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Moving nachos out of the microwave, onto the grill

Posted 7/17/2013 in Food

A pasta dinner in the time it takes to boil water

Posted 7/17/2013 in Food

Empowerment: A two-week immersion in braille can open worlds of learning for children with low vision and blindness

Posted 7/13/2013 in Community

"Look at you go, man. You're doing great!" said Wingfield Bouchard, encouraging 11-year-old Kobi Cook. Kobi is blind, but his long, tapered fingers tapped rapidly across the seven keys of the Perkins Brailler. With each stroke, the typewriter-like machine transferred raised dots of the Braille alphabet to a sheet of white paper, creating a tactile document.

Ticket sales begin for six fall-spring Lyceum Series events

Posted 7/13/2013 in Entertainment

Out and About for the week of July 14, 2013

Posted 7/13/2013 in Entertainment

The Golden Triangle is within easy traveling distance of some of the best entertainment in the South. Support arts and entertainment at home, and when you're on the road, these might pique your interest.

Community Calendar for the week of July 14, 2013

Posted 7/13/2013 in Entertainment

Southern Gardening: Stormy weather: recovery options for damaged trees

Posted 7/13/2013 in Columns

Mississippi landscapers often see favorite trees fall victim to lightning, strong winds and other elements, especially during tropical storm season, leaving the owners to make hard decisions on the trees' future health.

Being beautiful: To gray or not to gray, that is the question

Posted 7/13/2013 in Columns

Women left and right ask me about gray matters, well, because it does matter. Ever wonder why the hair color turns gray as we age? I bet it has crossed your mind a time or two. We've been plucking and dyeing gray hairs for as long as I can remember. Miss Clairol is a household name for a reason, folks.

Adele Elliott: Spies around us

Posted 7/13/2013 in Columns

Americans are in an uproar over the recent news that our government is spying on ordinary citizens. In June, the Guardian newspaper announced to the world the source of one of the most significant classified-document leaks in history.

Military brief: Jackson graduates

Posted 7/13/2013 in Community

School news: Simmons Distinguished Young Woman

Posted 7/13/2013 in Community

School news: Hester Distinguished Young Woman

Posted 7/13/2013 in Community

Club notes: JA news

Posted 7/13/2013 in Community

Just peachy: Oh, what you can do with this season's fresh peaches

Posted 7/10/2013 in Food

"Here, just taste this," said Gordon Parker, holding out a fragrant peach Monday afternoon at the Hitching Lot Farmers' Market. "Really good, isn't it?" Parker is justifiably proud of the Early Haven peaches he's hauling to the Columbus market these days (along with squash, bell peppers, tomatoes, sweet corn and blueberries).

Salad proves watermelon and feta better together

Posted 7/10/2013 in Food

Even though fruit and cheese tend to go together like soup and sandwich, the first time I saw watermelon and feta cheese paired up on a menu it struck me as very odd.

In the movies: Happenstance lands a Columbus painter and his artwork in a movie

Posted 7/6/2013 in Community

If he wasn't before, Bob Nolan of Columbus is now a firm believer in that old adage about being in the right place at the right time. The right place, as it turns out, was the garage of an apartment he and his wife have with their daughter in Franklin, Tenn. The right time was a warm day in May, when a production crew happened to be filming at the upscale apartment complex for a new motion picture.