Arts & Culture

Students and faculty watched and discussed the critically acclaimed 2016 film, “Moonlight,” at the Luckyday Residential College’s dining hall on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 19. A panel of three faculty members with expertise in theater, film and queer studies...

The Oxford Film Festival will kick off on Feb. 26, marking its 23rd year of celebrating independent cinema. Held annually over one weekend in Oxford, the festival showcases films from around the globe, highlighting both established producers and emerging filmmakers....

“Portraits in Place,” the photography exhibition by University of Mississippi Associate Professor of Journalism Mark Dolan, debuted with an opening reception on Thursday, Feb. 19 in Barnard Observatory. The display features numerous black-and-white portraits, documenting Dolan’s journey across the South...

Seven distinguished speakers will deliver talks this year at the annual TEDx University of Mississippi event on Feb. 20. This year’s program is titled “Uncharted” and will be held at 7 p.m. at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the...

Eric Deaton is a Southern blues musician who has played across the world on many stages with numerous other artists, including The Black Keys. Five years ago, Deaton recorded his first collaboration album with The Black Keys, with their newest...

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...