Troubadour Lounge
Tuesday, March 2, at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center from 7-9 p.m. The March show will feature Donovan McCain House Band, Ben Yarbrough & Sarah Jacobs and Jesse Pinion. Tickets are $7 at the door. (February 26, 2010)
Lou Haney exhibit
February-March 6 at the University Museum, exhibit featuring artist Lou Haney. Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information call 662-915-7073. (February 26, 2010)
‘The New Millennium Art’
An art exhibit featuring folk art by Bob Coleman will show in the Powerhouse auditorium, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free to the public. (February 26, 2010)
Thacker Mountain Radio with Jimmy McDonough
Jimmy McDonough will be on Thacker Mountain Radio reading his new book Tammy Wynette, broadcasted live from Off Square Books at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 11. In Tammy Wynette, bestselling biographer McDonough tells the story of the small-town girl who grew up to be the woman behind the microphone, whose meteoric rise led to a decades-long career full of tragedy and triumph. Through a high-profile marriage and divorce, her dreadful battle with addiction and illness, and the struggle to compete in a rapidly evolving Nashville, Tammy turned a brave smile toward the world and churned out masterful hit songs though her life resembled the most heartbreaking among them. (February 25, 2010)
Shirley Jones, A Night at the Oscars
Tuesday, March 2, 8 p.m. Shirley Jones will perform some of her most memorable songs from the many movie musicals in which she starred over her career including “Music Man,” “Oklahoma” and “Carousel.” Performing with Ms. Jones is The Hollywood Concert Orchestra, an ensemble of America’s finest musicians which is rapidly becoming one of the premier ensembles in the world. (February 25, 2010)
STS9 with Big Gigantic
(February 25, 2010)
Oxford Conference for the Book
The 17th Oxford Conference for the Book, set for March 4–6, will be dedicated to the late Barry Hannah, one of Mississippi’s most distinguished contemporary writers. The author of nine novels and four collections of short stories, and the recipient of the Award in Literature from the American Institute of Arts and Letters, Hannah was writer in residence and director of the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Mississippi. Conference sessions on Saturday will discuss his life and work. Confirmed speakers are William Dunlap and Noel Polk on a panel of “Survivors of Geronimo Rex”; fiction writers Tom Franklin and Amy Hempel; Daniel E. Williams, who taught the first course on Hannah’s work; and his former students Anne Rapp and Cynthia Shearer. (February 25, 2010)
Wellness Naturally
The Sarah Isom Center for Women Spring 2010 Brown Bag Lecture Series presents this program by naturopath Ann Farrell, PhD, as part of the Isom Green Series, Monday at noon in the Faulkner Room in Archives & Special Collections, on the third floor of J.D. Williams Library. With an introduction by Dr. Mary Carruth, director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women. (February 25, 2010)
International Women’s Day Panel
As part of the Sarah Isom Center for Women Spring 2010 Brown Bag Lecture Series, an International Women’s Day Panel in honor of Women’s History Month and CEDAW Day is set for noon Monday in the Faulkner Room in Archives & Special Collections on the third floor of J.D. Williams Library. The panel is moderated by Daphne Ingene with an introduction by Greet Provoost, Office of International Programs. (February 25, 2010)
Spring Break
Local schools and the University of Mississippi will not hold classes this week. (February 25, 2010)
