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Courtesy Jamie VanBuhler DBA: VisualLife Photography In an industry that favors heavy electronic beats and mindless lyrics over true artists, it can be difficult for genuine musicians to find their voice. Michigan based Greensky Bluegrass, however, has perfectly embodied the roots of bluegrass music with...

Courtesy Barnesandnoble.com   Nearing the end of 2014, I began to hear buzz about Chris Scotton’s debut novel “The Secret Wisdom of the Earth.”...

Dason Pettit recently wrapped his first film, “Extrication.” Pettit, an art history major and cinema minor at the university, grew up in Clarksdale,...

2 Rating: C+ Following 2013’s “As I Lay Dying,” James Franco’s “The Sound and the Fury” marks his second attempt at adapting William Faulkner...

COURTESY: FORDCENTER.OR5 All the glam and grit of the 1920s came to the Ford Center, Saturday, Feb. 28, with a performance of the “The Great Gatsby”...

Monday Noon – Brown Bag: Ghosts in Gloves – J.D. Williams Library 7:30 p.m. – Oxford Piano Trio Concert – 123 Nutt Auditorium 7...

This weekend, Ole Miss Theatre took a tragic turn with the opening of “Oedipus Rex.” The epic Athenian tragedy features a brooding king trying to solve a mystery that not only greatly affects himself but also his constituents. As Oedipus continually attempts to eradicate the terrible happenings in Thebes, he also finds disturbing occurrences in his own life that affect...

Hozier, pictured above, is one of the many musicians coming to Beale Street Music Festival this May. (Courtesy Hozier.com) Beale Street Music Festival...

COURTESY: SQUAREBOOKS.COM The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is just around the corner, and widows from the war will finally be marching for revenge...

PHOTO BY: OXFORDFILMFEST.COM Thursday, February 26 7:30 p.m. – “The Sound and the Fury” Friday, February 27  11 a.m. – “Crooked Candy,”...