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In this issue

  • Trends: Outdoor Furniture

    Wednesday, December 20, 2023

    After a two-year hiatus from outdoor living and entertaining in your own backyard, thanks to the pandemic we’ll never forget, there’s a feeling of new beginnings as Madison countians are taking back this spark of normalcy by refreshing their patio surroundings. 

  • Madison man’s art of luxury cigar rolling perfected

    Wednesday, December 20, 2023

    Anu Amen-Ra has perfected the art of hand-rolling fine cigars, including nearly half a decade of trips to Cuba and working in the famous Trinidad factory in Havana, and turned it into a luxury service.

  • Snakebite

    Wednesday, December 20, 2023

    “Lovely day for a Guinness,” reads the old Guinness ads with a toucan balancing an iconic glass of the stuff on his beak.

  • Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet stages new production: “Wizard of Oz” 

    Wednesday, December 20, 2023

    Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet (MMB) presents a new production of Charles Maple’s “Wizard of Oz” on April 2 and 3 at Jackson Academy Performing Arts Center. Featuring Maple’s inventive choreography, exquisite costumes and dynamic sets, this presentation of the classic story is sure to please audience members of all ages.  

  • Mississippi's Master Duck Call & Burl Bowl Maker

    Wednesday, December 20, 2023

    During a recent unseasonably warm afternoon, I decided to explore the backroads surrounding the thriving little town of Flora in Madison County. These trips are always a success that finds me weighed down with farm fresh eggs and sweet raw honey from roadside stands and farms throughout the area. The bonus on this particular outing was a chance meeting with Tim Hutson, a retired Mississippi attorney and avid sportsman who has reinvented himself as a local artisan of considerable note and talent.

  • Painter Chad Mars – Curator of Happy Accidents of Abstract Art

    Wednesday, December 20, 2023

    Chad Mars has been painting seriously for a decade, but he doesn’t use a brush. Instead, he finds his artistic tools at places like Lowe’s. His talents are “organizing the accidents into something that makes sense,” he says.

  • Editor's Picks

    Saturday, June 17, 2023

    Books: Editor's Picks