Events

At noon on Wednesday, January 31, Westley L. Shoop will present “Mississippi’s Natural Heritage” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.

At noon on Wednesday, January 24, John Ramsey Miller and Stephen Smith will present “McCarty’s of Merigold—The Jewelry” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.

At noon on Wednesday, January 17, Bobby J. Smith II will present “Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement” as part of the History Is Lunch series. Smith will present from Zoom in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums.

Monday, February 12, at noon. #WeltyatHome: A Curtain of Green. Readers are invited to tune in with Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty's friend and biographer, for the final online discussion of Eudora Welty's short story collection, A Curtain of Green and Other Stories.

Monday, February 5, at noon. #WeltyatHome: A Curtain of Green. Readers are invited to tune in with Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty's friend and biographer, for an online discussion of Eudora Welty's short story collection, A Curtain of Green and Other Stories. This series will continue on Monday, February 12.

Monday, January 29, at noon. #WeltyatHome: A Curtain of Green. Readers are invited to tune in with Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty's friend and biographer, for an online discussion of Eudora Welty's short story collection, A Curtain of Green and Other Stories. This series will continue weekly on Mondays, February 5 and 12.

Monday, January 22, at noon. #WeltyatHome: A Curtain of Green. Readers are invited to tune in with Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty's friend and biographer, for an online discussion of Eudora Welty's short story collection, A Curtain of Green and Other Stories. This series will continue weekly on Mondays, 29; and February 5 and 12.

*UPDATE: Registration is now full. Follow us for updates on future workshops at mdah.ms.gov. 

Join us for Stories by the Fire at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 27, at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians. Amy Bluemel, a member of the Chickasaw nation, will tell traditional tales. For more information, call 601-446-6502 or email info@natchezgrandvillage.com. 

Featuring a conversation between author and MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid and literary scholar Ebony Lumumba, the Medgar Wiley Evers Lecture will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Reid, host of The ReidOut, and Lumumba, chair of the English department at Jackson State University, will explore the legacy of Medgar and Myrlie Evers.