From ‘Beyond Van Gogh’ to Midsouthcon

Seven Memphis events you don’t want to miss this week

Spring has sprung, which means that Memphis is suddenly abloom with not just azaleas but activities of all kinds. h Check such sources as the I Love Memphis blog’s calendar and you will find enough events in Memphis and the Greater Mid-south to delight and frustrate even the most peripatetic partyer or gregarious gadabout. h Like, what, for instance? Like these Lucky Seven, presented here as an incomplete guide for the next seven days, and beyond.

Oxford Film Festival, March 23-April 3

With a mix of in-person screenings through March 27 at the Malco Oxford Commons Cinema and “virtual cinema” screenings continuing through April 3, Mississippi’s most prestigious filmfest this year has booked 118 new films of all types (drama, documentaries, experimental films, animated films) representing 18 countries. Screening at 8 p.m. March 26 will be “A Love Song,” starring Dale Dickey (“Winter’s Bone”).

MARVEL The Marvel Comics antihero known as the Punisher is among the characters who have been drawn by Midsouthcon guest Bob Hall.