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Tara Blumenthal: All About Yoga
Tara Blumenthal, who owns Tara Yoga (200 Park Circle Drive, Suite 4, Flowood, 601-720-2337), has been a yoga teacher for 15 years, so she has seen how it has grown and changed. Recently, the Jackson...
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Get Fancy with Easy-to-Grow Edible Flowers
I used to think that edible flowers belonged solely in the realm of fancy restaurants. Yet once I started gardening, harvesting and eating flowers seemed unavoidable—there were just so many of them,...
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Guys We Love 2018
Each year around Father's Day, we honor men in the Jackson metro area who are making differences in our communities. This year's include leaders, policy advocates, south Jackson warriors, creators of...
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Run-Off Blues: Inside the Playoff to Challenge Roger Wicker
Democratic U.S. Senate contenders David Baria and Howard Sherman share a common interest in basketball, at least for campaign metaphor purposes. Speaking after a campaign lunch June 11 with state...
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Brotherhood of Destruction: An Addiction-Fueled Journey to Hell and Back
"Whenever we yell, y'all come running!" Benny Ivey's father Glenn had just told him and his brother Danny to hide on the side of their small shack at the bottom of Marsalis Lane in South Jackson....
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The Antar Era: 365 Days of Building a ‘Radical’ Foundation
Bright morning light beamed through the windows in Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba's meeting space that connects to his office on the third floor of Jackson City Hall. It was the kind of sunshine that...
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The Future of Foster Care in Mississippi
Ariel Hurley does not know she died three times. She does not know her kidneys do not work. She does not know she is supposed to be in a wheelchair because the doctors thought she was too weak to...
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Jackson's Historical Landmarks
Jackson has a rich and storied past, and today, a few landmarks help remind us of where we've been. Here are a few you can find. The Eudora Welty House and Garden (119 Pinehurst St., 601-353-7762)...
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Newcomers: Need to Know
If you are a newcomer to Jackson, you may not know things like how to get your water turned on or where the DMV locations are. Luckily, we're here to help. Here are some need-to-know things when...
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A’Walkin’ We Will Go
Ridgeland Multi-Use Path (Natchez Trace Parkway, mileposts 101-103, Ridgeland) This trail parallels the path from Highland Colony Parkway to Harbor Drive, and has lots of greenery, animals, plants and...
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From Mississippi with Love
The Moscow mule is a simple, yet delicious drink made with vodka, ginger beer and lime juice. So why reinvent the wheel? Well, because sometimes the wheel tastes better with creme. Here are some fun...
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Eat Your Greens
If you're vegan or vegetarian, eating at restaurants can be difficult. Luckily, Jackson has a decent amount of good options. Here are a few. Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive,...
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Cups Espresso Cafe Features New Mocktails
While Cups Espresso Cafe in Fondren has been supplying us with needed caffeine, it's got something new now: a mocktail menu. The four new drinks are $5 each. Barist Lauren Spigner recently walked us...
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Living the Natural Life
The Herb Shop (5310 Lakeland Drive, Suite 2, Flowood, 601-992-6859) The Herb Shop is home to vitamins and herbs to assist in overall health. The store also carries beauty, hair and skin products. The...
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Museum Quirks
Museums are rich with knowledge, culture and history, and the city of Jackson is lucky to be home to so many of these great establishments. Here is a list of must-see quirky or interesting things for...
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Person on the Streets
The Jackson Free Press asked people on the streets the question, "What does Jackson need?" Johari Jackson Age: 34 Assistant manager at Family Dollar "Fixing the obvious issues like infrastructure,...
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Vetting the ‘One Lake’ Project
Rosie Smiley is used to her street in the Hightower neighborhood in south Jackson flooding in the spring. Some years the water will be 6 to 8 inches deep, like it was last year, and it tends to stick...
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‘It Only Matters What You Answer To’: The JFP Interview with Mike Espy
On every wall of U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy's office in Jackson hangs a photo or a painting that means something to the Yazoo City native. On a Friday afternoon in August, he points to a painting...
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Artists to Watch
Jackson officially earned the nickname of the "City with Soul" back during Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s administration, and it's fitting. If you pick up any issue of the Jackson Free Press, you are...
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Hope, Hops & Hokage
Silas Stapleton III, better known to fans as SILAS, is blending hip-hop and hops for his upcoming album, "The Last Cherry Blossom." The Jackson rapper will be partnering with Lucky Town Brewing...
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