Known as the sister of famous composer Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel composed over 450 works despite being discouraged by family members and 19th-century society. Hear stories of her life […]
Christian Pinnen presents: "Spanish Dons in Colonial Mississippi: The Spanish roots of Mississippi’s Cotton Kingdom" Spain has a short, but important part in Mississippi’s history. Between 1779 and 1798, Spanish […]
The 2024-2025 season is an annual program of the Natchez Historical Society, consisting of 8 regular monthly presentations by expert speakers on humanities topics pertinent to the history of the […]
Attention book lovers Please join us April 23rd at 6:00 PM at Exploradora Coffee for our next Reading the Room event. If you're passionate about books and all things literary, this […]
Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives: Honoring a Legacy at the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum The Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives project seeks to establish the first permanent Vietnamese exhibit at the […]
The Farming Freedom television premiere is officially set for May 4 at 11am! Here's how to watch: Set your reminders now! Add the WLBT app on your Roku, Amazon Fire, […]
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 […]
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 Mississippi Humanities Council and Visit Mississippi will unveil a new Mississippi Freedom Trail marker for Emmett J. Stringer, a dentist from the Mississippi Delta who fought for civil rights […]
In this presentation, Jerry Jenkins will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally […]
Speaker William P Arinder explores music of the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865 played on the Appalachian Mountain. Dulcimer, banjo-mier and wooden spoons plus period clothing are worn […]
Speaker: James Giesen Mississippi has long reigned as the capital of cotton country, but by the mid-twentieth century, the crop's dominance faced a serious threat from synthetic upstarts like Polyester […]
