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JXN Restaurant Week Promotes the City’s Culinary Landscape
Visit Jackson has organized a week-long series of themed events named JXN Restaurant Week to highlight Jackson’s culinary Landscape.
Aliyah Veal
February 22, 2024
Visit Jackson has organized a week-long series of themed events named JXN Restaurant Week to highlight Jackson’s culinary Landscape.
Preston Wallace recently stood in the middle of Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., wearing a Spider-Man costume that he bought from Amazon. His cousin stood
“Bluey’s Big Play” will be traveling across America through 2023, stopping in Jackson, Miss. for two shows on Aug. 28 and Aug. 29 at Thalia Mara Hall.
John Watzke says that he hopes his drive-in theater will offer coastal Mississippians and visitors to the area an affordable entertainment experience so that they can make cherished memories they can share with those who attended screenings with them.
“RaDeazy” will bring laughter to the stage again on Saturday, Jan. 15, with the “We Back Laughing New Year’s Comedy Show” at The Grand Theatre (217 S. Curran Ave.) in Picayune. The show will be the first that Brumfield’s company, Herrin Drive Entertainment, has put on since October 2021, when the artist and promoter opted to take some time off from organizing events to strategize and leave his fans wanting more.
Jurassic Quest, billed as one of the largest and most realistic dinosaur exhibits in North America, is coming to the Jackson Convention Complex from Friday, Oct. 22, through Sunday, Oct. 24. The edutainment event features 100 life-size animatronic dinosaur models, dinosaur-themed rides, interactive science and art activities and informational shows from Jurassic Quest’s team of “dinosaur trainers” covering prehistoric life and fossils from around the country.
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