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SUMMARY:"Crossroads" Exhibit in Mt. Olive
DESCRIPTION:The Jane Blain Brewer Memorial Library will host Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition\, from October 30 through December 12. The exhibit will be on display in the Mt. Olive Volunteer Fire Department meeting room\, located across the street from the library\, and is open to the public Mondays-Saturdays from 10am to 4pm. \nCrossroads is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of six free-standing display units incorporating photographs\, text\, and numerous interactive elements. Requiring a minimum of 750 sq. ft.\, the exhibit is designed for smaller venues to achieve Museum on Main Street’s goal of bringing the Smithsonian to small town America. The exhibit is free and open to the public to visit. The Mississippi tour of Crossroads is sponsored by a generous grant from Entergy Mississippi. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nIn addition to hosting the exhibit\, the Jane Blain Brewer Memorial Library will also host a series of programs that are free and open to the public. \nCrossroads events in Mt. Olive:\nOctober 31\, 10am: Traditional Fiddle Music of the Rural South presentation\, Bill Rogers\nNovember 7\, 10am: “The Impact of Rural Electrification on South Mississippi” presentation\, Steve Bryan\nNovember 14\, 10am: “Railroads in the Development of South Mississippi” presentation\, Rev. David Price\nNovember 21\, 10am: “Centennial Farms in the Mt. Olive Area” presentation\, June Ellis and Nell Cobb\nNovember 28\, 10am: “Hometown Makeover” screening\nDecember 5\, 10am: “From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation\, Dr. John Green\nDecember 12\, 10am: “Mt. Olive: History and Development” presentation\, Sandra Boyd \n \n 
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-exhibit-mt-olive/
LOCATION:Mt. Olive Volunteer Fire Department\, 201 S 5th Street\, Mt. Olive\, MS\, 39119\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations: War and Homecoming Across the Humanities
DESCRIPTION:University of Mississippi students\, under the guidance of faculty and staff\, will lead community discussions on the the war and homecoming\, based on humanities texts (Homer’s “Odyssey\,” Maximilian Uriarte’s graphic novel “The White Donkey\,” and short-form poetry by veterans of the Post 9/11 conflicts) in two North Mississippi public libraries. The program is particularly designed for veteran participants\, but open to anyone interested\, and is meant to help veterans contextualize and process their experiences of the relation between military life and “the home front” in a trans-historical context accessed through reading in the humanities
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/community-conversations-war-homecoming-across-humanities/
LOCATION:Oxford Lafayette Library\, 401 Bramlett Blvd \, Oxford\, MS\, 38655\, United States
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SUMMARY:MS + MA: Crossing Borders/Connecting Stories
DESCRIPTION:The Mississippi Humanities Council and Mass Humanities announce a series of six interactive\, online programs to facilitate conversation between our two states. We will be examining intersecting points in our histories\, exploring our rich literary traditions\, and engaging in cross-state dialogue. By reflecting on our states’ identities in relationship to each other\, this series aims to build understanding and offer new perspectives. At a time when the pandemic has created a greater sense of isolation\, we hope to forge connections. \nThis first conversation in the MS + MA series explores images and impressions of our two states\, bringing curiosity to questions about how we view each other. Our two speakers\, Mississippi author Ralph Eubanks and Massachusetts author Michael Gorra\, will draw on the literary heritage of Mississippi and Massachusetts to offer reflections on how our greatest writers have informed and complicated our views of each other. Participants will also engage in conversations with residents from both states in small breakout groups\, sharing and examining their own impressions of our two states and discussing what they learned from our two speakers. \nParticipation is free\, but space is limited and registration is required. \nOnce you have registered\, you will be sent a short survey in mid-November asking for your impressions of how you view Massachusetts and how you think residents in Massachusetts view Mississippi. In late November\, you will also be sent two very short excerpts from works by a writer in each state that you can read ahead of time. The link to access the event online will be sent a few days before the event. \n \n 
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/ms-ma-crossing-borders-connecting-stories/
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Mt. Olive: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies
DESCRIPTION:On December 5\, the Jane Blain Brewer Memorial Library in Mt. Olive will host Dr. John Green\, state scholar for the Crossroads exhibit\, to present his free program\, “From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi through Population Studies.” The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Mt. Olive through December 12. \nMany popular images of rural people and places present them as homogeneous in terms of demographic\, social\, and economic characteristics and trends. This may lead to oversimplification of rural areas and limited efforts to meet the needs and priorities of people living in these places. Achieving a better understanding of rural communities requires defining our concepts and identifying indicators of rural life in terms of continuity and change. Following an exploration of the terms “rural” and “non-metropolitan\,” Dr. Green will share a series of graphical images and narratives about Mississippi’s rural people and places using population-level information\, emphasizing what these “snapshots” of rural life tell us about Mississippi and how we might use them to form a “collage” that captures both the similarity and diversity. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit is open to the public Mondays-Saturdays from 10am to 4pm and is free to visit. \nFuture Crossroads Events in Mt. Olive:\nDecember 12\, 10am: “Mt. Olive: History and Development” presentation\, Sandra Boyd
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-mt-olive-exploring-rural-mississippi-population-studies/
LOCATION:Mt. Olive Presbyterian Church\, 501 Cotton Street\, Mt. Olive\, MS\, 39119\, United States
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SUMMARY:SB: Fault Lines: Living in Two Cultures
DESCRIPTION:Seetha Srinivasan\, director emeritus of the University Press of Mississippi\, discusses becoming a part of the American mainstream while retaining one’s ethnic (in this case Indian) identity and asks the following questions: Can it be done? To what extent? What are the challenges\, frustrations\, rewards? E-mail Peter Dean at the Ridgeland Public Library for information on how to attend.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/sb-fault-lines-living-in-two-cultures/
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Mt. Olive: The History and Development of Mt. Olive
DESCRIPTION:On December 12\, the Jane Blain Brewer Memorial Library in Mt. Olive will host Sandra Boyd\, local archivist and librarian\, to present her program “Mt. Olive: History & Development.” The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Mt. Olive through December 12. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit is open to the public Mondays-Saturdays from 10am to 4pm and is free to visit.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-mt-olive-history-development-mt-olive/
LOCATION:Mt. Olive Presbyterian Church\, 501 Cotton Street\, Mt. Olive\, MS\, 39119\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ideas on Tap: Polarized: Politics and News in a Divided America
DESCRIPTION:On December 15\, join the Mississippi Humanities Council for a conversation on the polarization of American news and politics.\n\nThe program will address the U.S.’s increasing division over political beliefs\, how news silos have affected how we determine truth and reality\, and what to do to combat the current polarization. Panelists include Dr. Talia Stroud (Director\, Center for Media Engagement and Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Marvin King (Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi)\, and Kayleigh Skinner (Managing Editor at Mississippi Today). MHC Executive Director Dr. Stuart Rockoff will moderate the program.\n\nThe program will be livestreamed directly to the MHC Facebook page\, so come prepared to watch\, listen\, and ask questions in the chat.\n\nThis program is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s “Democracy and the Informed Citizen” initiative\, in partnership with the Federation of State Humanities Councils.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/ideas-on-tap-polarized-politics-and-news-in-a-divided-america/
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