With the annual solar eclipse taking place over the weekend, several Desoto County public libraries hosted watch parties where people could see the event on special monitors. The solar event
Eddie Murphy s Son Eric Dating Martin Lawrence s Daughter Jasmin
Celebrity
In a sweet birthday tribute, Jasmin Lawrence pens she feels blessed to know Eric Murphy, while her boo gushes about being head over heels in LOVE with her in his own Instagram post. Jul 12, 2021
Eddie s son Eric Murphy and Martin s daughter
Jasmin Lawrence are an item. The couple is having no intention to keep their romance hush-hush, as she posted a loving birthday tribute to him on Instagram. Happy birthday, my love! so 25-year-old Jasmin wrote on Saturday, July 10 along with sweet pictures of her and her boo. She added, I m so incredibly blessed to know you, to love you, and to have you by my side. Cheers to many more blessings, laughs, and beautiful memories! I love you so much!!
Monika Herzig. Photo by Jim Krause
by CRAIG COLEY
Jazz has always welcomed female vocalists, but instrumentalists like Monika Herzig struggle for recognition. “Advocacy was built in from the beginning of my career,” says Herzig, a pianist who grew up in Germany. “I’m far away from anything you traditionally imagine a real jazz player is.”
Now that she is an award-winning recording artist, author, scholar, and lecturer, Herzig, 56, is in a position to advocate for women. Her all-female ensemble, Sheroes, has recorded three albums, and she is currently co-editing a book titled
Jazz and Gender (Routledge), which will be published in 2022.