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SUMMARY:Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Greenville
DESCRIPTION:Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Greenville\n \nJoin MHC in Greenville for the Spark! Places of Innovation tour of Mississippi! \nAugust 22-October 3\, 2026\nGreenville Higher Education Center at Mississippi Delta Community College Greenville Campus \n662-332-8500 | msdelta.edu/ghec/\nExhibit hours: \nAcross 2026-2027\, the Mississippi Humanities Council presents Spark! Places of Innovation\, a Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring Utica\, Meridian\, Greenville\, Oxford\, Hattiesburg\, and Gulfport. Special thanks to our statewide sponsor\, Cadence Bank\, for making this possible! \nABOUT SPARK!:\nThe story of human history is written in inventions and innovations. Across our nation. And right here in Mississippi. Join us in 2026-2027 to catch a new Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring the state…and spark some new ideas of your own. \nSpark! uses photographs\, digital stories\, objects\, and interactive elements to explore the places\, people\, and circumstances that ignite innovation and invention in rural communities across our nation. The exhibit also offers a springboard for diverse local programming\, spotlighting the stories\, ideas\, and innovations of Mississippians — and a call to contribute to the future of the towns we call home. \n 
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/spark-places-of-innovation-exhibit-in-greenville/
LOCATION:Greenville Higher Education Center\, 2900 US-1 South\, Greenville\, MS\, 38701
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: "Before Natchez: A Journey Through Humanity’s Deep South"
DESCRIPTION:Rev. Tracy Collins presents “Before Natchez: A Journey Through Humanity’s Deep South” on September 9\, at 2:30 p.m. \nThis presentation captures Dr. Tracy “Rev” Collins’s descent into the intricate layers of history–an exploration that blurs the boundaries between myth\, memory\, and human experience in the Deep South. Before Natchez traces the evolution of humanity in the region now called Mississippi\, beginning with the ancient seas that shaped its fertile river basin and the rise of the Mississippian peoples\, ancestors of the Yazoo\, Biloxi\, and Natchez tribes. \nFrom this deep past emerges a story of encounter and exchange. When the French arrived\, they called the powerful Natchez people “Indians\,” but their world was already one of complex diplomacy\, trade\, and cultural synthesis. Collins examines how the Natchez engaged with African peoples brought to the region–often through French mediation–and how shared technologies\, beliefs\, and social structures fostered forms of cooperation that challenge the conventional narrative of slavery. \nThis presentation invites audiences to reconsider early Mississippi as more than a colonial frontier. It becomes a crucible of humanity itself–a place where cultures met\, mingled\, and sometimes collided\, revealing both the promise and peril at the heart of the American story.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-before-natchez-a-journey-through-humanitys-deep-south/
LOCATION:Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Southern MIssissippi\, 118 College Dr #5055\, Hattiesburg\, MS\, 39406\, United States
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SUMMARY:America250 Mississippi - America250 Lunch Lecture Series - How We Pickled Our Food: 1850 - 1920
DESCRIPTION:This is the last of the series of luncheon lectures coming to the MS Ag & Forestry Museum. The highlight of this lecture will be How We Pickled Our Food: 1850 – 1920. In the Heritage Center Auditorium\, September 11th from Noon – 1PM.\n\nJoin Research Historian Casey Heilman\, for an opportunity to sample some of the popular flavors of the past. For over 7 years she served as the Living History Coordinator for a small 1847 first person historical site in Findlay\, Ohio. She has given presentations for ALFAM\, MCWCC\, and other institutions.\n\nThis official America250 project was made possible by a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council\, through support from the State of Mississippi.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/america250-mississippi-america250-lunch-lecture-series-how-we-pickled-our-food-1850-1920/
LOCATION:Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum\, 1150 Lakeland Drive\, Jackson\, MS\, 39216\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Mississippi Agricultural & Forestry Museum":MAILTO:msagmuseum@mdac.ms.gov
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260915
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SUMMARY:Deadline: Mississippi Stories Grant
DESCRIPTION:The Mississippi Stories Grant program\, supported by the Mississippi Legislature and the Mississippi Department of Archives & History\, is designed to help Mississippians share the stories that matter most to them and their communities. The Mississippi Stories program is rooted in the idea that some of our most meaningful history is found in the voices and lived experiences of everyday people. \nThis new grant program will support community projects to collect and share first-hand accounts of the lives\, histories\, and experiences of Mississippians. While such projects may include traditional oral history initiatives that will be professionally archived\, these grants will also support Mississippi story-based projects that result in museum exhibits\, online exhibits\, podcasts\, documentary films\, or other media. While interviews remain central\, the Mississippi Stories Grant encourages creative ways to bring these stories to life and make them accessible to the public. \nBy “Mississippi stories\,” we mean personal narratives grounded in first-hand testimony and individual perspective\, rather than interpretations or retellings of someone else’s experiences or history. Examples of fundable projects might include: \n\nAn interactive digital kiosk and audio-equipped display that allows museum visitors to listen to people’s voices alongside photographs\, letters\, and historical artifacts.\nA project like Academy Stories\, a web-based initiative which gathers and shares personal narratives discussing a significant event or period in Mississippi history.\nDocumentary films that can weave first-person oral history recordings into the narrative as on‑camera interviews or voiceover\, using the speaker’s own words\, emotions\, and memories to frame historical events\, provide context\, and ground the film’s interpretation of the past in lived experience.\nHistory exhibits\, such as those at the Mississippi Delta Chinese Heritage Museum in Cleveland\, which enhance visitors’ experience by incorporating first-person interviews into the exhibit text or audio/visual displays.\nOral history interviews on a particular topic or community that will be archived and made accessible.\n\nAll stories and materials produced through these grants\, whether presented in physical or digital form\, must be made accessible to the public at no cost. \nGrants of up to $5\,000 will be awarded three times a year\, with deadlines on September 15\, January 15\, and May 1. For 2026 and 2027\, no matching funds are required. Projects will be reviewed by a grant committee\, with final recommendations approved by the Mississippi Humanities Council board. All Mississippi Stories grant applications must be submitted through our online portal.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/deadline-mississippi-stories-grant-3/
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: “Ain’t That America? History and Culture in the Country"
DESCRIPTION:James “Jim” Giesen presents “Ain’t That America? History and Culture in the Country” \nSince 1920 the number of farmers in America has been dropping\, yet the place of farming — and of rural life generally — in the American mind is stronger than ever. The images we encounter in country songs\, labels at the grocery store and in country-fried restaurants tell us that to live the rural life is to live the most American of lives: to work honestly\, for long hours and for mostly internal rewards. Our culture presents farmers as nothing short of heroes. But this was not always the case. This talk charts the rise\, fall and rise again of the American farmer and rural life in the American consciousness with images from music videos\, snippets of song lyrics\, Cracker Barrel billboards and even some Congressional testimony. It seeks to answer the questions\, why does this particular image of the farmer hold such sway\, and what do the changes in that image over time tell us about Americans’ insecure relationship with its history? \n 
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-aint-that-america-history-and-culture-in-the-country/
LOCATION:Anguilla Methodist Church\, 631 Front St\, Anguilla\, MS\, 38721\, United States
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SUMMARY:Speakers Bureau: "Wanted – 1\,000\,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Old Mississippi Newspapers"
DESCRIPTION:Tracy Carr presents “Wanted – 1\,000\,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Old Mississippi Newspapers” \n  \n \nA monkey named Jocko who lived at the Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport\, the biggest cabbage in Coahoma County\, and lots and lots of crime: these are the stories found in Mississippi’s historical newspapers. Ranging from the late 1800s to midcentury\, these newspaper articles from across the state are given context (and some fact-checking) in this presentation. \nWhat can old news tell us about Mississippians of the past? We can learn what was important and interesting to them\, through both the “news” articles and the advertisements. We can learn what trends came and went and how attitudes changed. We can learn how easy it was to shape the public’s perception of events\, and what power someone writing and article for a newspaper had in the days before fact-checking and accountability. Learning what information people had about an event or person helps to inform why those people were the way they were. \nWhile some remain mysteries (including why the Mitchell brothers\, farmers from Jonestown\, were looking for a million frogs in an advertisement)\, the interesting and odd news items that made it into the papers are researched and explained. Topics discussed include embezzlements\, murders\, bootlegging\, accidental deaths in large dough mixers\, hookworms\, fish falling from the sky\, and a Holmes County psychic\, among others.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/speakers-bureau-wanted-1000000-frogs-weird-and-wonderful-things-found-in-old-mississippi-newspapers/
LOCATION:Library of Hattiesburg\, Petal\, and Forrest County\, 329 Hardy Street\, Hattiesburg\, MS\, 39401
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SUMMARY:Consumed: Black Subjectivity in Art
DESCRIPTION: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 director and art and culture writer\, Antwaun Sargent.  \nAntwaun Sargent is a writer\, curator\, and a director at Gagosian. His recent books are The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion (2019) and Young\, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists (2020). His recent exhibitions include the group show series Social Works; Social Abstraction; and solo presentations of artists Virgil Abloh\, Derrick Adams\, Awol Erizku\, Cy Gavin\, Lauren Halsey\, Rick Lowe\, Tyler Mitchell\, and Amanda Williams. \n\nFree and open to the public.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/consumed-black-subjectivity-in-art/
LOCATION:Mississippi Museum of Art\, 380 South Lamar Street\, Jackson\, MS\, 39201
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