Arts & Culture

With themes ranging from a New Skool vs. Old Skool Verzuz Battle to Mortal Kombat to the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” the Battle of the Greeks Step Show was a competition between alumni from eight of the Divine Nine organizations...

On Thursday, the Gertrude C. Ford Center hosted the University of Mississippi’s annual Black History Month concert.  The annual, free-to-the-public concert, which has been hosted since 2005, featured a wide-array of talented musical acts, all performing under the banner of...

Director of the University of Mississippi’s Center for Community Engagement and sociologist Castel Sweet presented at a South Talks event on Wednesday in Barnard Observatory. Sweet’s presentation was titled, “‘Does My Message Define My Role?’ Hip-Hop Artists’ Interpretation of Having...

Music is a unique entity that allows people to communicate love, emotions and thoughts in a manner that is both enjoyable and fulfilling.  illustration by Micah Crick On Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. the University of Mississippi will host the...

Actual lemons may be sour, but Lemon’s, the Memphis-based band, made a sweet impression with its Oxford debut at Proud Larry’s. Memphis based band Lemons before their show at Proud Larry's last week.Photo Courtesy / Josie Hydrick The indie rock...

The new medieval studies student group, Thegns of Oxfordshire, partnered with the Medieval Studies Minor to hold a public screening of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” this past Wednesday. More movie nights and other activities are planned for the...

As Black History Month continues, photographer and poet Nadia Alexis presented her collection of photographs “What Endures” at a SouthTalks event last Thursday. Photo Courtesy / UM Southern Studies via Twitter As African music played in the background, a crowd...

Most people walk out of the University of Mississippi’s J.D. Williams Library with books. But on Dec. 14, Mweyeria Offord walked out with a question — and an answer — for her now fiance Cellas Hayes, who used a creative...

In honor of Black History Month, the Oxford Film Festival — in cooperation with the University of Mississippi Division of Diversity and Community Engagement Department — presented a special screening and discussion of “King: A Filmed Record…Montgomery to Memphis” on...

When Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee threatened to withdraw funding from the Ridgeland Public Library for providing LGBTQ+ material in January, it ignited a media firestorm that stretched across the country and even overseas, inviting the typical criticisms of Mississippi back...