Arts & Culture

While Southside Gallery director Will Cook never considered himself an artist, he has always loved art.  Working as the director for the past 17 years, Cook uses his gallery to promote both local and regional artists. Many of the artists...

For a local band that spent the past year dealing with pandemic restrictions and the loss of a member, Subcontra is looking ahead to new shows, a new album, and moving forward with their love for music, each other and...

While the world outside was coming to an end, Eli Bettiga was putting together his second album.  Eli, who performs and writes music under the name Brother Thomas, has been working on “Kudzu,” for over three years. Last March, he...

Square Books kicked off the 2021 Oxford Conference for the Book on Monday night with a conversation between Mississippi-raised authors Angie Thomas and Kiese Laymon. They discussed Thomas's new novel “Concrete Roses,” her literary inspirations and her hopes for young...

Photo by Kate Kimberlin. A new bronze statue of the late local art pioneer Ron Shapiro, better known as Ronzo, was unveiled at the Powerhouse Community Center on Tuesday. The event, titled “Mardi-Ron,” celebrated with a local trumpet musician playing...

Blenz Bowls, a Miami-inspired smoothie bowl food truck and cafe concept founded at the University of Alabama, rolled on to the University of Mississippi campus this semester, the first of many proposed Southeastern Conference expansions for the business.  The smoothie...

Taylor Swift’s second surprise album of the pandemic, “Evermore,” debuted without warning on Dec. 11, and it delivered as another free-willed creation of lyrical escapism and unbridled creative fun. Some of the best works of art take time to process,...

The Luv Shak, no matter how small or hidden, has built more of a community than arguably any other restaurant in Oxford. Though, owner Dennis Van Oostendorp denies any credit.  “It's not about me,” he said. “It's about the students.”...

Oxford food truck owners have experienced their fair share of successes and difficulties as they try to keep their mobile businesses moving forward through the pandemic. Just off of Highway 30 sits Red’s Catfish, where Ata Eldalati has managed the...