'Lincoln' Leads Golden Globes with 7 NominationsSteven Spielberg's Civil War epic "Lincoln" led the Golden Globes on Thursday with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
Elevator Muzak“Playing for Keeps” is a blasé work spiked with trifling comic bits and smoothed out with a mellow dilemma that works to limp the film to a predestined conclusion of awkward family bliss.
It's All About the BookThe real caretakers of the literary ecology are independent bookstores, and two of the country's most respected are in Mississippi: Lemuria Books in Jackson and Square Books in Oxford.
10 Local Stories of the WeekThere's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
A New Twist on an Old Classic For some families in Jackson and around the world, there are five seasons in the year, the fifth being The Nutcracker Season.
Blurring Lines It's a work so powerfully felt and so intensely expressed that somewhere along the way you feel better about the world.
A Christmas Tradition "'The Nutcracker' is a good first ballet for anyone to come see if anyone has never seen a ballet but is interested in the artform to see what it's all about," MMB's artistic director of 15 years, Jennifer Beasley, says.
A Polite DanceAt the Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association, couples gather to enjoy an evening spun around the dance floor.
Striving For Magic"I was trying to enter the adult society. After that happened, I realized if that was what it was all about then I didn't want to be (an adult) after all," Glennray Tutor says.
American Idiot When Davy Rothbart applied for a job at National Public Radio’s “This American Life” radio program, he was honest about his previous job experience: pizza delivery guy, ticket scalper, marijuana salesman.
McCarty’s Pottery Legacy A piece of McCarty pottery is a traditional wedding gift in the Mississippi Delta, but pieces also have been included in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection.
The Consummate PoliticianIt’s an enormous pleasure to see a movie that’s really about something and that doesn’t water down the subject to make it easier to ingest.
Global Opus The Mississippi Opera opens its 68th season with “A World of Opera.”
Fresh Ink I’ve always been fascinated by tattoos and the bold people who use their body as a canvas in order to showcase their life or passions in art.
“Playing for Keeps” is a blasé work spiked with trifling comic bits and smoothed out with a mellow dilemma that works to limp the film to a predestined conclusion of awkward family bliss.
The real caretakers of the literary ecology are independent bookstores, and two of the country's most respected are in Mississippi: Lemuria Books in Jackson and Square Books in Oxford.
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
For some families in Jackson and around the world, there are five seasons in the year, the fifth being The Nutcracker Season.
It's a work so powerfully felt and so intensely expressed that somewhere along the way you feel better about the world.
The famous postman-art-collector, Herb Vogel said, "You don't have to be a Rockefeller to collect art."
"'The Nutcracker' is a good first ballet for anyone to come see if anyone has never seen a ballet but is interested in the artform to see what it's all about," MMB's artistic director of 15 years, Jennifer Beasley, says.
At the Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association, couples gather to enjoy an evening spun around the dance floor.
"I was trying to enter the adult society. After that happened, I realized if that was what it was all about then I didn't want to be (an adult) after all," Glennray Tutor says.
When Davy Rothbart applied for a job at National Public Radio’s “This American Life” radio program, he was honest about his previous job experience: pizza delivery guy, ticket scalper, marijuana salesman.
A piece of McCarty pottery is a traditional wedding gift in the Mississippi Delta, but pieces also have been included in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection.
It’s an enormous pleasure to see a movie that’s really about something and that doesn’t water down the subject to make it easier to ingest.
The Mississippi Opera opens its 68th season with “A World of Opera.”
I’ve always been fascinated by tattoos and the bold people who use their body as a canvas in order to showcase their life or passions in art.