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  • September 2026

  • Thu 17

    Speakers Bureau: “‘Stand Fast Mississippians!’ The First Regiment ‘Mississippi Rifles’ during the War with Mexico, 1846-1848”

    September 17 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Walthall County Library 707 Union RD, Tylertown, MS

    Grady Howell presents "'Stand Fast Mississippians!' The First Regiment ‘Mississippi Rifles’ during the War with Mexico, 1846-1848" “Stand Fast Mississippians!”  Is a thoroughly researched, nonfiction narrative, detailing as completely as […]

  • Tue 22

    Speakers Bureau: “Language, race, and identity in the Gulf South”

    September 22 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
    Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 2226 Switzer Road, Gulfport, MS, United States

    Thomas D. Lewis presents "Language, race, and identity in the Gulf South" Ideas about language are ideas about people. This means that the ways we think about languages and dialects […]

  • Tue 22

    Speakers Bureau: “Wanted – 1,000,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Old Mississippi Newspapers”

    September 22 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County 329 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS

    Tracy Carr presents "Wanted – 1,000,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Old Mississippi Newspapers"   A monkey named Jocko who lived at the Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport, […]

  • Thu 24

    Consumed: Black Subjectivity in Art

    September 24 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Mississippi Museum of Art 380 South Lamar Street, Jackson, MS

    Who gets seen, what gets collected, and who confers value? Join us for a timely conversation on the art world’s complex relationship with Black artists and subject matter, featuring Gagosian […]

  • October 2026

  • Thu 1

    SPARK!: What to do in the Delta?

    October 1 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Greenville Higher Education Center 2900 US-1 South, Greenville, MS

    This session is part of the Spark!: Places of Innovation exhibit at the Greenville Higher Education Center on the Mississippi Delta Community College Greenville campus.   This session will bring […]

  • Sat 3

    America250 Mississippi – The Town Creek Celebration & Archaeology Exposition Festival

    October 3
    Dorothy J. Lowe Memorial Library / Nettleton 165 Young Avenue, Nettleton, MS, United States

    The Town Creek Celebration & Archaeology Exposition is a one-day, multi-generational cultural heritage event hosted in Nettleton, Mississippi. Designed to honor the region’s Indigenous, civic, and civil rights history, the […]

  • Sat 3

    America250 Mississippi – Journey to Colonial Mississippi

    October 3 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Old Capitol Museum 100 South State Street, Jackson , MS

    Journey to Colonial Mississippi: An America250 Celebration Join us on Saturday, October 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Old Capitol Museum to experience Mississippi during Colonial times. […]

  • Tue 6

    Speakers Bureau: “Vietnamese Narratives: A Story of Refuge and Resilience of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Vietnamese”

    October 6 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
    Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 2226 Switzer Road, Gulfport, MS, United States

    Dr. Emma Phuong To and Jennifer Le present Vietnamese Narratives: A Story of Refuge and Resilience of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Vietnamese" This presentation explores the enduring legacy and lived […]

  • Sat 10

    Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Oxford

    October 10 - November 21
    Oxford Lafayette Library 401 Bramlett Blvd , Oxford, MS, United States

    Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Oxford Join MHC in Oxford for the Spark! Places of Innovation tour of Mississippi! October 10-November 21, 2026 Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library  […]

  • Tue 13

    Reel Intelligence – Your Attention Please

    October 13 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    Your Attention Please  Tuesday, October 13 at 6:30 p.m. – Location TBD Your Attention Please will be screening on Tuesday, October 13, at 6:30 p.m., thanks to a partnership between the Mississippi […]

  • Tue 20

    Speakers Bureau: “Prehistoric Native American Stone Tools”

    October 20 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Itawamba History Society

    William Arinder presents “Prehistoric Native American Stone Tools” Program about how prehistoric Native Americans made and used stone tools. Includes “hands on” artifact display with audience participation encouraged.

  • Wed 28

    Speakers Bureau: “All Things Mississippi: The Beautiful Landscapes and the Great Strength of the People”

    October 28 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Walthall County Library 707 Union RD, Tylertown, MS

    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 […]

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