Arts & Culture

Davis Coen at Hill Country Picnic. Photo courtesy: Davis Coen Country-blues musician Davis Coen from Memphis will perform a free show at 7 p.m. tonight at Proud Larry’s. The show is a celebration of “Live at Proud Larry’s,” Coen’s first...

Graphic courtesy: Jack Walker The third Mr. University contest will be held at 7:30 tonight at the Gertrude C. Ford Center. Proceeds raised by the event go toward the 2025 senior class present — a donation to University of Mississippi’s...

The audience at Umprov in Isom Hall on Jan. 29, 2024. Photo by Lyn Moore. Umprov, the improv club at the University of Mississippi, will host the improvisation festival “Laughin’ in the Sip” at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 22, in...

Brice Stone performs as Sara Problem in the Code Pink Open Stage show at Proud Larry’s on Feb. 28, 2025. Photo by Jessica Johnson. Drag is the hardest sport, said Code Pink organizer Blake Summers. “It’s like football, but you...

  Carly Pearce, "hummingbird: no rain, no flowers" Photo courtesy: Big Machine Records Over spring break, country music’s Carly Pearce released “hummingbird: no rain, no flowers” as the deluxe edition of her critically-acclaimed fourth studio record, “hummingbird.” The new edition...

  Nadia Alexis signs a book on March 5, 2025. Photo by Christian Tolliver. Locals and literary lovers gathered at Off Square Books to celebrate the release of Nadia Alexis’ debut poetry collection, “Beyond the Watershed,” at 6 p.m. on...

Linna Zheng. Photo courtesy: Linna Zheng. Frankie Amore and Linna Zheng will take the stage to perform their student recitals at Nutt Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 7. Both artists will be accompanied by Instructor in Collaborative Piano...

The 2025 Oxford Film Festival award winners. Photo courtesy: Mary Faye Knight. Malco Oxford Commons Cinema held the 22nd annual Oxford Film Festival Feb. 27-March 2. Over the four days of the festival, nearly 100 feature and short films were...

Margie Hamilton measures fabric at her business, Oxford Quilts. Photo by: Jaylynn Conner. There were no small businesses in the Oxford area where local sewists could buy supplies and attend classes before April 2024. To temporarily fill this void, Margie...

Lauren Hill, founder and owner of The Lemon House. Photo courtesy: Bella McCormick. The University of Mississippi has a strong record of producing successful business leaders such as Jim Barksdale, Lawrence Farrington, Frank Rogers Day, Brett Babcock and others. In...