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This story originally appeared in the Jackson Free Press. It was added to the Mississippi Free Press website in 2025.
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1908 Provisions – Knight Bruce 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Bellwether Church – MS Opera’s “Amahl & the Night Visitors” 3 p.m. $25, $5 students & military

Char – Big Easy Three 11 a.m.; Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Iron Horse – Tiger Rogers 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Kathryn’s – Jay Wadsworth 6 p.m.

Old Capitol Museum – “Choirs at the Old Capitol” 3 p.m. free

Olde Towne Community Church, Ridgeland – “Olde Town Christmas Concert” 6-7:30 p.m. free

Pelican Cove – Hunter & Chris noon-4 p.m.; Larry Brewer & Doug Hurd 5-9 p.m.

Shucker’s – Acoustic Crossroads 3:30 p.m.

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church – Mississippi Girlchoir Holiday Concert 3-4:15 p.m. $15

Table 100 – Raphael Semmes Trio 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dan Michael Colbert 6-9 p.m.

Wellington’s – Andy Hardwick 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippi’s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.