Friday, February 28
WIGGS: From Contrails to Commitment
In the two days before the shuttle Columbia disintegrated and traced that awful sparkling arc across the Texas sky, I'd already been thinking about space. On Thursday, I'd read a …
Wednesday, February 26
Music Makes Me Smile
I was taking a night off, lying in bed at 12:30 a.m listing to Muddy Waters when a thought occurred to me: It's time to bid farewell to the Subway …
Early, Early Music
"Early music" in Mississippi really started with a birthday party. Dr. Ernst Borinski, a professor of sociology at Tougaloo College since 1947, threw elaborate annual birthday parties throughout the 1970s …
Cotton Is King, by Steve Cheseborough
Eddie Cotton Jr. doesn't see any reason to leave Jackson. "Man, this town has been good to me," says the 32-year-old blues singer-guitarist. "They show appreciation. If you get to …
Feeling the Indie Pulse, by Herman Snell
Those of us old enough to remember W.C. Don's, Midnight Sun, Inez's, The Mosquito and the University Pub recall these ground-breaking Jackson music establishments with a nostalgic sigh of passing. …
SPANN: The Wacky Professor Strikes Again
"Sweetie, what do you think of all these corporate scandals?" "Well, management guru Charles Handy would posit that …" Uh-oh! The Wacky Professor strikes again!
Monday, February 24
MUSIC: Sultry and Soulful, by Courtney Lange
It's another sultry Wednesday night on Northside Drive. Women dressed to the nines and men wearing slick suits and hats sit casually at bistro tables drinking fancy, colorful drinks. Red …
Hoops Heaven
Basketball fans, your time has come. The MHSAA Boys/Girls State Tournament begins its 2-week run at the Mississippi Coliseum on Monday, Feb. 24 (schedule). Sixty teams, 12 days of action …
Another Brand Of Football (Or Should We Blame This On ESPN?)
Remember Australian Rules Football? That was a staple on ESPN back in the early 1980s before the network got rich enough to show college football, college basketball, NFL, NBA, NHL, …
Saturday, February 22
True Stories
You need to meet C.P. Ellis, a Klansman turned civil-rights activist. And Emma Knight, a jaded, feminist Miss USA. ("The only beauty queen in history that didn't cry when she …
Friday, February 21
EDWARDS: Finding My Roots
It was 1961 when my father, then 19, moved from Mound Bayou, Miss., to Milwaukee, Wis., to live with his older brother Willie. Mound Bayou was offering few if any …
Growing Pains
<i>Jackson's Music Scene Struggles for Respect, Audience</i>
Here's the thing: Jackson actually has a thriving music scene, filled with phenomenal, under-appreciated musicians and people who are working hard to give them opportunities to play.
Jimmy King
We sit on the concrete steps that protrude out of the grass on an empty lot near the corner of Pearl and Minerva, I on a white handkerchief that Jimmy …
Thursday, February 20
Jazz Supreme, by Andy Saje
For many, seven is a lucky number, representing good fortune. In jazz, the seventh chords are one of the essential building blocks of improvisation. In downtown Jackson, Seven* is the …
Singing the Gospel, by Stacia V. Hunter
I've been on the gospel scene in Jackson for almost 10 years as a gospel announcer, writer and an event planner; as a result, I've seen the ebb and flow …
Wednesday, February 19
The Silent Warrior Sounds Off
Golden State Warriors center Erick Dampier, a former Mississippi State star, made headlines in the Bay Area when he blasted his coach after a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on …
Tuesday, February 18
The Tyson Twist
There's trouble coming to River City ... maybe. A day after saying Saturday's fight in Memphis was off, heavyweight has-been Mike Tyson changed his mind and said that facial tattoo …
Monday, February 17
MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS TOURNEY JUMPS ON THE TUBE
Thurs., March 6 through Sat., March 8
For the first time ever basketball fans statewide can watch all ten state high school championship games as the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) and Mississippi Educational Broadcasting (MEB) …
Looks Of Love
We sent our roving photographer Jaro Vacek out into the night to find out what Jacksonians are wearing these days. Here are some of snapshots of fun, funky, sweet and …
Sunday, February 16
MARK WIGGS: Watching for ‘The Quiet American'
"Go see "The Quiet American" before the next war starts, if there's time, even if you have to leave Jackson in your gas-guzzling SUV to go where it's showing."
The Girl Wants Her Turn
When is it my turn to plant my views all over the grounds of the state capitol? A group called Silent No More, a national anti-abortion organization, in conjunction with …
Live at the Rodeo
After seeing the Columbia shuttle tragedy unfold on television, I walked out the door and felt the sun on my face, and smelled the warm winter air that only the …
Friday, February 14
EDITORIAL: ‘Borrow and Spend' Misguided
Those two approaches would be:
There are two major common-sense approaches that could be taken in the short-term to help the United States come out of its current recession, while paying for a looming Iraqi …
FOOD: Love, Luis Style
We would drizzle honey all over each other's bodies, then dangle strawberries between each other's lips. I would describe the whipped-cream and ice-cube part... but I can't stop snickering. Unfortunately, …
Tuesday, February 11
It's Never Too Early For Bracketology
It's February, and this is the best time of the year for college basketball fans. The ordeal of college football recruiting is past us (how did your favorite school do?), …
Monday, February 10
FOOD: Dining With Amour
Once the male praying mantis completes the mating process, his lover greedily eats him. As an expectant mother, she needs the nutrition. And she won't have to listen to him …
PERFORMANCE: Junebug Tells All
John O'Neal will perform "Don't Start Me to Talking…" at Millsaps Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m., in Room 215 of the Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex.
The Spiritual Politics of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King's birthday holiday made me think of the connection of religion with politics and the contradictions that so often result.
HeArts for a Good Cause
HeArts Against Aids, a fund-raiser, in its 11th year, that will be held at Hal & Mal's on Feb. 15.
Takin' the A Train
"The Last of the Mississippi Jukes"—will debut on the Black STARZ! cable network Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.
We, the Dougla
The show was a wild mix. Act I: Afro-Hindu Caribbean Tribal Dance. Act II: Disco Grooves and Soul Train moves. Act III: Classic European ballet based on a Russian folktale. …
Women Done Wrong
You get 10 women together, and nine of them will have a story to tell about how a man has done them wrong. Give the tenth one a little time, …
Church vs. Cars
Belhaven residents are speaking out against First Presbyterian Church's proposed plan to close Pinehurst and Belhaven streets for 30 minutes twice a day to decrease traffic in its part of …
Sally Slavinski
Sally Slavinski, 36, slides into a chair in Hal & Mal's 30 minutes before we open. She apologizes for being late, explaining that she just ran 11 miles in training …
Naked Man, Beware
Dr. S' favorite sports-themed commercial (not involving brawling babes) is the Nike ad where the streaker runs wild at the English soccer game. Now Reebok's office linebacker "Terrible" Terry Tate …
Tuesday, February 4
Get ‘Em Now
Tickets to the Mississippi State-Ole Miss Mayor's Trophy baseball game go on sale today (Tuesday, Feb. 4) at 10 a.m. at Smith-Wills Stadium. The game is scheduled for April 2. …
