Join us for “Gallery Talk: Through the Lens of Melody Golding” Thursday, June 5, at 11 a.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums. Photographer and guest curator Melody Golding will share personal insights regarding her journey capturing images of the disaster, reconstruction, and resilience post Hurricane Katrina along with Alison Steiner, a coastal resident whose home is depicted in the Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers, Photographs By Melody Golding exhibit. This talk will offer a personal look at the natural disaster, highlighting what recovery has meant both on personal and community levels. To view more programs related to the Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers exhibit, click here. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Events
Autumn Yoga in the Welty Garden
Bring your mats for free adult yoga on Tuesdays, September 29 through October 27, from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Certified yoga instructor Maya Morris will lead these classes, beginning with an intention-based on a quote from Eudora Welty's writing.
Welty Wednesdays
Join the Eudora Welty House & Garden (EWHG) for Welty Wednesdays beginning Wednesday, January 8. In honor of 1119 Pinehurst Street's 100-year anniversary, free admission will be offered every Wednesday, in addition to the long-standing tradition of free admission on the 13th of each month honoring Welty’s April 13 birthday.
History Is Lunch: Charles Payne, “This Transformation of People: Notes on Bob Moses, Mississippi, and Organizing”
Join us at noon on Wednesday, September 30, for the inaugural Bob Moses Lecture Series during History Is Lunch. Historian Charles Payne will explore how civil rights activist Ella Baker influenced Moses’s approach to organizing, from his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to the founding of the Algebra Project. Payne, Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark, will trace the connection between Baker’s grassroots, relationship-driven approach and Moses’s lifelong commitment to collective empowerment through education and organizing. This free event will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums and will stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. Copies of I’ve Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle will be available for purchase, and a book signing will follow. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.