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Desitively Bonnaroo

Bonnaroo announces its 2014 line-up...

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Snoop's upside your head and new releases...

Snoop, Swamp Babies, and new stuff...

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A ton of new releases, JazzFest, and etiquette...

JazzFest and New Releases...

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Town Hall In Ward 1 Set For Tonight

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and the City of Jackson is hosting another Town Hall meeting tonight to discuss the 1-percent local sales tax option. The meeting is set for 6 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church at 6000 Old Canton Road in Ward 1. City leaders are putting the option …

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Road Closure: Medgar Evers Blvd. Edition

The city of Jackson has announced that a portion of South Medgar Evers Boulevard will be closed for the next three days. The closure starts at the intersection known as Freedom Corner, at Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and continues south to Pocahontas Street at Society Ridge …

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Thanksgiving leftovers, new music, new releases...

Cool stuff at Morningbell, new releases and regional picks...

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City To Host Three More Town Hall Meetings

Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and the City of Jackson will host three additional town hall meetings to discuss the merits of the proposed 1-percent sales tax option currently before Jackson voters, the city announced Monday morning. Wards 1 and 2 will meet at 6 p.m. on Dec. 19 at Word and …

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60 New Albums in 2013: 20-11

Hello readers. You might remember me from my time at the JFP as the writer of the bi-monthly column “The Key of G,” where I covered local and national music, as well as just musing about different topics related to music in general. One of the things I liked to …

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Lumumba Announces Two More Town Halls

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba has announced two more town hall meetings to discuss the need for the city to pass a 1-percent sales tax hike. The first is set for 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the E-Center on the campus of Jackson State University at 1230 Raymond Road. …

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Town Hall on Sales Tax Set for Sunday

With less than two months left before Jacksonians head to the polls to decide the fate of a proposed 1-percent sales tax increase, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba is taking his message to the people. Lumumba will host a town hall-style meeting at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1 at Pearl St. African …

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This week's music...

A run-down of what's going on this week in music...

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New releases, shows, and Best of Jackson...

A run down of this weekend's shows in Jackson, some regional picks, and lots of new releases...

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Jackson, a Twentysomething's Haven

Like a proud mother watching her child's first foray into the spotlight to glowing reviews, we at the JFP love to send links around the office of national stories realizing what we already know (that Jackson is pretty cool). Here are a couple stories circling our in-boxes this week: The …

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Lucky Town Clears Zoning Hurdle, Craft Beermaking Returns to Jackson

Lucky Town Brewing Co. is reporting on its Facebook page that the startup microbrewery received unanimous zoning approval to move into a building in midtown. Lucky Town—which started making more of its own beer in 2012 after a successful Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign—is one of only a handful of breweries operating …

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Supes Continue Raiding Byram-Clinton Corridor Fund

At this morning's Hinds County Board of Supervisors meeting, supervisors distributed more than $250,000 to various recreational and other projects around the county. The money is coming from $3.5 million that had been set aside for the Byram-Clinton Parkway development project, which sparked intense debate between two board members. In …

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It's all in the Big Easy...

Despite the storm, there's some good shows in New Orleans this weekend...

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Too Much To Do...

Lots to do right here in Jackson this weekend.

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Quick Hits for Friday Night

There's usually plenty to do on Fridays in Jackson, and if you are like me, you're going to have a tough time deciding exactly which of these awesome events to attend: The city of Jackson is celebrating National Night Out on Friday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at City …

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Is This What The Water Will Look Like?

In WAPT's online video they don't identify the Jackson-area creek (is it Town Creek?) that turned into a "raging river" after today's rains, but one look at the video does force me to wonder out loud about the water quality of any lakes or riverwalk projects that we end up …

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Downtown Sets Showcase, Among Other Things

Downtown Jackson Partners is proud to announce it is partnering with the Town Creek Arts Festival to host Downtown on Display, an open house event for downtown Jackson businesses. It'll be held on October 5, 2013. From 2 - 5 PM, visitors will have the opportunity to take architectural tours, …