Annabelle Harris

Memoir turned screenplay presented by Oxford Film Festival

The Oxford Film Festival and Theatre Oxford presented a reading of “Our Josephine” at the Oxford Lafayette County Library. Screenplay director Rebecca Jernigan adapted the screenplay from Kat and Margaret King’s memoir of the same name. The twins read as themselves during the event. The screenplay follows the story from the writers’ childhoods when they […]

Student establishes $250 textbook scholarship

Joshua Mannery, the Associated Student Body (ASB) director of campus outreach, introduced a new scholarship opportunity for students to help them pay for textbooks this semester. Four recipients — Claudia Chambliss, Eliza Peters, Alexis Bass and Juanisha Finnie Kennedy — received $250 each to either pay for or reimburse them for the money they had […]

Ghostlight finishes their season with performance of “Crimes of the Heart”

Ghostlight Repertory Theatre opened the last show of their 2019-2020 performance season with “Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henly on Friday. “Crimes of the Heart” is a tragicomedy about the three Magrath sisters: Meg, Babe and Lenny. Set in Hazlehurst, the play tells the stories of the sisters’ misfortunes — especially after Babe shoots […]

International chess master defeats 10 opponents at once

Saturday afternoon, 10 people filed into the Butler Auditorium in the Triplett Alumni Center to attempt the impossible: they each sought to defeat David Ross, an International Master of Chess, in a game of chess.  While each player was attempting to defeat Ross, his goal was different. He was there to play all 10 players […]

Square Books owners open new store on 40th anniversary

On Sept. 14, Square Books and the Oxford community celebrated 40 years of Square Books with the grand opening of a new location, Rare Square Books.  Square Books is a vaunted Oxford institution. It’s welcomed authors, musicians, politicians, and everyone that falls in between, through its swinging glass door. On Saturday, they celebrated 40 years […]

Amazon’s ‘Carnival Row’ is ‘tearworthy’

As we continue on our everlasting journey to find a show that fills the gaping void left by “Game of Thrones,” pause for a moment to watch the first season of Amazon Prime’s new original series, “Carnival Row.” This series is a melting pot of genres. For those of you who loved “Game of Thrones” […]

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