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20 years of the Gertrude C. Ford Center: Stories of the Present

In 2017, nearly two decades after being awarded a grant by the Ford Foundation to build the Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts, the center’s staff sought to re-evaluate their

March 8, 2023

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Critic turned documentarian Elvis Mitchell discusses ‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’

“If this burst of freedom and fulfillment was so well-received and the thirst never really went away, why did these Black films stop getting made?,” Elvis Mitchell, serving as essayist and narrator,

March 2, 2023

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Oxford Film Festival: coming to theaters near you

In honor of its 20th anniversary, the Oxford Film Festival will showcase the largest and most diverse schedule yet. The vast 2023 lineup includes 32 feature films, 93 short films, 18 music

March 2, 2023

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OxFilm enters 20th year with new leadership

An audience chatters, munching on buttery popcorn and sipping delicious soda when the lights begin to dim. As images flicker across the silver screen and sound ignites the aisles, an electricity fills

March 1, 2023

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20 years of the Gertrude C. Ford Center: Stories of the Past

In 2021, when the world threatened to take community away, the Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts re-opened its doors following an 18-month hiatus. Audiences comprised of University of Mississippi

March 1, 2023

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Year in review: Double Decker returns

2022 marked the return of one of Oxford’s most widely known and celebrated arts and culture events: the Double Decker Arts Festival. The historic festival celebrated its 25th anniversary in late April,

November 30, 2022

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‘Ratatouille’ 15th anniversary: a generational classic

“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy,” Anton Ego, the ominous food critic says in his review of the titular dish in “Ratatouille”. “We risk very little, yet enjoy

November 16, 2022

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The haunting resonance of ‘Till’

Within a state with as fractured a racial history as Mississippi, the 1955 murder of Emmett Till remains one of its most tragic stories, capitalized by the judiciary injustice that followed. It

November 9, 2022

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Ally Hopper crowned Miss University 2023

Ally Hopper was crowned Miss University 2023 at the 74th annual pageant held on Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center. Hopper, a senior political science major, greatly impressed the

October 26, 2022

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Shining a light on ‘Another Side of Tennessee Williams’

Theatre Oxford began its fall season with the production of “Another Side of Tennessee Williams,” a tribute to one of Mississippi’s greatest writers, at the historic Powerhouse Community Arts Center. The show,

October 12, 2022

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