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SPRING 2012 BROWN BAG LECTURES AT THE UM MUSEUM Come listen to the Spring 2012 Brown Bag Luncheons at the UM Museum. PB&J (or honey) will be provided. Wednesday, March 7, 2012 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. I’m Living in a Material World, and I am Immaterial…, Dr. Caleb Simmons This lecture will … Read more
The Ford Center for the Performing Arts and The University of Mississippi Museum invite you to a Cocktail Reception Benefit & Art Auction preceding the concert and honoring the visual and performing artists who are contributing to the evening UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM University Avenue and 5th Street, Oxford Thursday, February 2, 2012 5:30 p.m. … Read more
February 4, 2012 Come anytime between 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM COST: $8 per child for UM Museum members at the Family Level and above $12 PER PARTICIPANT FOR NON-MEMBERS Celebrate the Chinese New Year at our come-and-go Family Activity Day! Children and their parents will make puppets for a Chinese Lion Dance … Read more
Visiting Guest Lecturer: Professor Virginia Bower Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:00 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM An Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and frequent visiting instructor at Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia as well as at Kean University and Rutgers University in New Jersey, Virginia L. Bower did her graduate … Read more
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon. $8 per child to Museum Members at the Family level and above $12 per participant for non-members Drop off your kids at 10:00 a.m. to create a gulf coast animal painting inspired by John Alexander! Join them from 11:30- noon and bring comfortable clothes for a family yoga session … Read more
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE OXFORD BLUES FESTIVAL PRESENTS Blues Panel $5 admission Fri., July 22, 4:00–5:00 p.m. THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM Free to Friends of the Museum and Oxford Blues Festival pass holders. Special blues panel discussion with Dick Waterman, Shelly Ritter, and Ben Payton. Heavy Suga’ and … Read more
The SmartSynch Oxford Endurance Weekend Highlights the Rowan Oak 5k presented by the Inn at Ole Miss Rowan Oak 5K presented by the Inn at Ole Miss Friday, August 5, 2011 7pm Race starts at the University of Mississippi Museum and meanders along the scenic University of Mississippi campus. Expect a great post race atmosphere … Read more
April 2, 2011 9:30 a.m.- 12:00 noon Schedule of events: 9:30 gathering and refreshments 10:00 guided tour of the Gee’s Bend exhibit 10:30 Show and Tell-sharing of the local African American quilts and their stories 11:30 demonstration by Quilt Hearts door prizes fabric swap Central and West African quilted textile … Read more
The University of Mississippi Museum, Hattie Mae Edmonds Fund for Southern Folk Art, and Thacker Mountain Radio present Thacker Mountain Radio and The Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend documentary screening March 10, 2011, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. The Lyric Theater 1008 Van Buren Ave. Free Admission Thacker Mountain Radio Line up Author: Andre Dubus Author: Matt Arnett Music: … Read more