The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council will expand its annual June Summer Sunset Concert Series with a special July 4th celebration in Oxford in 2026. The project blends live concerts highlighting Mississippi’s musical traditions with historian-curated readings and writing prompts on democracy, plus short documentary films exploring how Mississippi’s culture shapes the arts. Designed as a free, […]
We are planning a party! Thank you to the Mississippi250 Grant Committee with the Mississippi Humanities Council for our matching grant to provide an America250 Birthday Party for you at your Lawrence County Civic Center! It is an exciting time for our country and for us!Our building will be celebrating its 100th Birthday, so we […]
This is the third in the series of luncheon lectures coming to the MS Ag & Forestry Museum. The highlight of this lecture will be Mound Bayou Museum & African American History & Culture. In the Heritage Center Auditorium, July 10th from Noon - 1PM. Rev. Darryl Johnson & Hermon Johnson, present a program about […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Anne McKee presents "All Things Mississippi: The Beautiful Landscapes and the Great Strength of the People" Anne McKee is recognized statewide as a passionate teacher of Mississippi history. Through the art of storytelling, Anne McKee uplifts the accomplishments of famous Mississippians and shares explores the history of a land and a people like no other. […]
This is the last of the series of luncheon lectures coming to the MS Ag & Forestry Museum. The highlight of this lecture will be How We Pickled Our Food: 1850 - 1920. In the Heritage Center Auditorium, September 11th from Noon - 1PM. Join Research Historian Casey Heilman, for an opportunity to sample some […]
James “Jim” Giesen presents “Ain’t That America? History and Culture in the Country" Since 1920 the number of farmers in America has been dropping, yet the place of farming — and of rural life generally — in the American mind is stronger than ever. The images we encounter in country songs, labels at the grocery […]
