This rainy Valentine’s Day evening, Mississippi musical talent performed to an intimate crowd at Exploradora Coffee off North Lamar Boulevard for the Hill Country Songwriters’ Showcase. Bringing a combination of new and traditional sounds, these Mississippians serenaded the coffee shop with their original work, telling stories of love and heartbreak. The showcase, in partnership with […]
The Powerhouse hosted performances of the cult classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show” for the movie musical’s 50th anniversary. There were two evening showings on Thursday: a family-friendly version at 7 p.m. and an adult rendition at 10 p.m. Selling two-for-one prop bags containing burnt toast, water guns, and a kazoo, the venue showed clips of […]
A different kind of trunk-or-treat came to Oxford during Thursday and Friday’s Halloween festivities: country music artist Lainey Wilson’s Golden West Boots pop-up at 925 Van Buren Avenue. The boot brand, founded in 2025 by the multi-award winning singer, has been touring with its first line of designer boots — Oxford is their first SEC […]
The Magnolia State Bonsai Club showcased cultivation work by Andy Reynolds, Cindi Stehr, Zach Adamz, Mabel Adamz and Dave Gilcrease from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m on Saturday. Upon entering the Oxford-University Depot, viewers could walk down the rows of trees, enter a raffle, chat with bonsai master Zach Adamz and watch Reynolds demonstrate proper […]
Golda McLellan presented her photography exhibition “Sharing the Past” at the Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center on Friday, Oct. 17. The exhibition centered on the experiences of community members reacting to historical sites across the South. Two years ago, McLellan met Castel Sweet, an assistant professor of practice in community engagement at the University of […]
Twenty-six of the University of Mississippi professors selected as the 2024-26 and 2025-27 Isom Fellows presented their research on topics ranging from snails to Mayan civilization during a poster showcase at the Inn at Ole Miss on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Created in 2017, the Sarah Isom Center provides a two-year fellowship that awards $4,500 per […]
Three University of Mississippi students are preparing to launch The Omnia Review, a campus magazine featuring artists who create work that represents the human spirit. Arkasha McGinness, a senior film major, Mailynn Nguyen, a senior integrated marketing communications major, and Kayt Davis, a sophomore English and economics double major, have collaborated to publish a student-run […]
Indie rock band The Bends played The Lyric on Thursday before the highly anticipated Ole Miss versus LSU game. Accompanied by opener Yazoo, the concert offered both teams’ fans a chance to enjoy musical calm before the storm of game day. “We’re from Baton Rouge, Louisiana,” Hayden Field, The Bends’ lead singer, said to the […]
Providing pizza, cookies and a microphone, the University of Mississippi Department of English hosted its first open mic night of the fall semester Thursday night at the cafe in the University of Mississippi Official Bookstore. Students presented works on a variety of topics including aliens, mother-daughter conversations and memories of childhood dogs. Fatimah Wansley, a […]
On Thursday morning, Hannah Pittard, acclaimed author and Guy M. Davenport-endowed professor of English at the University of Kentucky, spoke to an audience of English students at the University of Mississippi to promote her new book “If You Love It, Let it Kill You.” Akin to a comedian, her advice contained punchlines and her presence […]
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