At noon on Wednesday, December 4, Hasan Kwame Jeffries will present “(Mis)Remembering the Past: From Slavery to Civil Rights” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum building and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History will be among those participating in this year's Metro Jackson Heart Walk. The American Heart Association will host walkers and volunteers at the event set for 8 a.m. on Saturday, November 16 at the Two Mississippi Museums, located at 222 North Street in Jackson. Learn more here.
Join us for a screening of gOD-Talk Sunday, November 17, at 2 p.m. in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Directed by Kim Moir, the one hour and forty-eight minute film explores the lives of seven Black Millennials and explores how intersectionality of faith, race, and environment play a role in spirituality in the modern day. Following the film, there will be a Q&A with producer Teddy Reeves, Kim Moir, and Okolo Rasheed, co-founder and president emerita of the International Museum of Muslim Cultures.
At noon on Wednesday, November 13, Sharbreon Plummer will present “Black Quilters in the American South” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel.
Join the Eudora Welty House & Garden for a free tour of the acclaimed writer's residence. Tours of the Eudora Welty House & Garden are free when the 13th of the month falls on a day the site is open. For more information, call 601-353-7762 or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com .
Learn how to grow camellias at the Camellia Talk & Flash Sale at noon Thursday, November 14, at the Eudora Welty House & Garden. Paige Mizell of Mizell Camellia Hill Nursery will lead a talk about camellias in the home landscape in the Welty potting shed from noon to 1 p.m. During this event, guests may purchase camellias from Mizell at a pop-up sale that will last until plants are sold.
Join the Eudora Welty House and Garden (EWHG) for Ghosts in the Garden Storytime at 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 22. EWHG is partnering with the Greater Belhaven Foundation to feature an afternoon of not-so-spooky stories, fun garden crafts, and lawn games. Visitors are encouraged to wear costumes and can win a special prize at the gift shop with completed forms from the Ghosts in the Garden Scavenger Hunt! For more information, call 601-353-7762 or emai linfo@eudoraweltyhouse.com.