Let’s try screenwriting: SETTING: Cocktail reception for Mississippi lawmakers. Early evening. Large hotel banquet hall. Jackson. CHARACTERS: Larry Lobbyist and Louie Lawmaker. FIRST CONVERSATION: Larry: Hey,...
Oxford, Mississippi is now in the running for national recognition from USA Today in two categories: Best Small College Town and Best Small Historic Town. Director...
Faculty members in the University of Mississippi’s history department have responded to Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter and the contextualization committee’s invitation for comments and recommendations on possible...
Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC) hosted its wildly successful craft beer festival – Miss-I-Sippin’ – over the weekend, re-establishing it as one of Oxford’s favorite festivals. The...
This spring, Theatre Oxford will present its final main-stage production of the 2015-2016 season featuring Sam Shepard’s classic family drama, True West. This production, directed by...
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated at The Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. April 4, 1928, poet and novelist Maya Angelou, born...
Picture this: a workout program that consists of eating anything and barely any exercise, and promises weight loss in less than five days. This is a...
Suzette Matthews has a passion for education, and since Feb. 1, 2016, the former Teach for America staffer has turned her talents in fundraising and education to...
On Friday, April 8, Fred Anklam, Hank Klibanoff and Leslie McLemore will participate in the panel discussion “Journalism and Social Change,” moderated by Charles Overby. The...
Karrian Brown wanted to provide Oxford with something that would last long after she was gone… something that wouldn’t be here only for today, but also...