Author: bni

Mama Jo’s is the Real Deal

Posted by bni | Jul 19, 2017 | Food & Drink

Brassell learned to cook by watching her mother. At about 5 years old, she baked her first cake and fried her first chicken. She cooks from the heart with a little help from above, she says.

The Redneck Riviera

Posted by bni | Jul 19, 2017 | Columns, Features

I viewed the country life as one of self-sufficiency, masculinity, freedom, calm. Knowledge that provided understanding of how to live off the land, use a knife to skin an animal, cultivate and grow a garden, build something out of nothing.

Avent Park’s Fourth of July

Posted by bni | Jul 19, 2017 | Around Town, Columns, Features

Like any good community tradition forced to change with the times, Oxford’s Fourth of July celebration will always be synonymous with the city’s Avent Park.

Ole Miss Rebel Ignacio Murillo at Harper’s Bazaar

Posted by bni | Jul 19, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Features

From Mississippi to Manhattan How an Ole Miss alum with a love for photography stopped at nothing...

Local Listen – And the Echo shaking things up in Oxford

Posted by bni | Jul 19, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Music

“It’s not that we try to be different,” says McElroy on the porch of Proud Larry’s seated next to his bandmate. “It’s just what we do and how we write.”