Arts & Culture

Lakisha Bell stands beside her food truck on March 6, 2024. Photo by Maria Ramirez. KaeB’s Italian Ice truck is eyeing to occupy space on the University of Mississippi campus. Oxford native and owner of KaeB’s Lakisha Bell started her...

Sarah Sullivan. Photo by Ashton Summers Established this spring, Women in STEM hopes to provide a comfortable, empowering space for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors who are still underrepresented in their respective fields. Co-founder and President of...

Aaron McGraw. Photo by Ashton Summers. Ole Miss Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet Aaron McGraw has fallen in love with the fun work environment and the personal guidance the program offers. The sophomore mechanical engineering major first heard...

Tucked away in Oxford is a hidden gem: Harriet Roberts, a stitching expert who teaches a craft rarely practiced in the United States.    The Boston native grew up stitching and sewing, but it was her grandmother’s embroidered chair that...

Jonathan Kent Adams arranges art in his gallery. Photo by Erin Austin Abbott. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Kent Adams. “Every time I tell someone I'm working towards an art degree, it’s always the same thing: ‘So what are you really...

The Watermellon Woman promotional poster. Photo couresty of Criterion. What do you do when your history has been erased? You create your own. In “The Watermelon Woman,” Cheryl Dunye’s groundbreaking debut film, autobiography and fiction are weaved together to create...

Avatar Aang, played by Gordon Cormier, in "Avatar: The Last Airbender." Photo courtesy of Robert Falconer for Netflix. “Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.” These opening...

Skateboarding competiton contestant Jaxon Cardell at the Old Armory Pavilion on Saturday, March 2. Photo by Isabelle Frost. Skaters of all ages gathered at the Old Armory Pavillion to compete in the first-ever Game of S.K.A.T.E. Tournament in Oxford. On...

Touring cast of "Come From Away." Photo by Matthew Murphy. The tragic story of 9/11 will be told from a new angle on Tuesday, March 5, at the Gertrude C. Ford Center in a performance of the Tony Award-winning musical...

Dani Jackson as Annie Cannon in "Silent Sky" at Meek Auditorium. Photo by Preston Cobbins. The University of Mississippi’s Department of Theatre and Film opened its first spring productions, “Silent Sky,” directed by adjunct professor of theater arts Sarah Flanagan...