Arts & Entertainment

Tupelo Hosts 13th Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Festival this Weekend

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com The Tupelo Elvis Festival hosts its 13th Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist (UETA) Competition this weekend in the BancorpSouth Arena for all...

Oxford Film Festival Launches First Female Filmmaker Retreat

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com The Oxford Film Festival (OFF) recently announced its First Female Retreat for the 2020 festival. It is an opportunity for female-identifying...

Crossroads Animal Hospital Presents Pet Fest June 15

Oxford Film Festival and MS Critterz are partnering up for a Pet Fest on June 15 at the Old Armory Pavilion in Oxford. This...

Allen Boyer: Review of “The First Wave” by Alex Kershaw

Editor’s Note: Alex Kershaw, author of the “The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II,” will...

Water Valley Sunset Concert Series Highlights Mississippi Musicians

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com As the summer heat begins to descend onto the bustling streets of Oxford, LOU community members have a new opportunity to...

NBC Releases ‘Bluff City Law’ Trailer Featuring Familiar Oxford Courthouse Scenes

By Anna Grace Usery Editor-in-Chief anna.grace.usery@hottytoddy.com NBC recently released the trailer for Bluff City Law, a tag-team, justice-seeking legal TV show filmed in both Memphis and Oxford,...

OFF Announces 2020 Fest Date Change, Now Accepting Entries

Call for entries is open for the 2020 Oxford Film Festival that will now take place March 18-22.  The 17th edition of the popular regional...

“The Past Is Never” Honored with Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters 2019 Award for Fiction

By Allen Boyer for Hottytoddy.com allen.d.boyer@gmail.com The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters has honored “The Past Is Never,” by Tiffany Quay Tyson, with its 2019 award...

UM Professor Aimee Nezhukumatathil Honored by Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters For Poetry

By Allen Boyer for Hottytoddy.com allen.d.boyer@gmail.com The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters has honored “Oceanic,” a collection of poems by Aimee Nezhukumatathil of Oxford, with its...

Event List: Oxford Pride Celebrates Fourth Year this Week

Over the past five years, individuals and organizations on campus and in Oxford have worked hard to build momentum and organized affirming and fun...