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  • April 2025

  • Wed 16
    April 16 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

    HTA Lecture: For You, Music Can Only Be an Ornament: The Life and Music of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

    Jones College 900 S Court St, Ellisville, MS, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Wed 16
    April 16 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “Spanish Dons in Colonial Mississippi: The Spanish roots of Mississippi’s Cotton Kingdom”

    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS, United States

    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 […]

  • Tue 22
    April 22 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Dr. Christian Pinnen

    Historic Natchez Foundation 108 S. Commerce St., Natchez, MS, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Wed 23
    April 23 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Reading the Room

    Exploradora Coffee 463 Ryland Wy, Oxford, MS, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • May 2025

  • Sat 3
    May 3 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives: A Story of Refuge and Resilience of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Vietnamese

    Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum 115 1st St, Biloxi, MS, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Sun 4
    May 4 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

    “The Farming Freedom” premiere

    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, […]

  • Tue 6
    May 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “The Challenges of the First Fifty Years of Women’s Suffrage”

    South Mississippi Genealogical & Historical Society 307 2nd Ave, Hattiesburg, MS, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Tue 6
    May 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “The Challenges of the First Fifty Years of Women’s Suffrage”

    South Mississippi Genealogical & Historical Society 307 2nd Ave, Hattiesburg, MS, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Thu 8
    May 8 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

    Mississippi Freedom Trail marker unveiling for Emmett J. Stringer

    Catfish Alley 116 4th St S, Columbus, MS

    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 […]

    Free
  • Fri 9
    May 9 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “A Look at Mande (West African) Culture Through Traditional Music”

    Instant Impact Global Prep 319 US-61, Natchez, MS, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Sat 17
    May 17 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: Music of the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865

    Mississippi Final Stands Interpretive Center 607 Grisham St, Baldwyn, MS, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Tue 20
    May 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Speakers Bureau: “No One Writes Songs about Polyester: Re-making Cotton’s Image in the Late Twentieth Century”

    Anguilla Methodist Church 631 Front St, Anguilla, MS, United States

    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 […]

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