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The Artisan Mixer

If you didn’t make Savvy Lifestyle and Poised PR & Events’ first Artisan Mixer, you missed a stellar event!  Check out candid moments in our Events section.

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Savvy Lifestyle Partners With Poised PR To Present The Artisan Mixer

Experience something different at The Artisan Mixer, 7p.m. Thursday, May 9 at the North Midtown Arts Center located at 121 Millsaps Avenue. “Events like this are already taking place in Richmond, Harlem and cities across the country and are having great success. We wanted to do it for our city,” shared Shameka L. Reed, publisher [...]

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Shirley Hopkins, A Courageous Girl Beating The Odds

Once upon a time there was a land of dance. In the mythical land of Goma, dance united the people. The rich and poor all danced together. Dancing made them happy. Until that fateful day when both the king and queen died in a fire and the king’s evil sister, Devorah, became the ruler. Queen [...]

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The Eldredge Knot: Creative Artistry or Short Lived Trend?

Behold, in all of its complex pageantry – The Eldredge Knot. This peculiar knot has leisurely traveled the Internet circuit over the last few months – perhaps even longer; impressing a great deal of forward-thinking gentlemen and equally confounding a multitude of others. The opinion: a dazzling exhibition of creative artistry; oran undesirable, trendy display [...]

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An Empowering Conversation With Susan L. Taylor

While our targeted demographics are different, Savvy targets young professional men and women ages 21 to 40 and Essence’s demo is African American women between 18 and 49, there lies some vast similarities in vision. Taylor was the keynote speaker for the 2012 Emerging Leaders Summit, but before her Saturday morning speech, she spent her [...]


 
 

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More Than 60,000 Working In Mississippi’s Creative Economy

Posted  June 22nd, 2012  by  savvylife

Stylist Jason Bolin got his start in the fashion industry by planning a fashion show for Urban Education Foundation, a nonprofit that provides school supplies for under privileged students. J`Bolin, as he is referred to in the fashion industry, and his wife Nicole, worked with student models and hosted the fashion show at the historic Tougaloo [...]

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Jackson Welcomes Semi-Pro Basketball Team

Posted  May 17th, 2012  by  savvylife

The Jackson Showboats, a semi-professional men’s  basketball team, officially introduce team and partners to the Jackson metro-area today. The Jackson Showboats is an  expansion team of the highly-competitive American Basketball Association league. Players who make it on the Jackson Showboats team have the opportunity to further their basketball career to the NBA, the NBA’s Development [...]

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Making A Difference While Fulfilling Her Purpose

Posted  June 16th, 2011  by  savvylife

Savvy: You don’t find many young people, especially recent college graduates, who want to work/volunteer with an organization such as the Peace Corps. What made you decide that this was the career choice for you? Woodfork: There are so many reasons I decided to work abroad. I’ve always felt like my career choices would allow [...]

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New Stage Theatre Presents For Colored Girls

Posted  May 2nd, 2012  by  savvylife

New Stage Unframed Series presents For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide Jackson, Mississippi – The Unframed Series at New Stage Theatre presents For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange May 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket price is $7.00 and tickets can only [...]

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Gone II Ghana: ‘Tis A Gift

Posted  March 21st, 2012  by  savvylife

Since moving to Accra, I must admit that Sunday has become my favorite day of the week. It is not because of the women dressed in their fancy African cloths on their way to church or the way the busy town gets quiet; it is because Sunday, inevitably, is the day that simplicity reigns in [...]

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