Speakers Bureau: Mississippi Telling
The presenter provides an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America with emphasis upon the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the rich storytelling […]
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Poplarville Methodist Youth Building 202 W. Church Street, Poplarville, MS
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Water/Ways @ PRAC: Early Navigation on the Pascagoula River
Pascagoula River Audubon Center 5107 Arthur St., Moss Point, MS, United StatesOn June 9, the Pascagoula River Audubon Center will host a free and open to the public program about the history of the Pascagoula River. The program will take place […]
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Knowing Medgar: 55 Years Later
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum 222 North Street, Jackson, MSIn observance of the fifty-fifth anniversary of his death, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum will host a program to commemorate the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. This free […]
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Water/Ways @ PRAC: Ebbs & Flows of Mississippi History
Pascagoula River Audubon Center 5107 Arthur St., Moss Point, MS, United StatesOn June 16, the Pascagoula River Audubon Center will host Dr. James Giesen of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present his free and open to the public lecture "Water Ways: […]
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Speakers Bureau: Rodgers and Rodgers: Distant Father, Native Son
TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United StatesRogers and Rodgers: Distant Father, Native Son, or The Short Saga of “The World’s Only Yodeling Rope-Throwers” illuminates the relationship between Mississippi’s “Father of Country Music” and Oklahoma’s “Favorite Son,” Jimmie Rodgers […]
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Speakers Bureau: How to Teach the Blues in Mississippi
TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United StatesDr. Willis teaches educators how to integrate blues education into their lesson plans for social studies, geography and history. She gives them background information, current events, historical landmarks that are […]
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Ideas on Tour: Safety First?
Offbeat 151 Wesley Ave, Jackson, MS, United StatesJoin the MHC on June 19 at Offbeat for the first in the summer's "Ideas on Tour" series. The June 19 program, "Ideas on Tour: Safety First?" will address the […]
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Speakers Bureau: Forbidden, Hidden and Forgotten: Women Soldiers of the Civil War
Sharkey Issaquena County Library 116 Robert Morganfield Way, Rolling Fork, MSHundreds, perhaps thousands, of women boldly defied Victorian society norms when they disguised themselves as men, shouldered muskets and joined the firing line in the American Civil War. As soldiers, […]
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Beautiful Agitators civil rights play reading at GRAMMY Museum Mississippi
GRAMMY Museum Mississippi 800 West Sunflower Rd, Cleveland , MS, United StatesBeautiful Agitators civil rights play reading at GRAMMY Museum Mississippi Beautiful Agitators is a civil rights play about Clarksdale-based activist Vera Mae Piggee written and performed by Mississippi Delta residents. There […]
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Water/Ways @ PRAC: Mobile Baykeeper Talk
Pascagoula River Audubon Center 5107 Arthur St., Moss Point, MS, United StatesOn June 23, the Pascagoula River Audubon Center will host a free and open to the public program on the role of Mobile Baykeeper in the area. The program will […]
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The Mule Train: A Journey of Hope Remembered
Smith Robertson Museum & Cultural Center 528 Bloom St., Jackson, MSPlease join the Staff of the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center along with The Mule Train Historical Society on Friday, June 29, 2018 at 6:00 pm for the opening […]
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The State of the South: Jackson
Mississippi Museum of Art 380 South Lamar Street, Jackson, MSWe are a group of creatives—actors, directors, teachers, playwrights—looking to define what it means to be Southern in today’s world. We want to be challenged in how we think about […]