Published on January 30th, 2019 | by TLV News
Comedian Fred Armisen is bringin his “Comedy For Musicians But Everyone Is Welcome” tour to Oxford February 4, 2019. The latest show from the comedian — of “Saturday Night Live,” “Portlandia,” and “Documentary Now!” — combines ... Read More →
Published on January 30th, 2019 | by Michael Ray
Memphis, Tennessee is widely regarded as the home of rock and roll. Filmmaker John Rash introduces us to a sight not often seen in the clubs of Memphis with his musical documentary Negro Terror. The film ... Read More →
Published on January 30th, 2019 | by TLV News
Foundation will accept proposals until March 1, 2019 Because of gracious donor support and an ongoing desire to improve access to health education initiatives in Lafayette County, Chef John Currence’s foundation Move On Up Mississippi (MOUM) ... Read More →
Published on January 30th, 2019 | by TLV News
Correction: The headline for this event in the print & PDF edition of TLV mistakenly listed the date of this event. The CORRECT date is Friday, February 1 at 5 pm at The Edison on University ... Read More →
Published on January 29th, 2019 | by TLV News
Chris Cander graduated from the Honors College at the University of Houston, in the city where she was raised and still lives with her husband, daughter, and son. For seven years she has been a writer-in-residence ... Read More →
Published on January 29th, 2019 | by Michael Ray
“Just the good ol’ boys, never meanin’ no harm”. With those opening chords from Waylon Jennings, CBS started a Friday night tradition on January 26, 1979. The Dukes of Hazzard was a breakout hit. The show, ... Read More →
Published on January 29th, 2019 | by TLV News
The 2019 Oxford Film Festival (February 6–10) looks to have a record-breaking year with near sellouts of films and film blocks, scheduled filmmaker attendances that double last year’s high, and three area hotels reportedly sold out ... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by TLV News
Ole Miss baseball landed in the top 15 in a preseason poll for the fourth time ahead of the 2019 season, earning a No. 13 ranking from Baseball America. The Rebels are one of six Southeastern ... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Professional football has become as much about selling stuff as it’s about the actual game. The sport seems to have followed a calculated, well-executed plan since the first instant replay on December 7, 1963, at the ... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by TLV News
The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, Oxford’s award-winning music and literature show, will open its spring season this upcoming Thursday, January 24 at 6 pm at Off Square Books. Guests for the first show will include acclaimed ... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by TLV News
On January 20, 2019, at approximately 12:04 am, officers with the Oxford Police Department were notified of an assault that had occurred on East Jackson Avenue next to South 10th Street. The victim was taken to ... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Michael Ray
by Michael Ray With dates all over the country and world in their sights, Blackberry Smoke of Atlanta, Georgia, may just be the hardest working band in the business. The band will be making a stop ... Read More →
Published on January 21st, 2019 | by TLV News
Wednesday, January 30 at 5 pm After four bridge players are poisoned, newspaper reporter Wendy Winchester sets out to catch a killer who’s not playing with a full deck . . . When the four wealthy widows ... Read More →
Published on January 19th, 2019 | by TLV News
Saturday, January 19, 2019 Oxford Entertainment Skinny: (Scroll all the way down for entertainment in Tupelo and Clarksdale) Levee: MAX VICTORY The Library: Watch Ole Miss Basketball live on the big screens – vs. Arkansas (noon) Moe’s: MASON ... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
It’s the time of year when people start putting their New Year’s resolutions into action. The vast majority will fail within three months. I didn’t make any, so if I have any success in 2019 I ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by TLV News
The Ole Miss Rebels are still getting no love from odds-makers, even after a 13-3 start that included an absolute demolition of #11 Auburn (82-67) and a road win over #14 Mississippi State (81-77). According to ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by TLV News
In the new edge-of-your-seat adventure from national bestselling author Nick Petrie, Peter Ash pursues one case—and stumbles into another—in the City of the Blues. Nick Petrie is the author of three novels in the Peter Ash series. ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by TLV News
Ted Ownby with Hurtin’ Words: Debating Family Problems in the Twentieth-Century South (New Directions in Southern Studies). When Tammy Wynette sang “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” she famously said she “spelled out the hurtin’ words” to spare her child the pain ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by TLV News
Local pianist Damein Wash will debut his new film, The Two Headed Woman, this Sunday, January 20th, at 7 pm, in the Nutt Auditorium at the University of Mississippi. Wash’s debut film stars local talent Effie ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Nature Humphries
The Local Voice and The Oxford Film Festival are teaming up to give away TWO pairs of all-access VIP passes to this year’s festival! The contest begins Wednesday, January 16 at 8 am and will end ... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by TLV News
Pigeonholing Blackberry Smoke has never been easy. Since emerging from Atlanta in the early ’00s, the quintet—vocalist/lead guitarist Charlie Starr, guitarist/vocalist Paul Jackson, bassist/vocalist Richard Turner, drummer Brit Turner, and keyboardist Brandon Still—has become known for ... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by TLV News
Oxford Film Festival and Southern Foodways Alliance will partner along with Burns Belfry and Lens Collective to host a special movie screening and panel discussion on Martin Luther King Jr Day (January 21) following the MLK ... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by TLV News
In 2017, Square Books honored the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a community reading of “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The letter, composed while King was in jail on April 16, 1963, came as ... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by TLV News
Meeting is at 5 pm. Notice that certain commission members will be included in the meeting via teleconference, subject to City of Oxford Code of Ordinances Section 2-82.Agenda item attachments and meeting minutes are available for ... Read More →
Published on January 13th, 2019 | by TLV News
Sponsored by Landshark Delivery Food & Drink Specials PLUS Entertainment in Oxford, Mississippi on Sundays Scroll all the way down for Entertainment in Clarksdale and Tupelo. SUNDAY 1.13.2019 Funkys: Open at 11 am Library: Sunday Funday; Watch NFL Playoffs: ... Read More →
Published on January 9th, 2019 | by TLV News
“A shining debut, with a heady admixture of explosive plot and taut, burnished prose. This is a book that loves its wounded characters and troubled places, and in so deeply loving, it finds a terrible truth ... Read More →
Published on January 9th, 2019 | by TLV News
The little-known story of an iconic photographer, whose work captured—and influenced—a critical moment in American history. Who was Ernest Withers? Most Americans may not know the name, but they do know his photographs. Withers took some ... Read More →
Published on January 8th, 2019 | by TLV News
Who Stole the Peanut Butter? New Idea Publishing and author Liz Barrett Foster have released The Peanut Butter Bandit, a young children’s picture book about a mysterious peanut butter thief. In the book, siblings Philip and Susie ... Read More →
Published on January 7th, 2019 | by TLV News
A Yokna Bottoms Farm House Concert Saturday, January 12, 2019, 7:00 pm26 County Road 471, Oxford, MS From the beginning, one of the goals in Yokna Bottoms Farm‘s mission statement has been to develop and support ... Read More →
Published on January 7th, 2019 | by TLV News
On December 7, 2018, investigators with the Oxford Police Department took a report of a sexual assault that had occurred earlier in the day. During the course of the investigation the victim was able to identify ... Read More →
