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Thacker Mountain Radio Returns for the Fall Season with Beck Dorey-Stein Thursday, September 6, 2018 Corner-of-Oval

Thacker Mountain Radio Returns for the Fall Season with Beck Dorey-Stein Thursday, September 6, 2018

TLV News September 5, 2018

Beck, for Rebecca, Dorey-Stein, a Wesleyan grad in her mid-20s, unemployed and living in D.C., is going nowhere...

Artists’ Reception Thursday, Sept. 6 at Southside Gallery featuring JERROD PARTRIDGE + JONATHAN KENT ADAMS Artists Reception-9.6.2018feat

Artists’ Reception Thursday, Sept. 6 at Southside Gallery featuring JERROD PARTRIDGE + JONATHAN KENT ADAMS

TLV News September 5, 2018

Southside Gallery will host and artists’ reception featuring Jerrod Partridge‘s A Eudaimonic Search and Jonathan Kent Adam‘s Myth of The...

Opening for Whitney White’s Intellectual Life Giving Coming Up September 8 at Water Valley’s Gallery in the Green Room whitney white-feat

Opening for Whitney White’s Intellectual Life Giving Coming Up September 8 at Water Valley’s Gallery in the Green Room

TLV News September 4, 2018

Intellectual Life Giving Photographs by Whitney White Study of Light and Nature The study of process being...

City of Oxford, Mississippi Board of Aldermen Agenda for Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 5 pm 2016-10-31-cityofoxford

City of Oxford, Mississippi Board of Aldermen Agenda for Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 5 pm

Newt Rayburn September 3, 2018

Notice that certain commission members will be included in the meeting via teleconference, subject to City of...

The Mountain Goats are playing Oxford for the first time since the release of Goths Mountain Goats-feat

The Mountain Goats are playing Oxford for the first time since the release of Goths

TLV News August 29, 2018

The Mountain Goats, “those preeminent legends of lo-fi,” will be live at The Lyric Oxford on Tuesday, September...

MEMPHO Music Festival 2018: Make plans now for this stellar Memphis festival October 6–7 Mempho-2018-feat

MEMPHO Music Festival 2018: Make plans now for this stellar Memphis festival October 6–7

Nature Humphries August 29, 2018

Building upon the success of 2017’s inaugural MEMPHO Music Festival, this year’s two-day event will again bring...

The View from the Balcony: The Ten Commandments for Students RSDroundvector_2016

The View from the Balcony: The Ten Commandments for Students

Nature Humphries August 28, 2018

Cue up Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife.” The students are back in town. Whether you’re an incoming...

Oxford Man Arrested for Fourth DUI Simmons, Martin

Oxford Man Arrested for Fourth DUI

Newt Rayburn August 28, 2018

On August 25, 2018, at approximately 1:13 AM, an officer with the Oxford Police Department conducted a...

Never Lose the Party: Get Your Grove on with Oxford’s Favorite Caterers Tailgate-feat

Never Lose the Party: Get Your Grove on with Oxford’s Favorite Caterers

Nature Humphries August 23, 2018

Grove season is just around the corner, and there are plenty of little details to worry about...

Taylor, Mississippi Man and a Juvenile Arrested for Auto Burglary in Oxford davion hall

Taylor, Mississippi Man and a Juvenile Arrested for Auto Burglary in Oxford

TLV News August 23, 2018

On August 20, 2018, officers with the Oxford Police Department responded to 2 separate auto burglaries within...

David Joy Signs His Book “The Line That Held Us” (in conversation with Ace Atkins) at Off Square Books on Thursday, August 23 at 5pm 2018-08-23-DavidJoy

David Joy Signs His Book “The Line That Held Us” (in conversation with Ace Atkins) at Off Square Books on Thursday, August 23 at 5pm

Nature Humphries August 23, 2018

From critically acclaimed author David Joy comes a remarkable novel about the cover-up of an accidental death, and...

Chef Todd Richards’ Soul Tour Coming to Snackbar September 5, 2018 Todd Richards feat

Chef Todd Richards’ Soul Tour Coming to Snackbar September 5, 2018

TLV News August 22, 2018

Snackbar, part of James Beard Award Winner and author, Chef John Currence’s City Grocery Restaurant Group, is proud...

Square Books Announces First Amendment Sales Tax Holiday August 31–September 2, 2018 Tax Holiday feat

Square Books Announces First Amendment Sales Tax Holiday August 31–September 2, 2018

TLV News August 22, 2018

In celebration of the vital importance of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, which prohibits, among...

ACLU Urges Halt of Proposed Alcohol Safety Ordinance in Oxford 2016-10-31-cityofoxford

ACLU Urges Halt of Proposed Alcohol Safety Ordinance in Oxford

TLV News August 22, 2018

Today, the ACLU of Mississippi sent a letter to the Oxford Board of Aldermen in opposition to a proposed...

GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi Celebrates Gospel Music Heritage Month

TLV News August 22, 2018

Celebration Includes Gospel Music-themes Events and Programs Throughout September GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi will celebrate Gospel Music Heritage Month with...

City of Oxford, Mississippi Board of Aldermen Agenda – Tuesday August 21, 2018 at 5 pm 2016-10-31-cityofoxford

City of Oxford, Mississippi Board of Aldermen Agenda – Tuesday August 21, 2018 at 5 pm

Newt Rayburn August 21, 2018

Notice that certain commission members will be included in the meeting via teleconference, subject to City of...

Two Arrested For First Degree Arson at The Links Apartment in Oxford, Mississippi 2018-08-20-ArsonAtTheLinks

Two Arrested For First Degree Arson at The Links Apartment in Oxford, Mississippi

TLV News August 20, 2018

On August 14, 2018, at approximately 10:53 PM, the Oxford Police Department and Oxford Fire Department responded...

Charlie Spillers Signs His Book “Whirlwind” Tuesday, August 21 at Off Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi 2018-08-21-CharlieSpiller

Charlie Spillers Signs His Book “Whirlwind” Tuesday, August 21 at Off Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi

Nature Humphries August 15, 2018

A drone strike in in the Golan Heights kills an Iranian Quds Force general. In retaliation, terror cells...

Kent Wascom Signs His Book “The New Inheritors” Thursday, August 16 at Off Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi kentwascom

Kent Wascom Signs His Book “The New Inheritors” Thursday, August 16 at Off Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi

Nature Humphries August 15, 2018

The third novel from “one of the most exhilarating historical novelists in the country” (Washington Post), set...

James McLaughlin Signs His Book “Bearskin” at Off Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi on Monday, August 20

Nature Humphries August 15, 2018

Rice Moore is just beginning to think his troubles are behind him. He’s found a job protecting a...

Randy Weeks on The View From The Balcony: “Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright.* Really?”November 22, 2024
Thanks for such a thoughtful response, Howard. One of the main things I'm still bumfuzzled over is how so many…
Howard Dodson on The View From The Balcony: “Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright.* Really?”November 22, 2024
Randy, I go back and forth with my reaction. I too was absolutely stunned @ how people could brush aside…
Randy Weeks on VOX Press to Publish “Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison” December 2024November 21, 2024
This is a great source of hope to the hopeless. Cudos to Louis for his courageous work!
New radio show heightens concerns of Republican influence at Mississippi Public Broadcasting - Mississippi Today on It’s Time for a Change in D.C. (by Russ Latino)October 31, 2024
[…] referendum that would have compelled lawmakers to fully fund public schools. He was also a public proxy for far-right…
John Thompson on Obituary: Bill Plunk (March 23, 1941 – October 9, 2024)October 29, 2024
RIP Bill . I enjoyed working for you way back in the early 90's .. You were a fair guy…