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I have the honor right now of being on the board of directors of two unique Jackson non-profit organizations. While they serve differ-ent missions, I think they represent two sides

of the same coin that Jacksonians need to focus on to make this city a success. The first is Jackson 2000, a racial-reconciliation nonprofit started in 1989. Its mission today is to “build com-munity through dialogue” via a number of Dialogue Events that we hold throughout the year, ranging from six-week intensive Dialogue Circles to all-day events such as the Day of Dialogue and the Youth Day of Dialogue. The purpose of these events is to create a “safe space” where people can talk to one another about their backgrounds, fami-lies, histories—and when and where they’ve encountered race, racism or ethnic strife. For individuals, going through facilitated Dialogue Events can frequently open their eyes and mind to the very real experiences that oth-ers deal with because of their ethnicities; the goal is to build empathy and understanding that leads to being part of the bigger solution. In that spirit, some participants go on to dig deeper into the structural and institutional racism that places like Jackson (not to mention Mississippi and America) deal with on a historical and on-going basis. With an empathetic mindset and some training, it becomes easier to identify institutional and structural challenges that still affect people of color (and women and LGBT folks) in a disproportionately negative way. The second nonprofit is Team JXN, a group that works to organize area businesses around celebrations of new entrepreneurship, economic development and hard-working non-profits. Team JXN reminds me how important the hard work of economic development is for a city like Jackson, where creating jobs and busi-nesses literally means survival for the city and its people. Building a Jackson that helps every-one get ahead—through work, creativity and entrepreneurship—means there’s an opportu-nity to build in equity as well. If we do this right, we could build a com-munity that helps its citizens create thriving businesses and new institutions that truly rein-vent Jackson as a place where amazing things

get done—and more people get ahead. What it takes is good people. Two Team JXN advisory-board members, J. David Lewis and Shameka Reed, made the Young Influen-tials feature on pages 40-43. But here I want to give a shout out to a few others that I’ve met

via Jackson 2000 and Team JXN: Tim Mask is help-ing to promote a positive, thriving Jackson through the hashtag, #myJXN. The idea is to bypass traditional “if it bleeds, it leads” media and showcase the Jackson many of us know and love. Mary Claire Primos runs Stray at Home each year—an all-day festival in the spring that transforms sleepy Smith Park in down-

town Jackson into an arts-and-crafts (and food trucks and beer) festival. Her determination to bring people back downtown is one I hope will catalyze a great deal more programming in Smith Park and other downtown venues. Dr. Robert Blaine spoke at a Jackson 2000 luncheon and reminded me why he’s amazing. As Jackson State University’s dean of under-graduate studies and cyberlearning, Blaine has overseen the transformation of JSU into a campus of iPad-wielding faculty and students who are reinventing the learning and creating experience on campus. Matthew and Shannon McLaughlin have thrust Coalesce onto the scene in downtown Jackson, where the weekly 1 Million Cups dis-cussions take place on Wednesday mornings. It was in Coalesce that I recently attended the first night of Startup Weekend (and wit-nessed a group of young, diverse, talented cre-ators), which Innovate Mississippi produced. At 1MC I’ve seen pitches from Sheena Allen (of Sheena Allen Apps), the dynamic young entrepreneur who is now back in Jackson (see page 11). And I was blown away by Maximum Wright, who champions the idea of training more filmmakers and crew in Jackson so peo-ple can tell their own stories. As you enjoy this issue of BOOM Jack-son, consider getting involved with either—or both—of the nonprofits mentioned. The more of us there are to work on building a new in-frastructure for success in Jackson, the more likely that success will come about.

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Onelia HawaEditorial intern Onelia Hawa is a 20-something-year-old Atlanta native, jour-nalism and nonprofi t graduate from USM. She is bilingual, a foodie, an activist and lover of all things Frida Kahlo. She wrote about Bully’s Restaurant, several Young Infl uentials and Best of Jackson pop-up ballot winners.

Danie MatthewsFreelance writer Danie Matthews is a Mississippi College graduate. She’s a fan of conscious hip-hop, neo-soul and clas-sic R&B, and hopes to one day become a full-time music writer. She wrote about the Hinds Community College Fashion pro-gram and Young Infl uentials.

Mike McDonaldFreelance writer Mike McDonald attend-ed the University of Montana. He enjoys listening to rap music, writing short sto-ries and reading books about American history. He wrote about Young Infl uential J. David Lewis.

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Sheena Allen, who is the CEO of Sheena Allen Apps, was just playing around when she created her first app, Words on Pics, in November 2011.

S heena Allen says she was just play-ing around with a simple application to put captions on photos she took with her phone when she created her first

app, Words on Pics, in November 2011. It wasn’t un-til the next year that Allen, now the chief executive

officer of app development company Sheena Allen Apps, decided to develop and program apps professionally.

“Back when I first made Words on Pics, photo captioning wasn’t very popular yet, and I just thought it was something

I’d like to have and use, and I went with it,” Allen says. “That first app took me about two months to develop after I came

up with the idea. I didn’t do any real advertising for it, and back then, word got out about what I’d made.”

Allen, 27, is originally from Terry and currently lives in By-ram. She attended Terry High School before going on to the Uni-

versity of Southern Mississippi, where she graduated in 2011 with bachelor degrees in psychology and film. She developed Words on

Pics at the end of her senior year in college, and after it proved to be a success, she started work on her next app, Dubblen, in 2012. Though

she didn’t do any advertising for that app, either, news spread among mobile users until rapper Soulja Boy used it and praised it, which caused

the app’s popularity to increase tremendously. Today, Sheena Allen Apps has five apps for iPhone and Android, all of

which focus on photographs. Words on Pics allows the users to put speech

balloons, thought bubbles and captions on photos. Dubblen creates a split camera lens that allows users to create a clone of themselves in a photo. The camera is split down the middle; to create the illusion, users take the first photo on the left and then the second photo on the right, and then click the “merge” button. Picslit makes block puzzles out of pictures and uploads them to the user’s Instagram page. Orange Snap allows people to use mul-tiple types of filters for one picture, along with a variety of border styles. Twtbooth provides a convenient means of viewing photos posted on Twitter, regardless of whether the user took them through Twitter, Instagram, Twitpic, Lockerz, yFrog, img.ly or other platforms. All of the apps come in free or 99-cent versions, depending on the platform. Allen’s apps currently have close to 2.2 million downloads overall among all five, and she plans to release more in the next three to five months, which will be focused on social-networking traction and engagement, and entertainment. She also plans to re-lease apps for more devices from 2016 onward. “I personally want to use my business to show that Mississippi-ans can do something like this, that we have the talent and the ability,” Allen says. “People might overlook us, but we can make it as a high-tech marketplace. It only takes one person to bring about innovation.” For more information, visit sheenaallenapps.com.


JXN // style

The Hinds Community College fashion merchandising technology program is helping train the state’s next generation of fashion executives.

The program, with Jane Eastland-Foreman as the district chair and online curriculum coor-dinator, is one of the college’s best-kept secrets. Hinds hired Eastland-Foreman as an adjunct in-structor for the marketing management technol-ogy and business office technology in 1994. In 2014, she began chairing the fashion marketing program, though she had been online curricu-lum coordinator for several years before that. “A few years ago, we had a lot of inquiries from companies approaching us saying they needed qualified people in Mississippi who knew more about fashion than just sales,” East-land-Foreman says. She believes the fashion industry is a good field to pursue because it has hundreds of jobs available in Mississippi, which opens up many avenues for the students. And fash-ion is a part of everyone’s life, she says. Hinds is the only community college in Mississippi that offers the program. It has an estimated total of 40 students currently enrolled. Eastland-Foreman says the class scheduling is flexible, with on-campus and online course-work on the Raymond and Rankin campuses. It’s an upside-down curriculum, which means

that it has no prerequisites, and students can start in any semester. They receive hands-on experience and get the opportunity to delve into fashion merchandising with courses such as Principles of Design, Fashion Show Produc-tion, Fundamentals of Textiles and Visual Mer-chandising, which Eastland-Foreman says is an important area to retailers because it draws

customers into stores. In the courses, students’ learn information such as how to recognize the best outfit for certain body types, how to acces-sorize, and what elements of color and design are most appealing to certain audiences. The students participate in several activities a year, including assisting in the production of four different fashion shows: the Pearl Chamber of Commerce’s Girls’ Night Out around August or September, the City of Brandon’s Brandon Market in October and the campuses’ fashion shows. The show on the Rankin campus is in January, and Raymond’s show is in April. Individuals interested in the program who hold a previous degree are not required to re-take classes, though Eastland-Foreman says it depends on the course and college. Program co-ordinators are currently considering rewriting the curriculum, which would then offer students sewing and construction classes. Former program student, Gabrielle Woo-dard, who is currently an adjunct instructor in the program, believes the Hinds fashion mer-chandising program prepared her for her cur-rent job in the fashion industry. “There are a lot of jobs in this field, “she says. “Being a student and now being a teacher helped build my confidence, and it’s like train-ing wheels into the industry.” For more information, visit hindscc.edu.

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The Hinds Community College fashion merchandising technology program, which began around 2009, has about 40 students, some of whom are pictured.

Students in Hinds Community College’s fashion merchandising technology program learn about topics such as color and design.

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In the field of journalism, there is no guarantee of a “normal” workday. That’s been especially true for Jackson native Kim Hutcherson. As an employee of CNN in Atlanta, she decided

to turn the network’s 24-hour work cycle into a way to grow in her career. “What I discovered was that on overnights, there are a lot of opportunities,” she says. “If you’re just willing to do it, come in, give up your nights, give up your evenings, give up your weekends, you have the opportunity to do a lot of things that you don’t get to do during the day.” While she was growing up, Hutcherson’s parents moved often for work, living in Jackson, Pearl, Starkville and Florence, before settling in Atlanta when she was a teenager. Although she was always a news junkie, reading the paper from cover to cover even as a young girl, she didn’t intend to be a journalist. Instead, Hutcherson enrolled at the Univer-sity of Georgia in the 1990s and became inter-ested in philosophy. After a few years of school, she decided to devote time to activism and hitch-hiking around northern California with a group. She returned to Georgia in 1997 to attend Geor-gia State University, where she earned a bach-

elor’s degree in philosophy in 2001. Hutcherson worked in the university’s philosophy depart-ment, which allowed her to see how competitive the field was. She needed another option. During that time, a fellow employee at fon-due restaurant Dante’s Down the Hatch helped her find an entry-level job at CNN. When she heard about an opening for an archivist in the video library, she applied and got the position before moving to another department, where she provided archive services to affiliates. After a co-worker overheard her reading a news story aloud, he asked if she considered doing voice work. He also encouraged her to write scripts. “I had a goal for myself,” Hutcherson says. “Every day at work, I was going to take five pieces of wire copy and write five little 20-second readers. I saved all those scripts, so when a writ-er position in that department came up, I applied for it, and because I had all these scripts show-ing what I can do, I got the job.” Hutcherson continued to flourish in the news world from there. She worked as a writer for CNN International from 2006 to 2011, when she moved to Washington, D.C., to work as a pro-ducer for Al Jazeera English. She then served as

a field producer for Al Jazeera America when the station launched in 2013, but about eight months later, layoffs hit the company. In late 2014, she returned to CNN, where she now works as a writer, voice talent and producer on packages such as “news of the day” segments, which often air on TV and ra-dio stations nationwide, including WLBT and WAPT in Jackson. Hutcherson says people sometimes have misconceptions about her work, whether its as-suming that she’s always dealing with big news or that she can get them a job or tell their stories. Like most jobs, she says, there are great things and things that aren’t for you. “I’ve always thought that you shouldn’t do this if you want to be famous as a reporter or famous as a journalist,” she says. “You have to be dedicated to this process of providing people with the information that they need.” For those interested in a career in news, Hutcherson says it’s important to consume me-dia to know what people respond to. Technology is still shaping what news will look like in coming years, she says, but there will always be a need for journalism that treats subjects with respect.

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From JXN to CNN

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JXN // expat


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On May 6 at Tougaloo College, Mayo Flynt, president of AT&T Mississip-pi, presented $250,000 toward the 2 Mississippi Museums project.

AT&T’s donation will support a gallery in honor of Judge Reuben Anderson, a Mis-sissippi civil-rights activist who was the first black graduate of the University of Missis-sippi Law School, the first black judge on the Mississippi Supreme Court and the first black

president of the Mississippi Bar Association. The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum will be the first state-constructed and state-operated civil-rights museum in the nation and will examine the history of the struggle for civil rights and equality. The Museum of Mississippi History will explore the state’s past from its origin to more recent events. The 2 Mississippi Museums project is expected to generate more than $17 million in annual economic impact. Construction on the project began in downtown Jackson in December 2013. The first phase was completed last fall. Phase two has begun and is expected to be completed by December 2017, just in time for the state’s bicentennial celebration.

Fondren Hotels on the Way Set to begin construction by the summer, The Fondren, a project of CDA Hospitality and Eldon Development, will be a nine-story hotel on the corner of Mitchell and State streets. It will use the Kolb’s Cleaners building as its lobby and entrance, and will have a rooftop restaurant. Roy Decker, a principal on the project, said that the development was two years in the making and estimated that work would begin

in early summer and be completed within 18 months. “There’s not really a hotel … besides Cabot Lodge, that serves close to the colleges, Millsaps, Belhaven and the hospitals,” Decker said. “It’s going to bring visitors to be patrons for existing business. It’s a very good economic project to promote local spending.” The second hotel, the newest version of the Whitney Place plan, will be a Hampton Inn hotel between the Pig and Pint restaurant and Butterfly Yoga in the Fondren business dis-trict. It is a project of the Desai Hotel Group, and Jason Watkins and David Pharr of Pix De-velopment Corporation, and will feature street-level storefront space. The hotel will have 111 rooms, roughly 6,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor and a 5,000-square-foot rooftop restaurant and bar, as well as a 3,000-square-foot

rentable space for meetings and community events. Celia Barrett, owner of the Design Stu-dio, is working on a sleek, modern theme. The project took a few years to finalize since the Historical Preservation Society that controls the area near Duling did not approve the initial plans. With its new location, Whitney Place is slated for construction this summer. Desai said it should be completed by summer 2017. “What’s happening in Fondren, I think, is that it’s showing people that things can work in Jackson,” Desai said.

Fondren, West Jackson Housing Taylor Court, Downing Court and Oxford Court apartment homes in west Fondren are scheduled for completion by early summer 2016. Taylor Court, Oxford Court and Down-ing Court will have 163 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments near Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, close to University Medical Center and just a short walk from the Fondren business district. The Meridian apartments in Fondren, across from the University Medical Center, have begun accepting pre-lease applications. From studio apartments to three-bedroom units, The Meridian’s first-come, first-served priority wait list opened to anyone interested in February. For information, visit meridianatfondren.com. The East Village Estates foundation’s housing-development project held its grand opening this May. The apartment homes con-sist of 44 townhomes and a 2,500-square-foot community center, and rests in the Farish Street Historic District.

The District, Anchored In March, Baker Donelson moved into The District at Eastover as the anchor tenant in One Eastover Center. More than 150 em-ployees occupy the firm’s new 70,000-square-foot office, which occupies three floors in the building, located at Interstate 55 and Eastover Drive—centrally positioned between the city’s major medical corridor, the Fondren Arts Dis-trict and the high-end residential homes of the Lefleur East District, the District at Eastover’s website states. See boomjackson.com and jfpdaily.com for breaking business and development news.

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When you enter the India Bazaar in Clinton, the first thing you may notice is the aroma of spices that tell you Indi-an delicacies await. Wander the grocery aisles or take in the sparkling Bollywood-style

jewelry in the boutique, and it isn’t hard to imag-ine you’ve left Central Mississippi behind. Co-owners and brothers P.J. and Johnny Singh relocated to Mississippi after visit-ing in 2014. Recognizing an opportunity to serve the Indian and Pakistani nation-als who reside in the Jackson area, they sold their restaurant businesses in Utah. In January 2015 they opened Bombay Plaza (now called India Bazaar), a com-bination fashion boutique, grocery store and café, and Taste of India, a fine-dining restaurant. Over the last year and a half, their business venture has attracted a few Mississippians as well. “Most of our new cus-tomers begin at Taste of India, where they try Indian cuisine,” P.J. says. “They have a good time eating at the restaurant, so they take a walk through the store to browse around and learn about different spices and flavors.” Building off their success, the Singhs have recently added an event and banquet hall to India Bazaar. Located at the back of the building, it accom-

modates up to 300 people. On-site catering from the Taste of India kitchen is available. The banquet hall can be used for wedding re-

ceptions, anniversaries, birthday parties and conferences. “It’s a place where people can have fun and enjoy

themselves,” P.J. says. Amid the fragrance of the daily lunch

buffet next door, customers will find gro-cery aisles filled with spices, herbs, chut-

neys, sauces, basmati rice, raw cashews and golden raisins, to name a handful of items. The store has fresh Indian-style produce and an extensive selec-tion of frozen foods to explore, as well as vibrantly colored sarees, scarves, punjabi suits, jewelry and more in the fashion boutique.

“We want people to come and enjoy our one-stop,” P.J. says. The layout helps to

show people our Indian community and our way of life. Considering what is happening in

this world, it’s good to have a better understand-ing of each other.” India Bazaar (957 Highway 80 E., Clinton, 601.272.4000) is open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Saturday, though the restaurant is closed on Monday. For more information, visit indiabazaar ms.com.

A Little Bit of India// by Genevieve Legacy, photos by Imani Khayyam

The India Bazaar in Clinton has a grocery store, Indian boutique and a restaurant, Taste of India, which P.J. (left) and Johnny Singh (right) own and operate.

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The city of Jackson is undergoing a transformation in the health-care sector, with revitalizations in medical programs across the capital. From

neuroscience to stroke care, the city is poised to become a leader in medical innovation, with various projects beginning this year and slated for completion by 2017.

Center for Population Health The University of Mississippi Medical Center received permission from the State Institutions of Higher Learning on April 21 to form the new University of Mississippi School of Population Health. Population health involves the study of biological, social and behavioral factors in society and their effects on health. The school, which will be the third of its kind in the U.S., is scheduled to open in 2017, UMMC’s website states. The school will open with three depart-ments—preventive medicine, data science and population health science. The first two are al-ready in place within the School of Medicine and as part of the Center of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. The Department of Preventive Medicine will develop an accredited residency program in general preventive medicine that will focus primarily on outpatient care and collaborations to address disease prevention and factors that promote good health. Data science will make use of statistics, computer science and predictive analytics to turn large amounts of data into usable evidence. The department will also offer mas-ter’s and doctorate degrees in biostatistics and data science. UMMC will conduct national searches for a Department of Population Health Science chairman and faculty members. The depart-ment will offer research-oriented master’s and doctorate degrees in population health. Eventually, the school intends to add a Depart-ment of Health Care Economics. The school intends to hire faculty, recruit students and create coursework in 2016, and admit its first students in January 2017. The School of Population Health will be located in the Translational Research Center.

It is the seventh school on the UMMC cam-pus, along with medicine, nursing, dentistry, health-related professions and graduate stud-ies. The School of Pharmacy is located in Ox-ford with clinical programs at UMMC.

Translational Research Center UMMC recently held a topping-off cere-mony—commemorating a building milestone in which a structure has reached maximum height—for the center on Monday, May 2. UMMC representatives and members of Foun-tain Construction and Foil Wyatt Architects conducted the ceremony by using a crane to raise a white iron construction beam bearing their signatures to the roof of the building. UMMC’s Memory Impairment and Neu-rocognitive Dementia Center will occupy the building’s first floor, while the Center for Bio-statistics and Bioinformatics, soon to be part of the Department of Data Science and the School for Population Health, will use space on the second floor, information on their website states. The third floor will house neuroscience labs that members of UMMC’s new Neurosci-ence Institute will use. The basement floor will include laboratory animal facilities, and the top floors will house an incubator space where sci-

entists can collaborate with industry members to develop new ideas. The university’s new School of Medicine building, which had its own topping-out cer-emony in March, is located east of the center

and is also scheduled for completion in 2017. Among other things, the School of Medicine building will feature a dedicated floor for simu-lation labs that students can use to learn tech-niques on software programs and computer-controlled interactive mannequins.

New Neuroscience Institute On July 11, 2016, UMMC will open a new Neuroscience Institute, a collaborative effort between the UMMC academic departments of neurobiology and anatomical sciences, psy-chiatry and human behavior, neurology and neurosurgery, as well as University Hospital administrators and the Methodist Rehabilita-tion Center. The NSCI will feature multidisci-plinary educational programs alongside clini-cal care and research facilities. Its first focus will be on stroke, neurotrauma and substance addiction, with goals that include stroke-care expansion and certification for UMMC, an ad-diction treatment service and a comprehensive neurotrauma program.

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As part of the affiliation between UMMC and MRC, the physicians and nurse practitio-ners at MRC will join the staff at UMMC as part of the university’s newly created Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. To advance basic re-search, NSCI will recruit scientists to create and build on existing programs and apply for exter-nal funding. NSCI will also oversee UMMC’s doctorate program in neuroscience and develop a first-year medical neuroscience course as part of a long-term plan to create an integrated four-year neuroscience curriculum. The facility also hopes to develop a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program in conjunction with MRC.

State Public Health Laboratory The Mississippi State Department of Health held a ribbon-cutting for the Dr. F.E. “Ed” Thompson Jr. State Public Health Laboratory on its central office campus in Jackson on April 13, news on their website states. Construction on the 80,000-square-foot laboratory began in 2010. The original MSDH laboratory has as-sisted health authorities in the prevention and control of public-health threats in Mississippi since 1917. The only public-health laboratory in the state performs tests on biological, toxico-logical, chemical and radiological threats in the state and allows physicians to respond rapidly to public health emergencies such as novel strains of flu, suspicious substances containing anthrax or ricin, and disease outbreaks following natural disasters such as widespread flooding or hur-ricanes. The laboratory is equipped with more than 3,000 square feet of Biosafety Level 3 con-tainment areas, which allow the laboratory staff

to work safely with highly infectious agents such as multi-drug resistant tuberculosis or newly emerging pathogens such as Ebola. The MSDH laboratory’s 85-member staff moved into the facility in January.

$100M Pediatric UMMC Campaign A gift from Mississippi businessman Joe Sanderson and his wife, Kathy, leads a campaign to raise $100 million to fund expansions for pedi-atric, neonatal care, including an addition to the Children’s Heart Center. “This is a wonderful day for the medical center,” said Dr. LouAnn Woodward, UMMC vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine in a press release. The fundraising effort focuses on improve-ments to the UMMC and Batson Children’s Hospital. Sanderson’s gift is the largest in the history of Children’s of Mississippi. “Children’s of Mississippi must grow so Mississippi’s chil-dren can keep growing,” Sanderson said. Sanderson’s granddaughter was a patient at Batson Children’s Hospital, and the pair said that the level of treatment they witnessed in-spired the donation. “The goal is to provide the best health care for children in Mississippi today, and tomorrow is one that we must meet and exceed,” Wood-ward said. “A health future for our children depends upon the priorities we set now.”

St. Dominic’s 70th Anniversary In 1946, a small group of Dominican Sisters came all the way to Springfield, Ill., to Jackson to take over responsibility for the Jackson Infir-

mary, located downtown on Amite Street. Now more 70 years later, St. Dominic celebrated its anniversary with a life-sized bronze statue of one of those intrepid Dominican Sisters, cre-ated by sculptor Tracy Sugg. The statue was forged from the bronze gathered from the many plaques purchased by grateful patients over the years to Dominic’s, which used to hang from the doors of the rooms, the St. Dom-inic website says. Sugg melted these down to make the statue. “This sculpture honors our many friends and represents the donor recognition plaques placed throughout the hospital in prior years,” Lester K. Diamond, president of St. Dominic Hospital said. “I cannot think of a better way to commemorate St. Dominic’s 70th anniversary than this distinctive repre-sentation of what we hope to embody as an organization.”

Baptist Medical Center Earns Awards For the fourth year in a row, Baptist Medical Center has earned the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing cer-tain quality-improvement measures for the treatment of stroke patients as a result of its diagnosis and treatment of those patients, including an aggressive use of medications and risk-reduction therapies that help re-duce death and disability. “This study validates our efforts to im-prove quality and illustrates our focus on bet-ter outcomes for our patients,” Baptist Stroke Medical Director Keith Jones said on the hos-pital’s website.


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The many trees around the corners of Moody Street and Greymont Avenue stand like skinny, silent giants, wild and proud, overlooking Jackson.

Occasionally, members of JXN Trailblaz-ers, an organization dedicated to encouraging and promoting trails in the city, come to this area for a clean-up day in prepara-tion for the Museum to Mar-ket Trail (also known as the Museum Trail). This area will eventually be part of the south end of the trail, which will go from the Mississippi Farmers Market through Belhaven, and the south end will run from Riverside to Lakeland Drive. The completed five-mile trail will connect High Street in downtown Jackson to Lakeland Drive. The developers predict the path will bring economic growth, a decrease in obesity-related health problems, an overall increase in residents’ quality of life, and as local law-yer David Pharr says, it may also help reverse Mississippi’s brain drain. “When we origi-nally started looking at the project, we discovered a lot of research indicating that recreational trails and bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in general were things that millennials prioritized when de-ciding where to live,” Pharr says. “It was just a highly sought-after amenity for talented young people that Jackson needs to make its economic pillars strong.” Melody Moody, executive director of state-wide bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organiza-tion Bike Walk Mississippi, which is a sponsor of JXN Trailblazers, says there was an “extra effort to push for trails and paths all over the city.” The project began about six years ago. In 2011, the City of Jackson received its first grant for the trails, a Transportation Enhancement Grant through the U.S. Department of Trans-portation’s Federal Highway Administration. After that, the City received a Transporta-tion Alternatives Program grant from the Metro-

politan Planning Organization, also through the Highway Administration. The TAP program was a federal-aid transportation program that provid-ed funding to states and localities for transporta-tion alternative improvement projects. On Dec. 15, President Barack Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, which

provides long-term funding certainty for surface transportation, so state and local governments can go forward with important transportation projects. To get the first grant for the Museum Trail, the City of Jackson had to match 20 per-cent of the funding and worked with local busi-nesses to ensure it. “There’s a willingness in the business community,” he says. The first grant will fund the south end of the trail, and the second will fund the north end. Moody says that when Jackson was awarded the money in 2011, Ridgeland and Flowood received identical amounts for trail projects, so it was es-sentially a regional effort for trails.

Before plans for the south end of the trail, which developers hope will begin soon, can move forward, the Jackson City Council has to pass another easement so the City can work on a water line that runs contiguous to that end of the trail. The north side may also change based on the redesign of Riverside Drive. Pharr says

MDOT put protective walk-ways on the road’s Interstate 55 North overpass in anticipa-tion of the Museum Trail. The trail will give peo-ple access to parks such as Lefleur’s Bluff State Park and six museums (the Ag Mu-seum, Sports Museum, Mis-sissippi Children’s Museum, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History) while passing through the Belhaven and Belhaven Heights neigh-borhoods. Moody says the trails and pathways could lead to an increase in overall safety, tourism, property value, busi-ness revenue and new oppor-tunities for citizens to save money by driving less. A re-port from Advocacy Advance, which is a partnership of the League of American Bicyclists

and the Alliance for Biking & Walking, says that Joe Cortright’s “Green Dividend” study found that since Chicago residents drive an average of 2.2 miles less per day in median large U.S. cities, which saves an average of $2.3 billion. Residents of Portland, Ore., which is designated as Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly, travel 2.9 bil-lion fewer miles per year and spend 100 million fewer hours commuting, which saves $2.6 bil-lion per year. The planning phases of the trail are con-stantly changing. Keep up with the updates at jxntrailblazers.com or find the organization on Facebook.

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Fast Facts• In a study conducted after Longleaf Trace was built in Hattiesburg, 20 percent of homeowners within three miles of the trail reported getting more exercise. People who live near trails are three times more likely to engage in physical activity.• The property values of homes near trails increase by an average of $10,000.

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Duringhisfirstsemesterofmedicalschooland in-timidatedbyhisrigorousstudies,TimothyQuinnsayshisfather,Donald,toldhimthattheguyheseesinthemirroristheonlyonethatcanbreakhim.Quinnquicklyrealizedthathisattitudetowardlifeandbeinghumbleiskeytosuccess. “Youhavetostayhumble,anddon’tgiveup,stayper-sistent,”Quinnsays.Hegraduatedin1999fromMeharryMedicalCollegeinNashville,Tenn.,andcompletedhisresi-dencyin2003atMartinLutherKingJr./DrewMedicalCen-terinLosAngeles,Calif.QuinnpracticesfamilymedicineinJacksonathispracticeQuinnHealthcare.TheChicago

nativewantstohelpeducateasmanypeopleaspossibleonhowtolivehealthierliveswhilefocusingonpreventativehealthcare. —OneliaHawa

Finalists:Carrie Nash (MississippiBaptistMedicalClinicBrandon, 1490 W. Government St., Suite 10, Brandon,601.825.1936) / Justin Turner (TurnerCarePLLC,5240Rob-insonRoadExt.,601.398.2335) /Rahul Vohra (NewSouthNeuroSpine,2470FlowoodDrive,Flowood,877.554.4257)/William E. Loper (MEAPrimaryCareClinic,323Highway51,Ridgeland,601.898.9150)

When LaMonica Davis Taylor setouttodesignherpractice,shewantedtocreateonethatwouldwelcomechildren,reachparentsandprovideoptimalcare. UponenteringSmilesonBroadway,clientswillseevibrantwalls,brightfurni-tureandinspirationalquotes.Theireyesmay be immediately drawn to the wallmural just inside the patient area thatrecognizesdentistswhohaveinfluencedTaylor’s career such as hermentor,Dr.BarbaraSias-Chinn. The office featurespatient rooms themed after Broadway

musicalssuchas“Aladdin”andevenMo-town.“Iwaslookingforauniqueandcre-ativeidea,andIthoughtabouthowmuchIenjoyedmytimeonBroadwayduringmyresidency,”shesays.TheMoundBayounative has an undergraduate degree inbiologyfromSpelmanCollegeinAtlantaandadentaldegreefromtheUniversityofMississippi. She completed a year ofgeneralpracticeresidencyandtwoyearsof pediatric dental residency at Bronx-LebanonHospitalinNewYorkCity. SmilesonBroadwayprimarilyser-

viceschildrenages1 to21yearsoldand special-needs adults. As ofMay14, Taylor began a Saturday clinic tohelptheparentsofexistingpatients.

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Finalists: Charles Ezelle (JacksonDental Care, 2665 Lakeland Drive,Flowood, 601.932.8212) / Jim Ed Watson (Jackson Center for Smiles,1437OldSquareRoad,601.366.7645)Shenika Kelly-Moore (Kelly Fam-ilyDentistry, 514E.WoodrowWilsonAve.,SuiteG,769.572.4425)/Terrance Ware (Terrance Ware DDS PLLC,5800 Ridgewood Road, Suite 104,769.251.5909,twaredds.com)

Jacksonisoneofthecoolestplacestolive,sowehaveplentyofreasonstosmile.Ofcourse,ithelpstohavegreatdentalprofessionalsanddoctorstokeepyourpearlywhitesshiningandhelpyoureachoptimalhealth.Readersvoted,andwecounted,soherearethewinnersinthisyear’sHealthCareballot. Seelastyear’swinnersatbestofjackson.com.

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Growingup,NeelyBerrywasanathlete,whichcamewithplenty of bumpsandbruises, includinganeckinjuryfromcheerleading.Shelearnedbasicmethodstorelieveherneckpainwithoutusingheavymedication.Yearslater,asshebecameinterestedinchiropractic treatment,sherealizedthatshecouldusethefieldtohelppeoplewithsimilarinjuriestoavoidchronicpain.

“Ireally justkindofwantedtobeable togetsomebody back to moving better, so they can do

whattheylikedoing,”shesays. The Greenville native re-ceivedherdoctorateofchiroprac-ticinDecember2009andamas-ter’sdegreeinsportsscienceandrehabilitation in April 2010, bothfromtheLoganUniversityCollegeofChiropracticinMissouri. Aftercollege,shepracticedin Cleveland, Miss., until 2012,when she and her husband,Mi-chael,moved to Jackson for hisjob.He iscurrently theareavicepresident for Healogics, a com-pany that provides advancedwound-healing services across the country. Shehasbeenprac-

ticingatFoxworthChiropracticinFlowoodsinceFebruary2013. —AmberHelsel

Finalists: Chad Brown (BrownChiropractic Center, 4294 Lakeland Drive, Suite 100,Flowood,601.936.6650)/Clayton Pitts(NorvilleChiropracticClinic,1000LakelandSquare,Suite400,Flowood, 601.398.9412) / Laura Stubbs (Body inBalanceHealth care, 5472 Watkins Drive, SuiteC, 601.376.5636) / Leo C. Hud-dleston (NaturalWellnessCenter,6500OldCantonRoad,Ridgeland,601.956.7953)

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Growing up, two of Scott Runnels’ biggest passions were playing baseball at Magee High School and riding bucking horses and bulls. While he couldn’t continue either pursuit in college, he did discover that he had a talent for both science and art. “Even as a child, I remember having an appreciation for people’s perspectives, and I think art gave a person an opportunity to express their perspective,” he says. “(Plastic surgery) seemed to me the best combination in medicine of the sciences and arts.” He graduated from Mississippi College with a bach-elor’s degree in biology in 1988 and from medical school at the University of Mississippi in 1993. He completed his general surgery and plastic-surgery training at the Univer-

sity of Tennessee before he began practicing in Jackson in 1998. He opened The Runnels Center in Flowood in 2005. Runnels says he has an appreciation for cosmetic surgery and breast reconstruction after breast cancer because both are opportunities to help patients get to better places.

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Finalists: Adair Blackledge (Blackledge Face Center, 1659 Lelia Drive, 601.981.3033) / David Steckler Jr. (Mississippi Center for Plastic Surgery, 200 W. Jackson St., Suite 100, Ridgeland, 769.300.4055) / Shelby Brantley (The Face & Body Center of Plastic and Hand Surgery Associates, 2550 Flowood Drive, Flowood, 601.939.9999)

As a general dentist, Jim Ed Watson puts a high value on pa-tients’ overall health—from how they feel to how they feel about themselves. The Yazoo City, Miss., native moved to Jackson to open his own practice, Jackson Center for Smiles, in 2001 and quickly gained a reputation in the metro area for his skills at cosmetic dentistry. Before arriving in Jackson, Watson earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Missis-sippi and attended the University of

Tennessee’s College of Dentistry, where he received his doctorate in 1993. However, his education didn’t stop there. He is also a graduate of the Pacifi c Aesthetic Continuum, which certifi es expertise in veneers and whole-mouth restoration, and he holds certifi cations in periodon-tal therapy, implant dentistry, en-dodontics, orthodontics, prostho-dontics and practice management. On the clinic’s website, jxnsmiles.com, one reviewer said,

“Dr. Watson always does his best to make your visit as comfortable as possible. He always spends time with you to answer any questions and you don’t feel that you are being rushed in and out.”

—Micah Smith

Finalists: Keith Klaus (Tharp & Klaus Dental Clinic, 2695 Flowood Drive, Suite A, 601.939.4100, smilesinjackson.com) / Terrance Ware (Ter-rance Ware DDS PLLC, 5800 Ridge-wood Road, Suite 104, 769.251.5909,

twaredds.com) / Wendy Lewis (The Winning Smile, 1350 W. Government St., Brandon, 601.825.3807; 4802 Lake-land Drive, Flowood, 601.936.0025; thewinningsmile.com)

While the Best of Jackson award for Best Hospital shows that Jacksonians appreciate the work that St. Dominic Hospital does, the hospital has also earned several important industry acco-lades this year. Healthgrades, a health-care rating orga-nization, gave St. Dominic its prestigious award for Outstanding Patient Experience, which is an honor only the top 15 percent of hospitals na-tionwide that have been scored on experience. Healthgrades gives the award based on surveys from patients evaluating qualities such as cleanli-ness, educating patients regarding their medica-

tions, and communication between patients, and physicians and nurses. In addition to its patient experience, St. Dominic is also the only hospital in the state to receive an Advanced Certifi cation for Comprehen-sive Stroke Centers and received the 2016 Out-standing Achievement Award by the Commission on Cancer in the American College of Surgeons. St. Dominic also specializes in robotic surgery,

women’s health care, diabetes treatment and heart-attack treatment. “We’re grateful to Jackson and all who visit us for selecting us for an honor like this,” Theresa Horne, vice president for patient-care services and chief nursing offi cer at St. Dominic, told BOOM Jackson. “It’s a big thing for us anytime anyone recognizes the work we do for patients in or outside of Jackson. This year we are celebrating the 70th an-niversary of the hospital’s founding. ... I believe that what truly comes across for our patients is the pas-sion our employees show in caring for them, from nurses to volunteers.“ —Dustin Cardon

Finalists: Baptist Health Systems (1225 N. State St., 601.968.1000, mbhs.org) / Merit Health River Oaks (1030 River Oaks Drive, Flowood, 601.936.1158, merithealthriveroaks.com) / Uni-versity of Mississippi Medical Center (2500 N. State St., 601.984.1000, umc.edu)

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Jacksonians have many doctors and surgeons to choose from, but Reginald Martin stands out. He is a general surgeon at St. Domi-nic Martin Surgical Associ-ates. He received his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in 1988 and com-pleted his residency at the

University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1993. He be-gan working at St. Dominic in1996. Clinical Administrator Michael Gregory says of On Martin as a surgeon: “He re-ally lays out ... what to expect, what’s going on. It’s not easy to have these conversations

with people, especially when you’re talking ... about breast cancer and things of that nature, but somehow or an-other, when patients leave his clinic, they always seem to be kind of ok with what’s going on.” — Jessica SmithFinalists: Greg Wood (NewS-outh NeuroSpine, 2470

Flowood Drive, Flowood, 877.554.4257) / Jason Mur-phy (The Surgical Clinic As-sociates, 501 Marshall St., Suite 500, 601.948.1411) John D. Davis IV (NewS-outh NeuroSpine, 2470 Flowood Drive, Flowood, 877.554.4257) / Phillip Ley (St. Dominic’s Surgical Oncol-

ogy, 106 Highland Way, Suite 200, Madison, 601.200.7465, mbhs.org)

Ever since Alisha McArthur Wil-kes was a little girl, she dreamed of helping people and making a differ-ence. She followed in the footsteps of her late father, Dr. Willie L. McArthur, who was a family medicine doctor from Fayette, Miss. “I grew up in the health-care fi eld all my life,” Wilkes says. She graduated from Alcorn State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology and pre-medicine in 2006, a bachelor’s of science in nursing in 2007, master’s

degree in nursing education in 2013 and a post master’s degree in fam-ily nurse practitioner in 2015. She currently works at Quinn Healthcare, PLLC, as a family nurse practitioner. Wilkes says one of the most re-warding experiences in her career was when a patient who came in with gen-eral complaints had previously been to several doctors but felt like no one was listening. “I sat down and talked to the pa-

tient about everything that was going on, and I sent her to a cardiologist,” Wilkes says. “Come to fi nd out, she had a blockage in her heart that was able to be relieved.” —Onelia Hawa

Finalists: Alice Messer (NewSouth NeuroSpine, 2470 Flowood Drive, Flowood, 877-554-4257) / Kim Loe (Mississippi Baptist Medical Clinic Brandon, 1490 W. Government St., Suite 10, Brandon, 601-825-1936) / Kimberly Strong (Crossgates Fam-ily Doctors, 395 Crossgates Blvd., Suite 102, Brandon, 601-825-0003) / Suzanne Cockrell ([email protected])

Chandra Minor says she always wanted to be in the health fi eld. In Allied Health while in high school, the Ha-zelhurst native had to shadow health profession-als, which she continued to do in college. While in dental school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, she went to differ-ent clinics and decided to apply for orthodontic residency. “I really loved orthodontics. The effect

that it has on (patients’) self-esteem and their confi dence, really motivated me,” she says. She graduated from Alcorn State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology in 2008, from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2012 with a doctorate of dental medicine and then completed her residency at Howard Univer-sity in Washington, D.C., in 2014. Minor has made Mississippi history because she is the only Af-rican American female orthodontist practicing in the state, she says. In November 2014, Minor opened her own practice, Smile Design Ortho-dontics, which offers services such as

traditional metal braces, clear braces, Invisalign and ceramic braces.

Finalists: Eugene C. Brown (Smiles by Design, 5800 Ridgewood Road, Suite 103, 601.957.1711; 125 Jones St., Madison, 601.427.9252) / Ken-neth Walley (Kenneth Walley Orthodontics, 2174 Henry Hill Drive, 601.922.3888; 208 Key Drive, Madison, 601.898.1788) / Priscilla Jolly (Jolly Orthodon-tics, 1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Ridgeland, 601.605.2400)

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When Jimmy Quinn, 34, started visiting The Apoth-ecary at Brent’s Drugs

in late 2015, his intent was to re-search craft cocktails for his sec-ond job bartending at La Finestra. The microbiologist for the Mis-sissippi Department of Health had bartended in college at Auburn Uni-versity, where he earned a graduate degree in microbiology in 2005. Af-ter moving to Jackson that year, he bartended at Fenian’s Pub until 2012 and then at La Finestra from Octo-ber 2014 until the restaurant closed in November 2015. His cocktail re-search at The Apothecary turned into “very expensive courting,” he says, laughing. While there, he made a connection with bartender Jess Rahaim, 30. Rahaim, who grew up in Clin-ton, moved to Scotland at 18 with her family and stayed to attend the University of Dundee. She graduat-ed with a master’s degree in English literature in 2009 and lived in New-

castle, England, for four years before returning to Mississippi in 2013. As the two talked cocktails, a romance blossomed. They also re-alized that they shared a desire to “do what we enjoy, but in a way that allowed us to do our day jobs as well, without working until 2 a.m.,” Rahaim says. Quinn says that after several

Old Fashioneds at happy hour at CAET Wine Bar in November 2015, the idea for a cocktail and bartend-ing-based business, Simply Tended, was birthed. The idea was to host cocktail parties and teach cocktail classes in people’s homes, Rahaim says, though it evolved to include event consultations, such as creating sig-

nature cocktails for weddings and staffing the bar at the celebration. For one recent class at The Ramey Agency, where she also works as the office coordinator, Rahaim brought her co-workers into their office’s kitchen space and taught them three cocktail recipes that they can make at home. “I think a lot of people see making cocktails as a complex, intimidating thing,” she says. “By bringing it into their home to teach them, we can make it more accessible.” Quinn adds that the in-home classes can be a fun alternative to dinner parties. For Rahaim, bartending and de-veloping cocktails “is a way for me to be creative.” So she enjoys, for instance, working with a bride and groom to create drinks that reflect their individual personalities, as well as encouraging folks to experiment with mixing drinks in their homes. Formoreinformation,findSim-plyTendedonFacebook.

Bully’s is located in a small, once-industrialized area of Jackson, but it may make people feel like they have time-traveled back to a weekly , after-

church Sunday dinner. The dining room feels like someone’s home. Its brick walls are lined with pictures and artwork, as fans spin above guests, who are sit-ting at long tables, chattering as they eat. Owners Tyrone Bully and Greta Brown have been in business since 1982. The late W.D. Bully, who was Brown’s father-in-law, and her husband, Tyrone Bully, worked as brick masons and later decided to build the restaurant from top-to-bottom, laying every brick themselves. Bully’s started as a snack shop that served local factory and manufacturing-plant workers during their lunch breaks. “At the time, these workers only had 30 minutes for lunch, and would run over here and get cold cuts and snacks,” Brown says. “My

father-in-law saw how these people worked too hard and needed a hot meal, and that’s how

Bully’s transformed from being a snack shop to what it is today.” Though some aspects such as the tech-nology have changed, the cooking remains the same to this day. The menu offers items such as freshly picked greens and some that are not tra-ditionally found on menus such as oxtails, beef ribs, neck bones, pig’s feet, and smothered liver and onions. Each delicacy is dished out on clas-sic cafeteria-style lunch trays. Earlier this year, Bully’s won the American Classic award from the James Beard Founda-tion. “We are not only happy for us, but we are happy for the neighborhood,” Greta says about the award. “My husband has always been prom-ising to take me to Chicago, and (we went there) for the award ceremony in May.” Bully’s Restaurant (3118 Livingston Road) is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 601.362.0484.

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Bully’s Restaurant, which Tyrone Bully co-owns with his wife, Greta Brown (right, pictured with daughter Tyre’a Bully, left), has been in business since 1982.

Jimmy Quinn (left) and Jess Rahaim (right) are the movers and shakers behind bartending-based business Simply Tended.

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YOUNG INFLUENTIALS 2016

Antario Moore says his work in the medical fi eld has given him a passion for helping others, but he also has a “strong entre-preneurial itch.”

Moore, 25, is a medical laboratory scientist at St. Dominic’s Hospital. He graduated from the University of Mississippi Medical Center with his degree in medical laboratory science in 2014.

He considers himself a cultural ambassador and hopes to bring like minds together and share what people are doing in the community. If someone is in need of a service, Moore says he is quick to provide a list of people that he knows can do the job. He says he also loves giving free publicity to those in Jack-son who are using their talents to make a difference. “I can’t keep my mouth shut when I hear a good idea,” Moore says. “... The local entrepreneur community is made up of beautiful people, but they can’t get the funding they need most of the time.” With his personality and ability to network, Moore hopes to help entrepreneurs fi nd the resources they need. He strives to encourage those who are pouring back into the city, especially young people like himself. The promoter has hosted events, started funding campaigns and helped launch “The Token Talk” podcast, in which he and his two co-hosts discuss issues facing the community, all in an effort to bring people together. Moore says he envisions a Jackson that is an “incuba-tor of dreams,” where people help each other move forward. “I hope that Jackson can be a fostering and nurturing environ-ment for businesses and social ideas,” he says.

— Abigail Walker

When you have owned two successful businesses in six years’ time, you may

be just as infl uential as Abraham Santa Cruz. At just 33 years old, Cruz has managed to master the art of entrepreneurship, although some could never tell by his relaxed demeanor and love for all things un-conventional. Upon his arrival to Jackson

in 2010, Cruz was simply a young man searching for a way to help build pride and a sense of culture in Jackson and to help the downtown area grow. A New Orleans native, he grew up in poverty and under-stands the value of work ethic. “I was an inner-city kid from the projects,” he says. “I was told that

I wouldn’t be anything. I wanted something different.” Shortly after receiving his bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of New Or-leans in 2010, he decided to attend massage school in Jackson, which eventually spearheaded the idea for his fi rst business, Massage Revolu-tion, with business partners James Rader and Laura Manning. “People

don’t realize how important massage is,“ Cruz says. “We could’ve gone the tra-ditional route and opened up in a high-volume area, but we decided to put it right among the work-ing class. We wanted to alter the way people think about massage.” After Massage Revo-lution’s storefront closed in 2015 (the business is now mobile), he and his business partners decided to open Revolution’s Cor-ner, which is a modern-style bodega that offers

customers healthy food alter-natives, live music and a laid-

back atmosphere. Cruz appreciates the growth of both of his companies and says that business is the quickest way to infl uence change within culture. “I love improving the lives of others including the people in my city and those I invest in,” he says.

— Danie Matthews

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Abraham Santa CruzICONOCLAST

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In 2015, Arekia Bennett graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physics and landed a job as a soil conservationist at the U.S. De-

partment of Agriculture Resources Conser-vation Service. Then, she changed her mind. “I wasn’t there (mentally),” she says. “I love helping people on a personal level.” Now, Bennett, 23, is a youth organizer at the Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition, an organization that works to reduce discrimina-tion against LBGT students in public schools. The career change came about while she was attending Jackson State University, where she founded Gathering Information Related to La-dies, a campus organization for women—but not exclusive to what society says a woman is—that focuses on creating sex-positive spac-es and promoting love amongst women. Before starting college, she didn’t know much about women’s history, but once she did her own research on strong women such as Fannie Lou Hamer, she was upset that there wasn’t a curriculum or organization educating students on courageous women in history. Her participation in various groups on campus, such as the Student Government Association and Spectrum, a Gay-Straight Al-liance organization, gave her the courage she needed to start her own organization. “I couldn’t create a curriculum, but by being in SGA, I knew I could create a group,” she says. Though she’s no longer a student at JSU, she remains an advisor to GIRL. “I still have a strong connection (to it), and I love watching it evolve,” Bennett says. —LaShanda Phillips

Danielle Buckingham, 23, is giving a year of her life to invest in others as an AmeriCorps VISTA fellow at Millsaps

College with an emphasis on increasing edu-cational equity in underprivileged areas. Dur-ing her college career at Millsaps, where she earned her undergraduate degree in 2015, she logged many hours of service to others through Millsaps’ 1 Campus 1 Community program and organizations such as the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi. Born in Chicago, Buckingham moved to Louisville, Miss., as a young child, where her grandmother, Annie Hudson, raised her. Buckingham credits Hudson with giving her the skills to succeed in school. While she was successful at Louisville High School, she saw that many of her peers were not. “I noticed many of the kids I was in school with did not have that same kind of support at home, and so the fact that I had that really shaped my view of the importance of education,” she says. As an AmeriCorps VISTA fellow, Buck-ingham’s responsibilities include matching up students with volunteer opportunities in with the goal of improving educational oppor-tunities for underprivileged children. After her fellowship, she plans to attend graduate school at the University of Mississippi to earn her master’s degree in sociology. “(Being infl uential) means infl uencing those around me in positive way, but also ac-knowledging those who have given me the mentorship and tools to be ‘infl uential’ to my respective community.” —Richard Coupe

Jackson-based artist Guillermo “Billy” Salinas, 22, is a Texas native who spent nearly all of his childhood and adoles-

cence in Ixtapa, Mexico, a coastal city border-ing the Pacifi c Ocean, which inspires many of his pieces. On some mornings in Ixtapa, Sali-nas would surf and create a variety of images from rocks along the shore, only to watch the tide destroy his temporary works of art. “That, for me, was very pleasant and sat-isfying,” he says. “It is very rare that (people) let themselves have real experiences with works of art and life; that’s where (art) is happening.” Salinas, who has studied visual arts at Belhaven University since 2013, often incorporates wood, stones and even incor-porates welding into his sculptures. He also draws a strict distinction between his art and his craft as a pastry chef at La Brioche. “I have a hard time considering my work art,” he says. “Mostly, what I see is not what I produce but the process I go about doing it.” Salinas says he makes sense of the world around him through the art-making process and responding to whichever medium he is working. Making pastries is a different pic-ture altogether. “I have a process that I have that I know exactly what I’m going to do, and I know ex-actly the outcome from it; it’s a means to an end, and that’s what I would classify more as a craft,” he says. Salinas says he advises those interested in art to stop and see what’s around them, and every artist should keep a sketchbook handy and draw constantly. —Onelia Hawa

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Danielle BuckinghamCOMMUNITY SERVANT

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Dhaka, Bangladesh, native and Jackson State University rising senior Lufat Rah-man knew almost nothing about Jackson

State when she enrolled there as a freshman. Since fi rst stepping foot on campus in August 2012, her impact has been immediate and im-mense; however, if you ask her, there is a still a lot of work to do. “JSU made me love the United States,” Rahman, 22, says. “I had never experi-enced American culture or people. I had the un-

believable opportunity to take part in American music and drama, and Jackson State really gave me that opportunity. My goal now is to bring my Asian culture together with the culture of Jackson State and the city of Jackson by acting as an ambassador for cultural understanding.” Jackson State’s chapter of Net Impact—the fi rst in the state of Mississippi—has put this understanding in the spotlight. Net Impact is an organization for young professionals who want

YOUNG INFLUENTIALS 2016, FROM PAGE 41

Grant Hutcheson’s business card says he’s the “pig guy” of The Pig & Pint. (Chris Clark is the

“pint guy”). But Hutcheson, 30, hasn’t always liked barbecue. At the University of Southern Mississippi, he studied hospitality management with an emphasis on restaurants and received a bach-elor’s degree in business manage-ment in 2009. He helped open Parlor Market and worked on the grill line, which he says is when his culinary career really took off. In 2011, he be-came the sous chef at Parker House, which closed in 2012. 2011 was the fi rst time he ever

went to a barbecue competition in Memphis with a team called Slapjo Momma. At the time, he says he didn’t like barbecue. But the competition changed his mind. “I fell in love with the atmo-sphere immediately,” he says

“Getting there, you see it, all the smells, you just take it all in, and then you get to go around and taste the top 25 teams in the nation’s barbecue. It gave me a new perspective of what barbecue is supposed to do.” After Parker House closed, he, Andy Cook, Chris Clark and Scott Jackson created Fresh Concepts. Originally, they wanted to do a farm-to-table, fi ne-dining, wine-bar concept. But after fi nding the space that once housed Mimi’s, they decided to go in a different direction: barbecue. The Pig & Pint opened in March 2014. Hutcheson brings his fi ne-dining culinary training to the

menu at the restaurant. One of his favorite dishes to create is the pork-belly corn dogs, which come with a seasonal-beer mustard and smoked tomato-ginger jam. Giving back is impor-tant to him, which is why The Pig & Pint often partici-pates in events for charity organizations such as the Phoenix Club of Jackson and Stewpot Community Services. When he’s not at work, he

likes to hunt, fi sh and watch Disney movies with his children, Caroline, 3, and Jack, 1. His wife, Jenna Swindle Hutcheson, is a pediatric dental hygienist at Madison Pedi-atric Dental Group. —Amber Helsel

Shameka Reed says one reason she chooses to stay in Jack-son is that it’s the perfect place for visionaries, and she’s doing her part to foster that. In 2015, she created the an-

nual Young, Gifted and Empowered Awards at the Jackson Con-vention Complex. She says she saw a need to recognize and honor the young African Ameri-can professionals in art, philanthropy, education, leadership, entrepre-neurship and innovation. “A lot of stories told about our community are negative, and I knew there were a lot of Afri-can Americans in Missis-sippi … who are progres-sive and change agents,” Reed says. “Those are the stories I wanted to

tell, because they don’t get told often.” The event, which took place Feb. 28 this year, was free and open to the public, and featured a variety of hosts and presenters, as well as performances from entertainers such as Tonya Boyd-Cannon, MADDRAMA and Laurie Walker Hall. “Every year, I want it to be bigger and better,” she says. Reed, 35, is also a board member and steering committee member for TeamJXN, an organization dedicated to improving the city of Jackson. “When I look around, … I see so much potential,” she says. “Jackson is worth it. You’re not going to fi nd nicer people.” Reed has owned her own business, Savvy Inc., since 2004. It is a boutique marketing, public-relations and media-relations fi rm. She also works at Jackson State University as an interna-tional marketing and recruiting specialist. She sings in her church’s choir and says she fi nds thrift shopping for vintage clothes relaxing.

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N atalie Blakely enjoys knowing how things work and why they work the way they do. The 20-year-old Brandon native is studying me-

chanical engineering at the Hinds Community College Rankin campus. She attended Park Place Christian Academy and graduated in 2014. After Hinds, she wants to go to Mis-sissippi State University. Her mother, Nancy, is an industrial engineer for UPS. “(My mom) has always been a big infl uence to me and encouraging me to do what I wanted,” Blakely says. “I’ve always been good at math and science ... so it just kind of seemed like the right fi t.” For mechanical engineering, Blakely studies subjects such as physics, robotics and computer programming, and the fi eld also involves a lot of math. After recently fi nishing the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Program at the John C. Stennis Space Center, where participants spent four days working with NASA engineers, she says she is considering

going to work for the agency. However, since the fi eld is so broad—they can do anything from designing houses and cars to sending a rover to Mars—she isn’t totally sure what she wants to do. After she has spent time in the fi eld and earns her master’s degree, she wants to teach at the college level in subjects such as science, math and

engineering. When not at school, she volunteers with the Mis-sissippi Robotics Competition, Star Youth Association, Missis-sippi Food Network and is also a tutor. For any girls who want to study in the STEM fi eld, Blakely says: “Never be afraid of doing what you’re good at.” —Amber Helsel

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to use their passions to transform the world. When asked why she chose this organiza-tion, Rahman, who is president of the chapter, says: “Everything can be solved, and most of the time, it’s a simple solution no one thought about. We have come up with simple solutions to issues on the campus of making Jackson State a green campus through recycling efforts and sponsor-ing programs to promote racial and religious equality for all students, no matter their back-

ground.” Rahman says that another purpose of Net Impact is to “teach professional development and how to approach issues. We always want to ... ask questions for people to think about.” In addition to her Net Impact group, Rah-man is also in the International Student Asso-ciation at JSU. She says that she fi nds peace of mind at the JSU Plaza because so much is going on. The computer engineering major has big

plans for her return to Southeast Asia. She plans to continue her work and use the impor-tant aspects of American culture and leader-ship she has come in contact with to positively impact not just Bangladesh, but the entire Southeast Asian community. “This is about more than just my country,” Rahman says. “I will always have a vision and will always look to help people understand each other despite their differences.” —Greg Pigott

J. David Lewis knows a thing or two about Jackson. He grew up in the Bel-

haven neighborhood and only went out of the area to attend Mississippi

State University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in architecture in 2015. While traveling around the country with his family and for fi eld trips with MSU’s School of Architec-ture, Lewis observed the way cities are planned, interconnected trail systems through neighborhoods and how their parks are used. He envisions a Jackson where these city elements are not only pos-sible but probable. Lewis, 24, currently serves on the board of Team JXN, an organiza-tion that focuses on positive stories surrounding urban development in

the city. Quarterly community ques-tion-and-answer sessions, often com-bined into a luncheon environment, provide a conduit for city residents, new and old, to network with one an-other and businesses, leading to eco-nomic and social growth. The orga-nization also has after-hours events about six or seven times a year right now, though Lewis says it hopes to eventually have them once a month. Team JXN believes that interconnec-tivity can strengthen the city’s com-munity and economics; however, Lewis personally believes that the center of interconnectedness should be downtown. While the other neighborhoods are important, a strong city starts with a strong downtown. “There is a real desire to live downtown, espe-cially among young people, and just not enough living space,” he says. Lewis describes himself as a “student of the city.” He drives folks around town to show them neighbor-hoods, restaurants, schools, parks and other sites new residents are in-terested in when relocating. He tries to talk about Jackson as much as possible and believes starting a posi-tive dialogue can counter negative perceptions that often dog the city. “Jackson is like a blank canvas where creativity can be unlimited,” he says. On May 16, he started in his position as an intern for the Greater Jackson Arts Council. —Mike McDonald

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JuneGlow in the Park 5k run/walk When: June 18, 8:30 p.m. run start Where: Old Trace Park (Post Road, Ridgeland) What: This year, Glow in the Park has added a glowing theme to its events, which means that while you run, you can light up the night. For race packets, par-ticipants will receive items such as a T-shirt, glow paint, finger lights and a glow necklace. Regis-ter online through race day. Cost: The prices for indi-viduals range from $35 to $50 de-pending on registration time, and teams cost $25 to $45 and require a minimum of four people. Charity: Gogo’s Breast Cancer Foundation, which is a nonprofit that helps women and men diagnosed with breast can-cer. The organization provides tips and tricks for chemotherapy, products that may save eyelashes and eyebrows, emotional support to those affected and more. More information: glowintheparkrun.com

winGs like eaGles 5k and Fun run When: June 18, 8 a.m. start Where: Clyde Muse Cen-ter at Hinds Community College Rankin Campus (515 Country Place Pkwy., Pearl) What: Help out young people and get some exercise at the same time. The run and walk will begin

at 8 a.m., and the one-mile fun run will start immediately after the 5K. Cost: $25 March 9-June 11, $30 June 12-18 Charity: Pearson Baptist Church youth group

“Celebrate summer” raCe When: June 1-30, whenever you want Where: Wherever you want What: This isn’t a normal 5K in the sense of gathering together for a one-day run. To participate, you register and then run, walk or even crawl throughout the month of June. After the month is over, Run Bling Repeat, which is putting on the event, will mail participants a medal.

Cost: $29 Charity: Skin Cancer Founda-tion. If 5,000 people sign up for the race, Run Bling Repeat will have met its fundraising goal of $15,000. More information: runblingrepeat.com

5k For $5 When: June 16, July 21, Au-gust 18, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Where: TBA What: Run or walk the 5K and donate $5 to a local ministry. Charity: TBA Website: stinkyfeetathletics.com

Augusthead For the Cure When: Aug. 13, 8 a.m. Where: Madison Healthplex Performance Center What: A 5K for brain cancer research. The race begins at 8 a.m., and the Kid’s Fun Run begins at 9:15 a.m. Cost: $25 through June 29, $30 from June 30 to Aug. 10, $40 for day-of registration, $15 for the kids run. Charity: Head for the Cure Foundation, which raises aware-ness and funding for research in fighting against brain cancer Website: headforthecure.org

septemberColor Vibe 5k When: Sept. 3, 9 a.m. Where: Northpark Mall (1200 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland) What: If you like color and running (or walking), this race

is for you. Participants will go through different color zones and then a dance party and color throw at the end. Cost: Individual runners are $60, team runners are $65 and kids are free. If participants sign up on the day of the event, the prices are higher. Charity: Children’s Advocacy Centers of Mississippi, which helps families deal with child abuse. Website: thecolorvibe.com

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Help out at local animal adoption events such as ones for Community Animal Rescue & Adoption, the Animal Rescue Fund of Mississipi and Mississippi Animal Rescue League.

Donate duffel bags, suitcases and other luggage for children to Mississippi

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A room full of astonished dinner guests gasps as someone mysteriously drops dead on the floor. The lights slowly dim as one question lingers in the air: “Who did it?” Of course, that’s just another

night for Keni Bounds, writer, actress and co-owner of The Detectives Comedy Dinner Theatre. Since starting the troupe in 2009, Bounds and her business partner, Eric Riggs, have maintained their company’s success by using crowd interactivity as one of the leading ploys for comedy shows. The two actors met while working together with another acting group. After discovering that they both had an interest in boisterous humor, they decided to combine Bounds’ acting background along with Riggs’ comedy chops to create The Detectives. Bounds says their shows are unlike most dinner-theater performances because they focus less on mys-tery and more on making guests laugh. “One thing about dinner theater is that it’s all kind of corny and all kind of funny,” she says. “So we were like, ‘Why can’t this be focused more on comedy?’ We have a smarter type of humor, and our mystery stinks, but we’re so funny that nobody really cares.” Unbeknownst to many Mississippians, the state has had an active dinner-theater community since the William Carey University’s Carey Dinner Theatre de-buted in Hattiesburg in 1975. “I think most people don’t look at dinner theater as real theater, and that’s why it has taken so long for Mis-sissippi, but I believe it’s hard anywhere,” Bounds says.

Bounds and Riggs act in each performance and write all of their own scripts, refreshing their show arse-nal every few months. Their writing process begins with a basic premise, and then the two exchange ideas until the final product is complete. Writing a new script takes one to two weeks, and The Detectives usually write about four new plays per year. They currently have more than 25 different scripts, each with a different twist and tale. The shows each rely on a four-person ensemble, but they allow their audience members to participate by filling in minor roles throughout the show. Bounds says engagement is ideal for a successful performance because it keeps the crowd invested. “We try to include the audience. It’s a reason why all of them are (funny) though, so we like to have fun with them,” she says. The ensemble travels throughout the Jackson metro area, performing regularly at Signa’s Grille, the Iron Horse Grill, Anjou, Kismet’s Restaurant & Cater-ing in Brandon, and Char, which Bounds says is the troupe’s “home base”—they book up to four shows there a month. The Detectives also frequently travel to other venues throughout the Southeast and perform for private events. Bounds says the most difficult part of getting in-volved with the dinner-theater world is simply getting started. “Stop thinking about it and do it,” she says. For more information, call 601-291-7444 or visit thedetectives.biz.

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The Detectives Comedy Dinner Theatre has put on plenty of original productions over the years. Here are a few of the troupe’s most recent shows you might have missed.

“The Reunion”Former students and faculty at a high-school reunion rehash their less-than-perfect pasts.

“Couples Retreat”A husband and wife face off against relationship problems, but their counseling may make for different problems entirely.

“The Delivered”Join the reception of a newlywed couple that has its hands full with the bride’s disapproving family of rednecks.


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While plenty of musicians use the first months of a new year to kick off re-cording projects or plan

performances, Jackson native Jason Gibson took a different approach. He turned down multiple singing engage-ments for his gospel group, Destiny Project, to focus on the “business” of the music business—something that didn’t seem all that important when he first started his ministry five years ago at age 19. “Starting off, you know you’re good at it, you know this is kind of your niche, but you aren’t really con-cerned with the business side,” he says. “It’s just, ‘I’m ready to get on-stage! Let’s go, y’all! We can sing, so let’s go sing.’” In 2015, Gibson accepted a position as the praise and wor-ship leader for Jackson Revival Center, which has allowed him to attend several major conventions and seminars, such as T.D. Jakes’ Project Gideon Mentorship Confer-ence and Tye Tribett’s The Chosen: Music Mentorship Program. He says these have helped him reach a better understanding of leader-ship and the business aspect of ministry, including copyright law. When churches and organizations first began requesting Destiny Project for events, Gibson says, he didn’t even realize that the group should be compensated. “Once I started getting into recording and everything was coming out of my pock-et, it was like, ‘OK. I know it’s not supposed to go like this. I don’t think I’m supposed to be performing for free and paying for every-thing,’” he says with a laugh. Now, to book the group, clients fill out an artist request form, which lays out the varying options for booking Gibson and Destiny Project, from a solo performance to a full-band concert. However, he says, min-istry still comes first. The form features a

clause stating that if churches don’t have the resources to pay for a performance, Gibson is willing to speak with them to find a more attainable fee. That’s another place where his recent business training has come into play, he says. “It comes to that discernment factor,” Gibson says. “Some people try to take advan-tage of that. You just want to be as prayerful as you can. You don’t want people who would take advantage of it to kind of suck you dry because that has an overlapping effect on the people who really don’t have (resources) but do have the need.” Jacksonians may have seen a few less

Destiny Project performances in 2016 so far, but Gibson has still been onstage plenty, albeit in a different setting. This year alone, he has already completed five speaking and preaching engagements, which he says will become a more consistent part of his min-istry in the future. At the same time, music remains his focus. He says supporters can expect plenty of new gospel tunes shortly, as he hopes to release more recordings this summer and will soon get back to booking Destiny Project performances. For more information, find Jason Gibson and Destiny Project on Facebook or email [email protected].

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Jackson singer and songwriter Jason Gibson began focusing on the business aspect of his music ministry and his gospel group, Destiny Project, this year.

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’90s Hip-Hop Exhibition June 1-4, 8:30 a.m. -5 p.m., at Gallery1 (One University Place, 1100 John R. Lynch St., Suite 4). Includes hip-hop music, graffiti art and a sneaker display. Free, donations welcome; call 601.960.9250; jsums.edu/gallery1arts.

WWE Live June 11, 7:30 p.m., at Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St.). Wrestlers include Roman Reigns, A.J. Styles, Charlotte, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler and Ric Flair. $15-$95; call 800.745.3000; wwe.com.

The Joking Around Comedy Show Featuring Kountry Wayne June 18, 8 p.m., at Wahabi Shrine Center (4123 Interstate 55 S. Frontage Road). Kountry Wayne is a comedian and Internet

superstar. Other performers include Big Sean Larkins, Nardo Blackmon, Skipper Da Comic, Kajuan Claiborne and Rita B. Doors open at 7 p.m. $20, $30 reserved, $40 VIP; call 601.709.7894; email [email protected]; eventbrite.com.

Tiki Tuesday June 16, 4-9 p.m., at Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Ave., Suite 201). Enjoy special tiki-inspired food and drinks on the patio on third Thursdays. Food for sale, prices vary; call 601.982.2899; saltinerestaurant.com.

Mississippi Comic Con June 25, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., June 26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). The two-day event includes vendors, artists, fan groups and special guests such as actor Ernie Hudson (“Ghostbusters”), actress Rochelle Davis (“Grotesque”), Johnny Yong Bosch

(“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”) and more. $15, $5 ages 3-8, ages 2

and under free, $25 two-day pass; call 601.354.7051;

mississippicomic con.com.

“The Robber Bridegroom” June 1-4, 7:30 p.m., June 5, 2 p.m., at New Stage Theatre (1100 Carlisle St.). The Mississippi bluegrass musical is about a robber who courts the daughter of a rich planter. $28, $22 students; call 601.948.3533, ext. 222;

newstagetheatre.com.

An Evening with Chris Robinson Brotherhood June 15, 7:30 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). Chris Robinson, former lead singer for the Black Crowes, leads the rock band. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $30 in advance, $35 at the door, $3

surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601.292.7121; email [email protected]; ardenland.net.

2016 Mississippi Craft Beer Festival June 24, 5-9 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The VIP hour is from 5-6 p.m., and the general public attends from 6-9 p.m. Sample more than 100 beers from 28 breweries. Flow Tribe performs

at 9 p.m. (combination ticket available). Volunteers are welcome and receive free admission (must sign up). $30 in advance, $35 day of event, $10 designated driver; combination ticket for concert: $40 in advance, $45 at the door; call 601.292.7121; email [email protected]; ardenland.net.

All Are Welcome! All Belong! June 4, 11 a.m., at Chokwe Lumumba Center for Economic Democracy (939 W. Capitol St.). Attendees celebrate a welcoming Jackson with art, spoken word and stories. Free; find the event on Facebook.

Juneteenth Festival June 18, 1-7 p.m., at Battlefield Park (953 Porter St.). The

festival is a celebration of the final freeing of slaves on June 19, 1865. Includes games, sports, music, arts and crafts, speakers, a health fair and a legal fair. Vendors and sponsors welcome. Free; call 601.397.1671 or 601.942.7182; email [email protected].

History Is Lunch June 29, noon,

at William F. Winter Archives and History

Building (200 North St.). Author Richard Grant discusses his book, “Dispatches from Pluto.” Free; call

601.576.6998.

Jackson area events updated daily at Jfpevents.com. post your own events or send info to [email protected]

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2016 Dialogue CirclesOngoing for adults and youth, see websiteJackson 2000 presents dialogue circles, a series of facilitated, curriculum-based discussion sessions that can open minds, change hearts and build lasting friendships. Thanks to The Nissan Foundation for their generous support.

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2016 Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest July 1, 6 p.m., July 2-3, 7 a.m., at Canton Multipurpose Complex (501 Soldier Colony Road, Canton). The event features balloon races, fi reworks, food and more benefi ts the Good Samaritan Center. Celebrate America Balloon Glow is July 1 at Northpark Mall in Ridgeland. Free; call 601.859.4358; ballooncanton.com.

MASI Summer Golf Tournament July 11, 11:30 a.m., at Reunion Golf and Country

Club (150 Greensward Drive, Madison). The Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers is the host. Includes lunch, an awards party and music from Andrew Pates. $200, $150 members; call 601.354.0199; masiweb.org.

‘sipp Sourced with Chef Nick Wallace July 21,

11 a.m.-2 p.m., July 21, 5:30 p.m., July 22-23, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Order from a pop-up menu featuring products from Mississippi sources. Food prices vary; call 601.960.1515; msmuseumart.org.

Family Fireworks Extravaganza July 4, 5-9:30 p.m., at Traceway Park (200 Soccer Row, Clinton). The family-friendly event features music from Little Big Town and the

Kimberlee Helton Band, children’s activities, food, fi reworks and more. Free admission, $8 parking fee; call 601.924.6082; clintonparksandrec.com.

4Platinum Productions Barrel Racing Competition July 22-24, at Kirk Fordice Equine Center (1207 Mississippi St.). Equestrians compete for cash prizes. Competitors must register. Free for spectators; call 228.860.8104; email

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Farm Bureau Watermelon Classic July 4, 7:30 p.m., at Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (1152 Lakeland Drive). The annual race includes a 5K run/walk and a one-mile fun run. Watermelon and beverages served after the race. Registration in advance required. $20

5K, $15 fun run ($5 price increase after June 29); call 601.982.8264; msfame.com.

4 2016 Corvette Classic July 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). See more than 100

Corvettes. Also includes vendors, a silent auction, music and more. $5 suggested donation; call 601.862.7560;

email [email protected].

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July Art Show July 28, 5 p.m., at Brown’s Fine Art and Framing (630 Fondren Place). See works from artist Chad Mars. Free; call 601.982.4844;

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Ice Cream Safari July 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Local media celebrities and special guests serve fl avors of Blue Bunny ice cream for your votes. Admission TBA;

call 601.352.2580; jacksonzoo.org.

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USA IBC Grand Prix Reunion Gala July 16, 7:30 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). Includes a performance from Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia. Admission TBA; usaibc.com.

Community Bike Ride July 29, 6 p.m., at Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative (2807 Old Canton Road). Bikers ride to a different destination on the last Friday of each month.

Jackson Bike Advocates is the sponsor. Free; call 601.366.1602; email [email protected]; follow Jackson Bike Advocates on Facebook.


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History Is Lunch July 13, noon, at William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Author Jim Woodrick discusses his book, “The Civil War Siege of Jackson.” Free; call 601-576-6998.13

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History Is Lunch Aug. 3, noon, at William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Eric Pritchard speaks on the topic, “Vicksburg

Fashion Designer Patrick Kelly.” Free; call 601.576.6998.

3Splash Back to School Aug. 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Jackson Zoo (2918 W. Capitol St.). Includes water slides, a dance party, face painting, information from vendors and a school supply giveaway. Included with admission (Adults: $10.25, $9.25 seniors and military, $7.25 ages 2-12, children under 2 and members free); call 601.352.2580; jacksonzoo.org.

Nourish Your Noggin Educational SeriesAug. 18, 10-10:45 a.m., at St. Catherine’s Village (200 Dominican Drive, Madison). The Alzheimer’s Association co-hosts the event. Attendees learn strategies for maintaining a healthy brain, signs of

dementia and caregiver tips. Free; call 601.987.0020; email [email protected].

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Fondren’s First Thursday Aug. 4, 5-10 p.m., in

Fondren. Studio Chane hosts the mostly monthly neighborhood event, and the main focus will be the arts for 2016. Includes shopping, food vendors, live music, open houses, a pet adoption drive and more. Free; call 601.720.2426; fft.city.

4The Premier Bridal Summer Show: Weddings and Celebrations Aug. 14, 1-4 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). The event includes door prizes, samples and consultations with wedding professionals. No strollers allowed. $15 in advance, $20 at the door; VIP: $45 in advance,

$50 at the door; call 601.957.1050; thepremierbridalshow.com.

Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival Aug. 19-20, 6 p.m., at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). This year’s headliners include T-Pain on Aug. 19 and Kenny “Babyface”

Edmonds Aug. 20. The extensive performer lineup also includes Lalah Hathaway, Morris Day and the Time, SilaS, Tiger Rogers, Akami Graham, Bobby Rush and more. Doors open at 5 p.m. Admission TBA; call 800.745.3000; jacksonrhythmandbluesfestival.com.

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Fashion Week: Patrick Kelly’s JSU Homecoming Opening Aug. 15, at Gallery1 (One University Place, 1100 John R. Lynch St., Suite 4). See seven of JSU Alum and Vicksburg native Patrick Kelly’s pieces that are going into JSU’s

archive collection. Also see contributions from fashion photographers, makeup artists, shoe cobblers and designers. Includes fashion-related workshops. Exhibit hangs through Sept. 2. Free, donations welcome; call 601.960.9250; email [email protected]; jsums.edu/gallery1arts.

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Music in the City Aug. 23, 5:15 p.m., at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). In Trustmark Grand Hall. Enjoy a cash bar at 5:15 p.m., and a musical performance from Jason Mathena, Tracy Carter and John

Paul at 5:45 p.m. Free, donations welcome; call 601.960.1515; msmuseumart.org.

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30th Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza Aug. 5, 2-8 p.m., Aug. 6, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Aug. 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). The Mississippi Wildlife Federation event to kick off the hunting season includes more than 200 vendors, demonstrations and more. Free for ages 12 and under on Kids’ Day, Aug. 5. $10, $5 ages 6-12, children 5 and under free, $20 weekend; call 601.605.1790; email [email protected]; mswildlife.org.

History Is Lunch Aug. 17, noon, at William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). Author J. Lee Annis Jr. discusses his book, “Big Jim Eastland: The Godfather of Mississippi.” Free; call 601.576.6998.

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Mississippi Writers Guild Conference Aug. 5, 9 a.m., Aug. 6, 8 a.m., at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus (11 Co-Lin Circle, Natchez). Aug. 5, Richard Wright Day is from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and the conference kicks off at 5 p.m. The keynote speaker is author Greg Iles. Activities continue Aug 6 with workshops and an awards luncheon. Fees vary per event; call 442.0980; mississippiwritersguild.com.

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Mississippi Craft Show Aug. 27, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Aug. 28, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). The fi fth annual event includes handmade art and crafts for sale, entertainment and more. Proceeds benefi t

9 Lives Cat Rescue, Mississippi Horses and Copiah Animal Shelter. Tickets sold at

the door (cash only). $7, ages 12 and under free; call 601.790.0654; email [email protected]; mscraftshow.com.

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