame, where he blasts one of Epic Funk’s favorite crowdpleasers, “Doin’ My Job,” through his car speakers. Newton then moves to the sidewalk behind Weary, where his bass drum is resting on a stand, and begins playing along.

Weary’s shoulders relax, and he joins in, bobbing his head as he plays along.

“Got it,” Lawrence says with a grin. “OK, next shot.”

A Practical Art

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It all seems like a lot of work for an art form that many have mistakenly labeled as obsolete.

The popularity of watching music videos on TV channels such as MTV and CMT has waned over the years, but the format has not lost its impact on consumers and the music industry as a whole. Like most forms of entertainment, it just moved to the next platform and adapted to serve different roles.

The video for pop icon Taylor Swift’s recent hit, “Look What You Made Me Do,” may get its fair share of TV airtime, but online, it has garnered more than 581 million views on video service Vevo since its release on Aug. 27—a sizable number, even stacked against Vevo’s 24 billion views per month.

Unlike Vevo, YouTube does not primarily bill itself as a platform for music videos, and yet they make up 95 of its top 100 most-viewed uploads.

The site has also played a role in launching many major players in current music. There are plenty of highly publicized YouTube success stories, including Swift and Justin Bieber, as well as more surprising names, such as The Weeknd and Tori Kelly, who already had more than a million subscribers before her short and supposedly starmaking tenure on “American Idol” in 2010.

While it would be nice for local artists to dip into that well of viewers, the members of Epic Funk Brass Band, which also includes trumpeters Phillip Kelly, Terrance Newman and Isaac Anderson, tuba players Andy Johnson and Henry Bryant, trombone players Chris Stewart and 16 Kristian Foreman, and tenor saxophonist and musical di-

Michael Weary of Epic Funk Brass Band practices while shooting a three-song teaser music video.

rector Maurice Hillman, had a more practical purpose for being out in the heat than instant Internet fame.

Newton says the band decided to make the video as a three-song promotional teaser after signing with Peggy Brown and Jenny Mixon, who own Mississippi record label and management company Hit the Road Entertainment.

The business partners recently began teaming with Lawrence on various promotional material for their artist lineup, which also includes acts such as Lady L and the River City Band, King Edward Antoine and Eddie Cotton.

“It’s good for marketing,” Newton says of the video. “I mean, it’s a marketing tool, something we can use outside of Facebook and outside of word of mouth. Now, you’ve got something we can actually send to somebody, or (Hit the Road) can actually show to someone. Plus, it’s got all the dramatics in it that make it (exciting).”

“Nothing like a good visual, you know,” Weary adds.

“You hear about it, you see flyers and stuff, but if I can send you a YouTube link or Facebook link, something to see, a good visual always kicks it up an extra notch.”

Having a promotional resource like a music video can be more effective than just recorded music or photos, he says, because it allows viewers to get a better sense of the individual players, their personalities and their musicianship.

Brown says: “For promoters and (talent) buyers, they want to see what the group looks like. Oftentimes, just a homegrown video that somebody does for YouTube on their phone, that’s OK, but if you can really hear their sound quality … and if they’ve got energy, that’s what comes through on (professional) videos.”

Mixon says that she enjoys more concept-heavy videos but primarily sees them as a product for the fans rather than promotional material to send to venues. A concept video may even interest a show promoter on a personal level while still not getting across what that person actually needs to know about a performer, she says.

“When a buyer looks at something, is he really going to spend four minutes looking at you tell a story, or does he want to spend two or three minutes looking at this band he’s thinking about buying, and try to capture the personality and see if it’s what he’s looking for?” she asks.

A Personal Expression

While Epic Funk was filming its teaser downtown, Astin Sullivan and Tre Pepper of Jackson electronic-soul act Clouds & Crayons were in midtown, preparing for the debut of an altogether different kind of music video.

Clouds & Crayons falls almost entirely on the opposite side of the spectrum from Epic Funk, and not just because the band plays all original music and has only two members. In many ways, the video project, a visual album titled “Love Soliloquy,” is what brought the musicians, whom fans know as Astin Rocks. and Loki Antiphony, respectively, together in the first place in early 2016.

“The film was actually the idea before the band,” Sullivan says. “It just so happened that we worked so well together, we wanted to do something like a live project. It was just like, ‘Hey, let’s take it on the road. And if the visuals can help further our music, that would be even better.’”

After Sullivan finished a short film titled “Letters from a Transient,” which was a series of four spoken-word poems set to music and visuals, Sullivan approached Pepper about producing music for a larger follow-up project. Ultimately, they decided to continue writing songs together even after completing the music for the six-song “Love Soliloquy.”

Clouds & Crayons released the record, which has one additional song, in September 2016, more than a full year before the visual album, but Sullivan says even the process of making the film helped promote the music. The band built a small community that was rooting for the visual album, between actors such as Demi Franklin and Phillip C. Washington, and filmmakers such as Cat Leatherwood, Johnny Coleman, Phillip Scarborough and Clay Hardwick.

All four filmmakers served as directors of photography on different songs. Since Sullivan, who was the director on the project, allowed them to choose the song they most connected with, each video became, in part, their personal interpretation of the material.

“I used to have a really hard time delegating and asking for help—that fine line of ‘How do you do that?’” she says. “So ‘Love Soliloquy’ was kind of my way of

(Left to right) Tre Pepper and Astin Sullivan formed electronic-soul duo Clouds & Crayons around the idea of making the visual album “Love Soliloquy.”

I’d like to think so, but she’s right about the market being kind of saturated.”

At the same time, Pepper says an important focus with any music video, as with music, should be making

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more MUSIC VIDEOS, see page 18

ody Rogers, a Jackson-based country singer and songwriter, developed his perspective about life’s trials and tribulations from a young age.

Rogers, the son of a traveling preacher, grew up in north Mississippi listening to iconic songwriters such as Elmore James and Hank Williams Sr., and began playing bar gigs in and around Oxford at only 16 years old. Those influences also drove home Cody Rogers, a Jackson-based a lifelong passion. singer-songwriter, is preparing to

“I knew I wanted to be a singer- release his record, “My Heart Is the songwriter early on, and that’s what I’ve Most Lonesome Rodeo,” in January. pursued,” he says. “Early life experiences gave me fodder for the songs I write. I wish people who love music would go hunting for musicians and songwriters who have experienced a little grit and dirt in their lives.

That’s what makes us connect down here in Mississippi.”

Rogers, 26, says that a desire to connect listeners who have experienced highs and lows throughout life are at the heart of all his songs.

“I feel I can put my feelings and theirs in my music because that’s what makes us connect and talk to each other,” he says. “If you ever had the blues, then you and I know what that feels like, even if we never met.”

The Corinth, Miss., native, whom fans may remember from his time with Oxford band Holy Ghost Electric Show, is currently preparing to release of his self-produced solo debut, “My Heart Is the Most Lonesome Rodeo,” in January 2018.

For more information, find Cody Rogers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and visit codyrogers.bandcamp.com.

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rabella Landrum may only be a junior at Sumrall High School in Sumrall, Miss., but she has already achieved something that many other musicians won’t in a lifetime: She opened for a Grammy Award-winning country artist Deana Carter on Sept. 23 in Livingston.

“I thought it was pretty cool because I grew up listening to her music and singing ‘Strawberry Wine’ karaoke,” she says. “It was really a step up and something to work Pop and electronic singer-songwriter for again.”

Arabella released her debut self Fresh off the release of her self-titled titled EP on Aug. 15.

EP on Aug. 15, Landrum, who performs as Arabella, says that it is all about mixing a variety of styles together to become something different from the rest for her.

“I grew up the youngest of five siblings in a family that really appreciates music—I listened to it all,” she says.

The self-taught musician writes most of her own music and lyrics, and says that her style takes influences from artists such as Adele, Amy Winehouse, Sam Smith and Grace Potter, bringing in a mix of soul and electronic production to her music.

“I like stripped-down performances with just me and my piano, but I love a major production, as well. I always want it to seem like the performance is spontaneous and not staged.”

Landrum is currently working on music for a follow-up release, which could potentially be a full-length record, as she is “ready for the next step,” she says.

Arabella’s debut EP is available on iTunes and Spotify. For more information, visit arabellamusic.net or find Araballa on Instagram.

—Greg Pigott

Although as a product, music videos rarely provide a direct source of income, they can be useful tools in marketing a different kind of product—the artists themselves. In recent months, Jackson record label Malaco Music Group has shown that it is a tool with wide-reaching applications.

Malaco launched its new imprint label, Old Trace Records, in late 2016, and in a short span of time, it has already released albums from Mississippi singer-songwriters and roots acts such as Stace & Cassie, Ron Etheridge and Jason Turner, with several more on the way in the coming months.

Old Trace also announced the signing of modern-rock band Framing the Red in July with a re-release of its 2012 album, “Welcome to the Show,” and President Tommy

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something that the artist can be proud of. Once Clouds & Crayons has released all the pieces of the visual album, the duo is considering selling it for fans who want to support the band, but the purpose of “Love Soliloquy” will always be the project itself.

“It’s just like writing music,” Pepper says. “When you get together as a band, you want to create something that’s amazing and cool. You’re not forming a band to say, ‘OK, how can we make $1,000 next weekend?’ unless you’re doing covers. For an artistic project, your end goal is to create an amazing product. If you can make sales off of it, that’s great, but it’s never your end goal.”

An Adaptable Outlet

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challenging that trait. One thing they tell you … is that people want to help you when they see you already doing it. When they saw me already doing this, making these contacts, and this, that and the other, that made them want to be a part of it.”

Following the visual album’s debut screening on Oct. 8 at AND Gallery, Clouds & Crayons has begun releasing one music video on the 16th of each month, starting with the song “Dangerous Crush,” to keep fans excited about the project and looking forward to what comes next. The real challenge was not getting supporters excited to see the project, but instead, trying to stand out amongst the mass of other content in the music world, Sullivan says.

“To be completely candid with you, with the videos that we’ve pushed out so far, … I don’t know that they have garnered as much attention now because there is so much content,” she says. “Now, it’s almost like you need separate strategies for your visuals and your music.”

Making the most of the videos as promotional tools comes with its own challenges and considerations, she says, from researching the best times to share them on social media to selecting effective demographics when promoting those posts. However, visuals can play a pivotal role in helping people connect with a song on an emotional level, and can help consumers better understand and identify with an artist, Pepper says.

“If there is some kind of visual element to it, it helps break that barrier between listening,” he says. “You’re experiencing more because of the visual and audio. It really depends on the music video, too, but I like the idea of them. Is it really a good, viable marketing tool these days?

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(Left to right) Malaco Music Group President Tommy Couch Jr. and Kent Bruce, chief engineer and head of production, behind the board at Malaco Studios in west Jackson.

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ctober is the doom-iest month, so it’s fitting that Jackson “doomgaze” quintet Kicking is staying busy and making moves.

The label is a portmanteau of the doom and shoegaze (Left to right) Henry Atherton, David Burns, genres, and describes the Bobbie Smith, Sarah Grace McInnis and Lacy churning wall of effect-laden Ellinswood are doom-gaze band Kicking. guitar rock that Kicking has developed since forming in January of this year.

“There’s a lot of really good music in Jackson,” guitarist David Burns says, “but there was nobody really doing what we were interested in doing. Honestly, it’s really influenced by early ’90s alternative and grunge—Smashing Pumpkins, L7, My Bloody Valentine, stuff like that.”

Kicking, which also includes vocalist Bobbie Smith, guitarist Sarah Grace McInnis, bassist Lacy Ellinswood and drummer Henry Atherton, released a live EP and studio session video with Carbon Studios in Cleveland, Miss., on Oct. 2. However, there is still a lot more on the way before the band turns a year old.

Earlier this year, the musicians recorded a four-song EP, which comes out later this month, and in early October, Kicking went to at Malaco Records to track a three-song EP, which the band plans to release by the end of 2017.

Even with all the incoming recorded music, Burns encourages listeners to come see Kicking live. The group’s next performance will be as part of the JXN LCL alternativemusic showcase on Oct. 20 at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.).

“We like to have fun, and we want to make sure the people who come to hang out with us are having fun, too,” he says.

For more information, find Kicking on Facebook and Instagram, and visit kicking. bandcamp.com.

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industry works through platforms such as Instagram and YouTube is a new world for Malaco, he says, so the company began building its team with that idea in mind. Lawrence is a part of that strategy because the videos allow listeners all around the world to connect with artists and experience songs in a variety of interpretations.

“We do three or four different kinds of videos,” Couch Jr. says. “We have done straight in-studio acoustic—‘Here’s the song. Listen to the song, and get to see the artist.’ Then, we’ve done kind of one-location videos that we’re trying to do several of off each album, and then, we’ll also do several concept videos. It’s really just about the exposure and finding ways to try to get something going.”

More outlets mean more opportunities for people to discover the music and for a release to develop a buzz, he says. The added bonus is that videos are easy to share online, whether it is a promoter using the material to build excitement for an event or just an individual fan looking to tell friends about a new artist they like. Artists also don’t necessarily have to break the bank to make an effective video, he says.

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“Because of the way social media is now, (fans) want to be more of a part of your life as opposed to you putting on a shiny, perfect show for three minutes,” Couch Jr. says. “You’ll notice, they want to know, ‘What does the artist feel about this, or what does an act feel about that? What are they doing today if they are not practicing?’”

People may even react more to something spur of the moment than they will to an elaborate video shoot, he says. At the same time, Couch Jr. is not a proponent for artists using Facebook Live during performances, as it can hinder interaction with their audience. When done right, though, even an inexpensive video can be the first step for viewers to connect with a new act on a deeply personal level.

“It’s just another glance or glimpse into the artists’ lives, to where people around the world say, ‘Who is this guy, or who is this lady, or who is this group? What are they doing, and what are they about?’

“… It makes them real. I think, where we are now, you kind of want, ‘Oh, that’s the big star,’ every now and then, but you want to identify with people who are real.”

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Couch Jr., the son of Malaco cofounder Thomas Couch Sr., says the label is looking to expand into other genres in the future.

“Mississippi, as we’ve all been hearing and a lot of us know, is just an incredible hotbed for talent—songwriters, poets, writers and all sorts of arts,” Couch Jr. says.

“We were fortunately in a position where we could try to provide an avenue or vehicle for more of these songwriters and entertainers to be discovered. … Malaco is mostly known for blues, gospel and soul, but there’s a lot more to the state than just that.”

To help spread the word about new signees, Old Trace regularly hires Lawrence to create video content for each act, which Couch Jr. says is still one of the best ways to introduce artists to a wider audience base.

“Radio isn’t readily available,” he says. “The digital age has been a curse, to a certain degree, for the music business in curving creativity and cutting budgets and that sort of thing. So we really tried to figure out, ‘Well, how can we use a negative to our advantage to (make it) a positive?’”

In many ways, the way that the

harity Hicks, known on stage as Vitamin Cea, has had a rapid rise in the ranks of local hip-hop since releasing her debut recording project, “JoyFull Noise,” on April 23.

“The success can be kind of intimidating sometimes because of how quickly everything is happening, but it definitely reassures me that I’m headed down the right path,” Hicks says.

The 21-year-old native of Gautier, Gautier, Miss.-native Charity Hicks Miss., moved to the capital city in August performs as Jackson hip-hop artist 2016, transferring from Mississippi Gulf Vitamin Cea. Coast Community College to attend Jackson State University, where she is currently a senior English major.

Since putting out “JoyFull Noise,” she has been developing a following in the Jackson area and beyond. Locally, she performed at Mayor Chokwe Lumumba’s benefit concert the spring, won “Audience Control” at Hops & Habanas on April 28, and took part in the inaugural “Country Cousinz” showcase at Hal & Mal’s on Sept. 15. She has also performed in other cities around the region, including Mobile, Ala., and Baton Rouge, La.

Hicks says that the outpouring of support from people after releasing her music was a surprise to her.

“I was anxious about how I would be received, but I was happy when people liked the music, when they heard it and wanted to hear more,” she says.

Hicks is currently working on new music, booking events locally and regionally, visuals and personal renditions of popular tracks, such as Kendrick Lamar’s “HUMBLE.”

For more information, follow Vitamin Cea on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and visit thevitamincea.bandcamp.com.

—Malcolm Morrow

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

Alumni House - Brian Jones 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Duling Hall - George Porter Jr. & the Runnin’ Pardners 7:30 p.m. $15 advance $20 door Hal & Mal’s - Hooter & Holler 6-9 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Gator Trio 6:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Shaun Patterson 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Lovin Ledbetter 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

Oct. 19 - Thursday Capitol Grill - Jesse Robinson & Friends 7:30-10:30 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

City Hall Live, Brandon - Maren Morris w/ Ryan Hurd 8 p.m. $23 Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 5:30-8:30 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Raul Valinti & the F. Jones Challenge Band 10 p.m. $5 Georgia Blue, Flowood - Aaron Coker Georgia Blue, Madison - Jason Turner Hal & Mal’s - Thomas Jackson 6-9 p.m. free Iron Horse Grill - David Vidal 6 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Bill & Temperance 6:30-9:30 p.m.

MS Museum of Art - Museum After Hours feat. Heart Society 5:30 p.m. free Pelican Cove - Wayward Jones 6 p.m.

Renaissance, Ridgeland - Blues by Starlight 7-10 p.m. $100 Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Soulshine, Flowood - Burnham Road 7-10 p.m. free Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Town of Livingston - Social on the Square feat. Sid Thompson & DoubleShotz 5-8 p.m.

Underground 119 - Jeff Reynolds & the Soul Incorporated Players 7-10:30 p.m.

Oct. 20 - Friday Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg - Derryl Perry 8 p.m.

Bonny Blair’s - Sid Thompson & DoubleShotz 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Cerami’s - Doug Bishop & James Bailey 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Acoustic Crossroads 6:30-10 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Smokestack Lightnin’ midnight $10 Georgia Blue, Flowood - Andy Tanas

Georgia Blue, Madison - Shaun Patterson Hal & Mal’s - Kicking, Stonewalls, Surfwax & DBL Take 9 p.m. $10 The Hideaway - Jason Michael Carroll w/ Burnham Road 8 p.m. $20 advance $25 door Iron Horse Grill - Billy Gibson Trio 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Faze 4 7-10:30 p.m.

M Bar - Flirt Fridays feat. DJ 901 Martin’s - And The Echo 10 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Luckenbach 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Crocker & Buie 5:30 p.m.; Snazz 8 p.m. $5; Jason Turner 10 p.m.

Smith Park - Jacktoberfest feat.

Silas, Goodman County, And The Echo, Clouds & Crayons, Greater Pyrenees, Vibe Doctors & DJ Breakemoff 11 a.m.-11 p.m. free Soulshine, Ridgeland - Ron Etheridge 7-10 p.m.

Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Underground 119 - Levee Town 8:30 p.m.

WonderLust - DJ Taboo 8 p.m.

Oct. 21 - Saturday Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg - The Anteeks 8 p.m.

Underground 119 - Stevie J 9 p.m.

WonderLust - Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-3 a.m. free before 10 p.m.

Oct. 22 - Sunday 1908 Provisions - Knight Bruce 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Char - Big Easy Three 11 a.m.; Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

The Hideaway - Sunday Jam 4-8 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Crocker & Reynolds 6-9 p.m.

Kundi Compound - Mic Club 8 p.m. $10 MS Coliseum - Charlie Wilson w/ Anthony Hamilton & La’Porsha Renae 7 p.m. $49.50-$87 Pelican Cove - Jonathan Alexander noon; Stace & Cassie 5 p.m.

Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 3:30-7:30 p.m.

Spacecamp - Selector Dub Narcotic w/ Hartle Road 8 p.m. $5 Table 100 - Raphael Semmes Trio 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Ronnie Brown 6-9 p.m.

Wellington’s - Andy Hardwick 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Oct. 23 - Monday Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - Central MS Blues Society (rest) 7 p.m. $5 Kathryn’s - Barry Leach 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

Oct. 24 - Tuesday Dinner, Drinks & Jazz Anjou - Stevie Cain 6-9 p.m. free Char - Bill Clark 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Ronnie McGee 6-9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner - Big Money Mel & Small Change Wayne 10 p.m. $1; Fred T midnight $10 Fenian’s - Jason Daniels 10 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood - Jonathan Alexander Georgia Blue, Madison - Larry Brewer Hal & Mal’s - ZZQs 6-9 p.m. free The Hideaway - Splendid Chaos w/ Shatterframe 9 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill - Vinnie C. 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Todd Thompson & the Lucky Hand Blues Band 7-10:30 p.m.

Martin’s - Montu 10 p.m.

Offbeat - CityBoiStreets w/ Young Goon, Maxccent, Malika Tiny & more 7 p.m. $15 Pelican Cove - Jason Turner 6 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon - Trademark 9 p.m.

Shucker’s - Andrew Pates 3:30 p.m.; Snazz 8 p.m. $5; Todd Smith 10 p.m.

Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

10/24 - Conor Oberst - The Lyric, Oxford 10/25 - Theory of a Deadman - House of Blues, New Orleans

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Dockery Grill, Byram - Chad Wesley 7 p.m.

Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 5:308:30 p.m.

Duling Hall - Dawes 8 p.m. $30 advance $35 door Fenian’s - Open Mic Hal & Mal’s - Dinner, Drinks & Jazz feat. Raphael Semmes & Friends 6-9 p.m.

Kathryn’s - Andrew Pates 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Last Call - DJ Spoon 9 p.m.

Table 100 - Chalmers Davis 6 p.m.

Oct. 25 - Wednesday Alumni House - Pearl Jamz 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Hal & Mal’s - New Bourbon Street Jazz Band 6-9 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Pelican Cove - Josh Journeay 6 p.m.

Shucker’s - Shayne Weems 7:30-11:30 p.m.

Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;(It) was exactly in line with plans to maybe open a restaurant one day, so it was a great kind of (foundation) and exposure all the business side, the numbers and stuff,â&#x20AC;? he says.

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Evans says that the longer he worked there, the more he realized that cooking was what he wanted to do. After graduating from UM with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in hospitality management in 2012, he moved to New York to attend the Culinary Institute of American, which is in Hyde Park, N.Y.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much food, and great food there, so it was kind of a no-brainer to study and live there to get exposed to food through school, but also eating around and seeing places and all that,â&#x20AC;? he says.

During his time in New York, he worked at New York City restaurants such as North End Grill. While there, he started off as a line cook and later became an entremet, which he says is basically the lead fill-in cook. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could work every station, so I could be rotated around for peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s days off and what not,â&#x20AC;? he says.

He moved back to Jackson in May 2015 to marry his wife, Mary Kathryn. In June 2015, he began working at Louâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FullServ in Belhaven. He has moved through the ranks there from line chef to sous chef to chef de cuisine.

Evans says that he first became interested in working at Louâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because of the owner, Louis LaRose. Evans says that LaRose was ready to pass along knowledge of running the restaurant to someone else, and also wanted to put Evans in a position that would allow LaRose to step back from the kitchen a little to work on the business.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;(It was) really just his trust in me to kind of run the kitchen and do the kind of food that I think people would like and want to eat,â&#x20AC;? Evans says.

He says that he first got into restaurants for the food, but he has also become interested in the dining experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to understand and hone in on the guest experience and what makes them happy and comfortable,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also about other aspects of the experience, such as wine, he says. Earlier this month, Evans passed the first level of the Court of Master Sommeliers exam.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;(I just wanted) to round out knowledge that I could use for a really great dining experience,â&#x20AC;? he says.

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THURSDAY 10/19

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WEDNESDAY 10/25

The “Get Out More” Tour is at Buffalo Peak Outfitters.

Ideas on Tap: “What Do Our Monuments Mean?” is at Hal & Mal’s.

Ballet Mississippi’s “First Moves” is at Duling Hall.

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The “Expressions from the Soul” quilt exhibit opening is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Jackson State University (1700 John R. Lynch St.) in the College of Liberal Arts.

Quilting group S.E.W. and the Pearl Street Community Development Corporation presents a fall exhibition of handmade quilts. The exhibit will be on display for six weeks. Free admission; call 601-355-0001; email pearl streetcdc@comcast.net; find it on Facebook.

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Jacktoberfest takes place Friday, Oct. 20, in Smith Park and on Congress Street between Amite and Capitol streets.

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“Museum After Hours: Inktober Fall Festival” is at 5 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The pop-up exhibition showcases sketchbooks of artists participating in the Inktober “31 Days, 31 Drawings” challenge. Includes a ‘sipp-Sourced pop-up menu from chef Nick Wallace, a screening of “Beetlejuice,” and music from Heart Society. Free admission; msmuseumart.org. … Maren Morris performs at 8 p.m.

FRIDAY 10/20

Jacktoberfest is from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Smith Park (302 Amite St.). The festival, which also takes place on Congress Street between Amite and Capitol streets, features food vendors, German and domestic beer for sale, arts and crafts, and live music from Vibe Doctors, DJ Breakemoff, And The Echo, Sika J, Greater Pyrenees, Clouds & Crayons, Goodman County and Silas.

Free admission, food prices vary;

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SATURDAY 10/21 Grammy Award-nominated R&B artist Charlie Wilson performs for the “In It to Win It” Concert on Sunday, Oct. 22, at the Mississippi Coliseum.

at City Hall Live (1000 Municipal Drive, Brandon). The Grammy Award-winning country artist is known for hit songs such as “My Church” and “80s Mercedes.” Ryan Hurd also performs. Doors open at 7 p.m. $23; call 87722 987-6487; ardenland.net.

Millsaps Market is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the North Midtown Arts Center (121 Millsaps Ave.). The monthly shopping event features creative gifts, arts and crafts for sale from local artists. Free admission; find it on Facebook.

SUNDAY 10/22

Charlie Wilson’s “In It to Win” Concert is at 7 p.m. at the Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.). The R&B singer and former lead vocalist for The Gap Band performs.

Anthony Hamilton and La’Porsha Renae also perform. $49.50-$87, $252 VIP meet and greet; ticketmaster.com.

MONDAY 10/23

The Colin Talbot Lecture is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. James’ Episcopal Church (3921 Oakridge Drive).

The Jackson Photographic Society hosts a lecture featuring Colin Talbot, an award-winning photographer from New South Wales, Australia. Free; find it on Facebook.

TUESDAY 10/24

The Else Fall Forum is from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.) in Murrah Hall, room 200. Sara L. Johnson, the executive director of global economics at IHS Markit, discusses the economic outlook for Mississippi and the nation as a whole. Includes complimentary continental breakfast. Free admission; call 601974-1254; millsaps.edu. … “An Evening with Dawes” is at 8 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The California-native folk-rock band’s latest album is titled “We’re All Gonna Die.” Doors open at 7 p.m. $30 in advance, $35 at the door; call 877-987-6487; ardenland.net.

WEDNESDAY 10/25

“Baby Doll” is at 7:30 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The Tennessee Williams-penned drama is about a Delta man married to a seductive young woman, who catches the eye of a plantation manager. Recommended for ages 16 and up. Additional dates: Oct. 24-28, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 29, 2 p.m., Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 5, 2 p.m. $30 admission, $25 for seniors, students and military; call 601-948-3533; newstagetheatre.com.

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COMMUNITY Community Job Fair Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-noon, at The Prosperity Center (215 McTyere Ave.). The event features an opportunity to meet and interview with potential employers, and learn more about available positions in the Jackson area.

Participants should come dressed professionally.

Free; email indiawhite@midtownpartners.org.

Bagwell Antique Show & Sale Oct. 20-21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 22, noon-5 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). Collectors and antique sellers from around the country exhibit pieces. $5 adults, $3 children; call 662231-9654; bagwellantiquesshow.com.

Ideas on Tap: “What Do Our Monuments Mean?” Oct. 24, 5:30-7 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). Historian Anne Marshall and philosopher Peyton Craig McElroy explore the history and meaning of Confederate monuments in Mississippi. Free; find it on Facebook Hinds County Attorney Candidate Forum Oct. 24, 6-8 p.m., at Metrocenter Mall (3645 Highway 80). In the Conference Center. The Hinds County Democratic Executive Committee hosts the three candidates running for the position of Hinds County Attorney in the Nov. 7 election. Free; find it on Facebook.

History Is Lunch: “Picturing Mississippi” Oct. 25, noon-1 p.m., at William F. Winter Archives & History Building (200 North St.).

Staff from the Mississippi Museum of Art discuss the “Picturing Mississippi, 1817-2017” exhibit, which opens Dec. 9. Free; mdah.ms.gov.

KIDS Nuclear Science Street Fair Oct. 21, 10 a.m.2 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Museum Blvd.). Features activities, games and demonstrations to teach children about nuclear science. Included with admission; call 601-9815469; mschildrensmuseum.org.

FOOD & DRINK Chef’s Counter Tasting Oct. 24, 6-10 p.m., at Estelle Wine Bar & Bistro (407 S. Congress St.).

Chef Matthew Kajdan presents a five-course menu with wine pairings. Limited to eight guests. $80 per person; eventbrite.com.

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Fairest Cape Wine Dinner Oct. 25, 6:30 p.m., at Rickhouse by The Manship (717 Poplar Blvd.).

Features a five-course dinner paired with wines from Fairest Cape Beverage Company. Owner and wine master Peter Koff is the special guest. $132.87 per person; find it on Facebook.

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SPORTS & WELLNESS Purple Dress Run Oct. 19, 6-9 p.m., at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). The sixth annual 5K run/walk through downtown Jackson is a fundraiser for Catholic Charities. Purple attire encouraged. $35; purpledressrunjxn.com.

Brawn & Bubbles 5K Run for the Brain Oct. 19, 6-9 p.m., at Reservoir Pointe (140 Madison Landing Circle, Ridgeland). Includes after-party with champagne, hors d’oeuvres and music.

Proceeds benefit The MIND Center. $25 virtual run, $35 5K; call 601-815-4237; umc.edu.

“Get Out More” Tour Oct. 19, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Buffalo Peak Outfitters (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 115). Backpacker Magazine ambassador Randy Propster is the guest speaker. The seminar includes a variety of advice on regional trips and outdoor gear. Free; find it on Facebook.

Drug & Violence Town Hall Meeting Oct. 20, 5:30-8 p.m., at Hinds Behavioral Health Services (3450 Highway 80 W.). Guest speakers include Police Chief Lee Vance, Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason, Hinds County Judge Winston Kid and more. Free; find it on Facebook.

SLATE

Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.) • “Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?” Film Screening Oct. 19, 7 p.m. In Yates Community Room. The documentary follows Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a tour to unravel the complexities of plastics. Free; msmusemart.org.

• “Life, Animated” Movie Night Oct. 24, 5:30 p.m. The Sundance Award-winning documentary is about a young boy who uses art and imagination to confront challenges.

Dinner for purchase. Free; msmuseumart.org.

the best in sports over the next seven days

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There hasn’t been much to cheer about this season for Jackson State football fans. Division II Tuskegee soundly defeated the Tigers 33-7 on Oct. 14, dropping JSU to a 0-6 record this season.

Thursday, Oct. 19

College football (7-10 p.m., ESPN): Tune in for a major matchup of Group of Five foes from the American Athletic Conference when Houston hosts Memphis.

Friday, Oct. 20

College football (6-9 p.m., ESPN2): The Marshall Thundering Herd looks to keep cruising toward the Conference USA title game as it hosts Middle Tennessee State University.

Saturday, Oct. 21

College football (3-6 p.m., SECN): The MSU Bulldogs look to avenge the Kentucky Wildcats’ last-second win in 2016. … College football (6:15-9:15 p.m., ESPN): The UM Rebels host an LSU team that has turned its season around with two straight wins over ranked foes.

Sunday, Oct. 22

NFL (noon-3 p.m., FOX): The Green Bay Packers host the New Orleans Saints in a matchup that has lost some

Sun King 5K Run/Walk Oct. 21, 8 a.m., at St. James Episcopal Church (3921 Oak Ridge Drive). The 5K race includes a one-mile “Boo!” Run and Haunted Healthy Breakfast. Includes music, a health fair, kids’ activities and more.

Proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity of Mississippi Capital Area. $20 5K in advance, $25 day of event; $15 fun run in advance, $20 day of event; sunking5k.racesonline.com.

STAGE & SCREEN Dinner Theater: “You’ve Got Hate Mail” Oct. 19, 7-9 p.m., at Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano (970 Highland Colony Pkwy., Ridgeland).

Fringe Dinner Theatre presents the off-Broadway farce from playwrights Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Includes dinner. For mature audiences. $48 per person; fringedinnertheatre.com.

luster since Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers broke his collarbone.

Monday, Oct. 23

NFL (7:30-10:30 p.m., ESPN): Watch a Monday Night Football battle of the top two NFC East teams when the Philadelphia Eagles host the Washington Redskins.

Tuesday, Oct. 24

MLB (7-11 p.m., FOX): In game one of the 2017 World Series, the playoff team with the best record gets the home-field advantage.

Wednesday, Oct. 25

MLB (7-11 p.m., FOX): Game two of the 2017 World Series will be the final matchup in its first location before shifting venues for games three through five.

Jackson State University is at a 0-6 record for the first time since 1969 and has lost 10 consecutive games. The Tigers’ best chance for a win this season might be against Mississippi Valley State University on Oct. 28.

“Love and Friendship” Screening Oct. 20, 5 p.m., at Eudora Welty House & Garden (1119 Pinehurst St.). This film is an adaptation of an early Jane Austen novel published posthumously.

Grounds open at 5 p.m. Free; mdah.ms.gov.

CONCERTS & FESTIVALS Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • George Porter Jr. & the Runnin’ Pardners Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. The New Orleans-native funk band performs. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $15 in advance, $20 at the door; ardenland.net.

• An Evening with Dawes Oct. 24, 8 p.m. The folk-rock band’s latest album is titled “We’re All Gonna Die.” Doors open at 7 p.m. $30 in advance, $35 at the door; ardenland.net.

Maren Morris Oct. 19, 8 p.m., at City Hall Live (1000 Municipal Drive, Brandon). The Grammy Award-winning country artist performs. Ryan Hurd also performs. $23; ardenland.net.

Jacktoberfest Oct. 20, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., at Smith Park (302 Amite St.). The festival features food and beer vendors, arts and crafts, and music from Vibe Doctors, DJ Breakemoff, And The Echo, Sika J, Greater Pyrenees, Clouds & Crayons, Goodman County and Silas. Free admission; find it on Facebook.

LITERARY SIGNINGS Millsaps Forum: Andrew Paxman Oct. 20, 1 p.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.).

In Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex, room 215. The author and historian discusses his latest book, “Jenkins of Mexico.” Free; millsaps.edu.

Events at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202) • “Jenkins of Mexico: How a Southern Farm Boy Became a Mexican Magnate” Oct. 20, 5 p.m. Andrew Paxman signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $34.95 book; lemuriabooks.com.

• “The Floating World” Oct. 25, 5 p.m.

C. Morgan Babst signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $26.95 book; lemuriabooks.com.

CREATIVE CLASSES Magnolia Woodturners Demo Oct. 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive). Includes demonstrations on the process of creating woodturning artwork. Free; find it on Facebook.

EXHIBIT OPENINGS Museum After Hours: Inktober Fall Festival Oct. 19, 5 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Showcases sketchbooks from artists participating in the Inktober “31 Days, 31 Drawings” challenge. Includes a ‘sipp-Sourced menu, a screening of “Beetlejuice,” and music from Heart Society. Free; msmuseumart.org.

“Baby Doll” Oct. 24-28, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 29, 2 p.m., Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 5, 2 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.).

The Tennessee Williams-penned drama is about a Delta man married to a seductive young woman, who catches the eye of a plantation manager.

Recommended for ages 16 and up. $30 admission; newstagetheatre.com.

Blues by Starlight Oct. 19, 7-10 p.m., at Renaissance at Colony Park (1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Ridgeland). Includes music, food and drinks from local restaurants, and more. Proceeds go to the Boys & Girls Clubs. $100; bgccm.org.

“First Moves” Oct. 25, 7 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Ballet Mississippi presents a mini-concert and social to highlight new ballets and provide a sneak peek at selections from the upcoming season. Includes food and drinks.

Cash bar available. $15; balletms.com.

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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Intensive Acting Workshop

Weekend Acting Seminar

Join veteran actor Rus Blackwell for a very special one day workshop. Rus has an extensive resume’ in Film, TV and Theatre. This workshop will be great for the beginning actor, yet will be a challenge for the experienced actor.

(Fri. 6-8pm, Sat. 1-3pm, Sun. 1-3pm)

With Rus Blackwell Cost: $100 October 28, 9am-5pm

With John Maxwell Cost: $150 November 10-12

New Stage veteran and acting teacher John Maxwell will use scene work and his years of experience to instruct students on the actor’s process in this weekend seminar.

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DIVERSIONS | arts

Steamy, Southern Summer Nights

by Abigail Walker

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ith Mississippi celebrating its 200th birthday this year, New Stage Theatre is paying tribute to one of the state’s renowned authors, Tennessee Williams, with its production of “Baby Doll.” Pierre Laville and Emily Mann adapted the play from a 1956 film of the same name, which Williams adapted from his one-act play, “27 Wagons Full of Cotton.”

This four-person drama takes place in

steamier scenes, she says.

“People will recognize Williams’ powerfully poetic style, but it’s just a little different than his other works,” Reynolds says.

“It’s about how people get into traps and how we break or don’t break free of them.”

New Stage originally chose to perform Williams’ “Eccentricities of a Nightingale,” but when the theater got the rights to perform “Baby Doll,” Reynolds says they jumped at the chance. courtesy New Stage Theatre

Left to right: Betsy Helmer (Baby Doll), Ouida White Berger (Aunt Rose), Brian Landis Folkins (Archie Lee) and Billy Finn (Silva) star in New Stage Theatre’s production of Tennessee Williams’ “Baby Doll.”

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the Mississippi Delta in the 1950s and revolves around 19-year-old Baby Doll and her much older cotton-gin-owner husband, Archie Lee. Baby Doll is in many ways still a child, and the two are waiting to consummate their marriage until she turns 20. When a neighboring Sicilian man’s plantation is burned down, he suspects Archie and sets out to seduce Baby Doll as part of his revenge.

“It’s a dysfunctional love triangle,” says New Stage Artistic Director Francine Thomas Reynolds.

Set against the backdrop of mid20th-century poverty, Reynolds says “Baby Doll” offers a good example of Williams’ portrayal of women. “It still gives commentary on society’s treatment of women today,” she says.

Fans of Williams’ work will enjoy the darkly comedic elements of the play, as well as the sensual nature of the storyline that lends to some of the play’s

“We knew we wanted to honor Tennessee Williams for the bicentennial, and we wanted a play set in Mississippi,” she says. “‘Baby Doll’ is something we haven’t done before, and only three other theaters in the world have put on the production.”

Reynolds says New Stage had to get special permission from Sewanee: The University of the South, which owns the rights, to perform the production, and it is the only adaptation that the Williams Estate approved.

“I’m excited that we are getting to premiere this play for the South,” she says. “I think people are going to really enjoy it.”

New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St., 601-948-3533) will perform “Baby Doll” from Oct. 24 to Nov. 5. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is $30 or $25 for students and seniors. New Stage recommends the play for ages 16 and older. For more information, visit newstagtheatre.com.

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1 Prefix before “feasance” 4 Give a head signal to 9 Father of Beau and Jeff 14 Historical time period 15 Historical time period 16 Having a roof overhang 17 Colorado national park near the Four Corners region 19 Coeur d’___, Idaho 20 Where Starbucks stores used to pop up, hyperbolically 22 Dress seen in Bollywood movies 23 “___ Nutsy’s Clubhouse” (kids’

show in “UHF”) 25 Electrifying fish 28 Calgary’s prov.

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32 Fictional TV locale you can actually visit in Mount Airy, N.C. 36 Bowler’s target 37 Like the river, in an Olivia NewtonJohn song title 38 Morgan Freeman, in “Bruce Almighty” 39 Business management plans involving Internet platforms, e.g.

42 Neck of the woods

1 Bulletin board postings 2 Football venue 3 “Pointer” that drives cats nuts 4 Actress Campbell of the “Scream” series 5 Abbr. on a phone’s “0” button 6 “Finding ___” (2016 film) 7 “Ballbreaker” band 8 Vincent van Gogh’s brother 9 Recording star Rimes 10 International breastfeeding advocacy “league” since 1956 11 Supersized, like a personality 12 Osaka money 13 ‘50s political monogram 18 “___ to a Kill” (1985 Bond film) 21 Actress/activist who was married to Ossie Davis for over 50 years 24 Continental currency 26 Sinus specialists, for short 27 Toy-filled takeaway for a kids’ birthday party guest 28 America’s largest multi-level marketing company 29 Cafe au ___ 31 “The Madcap Laughs” singer

BY MATT JONES Last Week’s Answers

“Sum Sudoku”

Put one digit from 1-9 in each square of this Sudoku so that the following three conditions are met: 1) each row, column, and 3x3 box (as marked off by heavy lines in the grid) contains the digits 1-9 exactly one time; 2) no digit is repeated within any of the areas marked off by dotted lines; and 3) the sums of the numbers in each area marked off by dotted lines total the little number given in each of those areas. Now do what I tell you— solve!! psychosudoku@gmail.com

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A woman I know, Caeli La, was thinking about relocating from Denver to Brooklyn. She journeyed across country and visited a prime neighborhood in her potential new headquarters.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what she reported on her Facebook page: â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the last three days, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen three different men on separate occasions wearing sundresses. So this is definitely the right place for me.â&#x20AC;? What sort of signs and omens would tell you what you need to do to be in the right place at the right time, Libra? I urge you to be on the look-out for them in the coming weeks.

Life will be conspiring to provide you with clues about where you can feel at peace, at home, and in the groove.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

Simon & Garfunkel released their first album in October 1964. It received only a modest amount of airplay. The two musicians were so discouraged that they stopped working together. Then Bob Dylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producer Tom Wilson got permission to remix â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sounds of Silence,â&#x20AC;? a song on the album. He added rock instruments and heavy echo to Simon & Garfunkelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s folk arrangement. When the tune was re-released in September 1965, it became a huge hit. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I suspect youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re now at a point comparable to the time just before Tom Wilson discovered the potential of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sounds of Silence.â&#x20AC;?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consider how hard it is to change yourself,â&#x20AC;? wrote author Jacob M. Braude, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.â&#x20AC;? Ninety-nine percent of the time, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d advise you and everybody else to surrender to that counsel as if it were an absolute truth. But I think you Sagittarians will be the exception to the rule in the coming weeks. More than usual, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the power to change yourself. And if you succeed, your self-transformations will be likely to trigger interesting changes in people around you. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another useful tip, also courtesy of Jacob M. Braude: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Behave like a duck. Keep calm and unruffled on the surface, but paddle like the devil underneath.â&#x20AC;?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

In 1969, two earthlings walked on the moon for the first time. To ensure that astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed there and returned safely, about 400,000 people labored and cooperated for many years. I suspect that in the coming months, you may be drawn to a collaborative project thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as ambitious as NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, but nevertheless fueled by a grand plan and a big scope. And according to my astrological calculations, you will have even more ability than usual to be a driving force in such a project. Your power to inspire and organize group efforts will be at a peak.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

I predict your ambitions will burn more steadily in the coming months, and will produce more heat and light than ever before. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a clearer conception of exactly what it is you want to accomplish, as well as a growing certainty of the resources and help youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to accomplish it. Hooray and hallelujah! But keep this in mind, Aquarius: As you acquire greater access to meaningful successâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not just the kind of success that merely impresses other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be required to take on more responsibility. Can you handle that? I think you can.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your top conspiracy theory? Does it revolve around the Illuminati, the occult group that is supposedly plotting to abolish all nations and create a world government? Or does it involve the stealthy invasion by extraterrestrials who are allegedly seizing mental control over human political leaders and influencing them to wage endless war and wreck the environment? Or is your pet conspiracy theory more personal? Maybe you secretly believe, for instance, that the difficult events you experienced in the past were so painful and debilitating that they will forever prevent you from fulfilling your fondest dream. Well, Pisces. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here to tell you that whatever conspiracy theory you most tightly embrace is ready to be disproven once and for all. Are you willing to be relieved of your delusions?

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

â??I am my own muse,â&#x20AC;? wrote painter Frida Kahlo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better.â&#x20AC;?

Would you consider trying out this perspective for a while, Aries? If so, you might generate a few ticklish surprises.

You may be led into mysterious areas of your psyche that had previously been off-limits. You could discover secrets youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been hiding from yourself. So what would it mean to be your own muse? What exactly would you do? Here are some examples. Flirt with yourself in the mirror. Ask yourself impertinent, insouciant questions. Have imaginary conversations with the person you were three years ago and the person youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in three years.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happiness comes from getting what you want,â&#x20AC;? said poet Stephen Levine, whereas joy comes â&#x20AC;&#x153;from being who you really are.â&#x20AC;? According to my analysis, the coming weeks will bear a higher potential for joy than for happiness. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get anything you want. But I do suspect that focusing on getting what you want might sap energy from the venture thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more likely to thrive: an unprecedented awakening to the truth of who you really are.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

Sigmund Freud was a medical doctor who laid the groundwork for psychoanalysis. Throughout the twentieth century, his radical, often outrageous ideas were a major influence on Western culture. When Freud was 50, he discovered a brilliant psychiatrist who would become his prize pupil: Carl Jung. When the two men first met in Vienna in 1907, they conversed without a break for 13 consecutive hours. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you could experience a comparable immersion sometime soon: a captivating involvement with a new influence, a provocative exchange that enchants you or a fascinating encounter that shifts your course.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

In the next 12 months, I hope to help you track down new pleasures and amusements that teach you more about what you want out of life. I will also be subtly reminding you that all the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a stage, and will advise you on how to raise your self-expression to Oscar-worthy levels. As for romance, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my prescription between now and October 2018: The more compassion you cultivate, the more personal love you will enjoy. If you lift your generosity to a higher octave, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be another perk, too: You will be host to an enhanced flow of creative ideas.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

Are you interested in diving down to explore the mysterious and evocative depths? Would you be open to spending more time than usual cultivating peace and stillness in a sanctuary? Can you sense the rewards that will become available if you pay reverence to influences that nurture your wild soul? I hope youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be working on projects like these in the coming weeks, Leo. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in a phase when the single most important gift you can give yourself is to remember what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re made of and how you got made.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

Louisa May Alcott wrote a novel entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Long Fatal Love Chase,â&#x20AC;? which was regarded as too racy to be published until a century after her death. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the books I read, the sinners are more interesting than the saints,â&#x20AC;? says Alcottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heroine, Rosamund, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and in real life people are dismally dull.â&#x20AC;? I boldly predict that in the coming months, Virgo, you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide evidence to support Rosamundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s views. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be even more interesting than you usually are, and will also gather more than your usual quota of joy and self-worthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but without having to wake up even once with your clothes torn and your head lying in a gutter after a night of forlorn debauchery.

Homework: If one of your heroes said to you, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tell me the most important things you know,â&#x20AC;? what would you say? FreeWillAstrology.com.

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