Gallery: Thacker Mountain Radio Hour returns to the Grove
R & B singer Effie Burt captured the audience with a variety of blues and jazz tunes during the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour in the Grove on June 27. Photo by Hannah
Jackson songwriter talks Oxford, music and the pandemic
This past Friday, the William Faullkner statue on the Square was surrounded by crowds of people holding red solo cups. The vibes were similar to Double Decker Weekend, with delighted people and
Gallery: Food Truck Festival draws hundreds to the Grove
Students place their orders and wait for food next to the Taylor Grocery food truck. Photo by Hannah Grace Biggs. While students await orders, workers inside the Taylor Grocery food truck hurriedly
How Will Cook transformed his art gallery during the pandemic
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 band plays for late keyboard player
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
‘Thank God for the time’: the story of Brother Thomas’s quarantine album
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
Angie Thomas speaks on the importance of diversity in literature at Oxford Conference for the Book
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,”
Arts council unveils statue of Ron ‘Ronzo’ Shapiro
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
Despite strict food business restrictions, Blenz Bowls comes to UM
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
Album review: Taylor Swift reminds the world of her unbridled imagination with “Evermore”
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