by Amber Helsel
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Whether you're in town for a football game, or you just want to get out and do something, Jackson has a lot of must-dos. Here are a few.
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by Rachel Fradette  The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History will have a joint opening on Dec. 9. The civil-rights museum is the first state-operated one in the nation. Photo courtesy Imani Khayyam In 2013, Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of slain civil-rights leader Medgar Evers, stood before a crowd of 600 people for the groundbreaking for the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History.
by Dustin Cardon  The interior of the newly opened Westin Hotel in downtown Jackson features decor such as replicas of famous guitars. It also has a wine bar and a spa. Photo courtesy Imani Khayyam The Fondren Set to Begin Construction
The Fondren, a 100-room boutique hotel on the corner of Hartfield and State Streets that developers Duvall Decker Architects, CDA Hospitality and Eldon Development first unveiled in 2014, is on track to officially begin construction in fall 2017. by Abigail Walker  Over the past year, Jackson resident and former Saltine Oyster Bar bartender Eli Juren has been traveling to various parts of the world, including the village of Huacachina in Peru, where he sandboarded. Photo courtesy of Eli Juren Eli Juren, 23, spent more than two years serving up drinks as a bartender at Saltine Oyster Bar in Fondren. But over the last few months, the Austin, Texas, native has turned world explorer, doing everything from sandboarding in Huacachina, Peru, to visiting the Taj Mahal.
by William H. Kelly III  The infamous Thompson Tank is in the Jackson Police Department Firing Range parking lot off McDowell Road—hidden from society and in danger of being forgotten. Photo courtesy William H. Kelly III The sound of gunshots echoed through the air, which put the Thompson Tank in familiar territory. The "tank" now sits in the parking lot of the Jackson Police Department's firing range off McDowell Road, hiding its existence and its many secrets from the city and the world.
by Cam Bonelli  Photo courtesy Cam Bonelli With event planning, Tasha Rowe says that it's all in the details for her and fellow Embellished Events and Interiors owner Nicole Hardy.
by Malcolm Morrow  Jackson wife-and-husband duo Funmi “Queen” Franklin and Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin launched the Kundi Compound, which serves as a small-business incubator and community and creative-arts space in midtown Jackson, in May 2017. Photo courtesy Imani Khayyam The Kundi Compound is the latest co-working space to appear on the Jackson landscape.
by Devna Bose  Photo courtesy Devna Bose In the Cohen Brothers building in downtown Jackson, everything from sour gummy worms to jelly beans to chocolate-covered treats line wooden shelves at Sugar Ray's Sweet Shop (224 W. Capitol St.).
by Dustin Cardon  Sugar Ray's Sweet Shop opened in downtown Jackson on Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the long-vacant Cohen Brothers building at 224 W. Capitol St. Photo courtesy Imani Khayyam Business is always on the move in the Jackson metro. Here are some recent developments.
by Dustin Cardon  John Estes (back left), David Hays (front left), Alex Gregory (back left), Joel Oakley (back center) and Wilder Uhl (back right) use a three-dimensional printer in Belhaven University’s engineering department. Photo courtesy Imani Khayyam Reed Effland, 19, moved to Jackson from Springfield, Mo., to attend Belhaven University after learning about the university's new engineering partnership with the University of Mississippi. He says he wants to go into pharmaceutical engineering or forensics.
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