FAULKNER

BARNARD OBSERVATORY

CEDAR OAKS

CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL

COLLEGE HILL PRESBYTERIAN

CONFEDERATE CEMETERY

DOWNTOWN SQUARE

THE LAFAYETTE COUNTY

COURTHOUSE

L.Q.C. LAMAR HOUSE

ROWAN OAK

SAINT PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH & CEMETERY

THE CUMBERLAND PRESBY.TERIAN CHURCH, ALSO KNOWN AS SOUTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

,,

WILLIAM FAULKNER'S GRAVE

BURNS-BELFRY MUSEUM

www.burns-belfry.com/index.php

The old Burns Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1910 holds both state and local landmark status in testimony to its many years of service to the African American community. Following its recently completed restoration, it has begun a new era of community service as the Burns-Belfry Museum & Multicultural Center. It offers a professionally designed museum exhibit on African American history from slavery through Civil Rights. A short video accompanies the remarkable history of the building.

Ford Center For The Performing Arts

www.fordcenter.org

•(662) 915-7411

This grand venue seats as many as 1,058 in its main hall to see Broadway touring companies, world-class symphonies and legendary performers. Friends ofthe Ford Center members receive early notice for season tickets and can take part in special receptions before events or during intermission.

Powerhouse Community Arts Center

www.oxfordarts.com

•662-236-6429

Home to the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the local arts community, the Powerhouse hosts classes, exhibits, performances and more in the former Oxford Electric Department headquarters. It is also the host to the monthly Art Crawl which takes art lovers on a tour of local galleries on the Double Decker bus on the fourth Tuesday in January through October at no cost. It's located on University Avenue, across South 14th Street from Newk's restaurant.

Square Books

www.squarebooks.com

(662) 236-2262

Oxford's famous independent bookstores hosts frequent readings by authors and serves as home base for the local literary community. The first Square Books opens 9 a.m.- 9 p.rn. all week, and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday, and has a large literary fiction section and southern fiction and history collection. Square Books Jr., Square Books extended children's book and toy store, is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays, from 12 p.m.-5 p.m. on Sundays, and hosts story-time every Wednesday and Saturday at 10 a.m. Off Square Books, an offshoot of Square Books, hosts Thacker Mountain Radio most Thursdays during the fall and spring. TMR is a live radio show featuring weekly author readings and a wide array of musical performances from the Square. The free show is taped and broadcast every Thursday at 6 p.m. during the fall and spring and rebroadcast every Saturday night on Mississippi Public Radio. For more information on the show, visit www. thackerrnountain.com. Off Square Books opens weekdays 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sundays 12 p.m.-5 p.m. and hosts most of the author events, readings, talks and signings.

UNIVERSITY MUSEUM www.museum.olemiss.edu (662) 915-7073

The university's Mary Buie Museum and Kate Skipwith Teaching Museum are host to an eclectic blend of collections, with permanent holdings of about 11,000 items as well as special exhibits. The museum's education department hosts afterschool and summer programs for children. The University Museum also operates the Walton-Young Historic House adjoining the museum on University Avenue. A walking path connects the museum property to Rowan Oak through Bailey's Woods. The University Museum is open to the public 10 a.m. -6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and is closed on Monday and regular University holidays.

The Lyceum

The oldest building on the University of Mississippi campus, this iconic building, completed in 1848, was the only survivor of the original buildings to the University. Ionic Greek Revival style architecture, the building has become a trademark at the University of MS. CIVIL RIGHTS MONUMENT/ FREEDOM TRAIL MARKER» The Freedom Trail marker and the Civil Rights monument commemorating the events that took place during the integration of Ole Miss is located behind the Lyceum. This moving statue beautifully honors James Meredith, the rstAfrican American student to attend Ole Miss and commemorates the progress the University has made since the tragic and historic events that took place in 1962.

THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOUTHERN CULTURE southernstudies.olemiss.edu

(662) 915-5993

Housed in Barnard Observatory on the University of Mississippi campus, The Center for the Study of Southern Culture promotes regional studies and, as the first center of its kind in the nation, serves as a model for future centers in other regions. Its projects include the award-winning Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and publication of Living Blues magazine, the gospel music magazine Rejoice!, and in addition cohosts the annual Faulkner Conference. The observatory displays a changing photographic exhibit throughout the year. A marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail honoring the Living Blues magazine, produced at the University of Mississippi is also located on this site.

Confederate Cemetery

Just to the south of the University's Tad Smith Coliseum is a modest walled lawn with a single monument at the center. Here lie around 700 Confederate dead from the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. During the Civil War, the buildings of Ole Miss became hospitals for the battle wounded, and the casualties were thus buried here. At one time the cemetery had individual markers but groundskeepers removed them to mow and forgot where they belonged.

LAFAYETTECOUNTY&OXFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY

www.firstregional.org • 662-234-5751

A member ofthe First Regional Library System, the public library offers a large book, periodical, video, DVD and books-on-tape collection. The library also conducts many programs for adults and children. The public library has consistently scored one ofthe highest circulation rates in the state of Mississippi, and the First Regional system has the highestranked circulation of all library sys- terns in the state. Library hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m.

Art Galleries

Southside Gallery, on the south side ofthe Square, has hosted some ofthe country's foremost painters, sculptors and photographers since it opened in 1993.

Art2Frame Gallery & Custom Framing, located on Heritage Drive, and The Frame Up/Basement Gallery, located on the Square, hosts exhibits and offer custom framing.

On campus, Meek Hall Gallery130 showcases the work ofstudents, faculty and alumni. Local artists display their work at

Music Venues

AJAX some ofthe antiques malls around town, and at shows hosted bythe Oxford Artists Guild. Many local restaurants and coffee shops and the occasional Square business will also showcase the work of local artists on their walls as monthly exhibits. Water Valley, a 20-minute drive south, is also home to galleries such as Yalo Studio and Bozarts Gallery.

J.D. WILLIAMS LIBRARY

Residents ofthe Oxford community can also become members ofthe library atthe University of Mississippi. Hours vary by semes- ter. For more information, call the library at 662-915-7091.