Arts & Culture

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...

Alongside the release of director Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation of the classic Emily Brontë novel “Wuthering Heights,” starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, the soundtrack of the same name from pop and electronic artist Charli xcx debuted on Friday, Feb....

Academy Award-winning British director Emerald Fennell’s latest film adapts Emily Brontë’s 1847 gothic novel “Wuthering Heights,” starring Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. Controversy over the adaptation sparked when the original casting was announced in 2024 and...

Molly Elizabeth Tompkins was honored as “Most Beautiful" out of the 62 University of Mississippi students that dazzled the crowd at the 2026 Parade of Beauties. The annual event was held at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing...

Linemen and electrical engineers worked around the clock to return power to Oxford and the University of Mississippi campus as quickly as possible after experiencing historical damage from Winter Storm Fern in January. Shedd Castle is an Oxford native and...

Alex Barfield, a campus minister at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church who graduated from the university with a bachelor’s degree in integrated marketing communications in 2023, noticed something particularly encouraging in the wake of Winter Storm Fern, which plowed...

Brittany Mitchell feared for the safety of her son, Grayson, who lives four miles from the University of Mississippi campus, when Winter Storm Fern hit Oxford on Saturday, Jan. 24. His rescue, to her surprise, would come from an 18-year-old...

With the help of a dedicated team and support from the community, the Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi remained open during Winter Storm Fern to meet community medical needs.  Many staff members slept at the hospital for several days due to...

Following Winter Storm Fern, many Oxonians were left without heat or water — and with growling stomachs.  To address the needs of the community, various local restaurants gave away meals for free, including Connie’s Chicken and Loco Taco.  From Jan....

Many students were left eating whatever food they could find in their pantry — no matter how odd it might seem — during the peak impact of Winter Storm Fern. The Daily Mississippian’s Arts & Culture staff has shared the...