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After the success of our first Chick Jam in the summer, the Jackson Free Press is hosting Winter Chick Jam on Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. with performances by folk band Fedora Welty, punk rockers Party Dots and indie-rock band Law School.

Photography by Party Dots’ bass player Daphne Nabors, wood-burning art and clothing by Chrissy Valentine, and paintings by InkSpot tattoo artist Erica Flannes will be on display.

All proceeds from the event go to support the Center for Violence Prevention. The CVP is a private, nonprofit organization that provides support and services for women and their children involved in domestic violence situations. So far this year, the CVP has answered 450 crisis calls, housed 54 adult women clients and 80 children (including all related services), and assisted 34 non-shelter clients with case management, therapy, and other services. To learn more about the CVP or how you can help visit its Web site at http://www.mscvp.org.

The Chick Jam is an offshoot of the annual JFP Chick Ball. These events strive to bring together community leaders, artists, musicians, educators and citizens to both focus attention on women’s artistry, and provide support for domestic violence prevention and awareness efforts in the Jackson metro area.

For more information about the Chick Jam, contact ShaWanda Jacome at [e-mail missing] or 601-362-6121 ext. 16.

Hal & Mal’s Red Room
Admission $5, ages 18 and up

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All, I have to get out of the office and head to Chick Jam at Hal & Mal’s. Join us if you can. And thanks to everyone for just downright amazing conversation all week. The site and threads were on fire! Cheers, all.

#154025 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Dec 5 2009

Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer, journalist and editor from Philadelphia, Miss., a graduate of Mississippi State University and later the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was an alumni award recipient in 2021. She writes about racism/whiteness, poverty, gender, violence, journalism and the criminal justice system. She contributes long-form features and essays to The Guardian when she has time, and was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press. She co-founded the statewide nonprofit Mississippi Free Press with Kimberly Griffin in March 2020, and the Mississippi Business Journal named her one of the state's top CEOs in 2024. Read more at donnaladd.com, follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @donnerkay and email her at donna@mississippifreepress.org.