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Events & Entertainment this week in Oxford & Ole Miss

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Clarksdale’s Juke Joint Festival Returns for Year 23: Bigger Than Ever and Still Rooted in the Delta

by Davis Coen


Main event is Saturday, April 11, with Bonus Events running Wednesday through Sunday, April 8–12


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UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, April 4, 2026, 7:30 pm @ Batesville Civic Center


ZZ TOP Brings The Big One! to Ole Miss' Backyard!


The legendary rock trio ZZ Top is performing just 22 miles away from the Ole Miss campus with special guest Drivin N Cryin opening the show. Read more

Wednesday, April 8 at 5:30pm @ Off Square Books


Square Books Presents Catherine Pierce & Michael Kardos for Foxes for Everybody & Fun Heist


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Thursday, April 9, 2026, 6pm @ Off Square Books


Thacker Mountain Radio and Square Books Present Gin Phillips for Ruby Falls



Musical guests include Delta String Band and Prayer Bailey as Thacker returns to Off Square Books. Read more

LOCAL HEADLINES

Oxford Park Commission to "Check-in" All Visitors of the Activity Center


Beginning Monday, March 30, 2026, the Oxford Park Commission, on behalf of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, implemented a new standardized check-in system for all indoor areas at the Activity Center Campus. Read more

OHS Announces Class of 2026 Valedictorian and Salutatorian



Oxford High School is delighted to announce the Class of 2026 Valedictorian, Jun Jang, and Salutatorian, Meredith Walker Read more

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Historian Starke Miller Announces 2026 Spring Tour Schedule for Oxford and Ole Miss in the Civil War


If you love local history and want to know more about Oxford and Ole Miss's Civil War history, now is the time to reserve your spot on Starke Miller's Spring 2026 tours.


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UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI NEWS

Undergraduate Researcher Explores Chemistry of Life Beyond Earth


Megan McKissick presented research on space-based molecules tied to life's origins at national symposium Read more

Ole Miss Launches AmeriCorps Program Mentoring Youth Statewide


Grisham-McLean Institute's newest initiative adds mentors to help middle and high schoolers succeed Read more

Full Circle: 60 Years Later, Law School Reflects on Defining Moment


Alumni gather with Kathleen Kennedy Townsend to celebrate event that reshaped dialogue, free expression Read more

Ole Miss Students Strengthen Ties with Community Through Big Event


Record participation and storm recovery efforts highlight students' commitment to service, connection Read More

Ole Miss Earns Third Gold in Military Friendly Rankings


Military Friendly Council ranks university among best for military-connected student support Read more

UM Law Alumni Support Future Attorneys


John Keith Perry Jr. and Ravonda L. Griffin, two alumni of the University of Mississippi School of Law, create scholarship endowment to help reduce financial barriers for the next generation of attorneys Read more

University Selects The Boys of Riverside as 2026 Common Read



This year's Common Reading Experience selection, the work each incoming student receives before they arrive in the fall, is the story of how an all-deaf football team united on and off the field to become state champions. Read more

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LOCAL VIEWS

Randy Weeks

The View Beyond The Balcony: "The Talking Stick Method"



What is the talking stick method? Read more

Local History: Starke Miller

The DEAD HOUSE at Ole Miss

This was the small, two room, "Magnetic Observatory" built in 1860, right next to the Old Observatory, which still stands on campus. It sits today across from The Grove on Sorority Row. Read More

Dana Criswell

'Voting How the District Wants' Is a Dangerous Misunderstanding of Representation

Citizens do not elect legislators to function as human polling machines. They elect representatives to exercise judgment on their behalf within the constraints of a constitution. Read more

AROUND MISSISSIPPI

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Launches Largemouth Bass Tagging Project

Strike Gold at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science: MMNS Foundation Support Secures New Gem Mining Sluice

Delta Blues Museum Joins the Smithsonian's "Regional Collaboratives"

20th ANNIVERSARY FLASHBACK

The Local Voice 20th Anniversary 
Flashback #14:


"Give Me My Heart Back"

by James Tighe


She slipped her arm around my waist, which represented a certain milestone in our relationship. We hadn’t known each other long and hadn’t slept together or anything like that. I didn’t even know her last name.


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This article was originally published in The Local Voice #224 (published March 5, 2015) See the digital edition here

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Local Voice Originals

The Local Voice 20th Anniversary Flashback #13:



Local Chefs Decline Food Network Prize – What Happened?


This article was originally published on The Local Voice #183 (June 27, 2013) Read more

More Headlines

Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Night Owl Illuminates the Dark by Noreen Ocampo

Democracy vs. Republic: Why the Difference Matters by Dana Criswell

Screwworm Comeback Raises Concerns

Storytelling May Hold Key to Building Memory

Ole Miss Professor Reflects on Thoreau in New Ken Burns Documentary

Greenwood Native Honors Former Professors

Mississippi Entrepreneurship Forum to Convene at Insight Park

From Concern to Center: UM Responds to Rising Collegiate Gambling

Construction Underway on Dr. D.B. Sanders Memorial Recreational Area

Enter the Oxford Micro Memoir Contest


The Micro Memoir Project is developed by Greenfield Farm Writers Residency at the University of Mississippi and sponsored by Visit Oxford


Finalists will be chosen to read their micro memoirs live on stage at the Double Decker Arts Festival on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Deadline for entry is March 30. First place prize is $750 and second place is $250. Read more.

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