On Thursdays at 2 p.m., the Eudora Welty House & Garden will present free summer book readings and activities for children in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission. For more information, visit the Eudora Welty House & Garden Facebook page.
Children and parents are invited to the R.E.A.D. (Read, Engage, and Discover) summer enrichment program at the Two Mississippi Museums featuring special guest Traci Lee of Your Country US96 reading Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Museum of Mississippi History Facebook page.
On Mondays at noon, the Eudora Welty House & Garden will present weekly online book discussions of Welty's short story collection The Wide Net and Other Stories with Suzanne Marrs, Welty's friend and biographer. To receive the weekly emails and Zoom link, sign up for the Welty at Home newsletter here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/ry86X06/WeltyatHome.
MDAH education specialist and certified yoga instructor Jennifer Rose will lead free yoga classes in the Welty Garden. For more information, visit the Eudora Welty House & Garden or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.
At noon on Wednesday, May 25, Jimmy Thomas will present “The Mississippi Lebanese” 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 Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial.
At noon on Wednesday, May 18, David Dennis Jr. and David Dennis Sr. will present “The Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride” 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 Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial.
At noon on Wednesday, May 11, Jodi Skipper will present “Behind the Big House: Reconciling Slavery, Race, and Heritage in the U.S. South” 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 Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial.
At noon on Wednesday, May 4, Jere Nash and Katie Blount will present “The Mississippi Legislature Changes the State Flag” 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 Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial.
The April edition of History Happy Hour, History Happy Hour Remix with Chef Nick, will begin outside the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Entergy plaza and feature food trucks and music. At 6 p.m.
A brick wall is not the end of the line for family research. Join professional genealogist Kim Richardson on Saturday, April 30, at 10 a.m. for Break through Brick Walls, a Zoom presentation about the most common oversights in genealogy research and how to overcome the supposed dead-end search for a particularly hard to find ancestor. Registration is free and space is limited. Click here to register online. Registration ends at noon on Friday, April 29.