MDAH’s Mississippi Makers Fest is a day-long celebration of the state’s rich and diverse music and art. The festival will take place on Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Entergy Plaza at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, MS. This free festival will feature Mississippi artisans, live music, make-and-take activities, food trucks, and more. For more information, visit https://msmakersfest.mdah.ms.gov/.
Join us for a panel discussion on the forgotten history of sharecropping in Mississippi featuring Michael Coleman of the Piney Woods Country Life School and guest panelists Hilliard Lackey and Cassie Sade Turnipseed of Jackson State University. This edition of the #ManyStories series will st
At noon on Wednesday, August 25, Suzi Altman will present "Margaret's Grocery: Preserving a Historic Site" as part of the virtual History Is Lunch series.
At noon on Wednesday, August 18, Carolyn Brown and Ellen Ruffin will present "The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection" as part of the virtual History Is Lunch series.
At noon on Wednesday, August 11, Christian Pinnen and Charles Weeks will present “Colonial Mississippi” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.
At noon on Wednesday, August 4, Bobby Rush and Brinda Fuller Willis will present “My American Blues Story” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.
Thursday, November 18, 1 p.m. in the Charlotte Capers Building, Jackson. The Mississippi Historic Preservation Professional Review Board will meet to consider nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. The meeting is open to the public. For more information call 601-576-6850.
Children and parents are invited to the R.E.A.D. (Read, Engage, and Discover) summer enrichment program at the Two Mississippi Museums on Friday, July 30, at 11 a.m. This final edition will feature local hip hop artist Dear Silas reading Michael Mahin’s Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters. Children will engage in a hands-on activity following the reading. This event is free and will be held in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium. Face masks and social distancing guidelines are required.
On Saturday, July 24, at 10 a.m., the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians will present its first in-person program since the COVID-19 pandemic with a lecture and outdoor foraging demonstration led by special guest Tammy Greer of the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). In recognition of the Natchez Indians’ July harvest moon celebrating the cultivation of peaches and wild grapes, visitors will learn about the indigenous plants such as blackberries, muscadines, and walnuts that made up the diets and cultures of Native Americans before the modernization of common farm crops.
On Mondays, at noon CST, the Eudora Welty House & Garden will host live book discussions of selected poetry and prose by former Mississippi Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey as part of its #WeltyatHome virtual book club program.