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The most wonderful time of the year finally returned with the arrival of Oxford’s sixth-annual Holly Jolly Holidays on Nov. 22. This attraction at mTrade Park will host wintry festivities, such as an ice skating rink and the Walk of...

The annual Oxford Christmas Parade continued this year’s holiday season with the “12 Days of Christmas”-themed parade on Dec. 2.  The parade begins at the University of Mississippi, travels down University Avenue, through Oxford Square and concludes at North Lamar,...

Southern rock band Futurebirds played in Oxford on Wednesday, Nov. 12 to a packed crowd at The Lyric. Garnering a mix of fans ranging from University of Mississippi students to Oxford locals, the band from Athens, Ga., took the stage...

The City of Oxford hosted this year’s “Lighting of the Square” on Thursday, Nov. 13, illuminating the town center to mark the beginning of the holiday season. Oxford residents packed the Square, with crowds stretching down the roads and filling...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEnoWsyaggE The University of Mississippi’s annual Ole Miss Idol singing competition culminated with the crowning of Dasha Hollingshed, a sophomore theater arts major, as the 2025 Ole Miss Idol on Thursday night.  Hollingshed dazzled the audience with a performance of...

Patrick Woodyard went from Ole Miss to an honoree in Forbes’ “30 Under 30.” The Nashville native returned to lecture as part of the Robert C. Khayat Lecture Series, and he spoke to members of the University of Mississippi community...

The Gertrude C. Ford Center came alive with brass and bombastic rhythms as the University of Mississippi jazz ensembles, The Collegians and The Mississippians, took the stage on Nov. 8 for an evening that paid tribute to one of the...

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...

With plastic skeletons hanging from the cobwebbed ceiling and alcoholic “blood bags” selling out within The Lyric’s first hour of opening, Code Pink’s fifth-annual Halloween drag event, “Fangbanger,” on Thursday, Oct. 30 was a ghoulish delight to many. This event...

The English Department of the University of Mississippi hosted a “Cozy Reading Night” in Bryant Hall Thursday night to foster community among English majors and minors, creative writing majors and their friends.  “We have English majors, we have English minors,...