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by Micah Smith
Florence, Ala., singer-songwriter McKenzie Lockhart is one of the touring artists who has performed for the live-performance video series Armory Sessions, which films in Jackson. Photo courtesy Armory Sessions
Layoffs ended up paving the way for Clinton resident Kody Gautier to combine his love of music with his skills as a videographer.
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by Torsheta Jackson  For Curtis McAfee, Terrance Wells and Melvin Robinson (left to right), their media company’s name, 242 Creative, references the importance of their Jackson roots. Photo Brandon Smith On a warm October evening, friends and art lovers crowd into midtown store Offbeat for "Summer Alchemy," an art show featuring a collection of photographs from Curtis McAfee and Terrance Wells.
by Dustin Cardon and Amber Helsel  The Jackson metro area has plenty of food options for the holidays, with many restaurants serving specialty items and offering take-home meals. Photo courtesy Alasdair Elmes/Unsplash The Jackson metro area has plenty of food options for the holidays, with many restaurants serving specialty items and offering take-home meals.
by JFP Staff  Alka Ahuja Photo courtesy Brandon Smith This year's Chicks We Love help our communities in many ways, from assisting burn victims and their families, to raising awareness about domestic violence, to using art as a medium to spark conversation on social issues, to helping people with speech therapy. We salute all women using their talents and their voices to make Jackson, and Mississippi, stronger.
by Amber Helsel  Christmas is coming up soon! Do you have all your shopping done? Here are some handmade and local ideas.
by Amber Helsel  In The Bean Path, founder Nashlie Sephus wants to connect people who have ideas to those who can have the technical skills to execute them. Photo courtesy Brandon Smith If you have ever used the camera search tool on the Amazon app, you can, in part, thank the team behind Partpic, including Jackson native Nashlie Sephus, the owner of The Bean Path, a technology and entrepreneurial nonprofit.
by Dustin Cardon  Operation Shoestring began construction for its renovations on Oct. 29. Photo courtesy Operation Shoestring Operation Shoestring to Renovate
In November, education nonprofit Operation Shoestring announced that as part of its 50th-anniversary celebration, it would launch the "Rise to the Future" capital campaign to go toward renovations. by Amber Helsel  Jenni Sivils opened The Prickly Hippie, a business that sells baked goods, coffee, succulents and more, in July 2018. Photo courtesy Brandon Smith The first thing people might see when they walk into The Prickly Hippie is not the titular "prickly" cacti, but instead a bevy of soft sweets in the dessert case.
by Todd Stauffer  Shop local and dine local this holiday season as well—supporting our entrepreneurs is what makes Jackson unique. Merry Christmas and happy holidays from the Jackson Free Press. Photo courtesy Toni Cuenca/Unsplash It has been an interesting holiday season so far for the Jackson Free Press. Over the Thanksgiving break, for instance, our website was on fire with national attention due to Ashton Pittman's reporting on Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, and we were fielding all sorts of requests for photo rights, TV appearances, radio appearances—all while trying to keep up with a reasonable (for these times) moderating tone in the comments on stories and a variety of reader inquiries from around the United States.
by Marie Weidmayer  Before Whitney Anglin (right) and Jeff Sharp (left) married on June 23 at Algiers Point in New Orleans, they had an engagement party at the apartment of Fondren Barber Shop and William Wallace Salon owners Eddie Outlaw and Justin McPherson Outlaw on June 16 in Fondren. Photo by Delreco Harris. The white walls and white couches served as a backdrop for the gathering of about 20 people. Spots of yellow—from the lemons doubling as decor and cocktail ingredients—punctuated the walls, along with silver upright piano. Seven large pieces of artwork adorned the apartment's walls, adding tasteful color.
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