Holiday Time!

Oxford, Miss.--On November 13, 2010 the Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau and local event planner Fete of Oxford are kicking off the Holiday season in Oxford with the first Oxford Holiday Market. Held at the Oxford Conference Center the Oxford Holiday Market includes over 40 vendors from around the region boasting a variety of gift options including jewelry, clothing, home goods, and holiday decorations.

"There are so many fun things to do in Oxford around Christmas time,” said Mary-Kathryn Millner, Director of Tourism for the CVB, “ We hope people from around the region will plan a weekend get-a-way, or maybe just a day trip to take advantage of the charm and quality of Oxford’s shopping as they prepare for the holidays.”

The Market will also feature photos with Santa, on-site monogramming and a gift wrapping station. “We are so excited for shoppers to see the quality and variety of vendors that we have lined up,” said Hayden Hiter, Holiday Market organizer and CVB Sales Manager.

In addition to the Holiday Market, the CVB will hold two guided tours of Oxford on the Double Decker Bus on November 13 at 11:00 and 1:00, and University Museum will be hosting a family folk art day. Some of the other exciting holiday activities include the Downtown Council Open House on November 26, The Holiday Art Market December 3-5, the annual Oxford Christmas Parade on December 6 and Santa’s workshop day at the University Museum on December 11. For a full listing of Holiday events in Oxford, or for more information on the Oxford Holiday Market call 662.232.2367 of visit the CVB website at www.oxfordcvb.com.

Great article about Oak Hill Stables in Oxford, Mississippi in the Summer 2010 OLE MISS ALUMNI REVIEW

This post is a little late - but I only just got my hands on the Summer 2010 issue of the Ole Miss Alumni Review. 

Jim Urbanek wrote a fantastic article about one of my favorite places in Oxford, Oak Hill Stables.  The article is filled with beautiful photographs taken by Robert Jordan.  (My niece is featured jumping on horseback in the first photo.)  Read this lovely article about Oak Hill Stables Bed and Breakfast's owners Laura and Owen Sale. 

3 Blind Wines – The Wine Tasting With a Twist!

Teams compete in a blind wine contest to benefit charity

A fundraiser for the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council & Oxford Tasting Society

Oxford, MISS. –– Oxford reigns as one of the South’s leading locales for fine food, culture and hospitality. It’s the home of many of the South’s most famous restaurants and the Southern Foodways Alliance, an organization dedicated to the study and celebration of Southern food. However, within all this greatness, something is missing.

It’s only natural, in a town that knows its art and food, the incorporation of great wine can’t be far behind. That’s why the Oxford Tasting Society and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council have joined together to bring a unique wine tasting event to Oxford. 3 Blind Wines, the wine tasting with a twist, will be held at the Powerhouse on October 12th. “We wanted to take the traditional idea of a wine tasting and turn it upside down,” said Wayne Andrews, director of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council.


3 Blind Wines is a blind wine tasting where teams of two people select three bottles of the same red wine. Two of every team’s bottles of wine are set out for the tasting with the labels covered up, and the third bottle of wine is held as part of the wine auction prize. Everyone then samples the other team’s wines and votes for their favorite wine of the night. The team whose wine is selected as the most popular of the night wins the auction which includes all the other team’s third bottle of wine. Winners could go home with a cellar full of free wine! “It’s a great way to sample a lot of different wines while supporting a great cause.” said Marvin King, president of the Oxford Tasting Society.


Tickets to the event are $25 per team ( $20 for members of the Arts Council and Oxford Tasting Society) plus the cost of three bottles of red wine. The proceeds benefit the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and Oxford Tasting Society and annual programs presented by the organizations. Doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets are on sale now at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center. Ticket buyers who present their tickets at these fine wine stores, Star, P.J.’s and Kiamie Package stores will receive a discount, plus a free door prize coupon for the event. If you would like more information about 3 Blind Wines visit www.oxfordarts.com or call the arts council at 662-236-6429.

Grand Opening of the new La Rousse Salon & Spa!

~ Grand Opening of the new Salon & Spa ~

Come Celebrate with Spirits, Jazz & New Orleans Cuisine

Friday, October 15th, 2010

 

6-9pm

 

1006 Jefferson Ave

Oxford, Mississippi

662.281.0548

3 Blind Wines... at the Powerhouse in Oxford...

Three Blind Wines, wine tasting with a twist, is a blind wine tasting where teams of two people select three bottles of the same red wine. Two of every team’s bottles of wine are set out for the tasting with the labels covered up, and the third bottle of wine is held as part of the wine auction prize. Everyone then samples the other team’s wines and votes for their favorite wine of the night. The team whose wine is selected as the most popular of the night wins the auction which includes all the other team’s third bottle of wine.

How to Enter:

Tickets to the event are $25 per team ($20 for members of the Arts Council and Oxford Tasting Society) plus the cost of three bottles of red wine. Tickets are on sale at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center. Ticket buyers who present their tickets at these fine wine stores Star Package Store and Kiamie’s will receive a discount plus a free door prize coupon for the event.

I love Lou Haney...

Stop by the Powerhouse and check out Lou Haney's show - "Anedoctal"  on display through October 10th.

I love shorts... 10 Minute Plays in Oxford, tonight at the Powerhouse...

Theatre Oxford presents the 2010 Ten Minute Play Festival

Thursday, September 23 at 7:00pm

Friday, September 24 at 7:00pm

Sunday, September 25 at 2:00pm
Please join us for a Closing Reception following Sunday’s show.
Tickets can be purchased at the Powerhouse: $10 in advance or $12 at the door for adults/ $8 in advance or $10 at the door for students and seniors.

All performances are at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center 413 South 14th Street in Oxford , Mississippi .

The plays are: “Of Course, Of Course” written by J. Wiltz and Keith Sisson; directed by J. Wiltz and Alice Walker ; starring Andrew Douglas, J. Wiltz, and Caren Watts; “The Dreamer” by Jim McCauley; directed by Marilyn Frey; starring Jim McCauley, Marge McCauley, and Jennifer Clark; “Buried Bones” by David O. Bell (First Runner-up of the 2010 National 10 Minute Play Contest); directed by Bruce Butler ; starring Nick Husbands and Gene Hux; “Taking Off” by Daniell L. Mattern; directed by Steve Wooten ; starring Clara Lee Arnold, Gregory Ernest, and Lester Ferrell ; “The Divine Visitation of Joe Pickleseimer” by Micah McCoy of Albuquerque, New Mexico (Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 National 10 Minute Play Contest); directed by Alice Walker ; starring Rob Cornelius and Peter Pinnow.

Each year at the Ten Minute Play Festival, Theatre Oxford produces the Grand Prize Winner of the National Contest as well as plays written by local playwrights. Neil White , author of the play Lepers and Cons and the memoir In the Sanctuary of Outcasts, will conduct a ten minute playwriting workshop in the spring. This is a perfect opportunity to hone your skills and get a script ready to submit for next year’s Ten Minute Play Festival. The workshop is set for May 7, 2011. Come pen your own short play and perhaps it will be on stage next season!
Theatre Oxford ’s Ann ual Ten Minute Play Contest is accepting submissions!
The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2011. For more information, please visit http://www.theatreoxford.com/.

Theatre Oxford is a 501(c) 3 organization. All contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law.

National Geographic - THE SPILL - October 2010 Issue

If you haven't read this issue, please consider picking it up!  Two very important stories are back to back in this issue:  The Spill and Time for a Sea Change.  The Spill contains 50 pages of images from the gulf with tables and charts explaining everything from the dynamics of drilling to the possibly vast scope of unknown damage to be determined by the future of our oceans and wetlands.  Just as important, Time for a Sea Change explains that our appatite for seafood may lead to a worldwide fisheries collapse.

Images from National Geographic - Tuna Boat, Solomon Islands by Jonathan Clay

Oil spill photo by Joel Sartore

What's New Pussycat?! It's Delacata - U.S. Farm-Raised and Sustainable

The U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish industry battles on to bring Americans more sustainable fish and healthier options in seafood.  What's new in the world of Catfish?   The answer is:  Delacata!  I cannot wait for this fish to hit the market so I can start inquiring about it in restaurants - click here to read more about it!

 Support American farmers by ordering catfish, and be sure to ask WHERE the fish comes from.  I'm constantly surveying restaurants, markets and grocery stores, asking if the fish is farmed in the U.S.  If they say no - I won't buy it.  Watch the video below to find out why you should avoid imported catfish...

Oxford Maker's Market at Skipwith Cottage this Saturday!

Next Market: August 21, 2010
Location: Skipwith Cottage
Time: 10am-5pm

Market Notes:
• New location! This will be our first Maker's Market at Skipwith Cottage. We're excited to have access to the space, and especially on such a busy Oxford weekend (i.e. students will be returning for Fall Semester). Information about layout and tent use is forthcoming (FYI: tents won't be provided).
• We need a logo. We're currently developing promotional items for Maker's Market and would like to have a logo that we'll implement in these and other market materials. We'd love any ideas or submissions from our artists.

Additional Info:
• Fees: $20 per artist/table, or $30 for two artists sharing one table.
• Set-up: Set-up is at 9am. Space is first come, first serve. Artists can begin breaking down their booths at 4:30pm.
• Presentation: Artists are responsible for their own tables and table-cloths. Chairs are available to borrow. Artists need to bring any screens, easels, or other set up for vetically displaying art. The Lyric does not provide any wall space of any kind for hanging or displaying art.
• Age: If the seller is under the age of 18, he/she must be accompanied by an adult.
• Money: Sellers must bring their own cash to make change for sales.
• Taxes: Artists are responsible for submitting their own taxes on sales conducted at the Maker's Market.

The Oxford Maker's Market is an art market based in Oxford, Mississippi. It occurs every 1st and 3rd Saturdays on The Square (usually at the Lyric). The Maker's Market is committed to local and underexposed talent. We try to showcase different artists, musicians and a variety of media at each event. Check out our website for photos from our past events: www.oxfordmakersmarket.com.
Copyright (C) 2010 Oxford Maker's Market All rights reserved.

The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council could win $20,000 from Tom's of Maine! VOTE FOR YAC ONLINE!

Dear Friends, Members, and Supporters of the Arts Council:

The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council has been selected as a finalist for a $20,000 award in the 50 States for Good program sponsored by Tom's of Maine . Tom's of Maine receives thousands of submissions for this program. They have selected just 41 groups to consider as finalists. It appears that the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council project of renovating the Powerhouse Community Arts Center appears to be the only organization in Mississippi that was selected.

The program has entered the public support phase and we need your help. The program will be announced nationally this week in USA Today, but voting is already active and votes are being counted starting today. We need your help. Each day you can vote for the program you would like to receive the $20,000 in support. Although all the programs that have been selected are worthy we hope you will help bring support to a program in our community.

Please take time to vote right now. Share this link with your network of people. Then save this link, vote again everyday, and remind your friends to vote everyday.

http://www.tomsofmaine.com/community-involvement/living-well/finalists-overview/poll

Thank you for your continued support of the arts.

- Wayne Andrews

Why can't I be in Oxford this weekend to go to this awesome party....???

Meet the cast and crew of the movie Where I Begin, currently filming in Oxford.

Saturday, August 14, 2010
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Southside Gallery
$15 or $10 for members of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council

Featuring Lance Nichols from the HBO series Treme and the upcoming films Welcome to the Rileys & Green Lantern, Bo Keister from Remember the Titans.

Catering provided by Party Waiting to Happen & Beverages Service Presented by Miller Lite, Amstel & Ty - Ku.
...
Proceeds from the event support the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council.

Limited tickets are available.

Purchase tickets from Southside Gallery & Yoknapatawpha Arts Council.

Oxford, I miss you ... and this email from Ravine Restaurant sounds deelish...

We just received some amazing wild sockeye salmon and red grouper, they both look and taste delicious. Will be doing the salmon with some lump crab tonight and maybe tomorrow if it lasts that long.
Come into ravine this week for your fresh fish fix!!
Thanks as always,
Joel

Joel Miller 
ravine 
53 cr 321 
oxford, ms 
38655 

www.oxfordravine.com 
662.234.4555

I Miss You, Powerhouse! Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Events...

The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Calendar of Events


Week of July 26th – August 1st, 2010


Main Event :


This Thursday, July 29- its the first ever Silent Movie Night from 7:30-9:30 at the Powerhouse.


Local Film Maker, Rex Harsin, is making this evening as authentic as possible- with the black and white movie style and he’s bringing in live musicians to give that ultimate classic 1920s feel. It’s a special movie night that can’t be missed! Tickets are $10 individual and $5 for students.


For anyone still interested in purchasing a raffle ticket for the designed guitar in the Seeing is Hearing Art Show (displayed in the Powerhouse) that will be given out at the end of the month – please see our website at www.oxfordarts.com. Raffle tickets are only $5!


Friday, July 30 the Oxford Park Commission presents Movies in the Parks with “Field of Dreams” showing at FNC Sports complex. OPC will set up their huge inflatable movie screen and take in a family-friendly movie. Here's the best part - IT'S FREE! So bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and movie pals and enjoy a fun filled night with OPC! The movie starts at dusk. Come early and enjoy music from local music acts.




This week at the University of Mississippi Museum :


Teacher and Student: Abstract Works of Marie Hull and Andrew Bucci


On display now – September 18, 2010


Free Admission for Everyone – Everyday, with suggested donation


Teacher and Student: Abstract Works of Marie Hull and Andrew Bucci is organized by the Mississippi Museum of Art and supported with funds provided by the Museum's statewide Traveling Exhibition Endowment, a fund made possible through significant private contributions matched by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, with additional funding provided by the Mississippi Arts Commission's Arts Reinvestment Initiative.


ALSO at the University of Mississippi Museum


Mitchell Wright’s: The Reconstruction


On display now – October 2, 2010


Free Admission for Everyone – Everyday, with suggested donation


Sponsored by: Honey Bee Bakery


Native Mississippian Mitchell Wright’s: The Reconstruction exhibition of enigmatic paintings and drawings was inspired by the William Faulkner short story Barn Burning (1939). Born in Winona , Wright lives and works in New York City where Faulkner also wrote his famed short story.




The University of Mississippi Museum is located at University Avenue & Fifth Street | Oxford , MS 38655


Hours of operation are Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday along with university holidays.


For more information, please telephone (662) 915-7073.


E-mail Laura Parkinson parkinso@olemiss.edu or William Andrews wpandrew@olemiss.edu




GOTTA DANCE


AUGUST 14, Saturday -- 7:00-10:00 PM


JOHNSON COMMONS BALLROOM, Ole Miss Campus in Oxford , MS


EVERYONE WELCOME! And Dress is Casual!


If you don't already dance, come and have fun while you learn.


For more information contact Fred or Kathy at 662-234-8530, or visit www.ombdc.com


Admission: $8 (members); $12 (non-members)


Student admission: $5 (members); $9 (non-members)


Yearly Membership dues: $25


Student Yearly Membership dues: $15


Ole Miss Ballroom Dance Club




A look ahead into YAC Calendar events August 2nd – August 8th of 2010


Monday August 2nd, 2010 – the Oxford Architecture Exhibit will be on display in our main gallery. Local artists interpret and imagine the historic architecture of Oxford- through paintings, pictures, and mixed media.


The show will stay in the gallery until September 3rd.


Tuesday August 3rd, Troubadour Lounge returns to the Powerhouse


Cary Hudson & Kelly Norris


$5.00 cover – Music and Beverages till it runs outs!


Thursday, August 5th- Opening night for Theatre Oxford ’s play “Barefoot in the Park”. Show starts at 7:00 pm and will run through Saturday the 7. Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park”- presented live on stage by Theatre Oxford.


If you have any questions please view: www.theatreoxford.org


*Monday, August 2 – 7, the Yocona International Festival- Mississippi ’s only international folk festival brings dancers, musicians, and artists from the Netherlands and Korea . This touring festival visits 5 cities in North Mississippi and features a free children’s program. Schedule can be found online: www.yoconafestival.org




Thank you for reading YAC’s Weekly Calendar of Events


If you have any questions please contact Beth at yacoperations@gmail.com


Call (662)236-6429


Or visit www.oxfordarts.com

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