NOV. 5
Art scene: Get frisky at Fondren After 5, which should benefit nicely from our finally dry and gorgeous fall weather. Fischer Galleries mounts a new show from a talented young bunch. Glass pieces by Robert Cooper ride the waves of Greek lit and myths in Tales of the Sea. Photographic images on canvas by Josh Hailey and illustrative paintings by Ginger Williams round out the show. At Brown’s Fine Art, get a first look at new alphabet prints by Lorianna Baker and Roz Roy. Check out other area galleries as well, for 5-8 p.m. receptions.
Artwork from the Jackson State University art department is showcased in a month-long show at the Arts Center of Mississippi, with works by Charles Carraway, Hyun Chong Kim, Johnnie Mae Maberry and more. An opening reception is 4:30-7 p.m.
Buy the way: Mistletoe Marketplace continues through Nov. 7 with more merchants and merry possibilities than you can shake a holly branch at. Bop down to the Mississippi Trade Mart to stock up for the holidays, from food to gifts to decor and more.
Film fun: Global Lens 2009 international film series tonight offers Morocco’s What a Wonderful World, a new vision of old culture, at 6:30 p.m. and Brazil’s MUTUM, a bittersweet coming of age film, at 8:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Friday’s movies: MUTUM at 6:30 p.m.; China’s Getting Home, a darkly humorous and moving tale of friendship, at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $5, $3 for Crossroads Film Society members. There’s also a cash bar and international cuisine.
NOV. 6
At the movies: The big screen joins the holiday rush with the release of Disney’s A Christmas Carol, a Dickens of a thrill ride with Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge.
The Fourth Kind, a psychological thriller set in Alaska, dwells on the next level of alien encounter: abduction. Milla Jovovich stars.
Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank Langella star in the horror film, The Box, about a suburban couple whose humanity is put to the test by a simple wooden box with supernatural possibilities and chilling consequences.
Welcome George Clooney back to the big screen, here with Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges in The Men Who Stare at Goats. McGregor plays a struggling reporter after a scoop on a unit of psychic soldiers.
Out and about: Legendary ’80s Jackson pop-punk garage rockers The Used Goods reunite for a gig at One to One Studio, 121 Millsaps Ave. Relive some retro wildness with ’em, or turn up and tune in anew. With special guests Signals.
Jackson State University’s homecoming hits a soulful note with its annual Greek show and concert. Turn up the volume for R&B crooners Bobby V, K’Jon and Terisa Griffin.
NOV. 7
Homecoming hoopla: Get up and out early to catch all 185 entries in the JSU Homecoming Parade in downtown Jackson.
The JSU game against Alabama State’s at 4 p.m., with post-game partying at the Jackson Convention Complex and Dreamz Nightclub.
Steppin’ out: Larry Brewer provides the music at The Auditorium while Eric Stracener and the Frustrations take the tunes to Hal & Mal’s. Ole Tavern offers T-Bird and the Breaks. Promising hip-hop talent Drake entertains at Touch Nightclub.
NOV. 8
Dramatics: Last chance for tickets to New Stage Theatre’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is for an additional performance just added to the show’s run—at 7:30 p.m. All other shows are sold out. Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm McMillin holds down the Big Daddy role in this Tennessee Williams classic.
Rodeo wear: A send-off party and trunk show for Miss Rodeo Mississippi Kelli Jackson, 2 p.m. at the Mississippi Farmer’s Market on High Street, is free and open to the public. It’s a chance for fans to wish her well in competition for Miss Rodeo America in Las Vegas in December.
