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LEGO Resin Necklace

5/17/2019

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by Amber Helsel
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Photo by Amber Helsel
​Resin might be a tricky medium to master, but once you figure out how to do it, you can use it to make so many things. While I have created many shapes with resin, one of my personal favorites has been LEGO necklaces.

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Run and Give Back

5/17/2019

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by Amber Helsel
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Photo by Wynand van Poortvliet on Unsplash.com
One of the best ways to show progress in running is to do some kind of race, whether that's a 5K or a full marathon, and everything in between. Those events are also a great way to give back to the community. Here are some races this summer that benefit the community in some way.

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Summer Festivals and Events

5/17/2019

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by Dustin Cardon
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The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host the Mississippi Pickle Fest on Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Photo by Monika Grabkowska on Unsplash.com
​Mississippi Pickle Fest

The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive) will hold the Mississippi Pickle Fest on Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature live music, games, contests, and vendors selling pickles and other fermented foods such as kimchi, sauerkraut and more.

Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for children ages 3-18. For more information, call 601-432-4500 or visit msagmuseum.org.

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Truckin’ Downtown

5/17/2019

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by Amber Helsel
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The next Downtown Food Friday Festival is June 7, tentatively at One Jackson Place at the corner of Amite and Lamar streets. Photo by Alivia Ashburn-Townsend
On the first and fourth Friday of each month, the area around Smith Park is abuzz with activity. Downtown workers gather from the different offices, and some people outside of the downtown area gather at the park for one thing: Downtown Foodie Friday Festival.

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Reporting in on Medicine and Jackson

5/17/2019

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by James Bell
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The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s School of Nursing has partnered with the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery V.A. Medical Center in a program that will give some nursing students more clinical experiences, a UMMC release says. Photo courtesy University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson's health-care industry is one of the area's largest employers. So many new things happen in it each year that it's hard to keep up with. Hospitals get awards. They rename buildings, and everything in between. Here is a round-up of some of the latest information.

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UMMC Empowering Through Base Pair

5/17/2019

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by Amber Helsel
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Murrah High School seniors Maggie Jefferis (left) and Kilando Chambers (right) do work as part of Base Pair, which pairs Murrah students on research projects with UMMC doctors. Photo by Jay Ferchaud/UMMC Photography
At least a dozen large corkboards on wheels, each containing diagrams, data, charts and more, fill a room in the University of Mississippi Medical Center. It's hard to hear over the noise of students presenting research projects on everything from potential cancer treatments to things that can restrict the growth of fetuses.

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Bringing the ’80s and ’90s to Offbeat

5/17/2019

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by ​James Bell
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Vintage-clothing business Good Problems opened in Offbeat during Vibe Fest on April 20. Photo by Delrico Harris
When Phillip "DJ Young Venom" Rollins, owner of midtown-based business Offbeat, started seeing more people wear the vintage clothing he grew up with, he had an inspiration: He wanted to sell vintage clothes.

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Get Fit, Eat Grilled Cheese, More

5/17/2019

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by Dustin Cardon
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Once completed, the 15,000-square-foot Midtown Depot will feature a grilled-cheese restaurant, craft-beer bar, a stage, art galleries and more. Photo courtesy ELSEWorks
Something is always happening in Jackson, so each issue of BOOM updates you on some of the new developments in the Jackson metro area. Here are some of the recent ones.

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Exploring Religion, Plurality, Coexistence at IMMC

5/17/2019

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by Amber Helsel
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Okolo Rashid says the International Museum of Muslim Culture’s newest exhibit explores Muhammad, not just as a prophet but also as a head-of-state. Photo courtesy IMMC
It's quiet inside the International Museum of Muslim Cultures on a day in May, but a couple of blocks away, its noisier as IMMC renovates a space that will house a new exhibit.

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A New Class of Leadership

5/17/2019

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by Richard Coupe
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Sarah Stripp of Springboard to Opportunities in Jackson, is in the second WKKF Community Leadership Network. Photo by Alexander Woldeab
​For M. Cade Smith, the assistant vice chancellor for community engagement at the University of Mississippi, his time in the WKKF Community Leadership Network program were three of the most productive years of personal and professional development, he says. 

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