{"id":21803,"date":"2015-02-08T11:03:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T16:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=21803"},"modified":"2015-10-25T19:16:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T00:16:15","slug":"8th-annual-taste-of-oxford-february-11th-at-the-library-benefits-st-jude-childrens-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/8th-annual-taste-of-oxford-february-11th-at-the-library-benefits-st-jude-childrens-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"8th Annual Taste of Oxford  February 11th at The Library &#8211; Benefits St. Jude Children&#8217;s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20pt;\">Live &amp; Silent Auction, Local Food, Music, and Fun for a Good Cause<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mark your calendars for <strong>Wednesday, February 11th<\/strong>, when <strong>The Library Sports Bar &amp; Grill<\/strong> will host the <strong>8th Annual St. Jude Taste of Oxford<\/strong>. This popular charity event, presented by <strong>Regions Bank<\/strong>, gives attendees the opportunity to support St. Jude Children\u2019s Hospital, whose mission is \u201cto advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TasteOxfordRestaurantsWEB.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21807\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TasteOxfordRestaurantsWEB.jpg?resize=600%2C1000\" alt=\"TasteOxfordRestaurantsWEB\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TasteOxfordRestaurantsWEB.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TasteOxfordRestaurantsWEB.jpg?resize=180%2C300&amp;ssl=1 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>The evening will feature a mouthwatering selection of dishes donated by 17 local restaurants, including many classic Oxford favorites as well as some newer additions. There will also be a cash bar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In addition to all the tasty treats, guests will have the opportunity to bid on some incredible items during the live and silent auctions. <strong>Ole Miss Fans<\/strong> will have plenty to get excited about this year, with several game day packages up for bids\u2014how about a travel package for the Ole Miss\u2013<strong>Alabama<\/strong> game this fall with tickets, travel, hotel, and even a signed piece of the goal post from the 2014 win against Bama? Maybe a Chef Dinner for you and your closest 40 friends at <strong>Vaught-Hemingway Stadium<\/strong> the night before the <strong>Texas A&amp;M<\/strong> game, featuring renowned Memphis chefs <strong>Andy Ticer<\/strong> and <strong>Michael Hudman<\/strong>? I wonder who will win the bid for the LAST Ole Miss Powder Blue Helmet signed by <strong>Coach Hugh Freeze<\/strong>? Those are just a few of the many incredible items that will be available for auction at the Taste of Oxford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TLV-222-LibraryAd-RGB-shorter.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"472\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21809\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TLV-222-LibraryAd-RGB-shorter.jpg?resize=600%2C472\" alt=\"TLV-222-LibraryAd-RGB-shorter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TLV-222-LibraryAd-RGB-shorter.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TLV-222-LibraryAd-RGB-shorter.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>The party vibe for the night will be provided by <strong>Patrick Smith Band<\/strong>, whose \u201cmusic is full of place, bringing with it all that the Mississippi River melting pot has to offer. He deftly fuses various influences that rolled in on that mighty river to his hometown of <strong>Vicksburg, Mississippi<\/strong>, weaving into his songs Delta Blues, barrelhouse rocking piano riffs, wailing jazz, underbelly soul, heart-wrenching gospel, and the funkiness of a New Orleans brass band.\u201d Better get ready to boogie!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Logolarge.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"203\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21811\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Logolarge.jpg?resize=600%2C203\" alt=\"Logolarge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Logolarge.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Logolarge.jpg?resize=300%2C102&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Tickets are still available to the event online at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">www.stjude.org\/tasteofoxford.com<\/span> or by contacting Lisa Heros Ellis at 901-373-5051 or by email at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lisa.ellis@stjude.org<\/span>. Individual tickets are $75, and cocktail attire is recommended. VIP admission for sponsors is at 6 pm, and general admission is 7 pm. Last year, over $220,000 was raised to support St. Jude. Hopefully, this year can exceed that number, so be a part of this event and help St. Jude in its mission of finding cures and saving children.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14544\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live &amp; Silent Auction, Local Food, Music, and Fun for a Good Cause Mark your calendars for Wednesday,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4934,68],"tags":[3614,5238,283,2541,4388,2513,5236,2028,1148,31,2528,5242,5237,8,710,5245,5244,5246,5234,4982,5247,4145,907,5248,1116,5251,1380,5249,726,5250,7067,5240,5241,53,5239,170,2880,5055,5235,723,722,5232,5233,5211,5231,2087,67,2506,699,312,390],"class_list":["post-21803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-local-food","tag-3614","tag-8th-annual","tag-alabama","tag-andy-ticer","tag-bama","tag-charity","tag-charity-dinner","tag-chef","tag-children","tag-city-grocery","tag-cook","tag-embers","tag-february-3","tag-food","tag-funkys","tag-gus","tag-guss","tag-guss-fried-chicken","tag-hospital","tag-jinsei","tag-jinsei-sushi","tag-lenoras","tag-library-sports-bar","tag-mesquite-chop-house","tag-michael-hudman","tag-miles-mcmath","tag-music","tag-my-michelles","tag-old-venice","tag-old-venice-pizza-co-ovpc","tag-ole-miss","tag-patrick-smith","tag-patrick-smith-band","tag-proud-larrys","tag-regions-bank","tag-rib-cage","tag-round-table","tag-second-line","tag-silent-auction","tag-south-depot","tag-south-depot-taco-shop","tag-st-jude","tag-st-judes","tag-taste-of-oxford","tag-taste-oxford","tag-texas-am","tag-the-library","tag-tre-amici","tag-vaught-hemingway","tag-vicksburg","tag-woodson-ridge-farms"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tasteoxfordFEAT.jpg?fit=620%2C349&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}