Be Part of History! Help Us Fill a Time Capsule! Our library is starting a fun new project called "Voices of Mid-Mississippi: A Community Time Capsule!" We want to save our thoughts and memories from today for people to open in the future—50 years from now, during the America 300 birthday celebration! What is a […]
Join the Mississippi Humanities Council and your local community to continue discussions about Drew’s Freedom Memory Project. Tuesday, July 14, at 2 p.m.167 North Main Street The event is free and open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to participate in the conversation. Refreshments will be provided.Info: ggloria150@msn.com
Dr. Rebecca Tuuri’s presentation examines the first fifty years of the women’s suffrage in Mississippi, with a focus on the work of the Mississippi League of Women Voters (LWV) from the months before the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment through the late 1960s when the state’s League was transformed into the progressive and […]
Happy Birthday, America is an original musical celebrating the 250th birthday of America, and Mississippi's part in forming our country. Performed by a cast of kids and adults of all ages, audiences will be delighted at this sometimes funny, sometimes not, presentation. Told through story and music, we guarantee you'll be tapping your feet and […]
Join the Mississippi Humanities Council and your local community to continue discussions about Jackson’s Freedom Memory Project. Saturday, July 18, at 11 a.m.Smith Robertson Museum (528 Bloom Street) The event is free and open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to participate in the conversation. Refreshments will be provided. Info: knoelsweet@gmail.com
Happy Birthday, America is an original musical celebrating the 250th birthday of America, and Mississippi's part in forming our country. Performed by a cast of kids and adults of all ages, audiences will be delighted at this sometimes funny, sometimes not, presentation. Told through story and music, we guarantee you'll be tapping your feet and […]
Happy Birthday, America is an original musical celebrating the 250th birthday of America, and Mississippi's part in forming our country. Performed by a cast of kids and adults of all ages, audiences will be delighted at this sometimes funny, sometimes not, presentation. Told through story and music, we guarantee you'll be tapping your feet and […]
Join us for a free event featuring a screening of Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums. A 60-minute showing of this two hour documentary features interviews with Evers’s family, colleagues, and historians honoring the life, work, and impact […]
Happy Birthday, America is an original musical celebrating the 250th birthday of America, and Mississippi's part in forming our country. Performed by a cast of kids and adults of all ages, audiences will be delighted at this sometimes funny, sometimes not, presentation. Told through story and music, we guarantee you'll be tapping your feet and […]
This production of Central MS Blues Society, Inc. will bring three blues artists, all Mississippi women who are known to blues lovers worldwide, will share their music and stories of their struggles and successes as African American blues women in America. The music will be accompanied by a Jackson area blues band. Free and open […]
Join the Mississippi Humanities Council and your local community to continue discussions about Moss Point’s Freedom Memory Project. Thursday, July 23, at noonIna Thompson Library (4119 Bellview Ave) The event is free and open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to participate in the conversation. Refreshments will be provided. Info: jabaliincpresv@gmail.com
Rebecca Jernigan presents "Mississippi Telling." Join scholar Rebecca Jernigan as she provides an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America, with an emphasis on the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the rich storytelling legacy that riddles the tales of our families and our communities, as reflected in the […]
