Westminster Choir at the Ford Center for Performing Arts at 7pm

Setting the standard for choral excellence for 90 years, the Westminster Choir is composed of students at Westminster Choir College, a division of Rider University’s Westminster College of the Arts, in Princeton, N.J.  It has been the chorus-in-residence for the Spoleto Festival USA since 1977, performing both in concert and as the opera chorus. Admission is free for this event and tickets are not required.

La Noche Caliente para la Pista de Baile at the Powerhouse from 7pm-10:30pm

Free wine and delicious hors d'oeuvres and continuous Latin dancing, featuring three dance competitions. Call the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council to reserve your ticket at 662.236.6429. Tickets are $15 for an individual or $20 for a couple. This fundraiser is to help raise money for the Powerhouse Dance Floor Project.

Winter Indoor Yard Sale at the Oxford Conference Center 9am-1pm

For more information or to reserve a booth contact the Oxford Conference Center at 662.232.2367

Oxford Fiber Arts Festival at the Powerhouse

The Fiber Arts Festival is a 3-day celebration that shows that art is, not only, beautiful, but functional! This is a family friendly festival that is open to the public. The festival opens Friday, January 20, 2012 at 2 p.m. with the exhibitor and demostration rooms. A wine and cheese reception will be held at 6 p.m. for the community prior to a presentation by Linda Weghorst on African Kente Cloth. Vendors will be demonstrating spinning of wool and cotton on drop spindles and spinning wheels, weaving, felt making, and rug hooking.

Workshops will include:
Kids, make and take art- (free)
-God's eye, finger knitting, and yarn bombing
Kids classes:
Pot holder loom with loops and pot holder loom with yarn wrap
Older children through adult workshops:
-Kumihimo braiding, felting (2 sessions), flower loom, knitted short row scarf
Adult workshops:
-pin weaving (featured workshop)
-triangle loom weaving

Oxford Art Crawl 7pm-9pm

Join the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau and host locations for the first Art Crawl of 2012. Stops on the Art Crawl include the Powerhouse, University Museum, Meek Hall at Ole Miss, and the Southside Gallery. The Double Decker bus will be running a free shuttles to all locations. For more information, contact YAC at 662.236.6429.

"From Mundane to Magnificent: Chinese Ceramics at Home and Abroad" Visiting Guest Lecturer: Professor Virginia L. Bower at the University Museum at 7pm

Mardi Gras Bash benefitting the Lafayette County Literacy Council at the Lyric, 8pm

An Evening with Kallen Esperian with faculty from the University of Mississippi Department of Music at the Ford Center beginning at 7pm

Internationally acclaimed operatic soprano and recording artist Kallen Esperian, accompanied by UM Professor of Music Stacy Rodgers (piano), will perform selections from her Art Song repertoire, as well as aria "chestnuts" from Verdi and Puccini operas. She will be joined by members of the UM Voice faculty (Dr. Bradley Robinson, Ms. Julia Aubrey, Ms. Nancy Balach, Ms. Cynthia Linton, Dr. Jos Milton, Ms. Jennifer Robinson, and Ms. Amanda Johnston) on two exciting opera ensemble selections. General admission tickets are $25, seniors $20, and students $10. To purchase tickets visit www.fordcenter.org. This is a benefit concert for the Patrons of Music scholarship fund.

"Bruce Levingston with the Brooklyn Rider String Quartet and Friends" Concert at the Ford Center and Cocktail Reception and Art Auction at the University Museum

Admission to the cocktail benefit is $20, please contact the Museum at 662-915-7073 to RSVP. Cocktail benefit is from 5:30-6:30, followed by the Concert at 7pm.

"Chinese New Year Family Activity Day" at the University Museum from 10:30am-12:30pm

Cost is $8 per child for UM Museum Members and $12 for non members. Space is limited, so you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Story at sestory@olemiss.edu or call 662-915-7205.

Empty Bowls Fundraiser for the Oxford Food Pantry, 11am-1pm at the Oxford-University United Methodist Church

Your $15 donation includes, soup, bread, water and a ceramic bowl of your choice by a local artist.

Oxford Film Festival at the Oxford Studio Cinema and the Lyric

Visit www.oxfordfilmfest.com for a complete schedule and ticketing information.

Oxford Music Festival

The Oxford Music Festival is partnering with the Oxford Film Festival and is offering combined tickets to both festivals for those who love both music and film. The two festivals will be interacting in a variety of ways including music documentaries, music videos and a music panel to be held at the Lyric Theater along with great musical acts. The opening night of the festivals on Thursday, Feb. 9 will provide a special treat for film, music and literature lovers including a special Thacker Mountain Radio Show, world premiere of the Oxford Film Festival’s second community film and the kickoff to the music festival. To purchase tickets or to view a complete schedule, visit www.oxfordmusicfest.com.