Spark! is a Smithsonian exhibit focusing on innovations in rural communities. In our grand opening celebration, you'll hear from Utica Mayor Calvin Williams, along with the co-founders of the Utica-based Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Carlton and Brandi Turner. Carlton and Brandi will discuss their work in the town and the ways in which the […]
Join us for the Mantee History & Heritage Museum grand opening! Monday, May 25 at 11:00 AM at the Mantee Depot (67 First Street). The updates to the museum are thanks to donations of military veterans memorabilia from community members and an America250 grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council.
Here's the schedule for submitting materials and writing letters: Session 1: Wednesday, 13 May, 3-4:30PM at Ruth B. French Library Session 2: Thursday, 21 May, 5:30-7PM at Byhalia MS Town Hall Session 3: Wednesday, 27 May, 3-4:30PM at Ruth B. French Library What will you leave behind? Grant information: “This project was made possible by […]
Join us for a free event featuring a screening of Natchez at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 28, in the Palace Theater in McComb. This 86-minute documentary journeys through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history. The program will include a post-screening panel featuring local scholars, community voices, individuals […]
Join us for a free event featuring a screening of Natchez at 2 p.m. Friday, May 29, at the Delta Arts Alliance in Cleveland. This 86-minute documentary journeys through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history. The program will include a post-screening panel featuring local scholars, community voices, […]
William “Brother” Rogers presents "Learning Mississippi History Through Historical Markers." From traditional green historical markers to the Mississippi Blues Trail, Freedom Trail, Country Music Trail, and Mississippi Mound Trail, the state’s history is told along its roads. The speaker takes a fun romp through history that will interest anyone who likes fascinating trivia about the […]
Friday, June 5, 2026 Friday belongs to the story with the Aint Film Festival. Before the music, before the feast, before the river - we start where it all begins: the screen. Tonight is about seeing ourselves told by ourselves, in a place that has been the source of so much of the world’s culture. […]
William Arinder presents "Music of the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865." Music of this period played on the Appalachian Mountain dulcimer, banjo-mier and wooden spoons. Period clothing worn. Audience may help play the spoons.
The Stone County Friends of the Libraries will commemorate the nation’s 250th birthday with “America 250: Celebrate in Stone” on Saturday, June 6, 2026 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. in Blaylock Park in Wiggins.Because the event falls on the anniversary ofthe Normandy landings, the day will also include a brief D-Day remembrance ceremony with […]
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, […]
