Our Jackson Table: Spring 2016 Recap
Our Jackson Table: Spring 2016 Recap

We've had a blast getting a taste of some of Jackson's finest restaurants, new and old, during our first season of Our Jackson Table! Check out these first thirteen stops we've made throughout the spring, then join us for even more local cuisine this summer.

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Reviews, GuidesKatie Howerton#OurJacksonTable, Jackson TN, Tennessee, West Tennessee, restaurant, local restaurant, food truck, local, local business, business, El Mariachi Tacos, taco, Catfish Cabin, catfish, Grubb's Grocery, downtown Jackson, sandwich, soup, salad, Brooksie's Barn, buffet, Blue Box Eatery, barbecue, Picasso Bistro & Pizzeria, pizza, Woodstock Bake Shop, cupcake, Padharo Sa, Indian, ComeUnity Café, La Cubanita, West Tennessee Farmers' Market, Cuban, empanada, El Primo Express, Mexican, The Baker's Rack, bakery, Katie Howerton, Asia Garden, Asian, sushi
A View from the Cheap Seats
A View from the Cheap Seats

In the middle of what to some could be considered poetic chaos, there is a disarray of hotel bookings, bus scheduling, vendor organization, food and beverage orders, and official players rosters yet to be released. All those are made by one man. I sat down with Jason Compton, General Manager of the Jackson Generals, who is now in his seventeenth season with the team. The Major League Baseball season has already begun, but the Generals begin on April 7.

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StoriesGuest ContributorJackson TN, Tennessee, Jeremiah Coggins, baseball, Our Jackson Home: The Magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 2, athletics, sports, Jackson Generals, Seattle Mariners, entertainment, Jason Compton, General Manager, Major League Baseball, West Tennessee, fun, team, Jim Bouton, family, event
A Conversation With: Bobby C. Rogers
A Conversation With: Bobby C. Rogers

I’m seated by a floor-to-ceiling window in a Memphis coffee shop waiting for a former professor of mine. Memphis, because it’s his home turf. I watch the passersby coming and going on this sunny Saturday, and as I’m looking outside, I see Bobby C. Rogers turning the corner of Cooper and Cowden. He is a professor of English at Union University.

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StoriesJosh GarciaJackson TN, Tennessee, Josh Garcia, writing, poetry, Union University, Memphis TN, Bobby C. Rogers, teacher, professor, teaching, National Endowment of the Arts, Witter Bynner Fellow, Social History, Laureate Charles Wright, literature, The South, the arts, Charlottesville VA, McKenzie TN, West Tennessee, Chekhov, culture, Peter Taylor, George Garrett, University of Virginia, William Eggleston, William Faulkner, Jeanne Leiby, Southern Review, Charles Wright, Phil Levine, Adrienne Rich, Claudia Emerson, A Night of Storytelling, A Night of Storytelling Spring 2018
A Safe HUB for the Summer
A Safe HUB for the Summer

When I moved to Jackson to attend Union University, I had no connections to the community. I didn’t know anyone who lived here and planned to escape Jackson as soon as I got my degree. A few weeks into my freshman year, one of my professors gave his class two options: we could write a ten-page research paper, or we could volunteer for a couple hours a week throughout the semester at an after-school program called the HUB Club.

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StoriesGuest ContributorJackson TN, Tennessee, downtown Jackson, Area Relief Ministries, ARM, summer, camp, HUB Club, non-profit, nonprofit, kids, children, Union University, Ariel McGahey, community, Hillcrest Circle, neighborhoods, East Jackson, tutoring, reconciliation