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s a young child, V.A. Patterson’s mother, Mary Alice Bookhart, who was a long-time women’s editor for The Clarion-Ledger, would take her to art shows and the theater, where Patterson would get to meet artist and performers. This was the beginning of her love for art and the community that it created, she says. Patterson, a Jackson native, graduated from Murrah High School and then received a bachelor’s degree in English in 1960 from Millsaps College. After college she moved to New Orleans for a short time and worked for Tulane University. From there she moved to Texas and began researching for Lonn Taylor’s book on Texas cabinet-makers in the 19th century She was the curator at the Manship House in Jackson from 1980 to 1992, then worked with the USA International Ballet Competition from 1994 to 1997. Patterson became the director of the Craftsmen Guild of Mississippi in 1997. “Being able to work closely with the artists and help them promote their art was very special,” she says. After leaving the guild in 2002, Patterson became the executive director of the Very Special Arts program, which works with artists with disabilities. “Giving the opportunity to everyone

to experience art is very important to me,” she says. “Art is for everyone and helping artist of all abilities to grow is what makes the art community great.” Though she retired in 2013, Patterson still supports the arts through volunteering, and goes to art openings and other events around town. “I love seeing the work that local people do especially the younger group,” she says. “It means that all the arts are going to keep on living.” Currently, she is working with the Goodwill Art Show program, which showcases artwork from people with disabilities. Patterson also received the Goodwill Industries Volunteer Service award in August 2017. Patterson also won the 2018 Governor’s Arts Award, Community Arts Leader, this year. “I want to do all that I can to still promote art in our community,” she says. Patterson, is this year’s grand marshal for the Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade, has been involved in the event since the first parade in 1983. She is a founding member of the Krewe of Kazoo, known for its pink umbrellas and costumes. For more information on this year’s Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival, see pages 14-18. —Rebecca Hester

contents 4 ............ Editor’s Note 6 ............................ Talks 12 ................... editorial 13 ...................... opinion

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10 JPD and Use of Force

When are Jackson police officers allowed and not allowed to use lethal force?

14 ............ Cover Story

16 .......................... music 18 ........ music listings 22 ......................... 8 Days

12 Arming Teachers

“More guns in the hands of minimally trained people will not calm things down; it will make them worse.” —Avery Rollins, “Justice for Reggie Harper”

24 ........................ Events 24 ....................... sports 26 ...................... Puzzles 28 ......................... astro 28 ............... Classifieds

24 The Slate

See what’s happening this week in sports.

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16 ........... food & Drink

editor’s note

by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief

Right, Left Must Work Together for Criminal Reforms

ou can spot the New Jersey in John Koufos as soon as he walks up, stares you frenetically in the eye and starts talking about the need for prison reform and re-entry. You can also tell he was pretty slick as a criminal defense attorney back in New Brunswick, N.J., when he defended violent criminals on murder and racketeering charges. In the basement of the Old Capitol Inn on March, in an event paid for by the Mississippi branch of Americans for Prosperity—a rather infamous conservative group funded by the also-infamous Koch brothers—Koufos told his prison story, sounding like a scumbag attorney like those who defended Barksdale in “The Wire.” Koufos, then 34, was arguing with his girlfriend by text in 2011 while driving his black Lexus from a bar association meeting at a restaurant when he struck Kevin O’Brien, who was walking on the shoulder of the road after getting ice cream, and then fled. O’Brien was seriously injured with head trauma and a ruptured spleen. He was in a coma, but has permanent damage. Craig Terlizzi, Koufos’ 40-year-old assistant, at first took the blame for the accident and was charged in the hit-and-run. Koufos said in Jackson that he was drunk. In fact, he was drunk much of the time then. And he drove drunk constantly. His mother was 16 when she had him in Connecticut, and she was a drug addict. His father wasn’t the best role model, either. He was a bounty hunter and kidnapped someone’s girlfriend. He ran to avoid arrest, taking his son with him, moving from state to state until he was caught and went to federal prison. After pleading guilty, Koufos was sentenced for six years in state prison and was

paroled after 17 months under the condition that he would go into rehab (an option many prisoners do not enjoy). In prison, Koufos says, he was one of the few white faces in his block. He says he learned what most of them needed the most. “Nobody asked me for money, but almost everybody asked me for a job,” he told the mostly white, male, conservative audience, including several state legislators. When Koufos left prison, he was dis-

“Almost everybody asked me for a job.” barred and decided to back reforms that could help men he met on the inside. “If we can fix the problems, we save tomorrow’s victims,” he said in Jackson. That means, of course, not just the people who commit the crimes, but those they hurt along the way. In 2015, Koufos became the executive director of the New Jersey Reentry Corporation, supported by then-Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican. The idea was to help former prisoners re-enter society ready to work and with services they need, and to connect them with good-paying jobs. What too often happens, especially in a tough-on-crime state like Mississippi, where prisons are packed and re-entry help is limited, is that former prisoners cannot support themselves or their families on the outside. People won’t hire them, or they’re not ready to keep a job, or there just aren’t any they are qualified to

hold. Then they can end up re-offending and return to prison, leaving families behind again and continuing the cycle. They also cost the government money when they’re behind bars–which is partly or mostly why re-entry and prison reform have become high priority for conservative groups like those the Koch brothers fund. Koufos attracted enough attention while at NJRC—growing it from one site to nine—that the Koch crowd hired him to bring his “dignity of work” mantra to its Right on Crime effort, where he is now the national director of reentry initiatives. He was in Jackson, in part, to back House Bill 387 that is still alive at the Mississippi Legislature, essentially the same re-entry reform legislation Gov. Bryant vetoed last year. If passed, the law would ensure that Mississippians are not locked up automatically for their inability to pay court fines and fees; allow inmates convicted of certain crimes to be parole eligible after serving 25 percent of their sentence; and create the Mississippi Sentencing Disparity Task Force.” I’m not a fan of the Koch universe, and I believe much of what they support and fund may cause problems Koufos is trying to convince Mississippi to solve, down to the lack of support for fully funding public schools rather than trying to funnel taxpayer money to select ones. That said, I agreed with about 90 percent of what I heard at the Old Capitol that night—if not that one audience member who didn’t think folks should be locked up for white-collar crime. Koufos pointed out, though, that stealing pensions is worse than a young black person stealing $10 at a convenience store. If you’re not aware, there is a very strong conservative movement to reform criminal justice, and it is actually more con-

servative than many of the tough-on-crime policies politicians push to get elected, which then backfire, cost money and cause more crime. They’re shortsighted. We can, and likely will, argue over the specifics, but this kind of police shift is needed, and these efforts must be bi-partisan. I get sick of divisive politics that seem more about “wins” than getting important policy changes and programs in place. A likely Democratic candidate for Sen. Thad Cochran’s seat called me this week to chat about what he believed in. I noticed that he didn’t mention criminal-justice reform, although he does want the “millennial vote,” and I asked him about it. He didn’t seem opposed to the idea, but I could sense he hadn’t thought about it much. It is time that criminal-justice reform be on every candidate’s agenda in Mississippi, regardless of party. The goal should be to lower mass incarceration, especially for drug and victimless crimes—which both parties here voted to begin back in 2014. The dumb tough-on-crime rhetoric must stop. And I sure hate to think that conservatives are finding the courage to have this dialogue in Mississippi more often than those who claim to be progressive. Meantime, the Legislature should pass HB 387. The bill is a good step toward solving the serious reality that most of the people sent to Mississippi prisons will get out some day and very possibly end up committing worse crime, returning them to the taxpayer’s dime. Oh, and criminal-justice reform is the right thing to do for fallible human beings, whether you’re a slick defense attorney from New Jersey or a man who grew up making bad decisions in south Jackson. Read more at jfp.ms/preventingviolence.

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contributors

Amber Helsel

Dustin Cardon

Micah Smith

Ko Bragg

Arielle Dreher

Stephen Wilson

Kimberly Griffin

Kristin Brenemen

Managing Editor Amber Helsel is a feminist, writer, artist and otaku. She loves cats, food, music, anime and storytelling, and often runs sound for CityHeart Church. Email story ideas to amber@jacksonfreepress.com. She wrote about Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade.

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

Music Editor Micah Smith is a longtime fan of music, comedy and all things “nerd.” He is married to a great lady, has two dog-children named Kirby and Zelda, and plays in the band Empty Atlas. He contributed to the cover package.

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 JPD’s use-offorce policy.

News Reporter Arielle Dreher is trying to read more than 52 books this year and wants to foster an otter from the Jackson Zoo. Email her tips and story ideas at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com. She wrote about the abortion ban bill and private prison trial.

Staff Photographer Stephen Wilson is always on the scene, bringing you views from the six. He contributed some of the photographs in this issue.

Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin is a Jackson native who loves Jesus, her mama, cooking, traveling, the Callaway Chargers, chocolate, her godson, working out and locally owned restaurants, not necessarily in that order.

Art Director Kristin Brenemen is a meganekko with a penchant for dystopianism. She’s just trying to get her house in working order. She designed much of the issue.

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Sabotage, Death, Danger: Private Prison on Trial

Thursday, March 8 Mississippi lawmakers pass House Bill 1510, which makes abortion illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and send it to Gov. Phil Bryant for approval.

Sunday, March 11 Several members of Congress join civil-rights activists in crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate “Bloody Sunday,” in which police attacked voting rights protesters attempting to cross the bridge in 1965. Monday, March 12 Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann announces he will not run for a fourth term in office, but does not say if he will run for a different position. … Gov. Phil Bryant vetoes House Bill 1476, which would have created stricter requirements for real estate brokers to earn licenses in the state. Tuesday, March 13 Around 50 middle-schoolers ranging from ages nine to 14 participate in the 2018 Mississippi Spelling Bee in Jackson. … Donald Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter and names CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him. Get breaking news at jfpdaily.com.

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by Arielle Dreher erry Beasley remembers a white guy locked in his cell in East Mississippi Correctional Facility one night in 2017, dying. “He was blue,” Beasley, an inmate serving a life sentence for a homicide-murder conviction, said in U.S. District Judge William Barbour’s courtroom on Friday, March 9. Some inmates started banging on their windows to try to get the officers’ attention, but it took more than an hour for officers to come down to the man’s cell from what he could tell from his own cell that night, Beasley said. Eventually, medical staff and the captain came into the zone and recovered the man’s body. “It made me feel scared because I’m a diabetic, and you never know when your sugar (could) drop,” said Beasley, who is also asthmatic and diabetic. Beasley used to clean out cells at the prison in Lauderdale County. On the stand, he described life “in the zone” at one of Mississippi’s three private prisons in federal court. He testified that he misses his morning insulin treatment “a lot” whenever the officer in the tower does not let him out of his cell to go get the medication. The Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Prison Project of the ACLU and two other law firms brought a class-action lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections back in 2013 due to conditions at EMCF. After the department

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Saturday, March 10 The Justice Department announces it has taken a step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks following the Parkland shooting, with regulation that would classify the hardware as a machine gun banned under federal law.

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— Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Denise Burke at the Evangelicals for Life Conference.

Wednesday, March 7 The Mississippi Senate passes House Bill 1083, which would allow teachers or staff members to carry guns after they get firearms training.

Friday, March 9 An Iraq war veteran named Albert Wong kills three woman workers at a California veterans’ treatment center where he was a patient, and kills himself. … Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs a school-safety bill that raises the minimum age to buy rifles to 21 and creates a waiting period on sales; the NRA files a lawsuit against the state hours later.

“We’re kind of basically baiting them—‘come on, fight us on turf that we have already set up and established.’”

Prisoners in the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (pictured) started testifying against the Mississippi Department of Corrections last week.

refused to settle twice, the case went to trial this month in what is expected to be at least a month-long ordeal. Operated by the Utah-based Management and Training Corporation since 2012, EMCF is one of three private prisons in the state that MTC operates. MDOC is responsible for the facility and stations a monitor there to track how the facility operates. More than 80 percent of the inmates there are on some type of mental-health medication or treatment protocol. The lawsuit alleges that conditions at the prison violate the Eighth Amendment

Go Ahead— Make My Holiday by Micah Smith

t. Patrick’s Day could have been pretty lame. Thankfully, we get to celebrate with parties and parades instead of yelling at snakes until they leave our country— slightly more in line with St. Patrick himself. But our work isn’t done. We at the Jackson Free Press decided to take a crack at some fun activities we could try on other holidays.

rights of prisoners housed there. Attorneys must prove in court that inmates receive “cruel and unusual punishment” as a result of being housed there. The State of Mississippi hired two private law firms to defend MDOC in the case. Their position is that the department is not “deliberately indifferent” to the treatment of inmates at the prison. In his opening statement, W. Thomas Siler Jr. encouraged Judge Barbour to go see the facility for himself. He said EMCF has made great strides and changed a lot since MTC took over the facility in 2012.

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“They have tactics, and they’re pretty good at their tactics at the expense of the people who live in Mississippi who have to pay to litigate.”

“‘I was in fear for my life….’ It’s like those seven words magically put a shield around you.”

— Diane Derzis, owner of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, on anti-abortion activists’ attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade.

— Tetrina Blalock, cousin of Lee Bonner, whom JPD killed in February, on how police officers are protected after using force against Jacksonians.

Reversing ‘Roe’: Using Mississippi as ‘Bait’ to End Abortion By Arielle Dreher

“We disagree with their conclusion that we’re not adequately staffed,” Siler said, noting that many of the issues with the facility and with contraband are “issues caused by sabotage by inmates.” Attorneys defending the state asked the judge to take anecdotal evidence with a grain of salt, emphasizing that the focus of the case needs to be on whether or not the state has violated the Eighth Amendment rights of prisoners. “Are any of the issues they’re complaining about current and ongoing?” Siler said. Missing Basics Warden Frank Shaw, who runs the prison, is sitting in on the trial, and the State plans to call him as a witness and use him to represent one of the named defendants

and established.’ I am happy to say the first 15-week limita- Putting Up a Fight tion based on our model language was just introduced in Abortion-rights activists and legal scholars say the 15the state of Mississippi this week,” Burke said in January. week ban is unconstitutional, citing others in Arkansas and Sure enough, three lawmakers—Rep. Becky Currie, North Dakota that both tried to ban abortion at 12 and R-Brookhaven; Sen. Angela Hill, R-Picayune; and Sen. six weeks, respectively. The Center for Reproductive Rights Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall—introduced identical pieces challenged both those bans in federal court and won. States of legislation, called the “Gestational Age Act” this session. with 20- and 22-week abortion bans have lost in court, Currie’s bill got traction in the House and survived. Gov. while other bans are stalled in state court systems. Phil Bryant is expected to sign the bill any day now. The Center for Reproductive Rights, along with local “We have very carefully targeted states based on where counsel Rob McDuff, stand ready to challenge House Bill we think the courts are the best, where we think the 1510, should it become law. governors, the AGs and the legislatures are going “We’re going to file a challenge to it, as to do the best job at defending these laws,” soon as the bill is signed, in federal court,” “Come Burke told the Evangelicals for Life panel McDuff told the Jackson Free Press. on, fight crowd in January. They will sue the State on behalf “… Once we get these first-trimesof Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, the us on turf that ter limitations in place, we’re going to go Jackson Women’s Health Organization, we have already for a complete ban on abortion, except located in Fondren. Attorney General set up and to save the lives of the mother,” Burke Jim Hood will have an obligation to deestablished.” added. fend the state. In a press statement last The Alliance Defending Freedom week, the attorney general said, “We know did not provide anyone for the Jackson Free that bans below 20 weeks been struck down.” Press to interview, emailing a statement instead. However, this week when the Jackson Free Press “Alliance Defending Freedom is one of America’s lead- asked for clarification on whether or not he would defend ing constitutional legal organizations,” Kevin Theriot, the the law, he said he would defend it. vice president of the Center for Life, said. “There’s not a consensus of the courts that a 15-week “From time to time, lawmakers ask ADF attorneys to ban is unconstitutional,” Hood said in an emailed statereview the constitutionality of proposed legislation. ADF ment to the Jackson Free Press. “Because of that, I have a supports states’ important and legitimate efforts to protect duty as attorney general to defend the constitutionality of the health and safety of women and children.” more ABORTION, see page 8

in the case. The lawsuit names Department of Corrections Commissioner Pelicia Hall as well as Gloria Perry, the chief medical officer at MDOC, and Archie Longley, the deputy commissioner of institutions. Shaw is a Management and Training Corporation employee, however. The private company is not a party to the lawsuit, however. “The state is responsible for whether it’s run properly, and that’s what at issue,” Judge Barbour told the court last week. Inmates wore black-and-white striped bottoms, chains around their waists jangling and white tops with the words “MDOC INMATE” across the back. They sat right across the room from the State’s attorneys and Shaw. Attorneys representing the prisoners plan to have at least two inmates in the courtroom every day throughout the

trial. They will call some of the prisoners as witnesses as the trial unfolds. In the first week, the plaintiffs called nine witnesses, beginning with Eldon Vail, a 35-year veteran corrections officer and operator from Washington state. Vail visited the prison once in 2014 and again in 2016 to evaluate the state of the prison, including safety, security and staffing levels. “I concluded that it’s a very dangerous facility,” Vail testified last week, saying that the “basics” were missing. “There are not a sufficient number of correctional officers, and most of their problems stem from that issue.” Vail reviewed thousands of documents and conducted interviews the plaintiffs’ attorneys arranged. He could not interview prison staff, however. MDOC keeps a

monitor at the Meridian private prison to report progress and inadequacies at the facility. The weekly and monthly monitor reports confirmed and reinforced his initial conclusion about the facility, he testified. “You see the same kinds of issues occurring over and over again,” he said. ‘Logic Is Not Logic’ Staffing concerns and who is responsible for what happens inside prison walls came up repeatedly in testimony. The inmates who worked as porters in 2015 and 2016 cleaning cells testified to seeing fires daily and cleaning up blood after inmates stuck their hands out of their cells’ food slots or from cutting themselves. more PRISON see page 8

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he State of Mississippi’s Republican legislative leadership may have just decided to end all abortions after 15 weeks, but they used a template developed outside the state. The legislation is designed to “bait” abortion-rights proponents into a fight over ending abortion outright, the bill’s architect group admits. The Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian conservative legal advocacy organization based in Scottsdale, Ariz., is behind the next wave of anti-abortion restrictions that they want to cause a legal battle that will eventually overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, ending abortion rights in the United States. Mississippi is the first state to pass ADF’s model legislation of a 15-week ban. In 2016, the group also pushed for House Bill 1523 to try to limit same-sex marriage, defending the governor in federal appeals court after Attorney General Jim Hood declined. Alliance counsel told a panel at the Evangelicals for Life conference in Washington, D.C., in January 2018 that its intention is to “reverse” Roe, as Peter Montgomery reported on Right Wing Watch, a progressive website that shared audio of that panel with the Jackson Free Press. “We are developing legislation, getting expert witnesses together, so we can lay the groundwork for these cases so we can adequately defend these laws,” Denise Burke, senior counsel at ADF, said at the conference. ADF would work with a number of states to introduce 15-week ban legislation, she said. “I can guarantee you that they will not be able to ignore a 15-week limitation, which is in essence limiting abortion to the first trimester. We’re kind of basically baiting them, ‘come on, fight us on turf that we have already set up

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ABORTION from page 6

What About Rape? Republicans who pushed the 15-week ban through the Legislature maintain that 15 weeks is enough time for a woman to decide whether or not she is going to seek out abortion services. “If a woman has not decided to have an abortion by that point in time (at 15 weeks), you know, at that point the state has these interests to protect, her health and the child’s health, that’s what the bill does,” Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, told the House of Representatives last week. Supporters of the legislation also argued that the bill is constitutional. “I can’t speak for our friends on the other side of this issue. I certainly can tell you they have not challenged the

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PRISON from page 6

The facility, like most prisons in the state, has a contraband problem. In March 2017, visiting privileges at the prison were suspended after back-to-back contraband shakedowns revealed that inmates were posting on the Internet, presumably from contraband cell phones. “MDOC officials searched a specific section of the facility after learning of an

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this statute enacted by the Legislature.” Diane Derzis, who runs the abortion clinic, is used to putting up a fight. The clinic has had to swerve all kinds of anti-abortion legislation, including an expensive admitting privileges bill in 2012 and, in recent years, a “partial-birth” abortion and 20-week ban. In Mississippi, a woman must make two appointments at JWHO, due to mandatory waiting periods in state law. Derzis says lawmakers’ restrictions on abortions—the majority of which nationally occur in the first trimester— create the need for second trimester procedures. “When you keep putting barricades in front of a woman who is pregnant and is bound to terminate that pregnancy, she’s going to do whatever it takes,” Derzis said. “When you’re coming from lower Mississippi or wherever in Mississippi, you’ve got to arrange child care; you’ve got to arrange time off work; and you’ve got to make two visits, and that very easily can put you over 12 weeks.” Only a few years ago, Mississippi was one of two states in the country that had one abortion clinic. Today, due to more states tightening abortion regulations, there are more, Derzis said. “This is the first 15-week ban. They’ve done the heartbeat (ban), the 20-week ban, you know; they are throwing everything they can out there with the hope that Trump appoints another Supreme Court justice, and we lose Roe— that’s it,” Derzis said. “They have tactics, and they’re pretty good at their tactics at the expense of the people who live in Mississippi who have to pay to litigate.”

20-week ban in the state of Mississippi, and why they have not challenged that is anyone’s guess. Maybe they think it’s constitutional, or they think they might lose,” Sen. Fillingane, who handled HB 1510, said. The clinic does not offer abortions past 16 weeks. Thus, McDuff said there was no reason to challenge the 20-week ban because it has no practical impact in the state. Current state law leaves “probable gestational age up to the judgment of the physician. During debate, Republicans kept repeating that 200 lives would be saved with the bill each year, but Mississippi Department of Health numbers do not support that claim. In 2016, the most recent year data are available, only 27

Diane Derzis, who owns the state’s only abortion clinic, said the Jackson Women’s Health Organization will challenge the 15-week ban in federal court should Gov. Phil Bryant sign it.

abortions occurred in the state at 16 weeks and 184 abortions were performed at 14-15 weeks. The Department of Health records show 2,569 abortions were performed in the

inmate posting live on Facebook last weekend,” a March 7, 2017, press release from MDOC says. Attorneys representing the State said that a lot of incidents—from fires to contraband cell phones to self-harm incidents— are the inmates’ fault. How far responsibility stretches to the State—and MTC’s employees by extension—to keep the facility in order is at the heart of the case. Eddie Pugh, an inmate who sat in court all last week and testified Friday, described an incident late last year when a new

state in 2016, the vast majority of which occurred before 12 weeks of pregnancy. More than 4,000 Mississippi residents received abortions, however, implying some are leaving the state for services. Rape and incest are not exceptions to the state’s current 20-week abortion ban, nor are those exceptions among the results ADF ultimately wants. The State carves out an exception for the physical health of the mother in a medical emergency and in the case of severe fetal abnormality.Sen. Derrick Simmons, D-Greenville, offered an amendment to HB 1510 to add cases of rape and incest as exceptions to the new 15-week ban, but it failed. “I personally believe that those decisions should be made between those women, their families and their doctors. But because we have a legislative body trying to make those decisions ... then I think that we certainly should use this vehicle to include those situations where an unfortunate occurrence happened regarding rape or incest,” Simmons said while offering the amendment. “I think we’ll be supporting women in Mississippi by doing this.” Fillingane opposed the amendment, offering little in defense. He said exceptions would complicate the bill. “This amendment is obviously being offered to try to muddy the waters. ... It doesn’t need to be in the 15-week bill because, again, you can get an abortion for any reason through the 15th week,” he said. Simmons’ amendment failed along partisan lines, with all Senate Republicans voting or abstaining against the measure to make an exception for rape and incest. The House debated a exceptions too. Rep. Gipson said cases of rape and incest “are normally and customarily addressed earlier than 15 weeks.” Democrats pushed back. “I’m sure ... there are women who have missed their cycle and could have been raped and will fall into this category. So how does this bill address that?” Rep. Chris Bell, D-Jackson, asked Gipson last week. “When there is a rape, there is normally a rape kit that can be performed to find out the evidence of that rape, and that issue is going to be dealt with earlier than three or four months,” Gipson said. “… So what about instances where they don’t report the rape?” Bell countered. “Three months and three weeks is 15 weeks. That’s a long time, and those situations are going to be handled a lot earlier than that 15-week mark,” Gipson maintained. The House sent the bill to the governor last week, who is expected to sign it, codifying it immediately. Read related coverage at jfp.ms/abortion.

inmate came to his housing unit. Correctional officers expected inmates to choose where the new inmate would live, Pugh said, and when inmates refused to find him a place, they were put on lockdown. “We were in the dark for three weeks; we were forced into the cells at gunpoint,” Pugh said in court last Friday. Pugh told the court about how some inmates force others out of their cells and have to sleep on the floor of other cells. “Do the gangs make that decision?” Judge Barbour asked him.

“To truly understand EMCF, you’d have to be there more than one time…,” Pugh responded. “Why shouldn’t every man have his own bed?” Barbour asked. “I agree with you,” Pugh said. “… Logic is not logic in this place.” The trial continues this week, as attorneys representing inmates have about two-and-a-half more weeks of testimony to offer. Defendants will not take nearly as long, Siler told the court. Comment at jfp.ms/state.

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ately Tetrina Blalock has been recon- know what’s going to happen,” Blalock told armed, not resisting or “merely fleeing” necting with family members she has the Jackson Free Press. from the officer. In a felony arrest, officers not seen in a while. Losing her cousin Blalock does not hate police, and she may use deadly force if they believe it will brought them together. Jackson has not lost hope in Jackson, but she does save their own lives or that of citizens, or if Police Department officers shot Lee Ed- want change, transparency about JPD’s the suspect is a fleeing felon presenting an ward Bonner on Feb. 21, and he died from use-of-force policy and the specifics of her “imminent threat of death or serious bodily his injuries two days later at the harm,” the policy says. age of 37, not long before his first “‘I was in fear for my life …,’” grandchild would be born. Blalock said of a common response Blalock thinks police shot officers say after shooting civilians. her cousin between eight and “It’s like those seven words magi17 times, but she cannot know cally put a shield around you,” Blafor sure because of what she calls lock said in the interview. JPD’s “big cloak of secrecy.” Police in Jackson are barred JPD has not released the from shooting into crowds, firing names of the two officers involved from a moving vehicle and shootin the Bonner shooting, or any of ing toward a driver—except if an the others involved in at least six officer or “innocent citizens’” are other officer-involved shootings in danger. They may not shoot at since July 2017. Blalock found tires, either. In January, Jackson out with the rest of the people in police officers fired into Barnes’ car Jackson City Council chambers after saying she drove toward two at the Feb. 27 meeting that the officers at the scene. Mississippi Bureau of Investiga Officers who shoot civilians tions had stepped in to oversee attend stress counseling and a her cousin’s case. psychiatric/psychological evalua Blalock says she is still gettion, the results of which are sent ting the runaround as far as case to the police chief before he allows numbers, an update of the invesan officer to return to the line of tigation or a contact person. She duty. Interim Chief of Police Anhas not received any condolences thony Moore tweaked this policy. either, she said. At a city council meeting on Feb. It does not sit well with 27, the chief said officers now will Blalock that before JPD even renot return until after a grand jury leased Bonner’s name, it had told reaches a decision—a process that the public he had allegedly fired could take at least a year. his handgun at officers and was Lee Edward Bonner, now deceased, and his nephew “They want the sensationala convicted felon. In the officerization of it to die down,” Blalock involved shooting in January that said in response. “Once your nerves killed Crystalline Barnes, 21, in her car, cousin’s case. Moreover, Blalock does not are no longer raw….” JPD sent out an apparent mugshot with want another family to go through the The officer also has to debrief with the details of the incident. Mayor Chokwe same ordeal, and she promises not to rest JPD’s Employee Assistance Program counA. Lumumba halted this practice with an until she gets clarity and justice. selor within 48 hours of the incident so that executive order on Feb. 26. “To not have answers hurts even he or she can confidentially disclose any “I knew Ms. Barnes in passing,” Bla- more,” Blalock said. moral, ethical or psychological after-effects. lock told the Jackson Free Press. “I never During administrative leave after a thought that after what happened to her, it Protocols Revealed shooting of a civilian, JPD’s policy directs would turn around and happen to a relative Jackson’s use-of-force policy dates back the officer involved to keep quiet about the of mine. … You never think it’s going to be to 2004 establishes guidelines and protocol incident unless discussing it with his or her that personal.” for both deadly and non-deadly responses attorney, investigators handling the case, Blalock recalled a time when she and to arrest or control someone. “chosen clergy,” immediate family memBonner were younger, when he protected The policy, which a city council members or his or her psychologist. her from bullies—back when she had more ber provided to the Jackson Free Press, in- The officer also has to be available to trust in police. Now raising a 14-year-old structs officers to demonstrate “sensitivity, give department interviews and statements boy, she tells him to keep his hands on the sound judgment, and knowledge of the regarding the shooting. steering wheel at “10 and two” during a law,” and to only use the amount of force JPD has the wide authority to perform traffic stop to avoid getting shot. necessary to apprehend someone. “any other action deemed appropriate” to “It shouldn’t be that every time you In making a misdemeanor arrest, protect officers, the department or the City, see a police officer, your heart skips a beat, police are not supposed to employ deadly as the use-of-force order reads. 10 or you hold your breath because you don’t force, nor is it to be used for anyone un- In this case, their actions have involved

a code of silence, although the U.S. Department of Justice in 2015 recommended that departments release names of officers quickly to keep the public trust. Phillip Atiba Goff, co-founder and president of the Center for Policing Equity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, told the Jackson Free Press that there is no consistent national standard for the protocol on releasing names. However, he also said that releasing video and information can build trust in communities as opposed to a policy of blocking information. Moore has said JPD does not have body cams or the funding for them. The yin to that yang, as Goff put it, is that police departments also have a duty to protect their officers’ identities especially since the nation has seen a spike in targeted, deadly ambushes of law enforcement. “Finding a balance between officer privacy and officer protections after such a tragic and touchstone incident, and community trust is a difficult one, but those are at least the issues that departments should be balancing,” Goff said. Police Reform Stalling? There is not an “off-the-shelf” prescription for the best use-of-force policy, Goff said, but he is sure that public outcry after such incidents can help communities achieve the right balance, even as national attention has shifted away. Goff is concerned about policing reform stalling out. “America is supposed to be an engine for innovation; let’s be an engine for innovation in the area of justice,” he added. “And that can’t happen without a sustained conversation.” Here in Jackson, Blalock is concerned, too, and hopes people see the larger picture. That is why voting matters to her. Jacksonians put Mayor Lumumba in office, who appointed Chief Moore—“the one who doesn’t say anything,” she said. “I know the mayor said he’s a man of few words, but no, he’s mute,” Blalock added about the chief. Blalock does not want others to live with a slain family member constantly in the back of their minds like she does, or the paranoia of what could happen in a routine interaction with an officer. Not long before ending the phone interview with the JFP, Blalock looked in her rearview mirror. “It’s a police officer behind me right now, which is so interesting,” she said. Email city reporter Ko Bragg at ko@ jacksonfreepress.com

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Justice for Reggie Harper

or Reginald Harper, Jan. 4, 2018, is a day that will forever live in infamy. On this day Jackson Police Department officers shot at him. Fortunately, he escaped with his life. Still, the incident and its aftermath have had traumatic, tangible and serious consequences for him. Harper’s account raises some serious questions about the narrative JPD released to the public in January. The department’s version appears simplistic and straightforward because it leaves out important factors such as Harper’s mental-health struggles, homelessness and drug addiction. A Popeye’s restaurant employee said that Harper, who is homeless, often came into the Terry Road location and asked for food. On that day, his behavior seemed unusually out of character. Harper said he has been diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia and because he has been homeless and jobless for some time, he has been unable to receive services to help manage his mental illness. He has used illicit drugs as a way to self-medicate. The combination of mental illness and drug use altered his behavior on the day in question. When the officer entered Popeye’s, a contentious verbal exchange between him and Harper ensued. The confrontation resulted in Harper fleeing the restaurant. JPD officers cornered Harper near the Sunshine Food Mart on Terry Road. As he was running, he grabbed his phone, which was in a holster on his waist to keep it from falling to the ground. Officers then opened fire in broad daylight, recklessly placing people and property in the direct line of gunfire. Luckily, no one was hurt. In a Jackson City Council Government Operations Committee meeting on March 6, JPD brought a copy of General Order 600-10, which addresses officer’s use of deadly force. This particular order hasn’t been revised since 2004. The document is vague and says that officers can use deadly force when pursuing a fleeing felon who presents an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm to the officer or any other person. This gives officers broad discretion on when to use force. Harper was not a fleeing felon. JPD should not have used deadly force against him. At best, Harper’s behavior disturbed the peace—a misdemeanor offense. The situation’s quick escalation should be unnerving. The lack of clear guidance on when officers should use deadly force is unacceptable. Subsequently, Harper had a warrant issued for his arrest, and law enforcement classified him as armed and dangerous. He was apprehended and charged with attempted aggravated assault against an officer and detained in the Raymond Detention Center on a $25,000 bond that he has not been able to pay. Harper said sheriff’s deputies and inmates assaulted him while at RDC. Inmates also stabbed him during another assault. As a result, one of his lungs was punctured. Although he has been moved to the Jackson Detention Center, he is still not receiving adequate medical attention. He has reported throwing up and urinating blood. All residents of Jackson should call for justice in Harper’s case. He needs mental-health and drug treatment, not criminalization. JPD must establish a concrete use-of-force policy. The officers involved in the shooting should be fired for recklessly endangering his life and the public. The department should release its policy on how it addresses mental-health crises. If a Crisis Intervention Team exists within JPD, such info should be made widely available to the public. The City of Jackson must allot more funds in the budget to address the growing mental-health and drug-addiction crises that stem from economic, social and political maladies. Adofo Minka is a human defense lawyer who lives in west Jackson. Read a longer version at jfp.ms/opinion.

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Harper was not a fleeing felon.

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Stop Hurting Women as a Campaign Strategy

f only Mississippi lawmakers cared about lowincome women and women of color as much as they do about unborn fetuses. Predominately white and male legislators voted to send a 15week abortion ban to Gov. Phil Bryant’s desk last week in the name of “protecting life” of both the mother and the unborn child. The majority of women who seek and receive abortions in the state are black women, 2016 data from the Department of Health shows. Doctors in Mississippi performed fewer than 3,000 abortions in 2016. More than 4,000 Mississippi women received abortions in 2016, however, meaning many are likely crossing state lines to seek access to abortion services. About 74 percent of Mississippi women who received an abortion in 2016 were black. Why? The Centers for Disease Control reports that Mississippi had the highest rate of unintended pregnancies in the country at 62 percent in 2010. And while that number has likely decreased some since then, unintended pregnancy rates are higher in low-income women and women of color. A 2010 study that looked at disparities in family planning found national trends consistent with what happens in Mississippi: Women of color are left behind, especially in the face of an unintended pregnancy. “Women with unintended pregnancies that are continued to term are more likely to receive inadequate or delayed prenatal care and have poorer health outcomes such as infant low birth weight, infant mortality, and maternal mortality and morbid-

ity,” the study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology says. The black infant mortality rate in Mississippi is 70 percent higher than it is for white infants. Couple these statistics with a lack of access to health care and inadequate sex education. Mississippi only allows school districts to teach abstinence-only or abstinence-plus sex education. Abstinence-only curriculum, by state law, cannot have “any demonstration of how condoms or other contraceptives are applied.” Abstinence-plus sex education can include discussions of contraceptives as long as that discussion includes the “risks and failure rates.” The Department of Health, which offers family-planning services, was forced to close two-thirds of its regional offices in 2017 in Batesville, Greenwood, Starkville, Meridian, McComb and Hattiesburg due to budget cuts by lawmakers. The lack of education, contraceptive availability (or affordability), health care and stringent abortion laws lead to a state with not only a high rate of unintended pregnancies but also a laundry list of adverse health outcomes for black women. They deserve better. Democratic women in the Senate and House tried to add amendments to help women pay for child care if they aren’t allowed to get an abortion. White Republicans rejected that and an exception for rape and incest. Constituents need to hold lawmakers accountable who are more interested in scoring political points than they are about ensuring women, especially black women, are protected.

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he Mississippi State Legisla- will not prevent these incidents. ture is considering a bill to arm On Oct. 1, 1997, 16-year-old Luke teachers in classrooms, but its Woodham killed two students and inpassage and implementation jured seven others at Pearl High School. would be a mistake. Before the shooting began, Woodham The bill includes a mandate that stabbed and bludgeoned his mother to armed teachers have an enhanced con- death in her home. He was armed with a cealed-weapons permit and receive 36 Marlin Model 336, a .30-30 lever-action hours of handgun training each year. By rifle. If he had an assault rifle, the carcomparison, FBI Agents in training have nage would probably have been greater. 110 hours in firearms training and fire Fortunately, the school’s assistant approximately 5,000 rounds. The agents principal, Joel Myrick, retrieved a Colt are required to qualify quarterly. 1911 .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol More guns in the hands of mini- from his truck and apprehended him. mally trained people will not calm Myrick is against arming teachers. things down; it will make them worse. A New York Times article dated Feb. One of the best-trained law enforcement 21, 2018, said, “That was a topic Mr. departments in the U.S. is the New York Myrick, who vividly recalls the damage Police Department. The NYPD basic that a relatively slow lever-action rifle handgun training for their officers is 80 caused on a high school campus, wanted hours. Between 1998 and 2006, NYPD to discuss, too. ‘If Luke Woodham had officers only hit the inan AR-15, he probably tended target 18 percent would have killed 20 peoof the time in gunfights. ple instead of two,’ he said. More guns That’s one shot out of five. ‘There’s not a soul on the in the hands So if Mississippi armed planet who needs an ARteachers and gave them 15 except military.’” of minimally only 36 hours of train What can we do to trained ing to shoot as well as an prevent school shootings? people will NYPD officer, four of their Place police substations five bullets will go through near schools where possinot calm walls, down hallways, and things down. ble. Have a certified active injure or kill our children. or former law-enforcement More likely, handguns that officer in or near schools. teachers use in classrooms Have schools hold reguwill result in more accidental shootings, lar shooter drills. Put hardened, bulletsuicides and homicides than they would proof, lockable doors on each classroom. ever be used against a school shooter. Create an active campaign to stop school Furthermore, where and how do bullying and identify children with psyteachers protect or conceal their weap- chological issues. Limit the availability ons in the classroom? Does a teacher of multi-round pistols and rifle magaleave the classroom unprotected to go zines to 10 rounds. Limit the availability off and confront a shooter? Also, shoot- of assault rifles to the public. ing a person who potentially wants to Civilians have no need for an asshoot you takes steel nerves and quick sault rifle. Those guns are designed for reflexes, or else you die. Would a teacher one thing: to take human lives as quickly have the training to not just shoot, but and as efficiently as possible. An Amerito shoot accurately under fire? can citizen with a background check and Arming teachers who might have proper license can own a machine gun, taken a 36-hour firearms class and ex- so assault rifles should be licensed in the pecting them to act in the face of an ac- same way. Giving our children a learntive shooter with students in panic and ing environment safe from the threat of other armed teachers nearby could invite school shootings is an expensive propoeven more carnage. sition. Are our children worth it? I know If someone is in such distress that my grandchildren are. he is going to shoot up a school, the risk Avery Rollins was an FBI Agent for of being shot is not likely to deter him. 31 years and a firearms instructor for 23 It is usually an act of suicide—with the years. He was involved in one fatal shootshooter knowing he will die or spend his ing for which he received the FBI Shield of life in prison. Arming school personnel Bravery. Follow him at @AveRollins. This column does not necessarily reflect the views of the JFP.

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al’s St. Paddy’s Parade (formerly known as the Mal’s St. Paddy’s Parade) may be a cultural staple of Jackson now, but for residents on their way home from work in 1983, its first iteration was simply the cause of a traffic jam in downtown. Malcolm White, the current Mississippi Arts Commission executive director and the founder of the parade, organized the inaugural parade for St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, which was on a Thursday in 1983. The route started at CS’s Restaurant and followed a track that went up Capitol Street and ended on George Street. “The first one really only had, you know, a couple hundred of my closest friends, and a crowd at CS’s and a crowd at George Street,” he says. White moved to Jackson in 1979 and became the manager of George Street Grocery, now Ole Tavern on George Street, about a year later. During his time in that business, he began hosting St. Patrick’s Day parties. “They were very successful, and there was obviously a lot of interest in St. Patrick’s Day in Jackson that was sort of pent up,” White says. He had grown up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and lived in New Orleans for a time, and developed a love for Mardi Gras and cultural celebrations of all kinds. “When I came to Jackson in 1979, there weren’t any,” he says. “It was a very buttoned-up, straight-laced, conservative community where people raised their families and worshipped, went to school, and then they went somewhere else for fun. “There were no festivals, no music. It was just a big ole country town that was the center of commerce and

medicine and law in the state of Mississippi.” White wanted to bring fun to the area, he says, so he began booking bands, festivals and other activities. After a while, he considered organizing a big St. Patrick’s Day event. His initial idea was to do a pub crawl from CS’s to George Street Grocery. “But there weren’t any other pubs,” he says. “There were only like four bars in Jackson.” On top of that, the bars’ spread-out locations made a

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pub crawl impossible, he says. From there, the idea evolved into hosting parties at both CS’s and George Street Grocery, and having participants march between locations. “The more people I talked to and the more I thought about it, the more interested I got in an actual parade,” White says. In all his planning to ensure a fun experience, he forgot the little details—namely, the influx of after-work traffic. “There were thousands of people who drove into downtown at 7:30 (a.m.) and drove out at 5 o’clock everyday, and there we were, parading right through the middle of this,” he says. “… There were thousands of people held captive, and they were honking their horns and waving at us, and we thought it was adoration. It turns out they were angry. “… There were people in pick-up trucks and convertibles and on roller skates, and they marched. It was just this sort of gaggle of goofy friends of mine who thought this sounded like fun.” The commotion made headlines in the local news. “Being a promoter, I saw this as an opportunity to really get people fired up,” White says. The organizers milked the story as long as they could, he says, talking with members of the media and the public about topics such as which day the parade should be on (not a Thursday) and city permits. Then, he began making plans for year two. Over more than three decades, Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival has grown tremendously in its attendance and its impact on downtown. Although it is hard to get a head count, White says he estimates that nearly 75,000 people attend the parade each year now. While bringing a fun event to Jackson is still at the center of the event, he says that part of the parade’s mission is also to tell the story of downtown. “We’ve stayed downtown deliberately,” he says. “… We don’t want to go anywhere else. We’re committed to downtown.”

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For many people who live in the metro area and elsewhere around the state, they only see downtown Jackson once a year—at the parade—he says, so the organizers want to use the event to show how the area is changing. “A lot of people wouldn’t know the King Edward (Hotel) had been revitalized if they didn’t come for the parade,” he says. “They wouldn’t know that we’ve twolaned Capitol Street. They wouldn’t know (about) the arts district or the Westin or Cathead Distillery. They don’t know because they don’t come down here.” White says this year’s parade theme, “Artfully Alive at 35,” honors the 50th anniversary of the Mississippi Arts Commission, as well as the parade’s grand marshal, V.A. Patterson, who spent her professional life as an arts administrator. On top of running organizations such as the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi and nonprofit Very Special Arts, she was also at the first parade as one of the founders of the Krewe of Kazoo (see page 3). “When I decided that I wanted to name V.A. the grand marshal, and I was thinking about our giant anniversary of the 35th year,” White says. “I thought, ‘I’m the director of the arts commission, V.A.’s worked in the arts, I love the word ‘Artful,’ as in (my book) ‘The Artful Evolution of Hal & Mal’s,’ I just love using the word artful. It reminds people of the importance of the arts.’” White says that in his work as executive director of MAC and in his work as a promoter of Jackson and Mississippi, it’s his job to highlight the good parts of the state—the art, the music, the literature. “Mississippi and Jackson have this amazing story to tell about arts and culture, and our role in the American cultural landscape,” he says.

Fleet Feet Sports St. Paddy’s 5K Run & Walk

Friday, March 16 5 p.m.: HAL’s Marching MALfunction & Second-Line Stomp, Cathead Distillery (422 S. Farish St., 601-667-3038)

Saturday, March 17 7 a.m.: Float lineup, corner of Court and State streets 8 a.m.: Fleet Feet St. Paddy’s 5K, Pascagoula Street in front of the Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St., 601-960-2321) 9 a.m.: Children’s festival, Pascagoula Street in front of Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St., 601-960-1537) 10 a.m.: Pet parade, corner of West and Pascagoula streets 11 a.m.: Children’s parade, corner of West and Pascagoula streets 1 p.m.: Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade, corner of Court and State streets

After the parade: Hal’s St. Paddy’s Festival (see page 18)

 Tickets to the festival are $10, and attendees must be 18 or older. The gates open at 1 p.m., and music begins at 2:30 p.m. For more information, visit halsstpaddysparade.com.

Things to Note  The Pearl Street bridge will close at 9 a.m. on March 17.  The route starts at State and Court streets but will first go down the right-hand side of Court Street instead of going down State.  Police will block off Pascagoula Street on the night of March 16 and Lamar Street on the morning of March 17.

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Lucky Town Brewing Company

The Hideaway

(1710 N. Mill St., 601-790-0142) Lucky Town will host a pre St. Paddy’s Day Pre-Parade Supershow starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16, the day before the parade. Teezy Thomas and Porschia Cooper will host the event, and performers include DevMaccc, Dono Vegas, 5th Child, Flywalker, Timaal Bradford, Vitamin Cea, Mike Hustle, Sippi Queen and Beezie. Admission is $10 before 9:30 p.m. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. for the beer bash, and performances begin at 8 p.m. On March 17, Hard Knocks Revolution will host wrestling event “Revolution I: Revolution Calling” at Lucky Town from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. For more information, find the events on Facebook.

(5100 Interstate 55 N., 01-291-4579) The Hideaway will host its third-annual Neon Wonderland Glow Paint Party from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Chicago-based DJ Rozz is hosting the event, which will feature more than 1,000 gallons of neon glow paint, blacklights, LED robot performers and a three-dimensional-projection light show onstage. The event will feature live music from deejays such as Rob Roy and Chicago-based Skrat Kangaroo. Wonderland is open for people ages 18 and up, but guests must be 21 or over to drink. Admis-

Kemistry Sports Bar and Hookah Lounge

by Micah Smith

usic has been a big part of Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival since its inception. These days, venues across the city make sure there are plenty of options for live music before and after the parade, but Hal’s St. Paddy’s Festival is still one of the biggest draws downtown, with both local and touring entertainment taking the stage at Hal & Mal’s each year. For the festival’s 35th iteration, themed “Artfully Alive at 35,” it will put a greater focus on Mississippi music, with three of the four acts hailing from the Magnolia State. Here are this year’s performers. Bishop Gunn Bishop Gunn made big strides in 2017. The Natchez rock-and-roll act played at the Pilgrimage Music Festival in Franklin, Tenn., alongside artists such as Gary Clark Jr. and Justin Timberlake. The four-piece also performed on Kid Rock’s Chillin’ the Most Cruise and received the most fan votes for the best band. This year, the southern rockers will be releasing their debut fulllength album, making their second Chillin’ the Most Cruise appearance, and performing at other major festivals such as South by South West in Austin, Texas, and the Peach Music Festival in Scranton, Pa.

The Bluz Boys Don’t let the suits and serious demeanor fool you. Jackson show band The Bluz Boys are all about having a good time. The classic rhythm-and-blues and soul group formed in Jackson in 1983, taking inspiration from the Blues Brothers skit on “Saturday Night Live,” and has become a fixture at large venues and events around the South. That definitely goes for Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade. The Bluz Boys performed for the first 30 years of the event and make their return for year 35.

The Molly Ringwalds One of the things that makes a tribute band great is when it can recreate the experience of seeing the act that it is honoring. The Molly Ringwalds have grown their fan base by applying that measure to the 1980s as a whole. The England-native band looks to bring the sounds of your youth back to life through costuming, makeup, and a wide-ranging repertoire featuring artists such as Adam Ant, Flock of Seagulls, Mötley Crüe and The Cure. Southern Komfort Brass Band The Southern Komfort Brass Band has been a perennial party favorite in Jackson since the ensemble first formed in 2010. Like Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival itself, Southern Komfort takes its cue from longstanding New Orleans traditions while also putting Jackson’s stamp on the vibrant musical style. Concertgoers will get to hear plenty of brassband standards, contemporary hits and re-imagined covers, as well as original compositions from the musicians. Hal’s St. Paddy’s Festival begins at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, March 17, at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). The gates open at 1 p.m., tickets are $10 per person, and the event is for ages 18 and up. For more information, visit halsstpaddysparade.com.

COURTESY SOUTHERN KOMFORT BRASS BAND

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The Sounds of St. Paddy’s

COURTESY THE BLUZ BOYS

Ole Tavern on George Street

(416 George St., 601-960-2700) Ole Tavern will host its annual St. Patrick’s Day block party on Saturday, March 17, starting at 2 p.m. The bar will offer food and drink specials until closing at 2 a.m., and will host performances by Larry Waters Trio, Cast of Comic, The Whiskey Barrels, DJ Glenn and DJ Third Era. Ole Tavern will also have food and drink specials on that day. For more information, find 16 Ole Tavern on Facebook.

(214 S. State St., 601-354-9712, martinslounge.net) Martin’s annual St. Paddy’s Blowout is from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. The event will feature deejays performing from noon to 6

p.m., and live music starting after the parade at 7 p.m. Performers include Dream Cult, El Obo, Fides, May Queen, And The Echo, the Epic Funk Brass Band, DJ Young Venom and DJ Nasty Sho. Visitors can go online and rent tent space ahead of the event for $150 per group, which includes a tent, tickets for free beer and liquor, private Porta Potties and bleachers for the parade. The cover charge for the event is $10 after 7 p.m., but renting tent space will also pay the cover charge in advance. For more information, find the event on Facebook.

COURTESY THE MOLLY RINGWALDS

The Westin Jackson

(407 S. Congress St., 601-968-8200) The hotel is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day tailgate party on Saturday, March 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will have $5 beers, burgers and bratwurst. Entrances to will be at the corners of Court and West streets, and the corner of Tombigbee and West streets. The hotel entrance will be closed to the public on the day of the event. For more information, call 601-968-8200 or find the event on Facebook.

Martin’s Restaurant & Bar

COURTESY BISHOP GUNN

(3716 N. Frontage Road, 601-713-1500) Kemistry will host a Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade after-party from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. on March 17. The bar will have food, $1 green beer and $5 green drinks and shots all night, and DJ Kujho and DJ Nasty Sho will perform starting at 9 p.m. The cover charge for the event is $5 at the door before 9 p.m. For more information, find Kemistry on Facebook.

sion is $25 for ages 18 to 20 and $20 for people ages 21 and up. VIP admission is also available for $40 and includes a free T-shirt, an 8-ounce personal bottle of neon paint, and express entry with no lines or waiting. For more information, find the event on Facebook.

March 23-24, 2018 MS Ag Museum

Rain Or Shine!

Celebrating Irish & Scottish Music, Dance & Culture

5 Live Stages

Plus Workshops, Vendors and Food Highland Games Demonstrations 18 th Kindred Spirits Whisky Tasting

sponsored by Wine & Spirits in the Quarter

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April 12 - 15, 2018 Films & music videos, after-parties and an Awards Brunch

A W A R D

W I N N I N G

Locations in Greater Jackson, including Malco Grandview, Hal & Mal’s, Oﬀbeat Records, and Iron Horse Grill.

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See the World premiere of Urban Country on Thurs., April 12 at 3:00 PM at Malco Grandview! Tix at

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Filmed in Mississippi!

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

March 14 - Wednesday 1908 Provisions - Chris Nash 6:30 p.m. Alumni House - Kern & Denise 5:30-7:30 p.m. Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 6-9 p.m. Hal & Mal’s - New Bourbon Street Jazz Band 6-9 p.m. free Johnny T’s - Akami Graham 5-8 p.m. free McB’s - Phil & Trace 8 p.m. Pelican Cove - Ronnie Brown 6-10 p.m. Shucker’s - Proximity 7-10 p.m. Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

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March 16 - Friday

1908 Provisions - Ronnie McGee 6:30 p.m. Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg - Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster 8 p.m. $10 Bonny Blair’s - Phil & Trace 7:30-11:30 p.m. Castlewoods Country Club Johnny Crocker 7-10 p.m. Char - Ronnie Brown 6 p.m. Drago’s - Jason Turner Band 7-10 p.m. F. Jones Corner - Sorrento Ussery midnight $10 Georgia Blue, Flowood - Shaun Patterson Georgia Blue, Madison - Skip MacDonald Hal & Mal’s - Waterworks Curve 7-10 p.m. Iron Horse - 19th Street Red 9 p.m. Last Call - DJ Spoon 9 p.m. Lucky Town - St. Paddy’s Day Pre-Parade Supershow feat. DevMaccc, DONO Vegas, 5th Child, Flywalker, Timaal Bradford & more 7:30 p.m. $10 before 9:30 p.m.

March 17 - Saturday Ameristar Bottleneck Blues Bar, Vicksburg - Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster 8 p.m. $10 American Legion Post 112 - The XTremeZ 9 p.m.-midnight Anjou - Stevie Cain 6-9 p.m. Bonny Blair’s - Travelin’ Jane 7:30-11:30 p.m. Char - Bill Clark 6 p.m. F. Jones Corner - Big Money Mel & Small Change Wayne 10 p.m. $1; Dexter Allen midnight $10 Georgia Blue, Flowood - Brandon Greer

Shucker’s - Acoustic Crossroads 3:30 p.m.; Snazz 8 p.m. $5; Chad Perry 10 p.m. Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. T’Beaux’s, Pocahontas - Chris Gill & the Sole Shakers 6-10 p.m. Vudu - St. Patrick’s Day Music Fest feat. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Ebenezer Goodman, Epic Funk Brass Band, Spencer Day & more 10 a.m.-4 a.m. $20 WonderLust - Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-3 a.m. free before 10 p.m.

March 18 - Sunday 1908 Provisions - Knight Bruce 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Anjou - David Keary 3-6 p.m. Char - Big Easy Three 11 a.m.; Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Mt. Zion M.B. Church, Canton Mt. Zion Mass Choir Spring Concert 2:30 p.m. Pelican Cove - Hunter Gibson & Ronnie McGee noon-4 p.m.; Acoustic Crossroads 5-9 p.m. Shucker’s - Greenfish 3:30 p.m. Table 100 - Raphael Semmes Trio 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dan Michael Colbert 6-9 p.m. Wellington’s - Andy Hardwick 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Jackson Convention Complex

(105 E. Pascagoula St.) Fleet Feet Sports will host the “Run, Play and Be Irish for a Day” 5K walk and run beginning at 8 a.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). The event will raise money for the Blair E. Batson Children’s Heart Center. Registration fees for both the 5K walk and run are $30. Those who wish to donate to the event but cannot attend can also register for a “virtual 5K” for the same price and still receive the t-shirt and swag bag that comes with regular registration. Fleet Feet will give prizes for both the walk and run to the top overall male and female participants, as well as team prizes for largest team, fastest open team and best team costumes. To register, visit raceroster.com. courtesy Club Vudu

1908 Provisions - Scotty T-Bone Turner 6:30 p.m. Bonny Blair’s - Mike & Skip 7-11 p.m. Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 6-9 p.m. F. Jones Corner - Raul Valinti & the F. Jones Challenge Band 10 p.m. $5 Fenian’s - Dead Irish Blues 8 p.m. Georgia Blue, Flowood - Phil & Trace Georgia Blue, Madison - Zach Bridges Hal & Mal’s - Thomas Lovett 6-9 p.m. free Iron Horse - McKinney Williams 6 p.m. MS Museum of Art - “Museum After Hours” feat. Paul Brock Band 5:30 p.m. free Old Capitol Inn, Rooftop - Ronnie Brown 6-9 p.m. Ole Tavern - DJ Glenn 9 p.m. Pelican Cove - Acoustic Crossroads Duo 6-10 p.m. Shucker’s - Lovin Ledbetter 7:30 p.m. free Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m. Underground 119 - Chris Gill 7-10:30 p.m.

Martin’s - Ronnie Caldwell 6-8:30 p.m. free; Jackson Superjam 10 p.m. $5 advance $8 door Pelican Cove - Chris Gill & the Sole Shakers 6-10 p.m. Pop’s Saloon - Shatterframe 9 p.m. Shucker’s - Andrew Pates 5:30 p.m.; Snazz 8 p.m. $5; Todd Smith 10 p.m. Soulshine, Flowood - Dylan Moss & Jordan Brewer 7-10 p.m. Soulshine, Ridgeland - Barry Leach 7-9 p.m. Table 100 - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Underground 119 - Fred T & the Band 8:30 p.m. WonderLust - DJ Taboo 8 p.m.

March 19 - Monday

Erica Hicks

MUSIC | live

Dexter Allen Georgia Blue, Madison - Brian Smith Hal & Mal’s - Hal’s St. Paddy’s Festival feat. The Molly Ringwalds, The Bluz Boys, Southern Komfort Brass Band & Bishop Gunn 2:30 p.m. $10 The Hideaway - Neon Glow Paint Party feat. DJ Rozz 8 p.m.2 a.m. $20 ages 21 & up $25 ages 18-20 Iron Horse - King Edward Blues 9 p.m. Jose’s, Pearl - Blackwater Boogie 6-9 p.m. Kemistry - DJ Kujho & the Nasty Sho 4 p.m.-2 a.m. $5 before 9 p.m. Lounge 114 - High Frequency Band 5 p.m. $10 Martin’s - St. Paddy’s Blowout feat. Dream Cult, El Obo, Fides, May Queen, Epic Funk Brass Band & more 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Mudbugs 047 - Phil & Trace 7-10 p.m. Ole Tavern - St. Patrick’s Day Block Party feat. Larry Waters Trio, Cast of Comic, The Whiskey Barrels & more 2 p.m. Pelican Cove - Steel Blue 1-5 p.m.; Jason Turner Band 6-10 p.m. Pop’s Saloon - Pop Fiction 9 p.m.

Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. CS’s - Dead Neighbors w/ The Fabulous Sea Panthers 8:30 p.m. free Duling Hall - MS Opera’s “The Eclectic Guitar” feat. Barry Leach 7:30 p.m. $25 Hal & Mal’s - Central MS Blues Society (rest) 7 p.m. $5 Pelican Cove - Acoustic Kitchen 6-10 p.m. Recover Cryo Spa - Paradiso & Rasamayi 7 p.m. $22 Table 100 - Andrew Pates 6 p.m.

March 20 - Tuesday Char - Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m. Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 6-9 p.m. Duling Hall - Jared & the Mill w/ Empty Atlas 7:30 p.m. $10 Fenian’s - Open Mic 9 p.m. free Hal & Mal’s - Raphael Semmes & Friends 6-9 p.m. free Last Call - DJ Spoon 9 p.m. Martin’s - Katie & Doc Patterson 6-8:30 p.m. free Table 100 - Chalmers Davis 6 p.m.

March 21 - Wednesday 1908 Provisions - Bill Ellison 6:30 p.m. Alumni House - Jerry Brooks & Jack Beal 5:30-7:30 p.m. Drago’s - Johnny Barranco 6-9 p.m. Johnny T’s - Jonte Mayon 5-8 p.m. free Kathryn’s - Gator Trio 6:30-9:30 p.m. Pelican Cove - Owens Pratt 6-10 p.m. Shucker’s - Proximity 7-10 p.m. Table 100 - Andy Henderson 6 p.m.

Club Vudu

One Block East

(642 Tombigbee St., 601-944-0203) One Block will host a Block Party Carnival on Saturday, March 17. The event will have $4 Big Ass beers and shots, live music, games, souvenirs and more. Admission is $10. For more information, find One Block on Instagram. Pop’s Saloon

(2636 S. Gallatin St., 601-961-4747) Pop’s will host a St. Paddy’s afterparty crawfish boil on Saturday, March 17, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event also includes a performance from Pop Fiction at 9 p.m. For more information, find the event on Facebook. Club Vudu (209 Commerce St., 601-750-3037)

The newly opened Club Vudu (209 Commerce St.) will host a St. Paddy’s celebration starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 17. The event has a $20 cover charge, and will feature free beer and an open bar all day and night. The party will also have performances from Kingfish,

Ebenezer Goodman, Epic Funk Brass Band and Spencer Day, DJ Max Victory, DJ T Zilla and DJ Clover. The gates open at 10 a.m. For more information, call 601750-3037 or visit clubvudu.com. Fenian’s Pub (901 E. Fortification St.,

601-948-0055, fenianspub.com) On Saturday, March 17, Fenian’s will host an all-you-can-eat Irish breakfast buffet from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Fenian’s will be open that day from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m., and will serve a menu of traditional Irish food all day. The pub will have a block party outside with Irish, local and green beer on tap, outdoor games and more. Andy Bowes will play from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., The Stonewalls will play from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and Blind Dog Otis will play from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. For more information, find the event on Facebook. The Iron Horse Grill

(320 W. Pearl St., 601-398-0151) On Saturday, March 17, Iron Horse will host a Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade afterparty. Chris Gill will perform at 3 p.m., Nellie Mack will perform at 6 p.m., and King Edward Antoine will perform at 9 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, find Iron Horse on Facebook. Johnny T’s Bistro & Blues

(538 N. Farish St., 601-954-1323) Johnny T’s will host a “Kiss Me I’m Irish” St. Patrick’s Day party on March 17 at 3 p.m. The event includes free shots of Jameson for women and a set from DJ Moneycure. Women who wear green get in for free. For more information, find Johnny T’s on Instagram. Mississippi Children’s Museum

(2145 Museum Blvd., 601-981-5469, mschildrensmuseum.org) The Mississippi Professional Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the Latin American Business Association of Mississippi are partnering to host a science, engineering, technology and math, or STEM, event at the Mississippi Children’s Museum titled “Shamrock Science at the Museum.” It will include activities such as a do-it-yourself LED lights workshop, a “Find the Engineer” scavenger hunt, a gummy bear structures workshop and more. “Shamrock Science” is from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 17. For more information, find the event on Facebook. See and add more events at jfp.ms/ stpaddys2018roundup

Spring Market

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FRIDAY 3/16

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The Jackson Garden Extravaganza begins at the Mississippi Trade Mart.

“Dinner and a Magic Show” is at Char Restaurant.

Tiffany Quay Tyson signs copies of “The Past Is Never” at Lemuria Books.

BEST BETS March 14 - 21, 2018

Dialogue Jackson Luncheon: “How Does She Move Mississippi?” is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Representatives from Pantsuit Nation, the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi and Women for Progress discuss how women are wielding their power in the state of Mississippi. RSVP. $12 for non-members, $10 for members; email todd@ jacksonfreepress.com; jackson2000.org.

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WEDNESDAY 3/14

Actress Sharon Miles stars in the onewoman show “Let It Shine! A Visit with Fannie Lou Hamer,” which runs March 16-18 at New Stage Theatre.

THURSDAY 3/15

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Museum After Hours—“JSU’s Patrick Kelly Exhibition: Student Inspired” is at 5:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The pop-up art exhibition takes place on the third Thursday of each month. The March installment includes music from the Paul Brock Band, food and drinks for sale, a film screening, games and more. Free admission; msmuseumart.org.

visual interpretations of the podcast title from artists such as Justin Ransburg, Will Brooks, Kira Cummings, Lynlee Healing Webb and Amber Helsel. A portion of proceeds from sales goes to The McCoy House for Sober Living. Free admission; find it on Facebook. … The St. Paddy’s Day Pre-Parade Supershow is at 7:30 p.m. at Lucky Town Brewing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). Teezy Thomas and by Rebecca Hester Porschia Cooper are the hosts. Performers include DevMaccc, Dono Vegas, 5th Child, Flyjacksonfreepress.com walker, Timaal Bradford, Vitamin Fax: 601-510-9019 Cea, Mike Hustle, Sippi Queen Daily updates at and Beezie. $10 before 9:30 p.m.; jfpevents.com find it on Facebook.

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Los Angeles stand-up comic Steve Hofstetter, host of FOX Sports 1’s “Finding Babe Ruth,” performs at Hops & Habanas on Wednesday, March 21.

FRIDAY 3/16

The “Point of Perception” Podcast Launch & Art Show is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Jax-Zen Float (155 Wesley Ave.). Michele Mathis hosts a discussion about her new 22 podcast, “Point of Perception,” and an art show featuring

Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival is from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. in downtown Jackson. The theme for this year is “Artfully Alive at 35,” and the grand marshal for the parade is V.A. Patterson. The festival begins at 2:30 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.) and features music from The Molly Ringwalds, The Bluz Boys, Bishop Gunn and Southern Komfort Brass Band. $10 festival, free parade; halsstpaddysparade.com. … The St. Patrick’s Day Music Fest is from 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. at Vudu (209 Commerce St.). The festival features music from Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Ebenezer Goodman, the Epic Funk Brass Band and Spencer Day. Includes an open bar with free beer and deejay sets from DJ Max Victory, DJ T Zilla and DJ Clover also perform. Doors open at 9 a.m. $20 admission; call 601-573-0687; find it on Facebook.

SUNDAY 3/18

“Let It Shine! A Visit with Fannie Lou Hamer” is at 2 p.m. at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The onewoman show follows the civil-rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer as she recounts her life. Additional dates: March 16-17, 7 p.m. $15 admission, $10 for students; call 601948-3533; find it on Facebook.

MONDAY 3/19

Steve Kistulentz signs copies of his latest book, “Panorama,” at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books (Banner Hall, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202). Reading at 5:30 p.m. $27 book; call 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com.

TUESDAY 3/20

“Arts & Lecture Series: Grammy Museum Mississippi” is at 7 p.m. at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.) in the Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall. Guest speakers discuss how Cleveland, Miss., became home to the second Grammy Museum, as well as the museum’s mission and education programs. $10 per person, $5 for students; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu.

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Steve Hofstetter performs from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Hops & Habanas (2771 Old Canton Road). The Los Angeles stand-up comic has appeared on shows such as “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “Comedy All-Stars,” “Comics Unleashed” and more. $20; find it on Facebook.

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JFP-SPONSORED “How Does She Move Mississippi?” March 14, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 E. Pascagoula St.). Representatives from Pantsuit Nation, the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi and Women for Progress discuss how women are wielding their power in the state of Mississippi. RSVP. $12 for non-members, $10 for members; email todd@jacksonfreepress.com; jackson2000.org.

COMMUNITY Events at Two Mississippi Museums (222 North St.) • History Is Lunch March 14, noon-1 p.m. In the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium. Charlie Spillers discusses his book, “Confessions of an Undercover Agent: Adventures, Close Calls, and the Toll of a Double Life.” Free admission; call 601-576-6998; mdah.ms.gov. • History Is Lunch March 21, noon-1 p.m. In the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium. Malcolm White and Ginger Williams Cook discuss their book, “The Artful Evolution of Hal & Mal’s.” Free admission; mdah.ms.gov. Jackson Garden Extravaganza March 16-17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., March 18, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1209 Mississippi St.). The expo features vendors with garden accessories, landscape and gardening professionals, soil testing, door prizes and more. $6 admission, free for ages 15 and under; find it on Facebook. Barber & Beauty Ball March 18, 5:30-10 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). The black-tie event spotlights businesses in hairstyle, nails, tattoos, wigs and more. Includes live entertainment from soul artist Adrena, comedian Silk Breeze and rapper Korleon. $40 admission; eventbrite.com. Grammy Museum Mississippi March 20, 7 p.m., at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). In the Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall. Guest speakers discuss how Cleveland, Miss., became home to the second Grammy Museum, as well as the museum’s mission and education programs. $10 per person, $5 for students; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu. 51st Annual Beth Israel Bazaar March 21, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at Beth Israel Congregation (5315 Old Canton Road). The family-friendly event includes traditional Jewish foods, an online silent auction, desserts, a “white elephant” game, a raffle and more. Admission TBA; call 601-9566215; find it on Facebook.

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Events at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.) • Zoo Camp March 14-16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Children ages 6 to 12 learn about conservation and being a zookeeper through keeping daily logs, performing exercises around daily care and more. $175 for non-members, $135 for members; call 601-352-2580, ext. 240; email education@jacksonzoo.org; jacksonzoo.org. • Tales with Tails March 15, 12:30 p.m., March 20, 12:30 p.m. The story time includes a story that centers on animals and their environment with an animal encounter. $8 for adults, $5 for ages 2-12, free for ages 1 and under; call 601-352-2580; jacksonzoo.org.

Shamrock Science at the Museum March 17, noon-4 p.m., at Mississippi Children’s Museum (2145 Museum Blvd.). The event includes interactive activities that promote S.T.E.M. education, music, food and more. $10, free for members; shamrockscience.com.

FOOD & DRINK Yappy Hour March 15, 5-8 p.m., at Ole Tavern on George Street (416 George St.). The petfriendly “happy hour” fundraiser includes drink

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Revolution 1: Revolution Calling March 17, 7 p.m., at Lucky Town Brewing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). The amateur pro-wrestling event, which features fighters such as Savage and Vile. $10 admission; find it on Facebook.

Martin’s St Paddy’s Blowout March 17, 10 a.m.-2 a.m., at Martin’s Restaurant & Bar (214 S. State St.). Includes music from Dream Cult, El Obo, Fides, May Queen, Epic Funk Brass Band and more, on both indoor and outdoor stages. Admission TBA; martinslounge.net.

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Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival March 17, 9 a.m.-10 p.m., in downtown Jackson. The festival is at 2:30 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s and features The Molly Ringwalds, The Bluz Boys, Bishop Gunn and Southern Komfort Brass Band. $10 festival, free parade; halsstpaddysparade.com.

“Let It Shine! A Visit with Fannie Lou Hamer” March 16-17, 7 p.m., March 18, 2 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The one-woman show follows the civil-rights activist Fannie

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College basketball (11 a.m.-11 p.m., TNT/CBS/TBS/truTV): The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicks off with action on four networks. FRIDAY, MARCH 16

College basketball (11 a.m.-11 p.m., TNT/CBS/TBS/truTV): Tune in for day two of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. … College basketball (11 a.m.-11 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN3): The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament begins. SATURDAY, MARCH 17

College basketball (11 a.m.-11 p.m., TNT/CBS/TBS): Teams fight to become part of the final 16 teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. … College basketball (11 a.m.11 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN2/ESPN3): Day two of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament gets underway. SUNDAY, MARCH 18

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College basketball (11 a.m.-11 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN2/ESPN3): Teams face off to become part of the final eight squads that in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16. College baseball (6:30-9 p.m., SECN+): Take a break from basketball to checkout the action on the baseball diamond, as Mississippi State University hosts Alcorn State. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21

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Lou Hamer as she recounts her life. $15, $10 for students; find it on Facebook.

Dinner and a Magic Show March 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Char Restaurant (4500 Highway 55 N.). The event includes a three-course prix fixe menu with magic show featuring Joe Presto. $55; call 601-956-9562; email allison.williams@amerigo.net; jackson.charrestaurant.com.

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St. Patrick’s Day Block Party March 17, 2 p.m.-2 a.m., at Ole Tavern on George Street (416 George St.). The block party includes music from The Whiskey Barrels, Larry Waters Trio, Cast of Comic, DJ Glenn and DJ Third Era. The event also includes food and drink specials. Admission TBA; find it on Facebook. Events at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.) • Cabaret at Duling Hall: The Eclectic Guitar March 19, 7:30 p.m. Barry Leach performs a variety of original guitar pieces, as well as wellknown songs with vocals. $25; msopera.org. • Jared & the Mill March 20, 7:30 p.m. The western indie-rock band’s latest single is titled “Soul in Mind.” Empty Atlas also performs. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $10; ardenland.net.

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specials and more. Proceeds benefit the Rescue Revolution of Mississippi. Menu prices vary; find it on Facebook.

St. Paddy’s Day 5K March 17, 7 a.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). Includes awards based on age groups and genders, largest team, best costumes and more. Proceeds benefit Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital. $30 through March 15; raceroster.com.

St. Patrick’s Day Music Fest March 17, 10 a.m.-4 a.m., at Vudu (209 Commerce St.). The festival features music from Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Ebenezer Goodman, the Epic Funk Brass Band and Spencer Day. Includes an open bar with free beer and deejay sets from DJ Max Victory, DJ T Zilla and DJ Clover also perform. $20; find it on Facebook.

Hal & Mal’s Second-Line Stomp March 16, 3-7 p.m., at Cathead Distillery (422 S. Farish St.). Includes tours, cocktails for sale, food trucks, live music, children’s activities and more, culminating in a march to Hal & Mal’s. Free admission; halsstpaddysparade.com. St. Paddy’s Day Pre-Parade Supershow March 16, 7:30 p.m., at Lucky Town Brewing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). Teezy Thomas and Porschia Cooper are the hosts. Performers include DevMaccc, Dono Vegas, 5th Child, Flywalker, Timaal Bradford, Vitamin Cea, Mike Hustle and more. $10 before 9:30 p.m.; find it on Facebook.

LITERARY SIGNINGS Events at Lemuria Books (4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 202) • “The Artful Evolution of Hal & Mal’s” March 14, 5 p.m. Malcolm White and illustrator Ginger Williams Cook sign copies. $40 book; lemuriabooks.com. • “Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty” March 15, 3 p.m. John B. Boles signs copies. $35 book; lemurieabooks.com • “Panorama” March 19, 5 p.m. Steve Kistulentz signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $27 book; call 601-366-7619; lemuriabooks.com. • “Anatomy of a Miracle” March 20, 5 p.m. Jonathan Miles signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $27 book; lemuriabooks.com. • “The Past Is Never” March 21, 5 p.m. Tiffany Quay Tyson signs copies. Reading at 5:30 p.m. $24.99 book; lemuriabooks.com.

EXHIBIT OPENINGS Museum After Hours | “JSU’s Patrick Kelly Exhibition: Student Inspired” March 15, 5:30 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Includes a pop-up art exhibition, music from the Paul Brock Band, food and drinks for sale, a film screening, games and more. Free admission; msmuseumart.org. Check jfpevents.com for updates and more listings, or to add your own events online. You can also email event details to events@jacksonfreepress.com to be added to the calendar. The deadline is noon the Wednesday prior to the week of publication.

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New York City is the most densely populated city in North America. Its land is among the most expensive on earth; one estimate says the average price per acre is $16 million. Yet there are two uninhabited islands less than a mile off shore in the East River: North Brother Island and South Brother Island. Their combined 16 acres are theoretically worth $256 million. But no one goes there or enjoys it; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not even parkland. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I suspect itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an apt metaphor for a certain situation in your life: a potentially rich resource or influence that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not using. Now is a good time to update your relationship with it.

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The iconic 1942 movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Casablancaâ&#x20AC;? won three Academy Awards and has often appeared on criticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lists of the greatest films ever made. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing considering the fact that the production was so hectic. When shooting started, the script was incomplete. The writing team frequently presented the finished version of each new scene on the day it was to be filmed. Neither the director nor the actors knew how the plot would resolve until the end of the process. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because it reminds me of a project you have been working on. I suggest you start improvising less and planning more. How do you want this phase of your life to climax?

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If all goes well in the coming weeks, you will hone your wisdom about how and when and why to give your abundant gifts to deserving recipientsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as well as how and when and why to not give your abundant gifts to deserving recipients. If my hopes come to pass, you will refine your ability to share your tender depths with worthy alliesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and you will refine your understanding of when to not share your tender depths with worthy allies. Finally, Cancerian, if you are as smart as I think you are, you will have a sixth sense about how to receive as many blessings as you disseminate.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

How adept are you at playing along the boundaries between the dark and the light, between confounding dreams and liberated joy, between â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is it real?â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do I need it?â&#x20AC;?? You now have an excellent opportunity to find out more about your capacity to thrive on delightful complexity. But I should warn you. The temptation to prematurely simplify things might be hard to resist. There may be cautious pressure coming from a timid voice in your head thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not fierce enough to want you to grow into your best and biggest self. But hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I predict: You will bravely explore the possibilities for self-transformation that are available outside the predictable niches.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

Cultivating a robust sense of humor makes you more attractive to people you want to be attractive to. An inclination to be fun-loving is another endearing quality thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worthy of being part of your intimate repertoire. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a third virtue related to these two: playfulness. Many humans of all

genders are drawn to those who display joking, lighthearted behavior. I hope you will make maximum use of these qualities during the coming weeks, Virgo. You have a cosmic mandate to be as alluring and inviting as you dare.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

I suggest you gaze at exquisitely wrought Japanese woodcuts ... and listen to jazz trumpeter Miles Davis collaborating with saxophonist John Coltrane ... and inhale the aroma of the earth as you stroll through groves of very old trees. Catch my drift, Libra? Surround yourself with soulful beautyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or else! Or else what? Or else Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be sad. Or else you might be susceptible to buying into the demoralizing thoughts that people around you are propagating. Or else you may become blind to the subtle miracles that are unfolding, and fail to love them well enough to coax them into their fullest ripening. Now get out there and hunt for soulful beauty that awakens your deepest reverence for life. Feeling awe is a necessity for you right now, not a luxury.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

In the Sikh religion, devotees are urged to attack weakness and sin with five â&#x20AC;&#x153;spiritual weaponsâ&#x20AC;?: contentment, charity, kindness, positive energy and humility. Even if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not a Sikh, I think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be wise to employ this strategy in the next two weeks. Why? Because your instinctual nature will be overflowing with martial force, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to work hard to channel it constructively rather than destructively. The best way to do that is to be a vehement perpetrator of benevolence and healing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

In 1970, a biologist was hiking through a Brazilian forest when a small monkey landed on his head, having jumped from a tree branch. Adelmar Coimbra-Filho was ecstatic. He realized that his visitor was a member of the species known as the golden-rumped lion tamarin, which had been regarded as extinct for 65 years. His lucky accident led to a renewed search for the elusive creatures, and soon more were discovered. I foresee a metaphorically comparable experience coming your way, Sagittarius. A resource or influence or marvel you assumed was gone will reappear. How will you respond? With alacrity, I hope!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

The Velcro fastener is a handy invention that came into the world thanks to a Swiss engineer named George de Mestral. While wandering around the Alps with his dog, he got curious about the bristly seeds of the burdock plants that adhered to his pants and his dog. After examining them under a microscope, he got the idea to create a clothing fastener that imitated their sticking mechanism. In accordance with the astrological omens, Capricorn, I invite you to be alert for comparable breakthroughs. Be receptive to help that comes in unexpected ways. Study your environment for potentially useful clues and tips. Turn the whole world into your classroom and laboratory. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible to predict where and when you may receive a solution to a long-running dilemma!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed to the top of Mount Everest. They were celebrated as intrepid heroes. But they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done it without massive support. Their expedition was powered by 20 Sherpa guides, 13 other mountaineers and 362 porters who lugged 10,000 pounds of baggage. I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, in the hope that it will inspire you. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to gather more of the human resources and raw materials you will need for your rousing expedition later this year.

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