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Konnichiwa from Japan
The Mississippi Children's Museum is now helping kids learn more about Japanese culture with the "Hello from Japan!" traveling exhibit. The Children's Museum of Manhattan began the exhibit earlier...
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A Lesson in Pop Art
Pop artist Adrienne Domnick, 29, wishes she started doing art sooner. Growing up in Jackson, her mother told her painting wasn't a practical pursuit. After graduating from the University of Southern...
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MasterChef Meet Cute
Jackson is on the menu for the next season of FOX's hit program "MasterChef." The network announced its seventh season casting route, which includes a stop in Jackson on Saturday, Oct. 3. The...
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Mississippi Flag: A Symbol of Hate or Reconciliation?
By the time an aging Jefferson Davis moved into a borrowed cottage on the Beauvoir plantation near Biloxi with a gorgeous view of the Gulf of Mexico, his own life had mirrored the rise, fall and...
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13 Good Ideas for Jackson
The JFP has long decided to celebrate our birthday by focusing on both Jackson's progress and new big, hairy ideas (and a few smaller ones). Every year, we reach out to fellow Jackson warriors to help...
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Tale of Two Charters
On the count of three, we are going to stand. Y'all move your desks that way, and y'all move your desks that way, and then we are going to do the Cha-Cha Slide, and we might do the Cupid Shuffle. I...
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Tale of Two Charter Schools in Mississippi
"On the count of three, we are going to stand. Y'all move your desks that way, and y'all move your desks that way, and then we are going to do the Cha-Cha Slide, and we might do the Cupid Shuffle. I...
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Brewing Luck
In a warehouse on Mill Street in midtown sits Lucky Town Brewing Company, Jackson's only brewery. Brewmaster Lucas Simmons, who co-owns the business with partners Chip Jones, Angela Ray and Brandon...
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Fried Chicken Liver with Hot Pepper Jelly
Fried Chicken Liver Ingredients 1 pound chicken livers, about 12-15 count 1 cup buttermilk 1 tablespoon hot sauce 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper Peanut oil or lard for frying Four...
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Blues and Eats at Johnny T’s
People have said before that Farish Street is our city's Beale Street or Bourbon Street. While Beale was the cultural hub for the Memphis music and dining scene, particularly for African Americans, it...
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Each year, the Mississippi State Fair brings many different foods, but also long lines. If you don't want to fight the crowds, but still want fair foods or something better, try these restaurants. If...
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Fair Food to Make at Home
Baked Palmiers (If you want an elephant ear, try this.) Sprinkle a generous amount of cinnamon sugar (3 tablespoons cinnamon and 6 tablespoons sugar) on the area where you'll roll out the dough. Using...
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Mississippi AG’s Race: What’s at Stake?
In February, Mike Hurst, then an assistant U.S. attorney, stepped out of the federal courthouse in Jackson to speak to reporters about an indictment in the biggest public corruption case to rock...
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The Recording Conundrum
Audio engineer Leroy Jones Jr. leaned back in his leather office chair, as vocalist Los Brown sang layers upon layers of vocal tracks in a separate room. Two-feet-tall speakers funneled the background...
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Artists to Watch
Deez Notez You'll find a solid musical center to Jackson Top 40s cover band Deez Notez. Vocalist Nikki Reed, bassist Anthony Daniels, keyboardist Marvin Curtis and drummer Steve Smith formed the group...
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2015 Artist to Watch: Deez Notez
You'll find a solid musical center to Jackson Top 40s cover band Deez Notez. Vocalist Nikki Reed, bassist Anthony Daniels, keyboardist Marvin Curtis and drummer Steve Smith formed the group in May...
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2015 Artist to Watch: Tlo da Champ
Growing up, music was a constant for Jackson-based hip-hop artist Tony Lofton, known to fans as Tlo da Champ. When family members would babysit him, they would listen to Tupac, Biggie Smalls and Do or...
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2015 Artist to Watch: Rafiki Grove
Indie-rock outfit Rafiki Grove may be new to the Jackson area, but guitarist and vocalist Daniel Norris and guitarist Cody Warren have been writing together for nearly six years. They first formed as...
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2015 Artist to Watch: Stevie Cain
Baton Rouge native Stevie Cain is well acquainted with music. She learned to play violin at age 5, around the same time that her family relocated to Jackson, and at age 12, she taught herself to play...
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2015 Artist to Watch: The CUT
When Lan Tolleson, vocalist of pop trio Brick City Gentlemen, wanted an opening act for a show in May 2013, he asked keyboardist Vincent McMurtery to throw one together. Vincent approached his friend,...
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