Dabney Day is the writer and director of independent film “The Gardener,” which will be screened April 28 in Oxford as part of its national release. Q: “The Gardener” is being screened in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Honolulu and many other cities around the country. Why is it important to you to show this film in Oxford? A: As a Mississippi native — and specifically from Greenville — Oxford has always been one of my go-to places when the senses long for calm in a chaotic world. A simple walk around...

There’s a movement afoot to put northeast Mississippi on the musical map for its place in the birth of rockabilly music. Written by Eugene Stockstill | Photos by Joe Worthem If you are from northeast Mississippi, rockabilly is your proud birthright. And there’s a movement afoot to make sure you and everyone else knows it. And just what is rockabilly, you might be asking yourself? It’s Johnny Cash preaching “Folsom Prison Blues” to a roomful of rowdy inmates. It’s Elvis Presley driving all the...

Through quilts, landscapes and experimental projections, artist Coulter Fussell explores memory, material and Mississippi life in her sweeping new exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Written by Lena Anderson | Photos by joe worthem Water Valley artist Coulter Fussell is the subject of a major new exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art this spring, bringing her distinctive textile-based work to a statewide audience. Titled “Coulter Fussell: The Proving Ground,” the exhibition in...