Double Decker Arts Festival • April 24, 2010

Celebrating music, food, and the arts. For more information on artists, food vendors, and music visit www.doubledeckerfestival.com.

L.Q.C. Lamar House Museum • Tours and Upcoming Exhibits

The Lamar House is open by appointment for group tours and can be arranged by advance reservation by calling Mary Allyn Roulhac at 662-232-2477.

Rescued by the Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation in 2004, this National Historic Landmark's restoration was completed in spring 2008. Plans call for exhibits to be installed by late 2010. Read more...

Thacker Mountain Radio • Thursdays • 6pm • Off Square Books • Spring Schedule:

Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Location: Paris Yates Chapel
Special Show: Conference for the Book
Author: Steve Amsterdam
Musical Guest: Po Hannah

Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Special Show: Delta Edition
Location: Delta State University
Author: Carolyn Haines
Musical Guest: George "Old Time Rock & Roll" Jackson
Musical Guest: Troy "People Are Crazy" Jones
Musical Guest: Patti "Lookin for Love" Ryan
Musical Guest: Tricia Walker
Musical Guest: Jim "Fish" Michie
Musical Guest: DeltaRoX

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Location: Off Square Books
Author: Jimmy McDonough
Author: Roy Morris Jr.
Musical Guest: Jimmy Phillips
Musical Guest: Caroline Herring

Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Spring Break: No Show This Week

Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Location: Off Square Books
Author: Randy Wayne White
Musical Guest:
Musical Guest: Spirit of the Red City

Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Location: Off Square Books
Author: Keith Thomson
Author: Rebecca Skloot
Musical Guest:
Musical Guest:

Thursday, April 8th, 2010
Location: Off Square Books
Author: Drew Perry
Author: Rheta Grimsley Johnson
Musical Guest: Star and Micey

Oxford Conference for the Book • March 4-6, 2010

The 17th annual Oxford Conference for the book is dedicated to Barry Hannah, one of Mississippi's most distinguished writers. For more information, visit their website at www.oxfordconferenceforthebook.com.

Paws for Art Charity Auction• April 6th • 6pm • The Library Bar and Grill

The 11th Annual Paws for Art Charity Auction will begin at 6pm wtih a patron party. Tickets are $45 per guest or $80 per couple. The Patron Party offers a sneak preview of live and silent auction items, a one hour open bar, and admission to the Auction Party and Live Auction. The Auction Party will begin at 7pm and tickets are $30 per guest or $50 per couple. Please call Oxford-Lafayette Humane Society Developement Director, Hattie Alton with questions at 662-202-4017.

Maker's Market • Oxford's Bimonthly Art Market at the Lyric Theatre• 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month • 10am-5pm

Upcoming Events at the Ford Center for Performing Arts:

Porgy and Bess

Tuesday, March 9th 8pm

Cassandra Wilson

Friday, March 26th 8pm

Turtle Island Quartet/Ying Quartet

Friday, April 16th 8pm

The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon

Saturday, April 17th 3pm

Tap Kids

Friday, April 30th 8pm

For complete listings and ticket information call the Ford Center at 662.915.2787 or visit their website.

Upcoming Events at the University Museum• Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 1pm-4:30pm

Lou Haney Exhibit
January 12 – March 6, 2010
Opening Reception Tuesday, January 26, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition
February 6 – March 6, 2010
Opening Reception Saturday, February 6, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Amy Wilson Exhibit
March 23 – May 15, 2010
Opening ReceptionTuesday, March 23, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Ian Hominick “Off the Beaten Path” CD release event piano concert
Opening ReceptionTuesday, February 9, 2010 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

The University of Mississippi Museum, in association with the Master Gardeners of Lafayette County, Presents “Over The Rainbow” The 2010 Spring Garden Lecture Series held in the University Museum Speaker’s Gallery at 12:00pm on each date:

March 25
Kerry Page, Sports turf manager, FNC Parks- Oxford/Lafayette.
“Green grows the grass” Growing it green without spending too much green.

April 1
Dr. Pamela Collins, Director of Gardens, Mississippi State University.
“Roses are red and violets are blue” All about growing roses in Mississippi.

April 8
Debbie Berkley, Retail sales Manager, Dabney’s Plant Nursery, Memphis.
“Cherry pink and apple blossom white and those autumn leaves of red and gold”
How to have colorful flowering trees and shrubs throughout the year.

April 15
Linda Boyd, Fruit-and-vegetable market gardener.
“Thrills on Blueberry Hill” Growing a rainbow of colorful fruits, conspicuously blueberries, and vegetables for your table.

April 22
Dr Lelia Kelly, Consumer Horticulture Specialist, North Mississippi Research & Extension Center.
“Purple Rain, Mellow Yellow, Silver Bells, and Scarlet Ribbons” Creating color in the landscape from grass to trees and everything in between.

Mark Your Calendar for the Spring Indoor Yard Sale • Oxford Conference Center • Saturday, May 22, 2010 • 9am-10am for early birds and 10am-3pm

Individuals or organizations can purchase a 10x10 booth for $30 or a 10x20 booth for $45. Sign up today! Early bird wrist bands are $10 (admission from 9am-10am) and general admission wristbands are $2(admission from 10am-3pm). Spaces are limited. Contact Hayden Hiter or Kinney Ferris at 662-232-2367 to reserve your booth today.

Announcing a Special Opportunity at the L.Q.C. Lamar House for Clubs, Associations, and Social

Groups• Fall 2009-Winter/Spring 2010

Your club is invited for a private guided tour of the recently restored National Historic Landmark in conjunction with one of your regular or special meetings. A Lamar House docent will tell your group the important story of how the house was saved, how the Lamar family lived in the house, and what distinguished the career of L.Q.C. Lamar.The combined tour and meeting space is offered at the cost of just the regular $5 house admission for each member of your group. For more information or to reserve your meeting space and tour,contact Mary Allyn Roulhac at 232-2477. Click here to read an article, published in the Oxford Eagle.

Mississippi Mass Choir; Favour, University of Mississippi Gospel Choir; and an all inclusive community choir • Ford Center for the Performing Arts• April 23, 2010 • 7pm

The Worship Experience featuring the Mississippi Mass Choir, Favour, University of Mississippi Gospel Choir, and an all inclusive community gathered for the purpose of ministering in songs. The funds received will support the renovation and operation of the Burns-Belfry Heritage Cultural Center in Oxford. Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased at the UM box office by calling 662-915-7411.

Upcoming Events at The Overby Center For Journalism and Politics:

"Surviving the Digital Age" February 25, 8:00am-Representatives of North Mississippi newspapers discuss their plans to establish a strong online prsence while strengthening their print editions in order to keep up with the times.

"The Governor Meets the Press" March 2, 2:30pm-

Governor Haley Barbour makes an appearance on camputs to take questions from a panel of reporters from Mississippi papers.

"America's Constitutional Crisis" March 4, 11:00am- Hendrik Hertzberg, political voice of The New Yorker magazine's "Talk of the Town," describes his concerns over election laws and Congressional stalemate. (Sponsored with Barksdale Honors College).

"A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson" March 4, 5:00pm-A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist speaks about her forthcoming book on the 20th century migration of blacks from the South, "The Warmth of Other Suns." (Sponsored with the Meek School of Journalism and New Media and the Student Media Center)

"Remembering Jack Nelson" March 23, 4:00pm-With pictures and words, Nelson's illustrious journalistic career is recalled, from his early days with the old Daily Herald on the Gulf Coast to his Pulitzer Prize-winning work with the Los Angeles Times. Nelson, a Mississippian, died last fall.