Southern Experience

Meet the Comedians Taking the Stage for The Roast of Lane Kiffin

Meet the Oxford and Memphis comedians taking the stage Sept. 16 for The Roast of Lane Kiffin at The Lyric.

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour Entertains Overflowing Crowd

Last night at 6, the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour cranked up its weekly broadcast to a full house/standing room only crowd on the Oxford...

Oxford Film Festival Heads South for a Best of Festival Preview

After a fabulous and successful week of festivities in Oxford, the Best of Oxford Film Festival travels down to the coast this Saturday and...

Vassallo: An Interview with Karen Landers of Truvy’s Beauty Spot

Truvy's Beauty Spot located at 2704 West Oxford Loop (Suite 113) is turning heads in more ways than one. Karen Landers has done an...

Ole Miss Ballroom Dance Club Announces March Dance Party

On Saturday, March 5, the Ole Miss Ballroom Dance Club (OMBDC) is having its monthly dance party and everyone’s invited. The dance/party is scheduled between...

Neely-Dorsey: Lawrence Welk and Mississippi

The final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" aired February 25, 1982. Do you know the Mississippi connection? Recently, I posted on my Facebook page:...

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour to Launch Double Decker Arts Festival Presented by Caterpillar

The 2016 Double Decker Arts Festival presented by Caterpillar will once again launched with a mammoth Thacker Mountain Radio Hour show to be held...

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour Releases Lineup for Thursday Night’s Show

The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour returns to its standard location (Off Square Books 129 Courthouse Square) this Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. featuring...

‘Chicken Stew’ by Shane Brown

I'm up this morning milking cows but all of my mind is on something else. I've got Bubba leaning up on my shoulder as...

Mr. Feather’s Brings Crawfish Saturdays to Oxford

Mr. Feather’s is a honky-tonk bar located on Thacker Loop in Oxford. Although Mr. Feather's has been open since the beginning of the 2015...

Scruggs, Vassallo Debate: Should President Obama Nominate a New Justice?

Dickie Scruggs: President Obama is constitutionally mandated to nominate a justice to replace Antonin Scalia. The Constitution is unequivocal: A President “shall nominate” a candidate...