Arts & Culture

This year’s community film project at the 15th annual Oxford Film Festival will be “Fifteen” premiering at the Powerhouse from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Melanie Addington, the executive director of the festival and the director...

Standout pieces from African-American directors and filmmakers are making their debut in this year’s Oxford Film Festival. Two of this year’s filmmakers, Andre Hill and Astin Rocks, both showcase their different approaches when it comes to telling their stories in...

The Oxford Film Festival begins its 15th annual celebration of independent cinema today, and the organization is making sure the events are affordable and accessible to all. OFF collaborates with the University of Mississippi and its students to ensure everyone...

It’s every film fanatic’s favorite time of the year as the 15th annual Oxford Film Festival approaches quickly. The movie theaters of Oxford will be overflowing with producers, actors, filmmakers and movie enthusiasts alike to celebrate the five-day festival.  ...

The Mississippi Museum of Art curated 12 separate art exhibitions in honor of the state’s bicentennial. The Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany, only 45 minutes east of Oxford, is hosting one of these events. “Voices in the Threads:...

Howdy, everyone. I hope you guys are gearing up for the Oxford Film Festival, because it’s the theme of this week's playlist. I love movies – the good and the bad. They’re centerpoints of modern culture and have the ability...

Fall Out Boy’s seventh album, “Mania,” was released last month, and fans’ expectations were high, to say the least. After worldwide acclaim for “American Beauty/American Psycho,” an album which had four songs crack into the US Billboard Hot 100, “Mania”...

The trio is arguably at its peak: The Migos’ ascension to superstardom has truly been a sight to behold. After releasing “Culture” and striking gold with their mega hit “Bad and Boujee,” Atlanta’s favorite trio became America’s new obsession. In...

English professor Ann Fisher-Wirth and award-winning photographer Maude Schuyler Clay will bring images and voices of Mississippi to life with the launch of their book "Mississippi" this week at Off Square Books. Fisher-Wirth described the book, a collection of 47...

The Birdland All-Stars with Tommy Igoe will provide tonight’s audience at the Ford Center with a thrilling jazz performance. The Birdland All-Stars: The Art of Jazz featuring Tommy Igoe will visit Oxford as part of a 25-city tour. The concert...