For the latest in local arts-and-entertainment news, check out the current section of Oxford Town, The Oxford EAGLE's weekly entertainment guide. It's published every Thursday.
Music Matters: ‘Grow up. You heard it here first’
OXFORD TOWN – Alexander McAdams explores party music choices and what drives Oxonians as they make them.
(February 25, 2010, Page 10)
Lies and Other Truths: Sorry state of affairs – Cheap talk getting cheaper
OXFORD TOWN – Jim Dees examines the art of apologizing, the abundance of it in our society and two of today’s worst offenders; Toyota and Tiger Woods.
(February 25, 2010, Page 9)
After four years and no madness, the Kennedy romance is waning
OXFORD TOWN – Andy Kennedy came into the Ole Miss basketball program four years ago as “a brash, young coach who was noble enough to resurrect a decaying basketball program at a football school in a football state.” What happened? Guaranteed, Godfrey won’t dance around this subject. (February 25, 2010, Page 6)
Sinclair, Kimbrough, Mathus – Two Stick, Saturday, Feb. 27
John Sinclair, David Kimbrough and Jimbo Mathus join forces this Saturday night at Two Stick for a full night of poetry, blues and smoking-hot Americana … something for everyone.
(February 25, 2010, Page 7)
Community unites with Ole Miss
OXFORD TOWN – Community members recently participated in the “Tag You’re It!” program with the help of Ole Miss art students. The mural created at the event will hang on the side of the Powerhouse as a beacon identifying the facility as an art center. (February 24, 2010, Page 16)
Parrish and friends reach deep for Haiti
OXFORD TOWN – Parrish Baker is hosting a Haiti benefit concert on Saturday at his bar, Parrish’s, just off the Oxford Square. (February 18, 2010, Page 7)
Oxford Town ‘Hot Tub’ giveaway
OXFORD TOWN – Oxford Film Freak Melanie Addington gives details of a contest for tickets to the new movie “Hot Tub Time Machine” playing next Tuesday (Feb. 23) at 7 p.m. (February 18, 2010, Page 14)
Steve Martin’s ‘The Underpants’ playing at Meek Hall
OXFORD TOWN – Remaining show times for “The Underpants” being staged at Meek Hall on the Ole Miss campus are Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 18-21. (February 18, 2010, Page 8)
Stories of home
Local filmmakers share Mississippi tales in this weekend’s Oxford Film Festival. Sarah Freeland Simonson took part in creating a film about the tradition of “dinner on the grounds.” Ferriday Mansel McClatchy worked on a short documentary about a tortilla-making family in New Albany, and Mary Warner worked with Joe York to expand her documentary on Thacker Mountain Radio. (February 5, 2010, Page 1B)
Oxford Film Festival
PHOTO GALLERY — Scenes from the seventh annual Oxford Film Festival, Feb. 4-7, 2010, at Malco’s Oxford Studio Cinema. Click here for slideshow. (February 5, 2010, Page 5A)
