Still Divided Over Race?The Creative Loafing's John Sugg (from Atlanta) is back with a rather sweeping package of stories on race relations in South, with much focus on Mississippi. (Sidebar on continued efforts for justice here, but curiously doesn't mention the Dee-Moore case.)
Bonnaroo 2006 !!!June 16-18, Manchester, TN: Radiohead, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Phil Lesh, Beck, Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, Neville Brothers, Bela Fleck, Buddy Guy, Damian Marley, Ben Folds, My Morning Jacket, Steel Pulse, Cat …
Coachella 2006 !!!Indio, CA., Sat. April 29: Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Damian Marley, My Morning Jacket, Ladytron, Clap Your Hands & Say Yeah, Cat Power, Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart & more. Sun. April 30: Tool, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, …
Wilco in MeridianWilco in Concert March 15, at the Temple Theatre, in Meridian. Tickets on sale now via WILCO TICKETS. Public On Sale begins Thursday, February 3, at noon at The Temple Theatre Box Office. (601) 693-5353. 2320 8th Street.
Mayor Leads Morality RaidJackson Mayor Frank Melton took his mayoral duties into Center Folds strip club, in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Melton showed up after 1 a.m. with two other police officers and claims he found violations of the city's nudity …
DIY: Making FoccaciaFor some, cooking is a form of both physical and spiritual nourishment. In a time when it becomes more and more difficult to find a young person with the desire to cook, Ashton Deakin, 24 years old, has a passion …
More Than A PharmacyThe 1920s were a high time for the booming capital city. Jacksonians flocked to the Majestic on Capitol Street to see Douglas Fairbanks in "The Thief of Baghdad," and the Lamar Life Insurance Building (where Eudora Welty's father served as …
Missing Shannon: Family Wants ClosureAugust 29, 1999, was the last time Theresa McKinney heard from her daughter, Shannon. It was the mother's birthday, and Shannon always called her mother back home in Omaha, Neb., on holidays from wherever she was. She also regularly called …
Calling 911 For 911Last week, Ward 1 Councilman Ben Allen exploded at the idea of Jackson being shackled to an emergency communication service that may be too costly. Allen also fears the new system may be incompatible with a statewide emergency communications system …
Scared of Xenophobes?A great number of the bills pushing through the Legislature this session—more than in most years previously—deal with immigration and immigrants.