2018 Mississippi Book Festival
The Mississippi Book Festival, a nonprofit founded by literacy advocates, launched in August 2015 on the State Capitol grounds and continues to draw thousands to its annual “literary lawn party” […]
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Events
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Mississippi State Capitol 400 High St, Jackson, MS, United States
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Speakers Bureau: The Delta Blues Today
St. Martin Public Library 15004 Lemoyne Blvd., Biloxi, MSThis presentation begins with a performance of Delta blues songs from legendary Delta bluesmen and is followed by an overview of Delta blues and how it spread from the 1920s […]
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Correcting Corrections: A Deep Dive on Prison Education
Old Capitol Inn 226 North State Street, Jackson, MSA deep dive panel discussion on prison education that will examine links between literacy and incarceration, literacy and the inmate experience behind bars and literacy and the re-entry into society. […]
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Water/Ways @MIHM: All Things Mississippi
Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum 1808 4th Street, Meridian, MS, United StatesOn August 25, the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum will host Anne McKee of the MHC's Speakers Bureau to present her free and open to the public lecture titled "All Things […]
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Speakers Bureau: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art 386 Beach Blvd., Biloxi, MSThis talk traces the roots of the modern civil rights movement to World War II, a movement that began long before the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 […]
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Monday Movies: All the Difference
Burns Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center 710 Jackson Ave. East, Oxford, MSThe Oxford Film Festival will host a screening of All The Difference at the Burns Belfry on August27 at 630 p.m. The largely invisible and often crushing struggles of young […]
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Ideas on Tour: Culture & Appropriation
Lucky Town Brewing Company 1710 N Mill Street, Jackson, MS, United StatesJoin the Mississippi Humanities Council at Lucky Town Brewing Company for the third and final installment in our summer series "Ideas on Tour." On August 28, we'll examine the idea of cultural appropriation […]
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Water/Ways in Clarksdale
Lower Mississippi River Foundation 291 Sunflower Avenue, Clarksdale, United StatesThe Lower Mississippi River Foundation will host Water/Ways, a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, from August 31 through October 13. Water/Ways is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main […]
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Water/Ways @ Clarksdale: Grand Opening
Lower Mississippi River Foundation 291 Sunflower Avenue, Clarksdale, United StatesOn Friday, August 31, the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibit Water/Ways will officially open at the Lower Mississippi River Foundation in Clarksdale. The grand opening event will be the first time for the […]
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Water/Ways @ Clarksdale: “Spirituality and Rivers”
Lower Mississippi River Foundation 291 Sunflower Avenue, Clarksdale, United StatesOn Saturday, September 1, the Lower Mississippi River Foundation will host Dr. Wang Ping to present her program "Spirituality and Rivers" at the Quapaw Canoe Company in Clarksdale. The program, […]
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Cause Collective: In Search of the Truth
Pike School of Art 100 5th. Street, McComb, MSIn Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth) is an installation comprised of a touring, portable, inflatable ‘Truth Booth’ that embarked on a world tour at the Galway Arts Festival, Ireland […]
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Eyes on Mississippi
Delta State University 1003 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS, United StatesDelta State University will host Ellen Ann Fentress, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, on September 6th. At 6PM, DSU will screen Eyes on Mississippi, a documentary chronicling the life and work […]