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Tips from Troop 5441
The Jackson Free Press packs in a variety of interns during the summer, including a number of middle- and high-schoolers whose parents send them here to avoid the "summer slide" by staying busy,...
View ArticlePrevent Summer Slide: Coach Kids Into 'Soft Skills'
If you're looking for ways to ensure that your kids and mentees don't fall backward next summer, start planning and thinking about "soft skills" training now. Better yet, become an "education coach"...
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Films, Flying Cars and John Krasinski
The first time I met director and actor John Krasinski, I waited on him at the local restaurant where I worked. I didn't recognize him until I handed him a menu. The realization of who this person was...
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Nothing Ties Down 2Chainz
Georgia hip-hop artist Tauheed "2 Chainz" Epps visits Jackson at the peak of his popularity. The rapper made tremendous leaps in the last year, with the success of original tracks such as his Pharrell...
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Photamerica Blowout
After 80 weeks of traveling, and a year compiling hundreds of thousands of photos and miles of (virtual) film, Josh Hailey's Photamerica is culminating with a seven-hour, family-friendly blowout Oct....
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Historical Oracles
If you want something that's both educational and entertaining this fall, the Old Capitol Museum's Mississippi Archaeology Expo offers edifying fun while celebrating our state's history. The annual...
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The Friendly, Film-School Slasher
Joe Lee's seventh published novel is a "once-in-a-lifetime" story that was meant to be written. "Typically, (the publishing process) takes one to two years," he says. "This was one of those rare...
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Backyard Bartender
Prohibition cocktails. Craft cocktails. Drinks with literary names.Face it: Long gone are the days when having a drink meant a gin-and-tonic or a scotch-and-water.But face it: Today's fancy cocktails...
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Two Times the Honky-Tonk
Fondren's Duling Hall transforms into a honky-tonk club when country purists Dale Watson and Marty Stuart bring their authentic southern style to its stage.Alabama-born and Texas-bred Dale Watson has...
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Planting the Seeds of Big Ideas
On Nov. 6, Jackson will host its first TED ((Technology, Entertainment, Design) event, TEDxJackson. The theme is "Fertile Ground," and includes a wide range of speakers including Joel Bomgar, the...
View ArticleThe Public Must Have Access to Public Info
Every citizen of Jackson contributes to the funding of city government. Each of us pays for some fractional part of employee and elected official salaries, for their cell phones, iPads and laptops,...
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The Curious Case of Costco, Stadium, Museum, Baseball and Parks
Planning-board meetings are usually drab affairs. As an exercise in participatory democratic process, these meetings often serve as deliberative steps toward more direct decision-making by the council...
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Westward Expansion
As the sun sets on a steamy, cloudy Friday afternoon, the intersection of West Capitol Street and Ellis Avenue stirs to life. One man makes several trips to a nearby gas station for bags, sometimes...
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Better Options for JPS’ Boys of Color?
Dr. Cedrick Gray, the eternally upbeat bowtie-wearing superintendent of the Jackson Public Schools, says there was a time when he was a hardheaded little boy coming up in Memphis."When I was growing...
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Bringing the Farm to Table 100
Many people don't know where their food comes from. They know how they get food—the supermarket, of course—and they know it has a source, but few people try to discover its origin. And on top of that,...
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John Currence: Big Bad Chef
John Currence takes on the day—and the world—with a quart-sized container of iced coffee and the mouth of a sailor. Unsurprisingly, his first cooking job was on a tugboat in the Gulf of Mexico....
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The Last of the Season
The local farmers markets and our own home gardens have been bursting with tomatoes all summer. This delicious cold tomato soup recipe is a wonderful way to enjoy the last tomatoes of the season....
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Sustaining and Habilitating Mississippi
When you think of Columbus, Miss., you probably think of the Mississippi University for Women and its extensive nursing program. But did you know that MUW has one of Mississippi's only culinary...
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Heirloom Tomato Fun
Last year, a friend gifted me with the perfect sweet purple heirloom tomato from his garden. This year, I was inspired to grow one of my own. Sadly, the "purple" tomato we planted was mislabeled, and I...
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The Great Spanking Debate
Kelli Leo grew up in the South. Diane Braman did not. Both are therapists with the Solomon Counseling Center of Catholic Charities in Jackson, but only one condones corporal punishment.One Easter...
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