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Armory Sessions, Unlocked

12/13/2018

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by Micah Smith
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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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An Element of Creativity

12/13/2018

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by ​Torsheta Jackson
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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.

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Season’s Eatings

12/13/2018

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by Dustin Cardon and Amber Helsel
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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.

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Chicks We Love 2018

12/13/2018

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by JFP Staff
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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.

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Gifting Local Joy

12/13/2018

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by Amber Helsel
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​Christmas is coming up soon! Do you have all your shopping done? Here are some handmade and local ideas.

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Cultivating the Technology Sprout

12/13/2018

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by Amber Helsel
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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.

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Jackson Rising

12/13/2018

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by Dustin Cardon
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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.

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Sweets & Succulents

12/13/2018

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by Amber Helsel
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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.

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: ‘Tis a Very VIP Season

12/13/2018

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by Todd Stauffer
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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.

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