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Update: New Stage Theatre has canceled all remaining performances of “Pipeline,” through March 22, in the wake of Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s declaration of a state of emergency for Jackson and prohibitions of gatherings of more than 50 people, based on Centers for Disease Control information and concerns of COVID spread. Other activities will be postponed until further notice. Visit for details and more information.
A fiercely devoted mother and teacher, her son’s angry outburst and a broken education system that could doom his fate — all are in the “Pipeline” spotlight. But illuminated alongside its hot button core issue, are the pressures, passions and sometimes clashing perspectives of people caught up in it.
New Stage Theatre presents “Pipeline” March 10 through March The production marks the regional premiere of the play by Dominique Morisseau, one of the top produced playwrights in the country in recent years; she’s also the writer of “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations” on Broadway and a writer on TV’s “Shameless.“ Lincoln Center Theater’s production of “Pipeline” aired on PBS in
“Dominique Morisseau … believes in having theater serve as a mechanism for starting
conversation, and addressing problems” and social issues, says Francine Thomas Reynolds, New Stage artistic director and director of this production. “I like this play because it asks a lot of questions. And, it doesn’t really leave you with a lot of answers.”
Not that it leaves an audience hanging. But, it will likely leave them talking.
The education, care, protection and preparation of young people, particularly African-American youth, is at the heart of the drama. Nya (Sharon Miles) is a committed teacher in an inner-city public high school, and a divorced mother hoping to give her son, Omari (Devin Hunter), more and better opportunities through a private boarding school upstate.
When an altercation at the private school threatens that future, Nya has to co
Jackson State University
Juried Student Art Competition
Ayer Hall Gallery, Margaret Walker Center
Thursday, October 3 &#; Thursday, November 7,
Let Us March On
Lee Friedlander and the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Civil Rights Photography Exhibition
Johnson Hall Art Gallery
Sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council
Through November 1,
Student Roundtable featuring
Juan McFarland, MA candidate, History, JSU
April Blevins, PhD candidate, Public History, MTSU
William Kelly, recent graduate, Media Journalism, JSU
Johnson Hall Art Gallery
6 p.m., Tuesday, September 10,
Panel Discussion featuring
Monique Davis, Director, CAPE, Mississippi Museum of Art
Jimmy Mumford, Chair, Department of Art, JSU
Mark Geil, Associate Professor, Department of Art, JSU
Johnson Hall Art Gallery
6 p.m., Tuesday, September 24,
Gallery Talk
Eric Etheridge, Photographer
Johnson Hall Art Gallery
6 p.m., Tuesday, October 29,
Contested Congressional Election of Annie Devine,
Fannie Lou Hamer, and Victoria Gray
March on Washington Film Festival
Jack Morton Auditorium, George Washington University
7 p.m., Wednesday, September 25,
River Road on the Mississippi
Roy Lewis Documentary Photography Exhibition
Ayer Hall Gallery, Margaret Walker Center
Through September 25,
New Symphony of Time
Grand Opening and Discussion
Art and Coffee with MWC Director Robert Luckett
Mississippi Museum of Art
10 a.m., Saturday, September 7,
Association of African American Museums
Annual Meeting
Roots of Revolution: Reaching Back | Pushing Forward
Jackson, Mississippi
August ,
Margaret Walker Mississippi Writers Trail
Marker Unveiling
Ayer Hall, Jackson State University
a.m., Monday, July 8,
Jubilee Picnic
Ayer Hall, Jackson State University
Immediately following unveiling
&#;Everywhere with Roy Lewis&#;
Photography Exhibition
A Conversation: Mark Geil and Redell Hearn
Johnson Hall Art Gallery
p.m., June 6,
49th Gibbs-Green Commemoration TULSA – A returning letterwinner … – Played in 10 games and had five starts as a true freshman … had two solo tackles at No. 10 Oklahoma State in his first collegiate game … started his first career game at Toledo, and had his first TFL for -2 yards … then started against New Mexico … had a season-high eight tackles against Navy … missed the Houston and Temple games with an injury … returned at UConn and had four stops and his first career sack for -5 yards. DIRECTORS | Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman, Stuart Samuels PRODUCERS | Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman, Stuart Samuels CAST | May Pang, John Lennon, Julian Lennon "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story&#; explores the month relationship () that John Lennon spent with May Pang, his Chinese American assistant turned lover (on Yoko Ono&#;s insistence). With May's help, Lennon reunited with his son Julian and had his most artistically and commercially productive period post-Beatles - with the albums "Mind Games", "Walls and Bridges" which included his only #1 Hit Single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", "Rock and Roll" and collaborated with Elton John, David Bowie, Harry Nilsson, Mick Jagger, and Ringo to name a few.&#; Pang chronicles it all revisiting her younger self, a naïve year old experiencing her first, unforgettable love. SCREENINGS:&#; Online, Friday, June 10, , PM&#; Purchase your passes HERE
Jackson State University
Gibbs-Green Memorial
HIGH SCHOOL – Was a four-year letterwinner and four-year starter on both offense and defense in high school … spent his junior and senior seasons at Lincoln Christian Academy, and his first two years at Henryetta High School … played H-Back and tight end on offense and tackle on defense … was credited with tackles, 15 sacks, 17 QB hurries, four caused fumbles and two fumble recoveries in his two years at Lincoln Christian … was a second-team all-metro selection as named by the Tulsa World … named to the all-VYPE Magazine first team for the Tulsa area … earned Tulsa World honorable mention all-state honors … played in only eight games and was credited with 80 tackles, 27 TFLs, 16 QB hurries and eight sacks his senior season … caught 4 passes for 96 yards and a TD on offense … ranked No. 22 on The Oklahoman’s Super 30 for … named to the OCA Class 3A East all-star team … was ranked No. 22 on the state of Oklahoma list … had a 3-star ranking by … also lettered three-years in baseball … high school coach was Darren Melton.
PERSONAL – Lists the Dallas Cowboys, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Texas Rangers as his favorite professional sports teams … favorite movie is Step Brothers … his favorite sports movie is Little Big League … kinesiology is his favorite class at TU … favorite actor is Chris Pratt … his mom ran track at Northeastern State … his celebrity crush is Jennifer Lawrence … the most famous person that he’s ever met is Troy Aikman … the person, dead or alive, he would most