Mark your calendars for Mississippi Makers Fest at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, at the Two Mississippi Museums! This year's Mississippi Makers Fest is excited to announce the music lineup with Christone "KingFish" Ingram headlining with musical acts American Blonde and Hud and the Hurricane.
Join us for Stickball and Games at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 22, at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians. This event will consist of a stickball game demonstration and game stations where visitors can play chunkey and marbles. Stickball is a traditional game of the native people of the Eastern Woodlands and is played in a variety of ways depending on the tribal nation. For more information, call 601-446-6502 or email info@natchezgrandvillage.com.
Join us for a screening of the Master of Light at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. The film follows a painter, George Anthony Morton, whose time in prison shaped his artistry to address traumas caused through race and class barriers. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
The Flags from Mississippi: Emblems Through Time exhibit opens Saturday, March 9, at the Two Mississippi Museums in the FedEx Exhibition Hall. Rarely shown state, national, and military flags from the collection of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History will be on display through November 8. Admission to this exhibit is free. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Join us for Flags From Mississippi (FFM) Gallery Talk: USCT at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 14, at the Two Mississippi Museums. This gallery talk will feature a panel-style discussion of the role and importance of the United States Colored Troops in Mississippi, highlighting the 5th Regiment United States Colored Heavy Artillery (replica) flag displayed in the FFM exhibit. Invited guests include Dr. Roscoe Barnes III, Cultural Heritage Tourism Manager at Visit Natchez , and Dr. Albert Dorsey, Jr., Assistant Professor of History at Jackson State University.
At noon on Wednesday, May 1, Jim Underwood will present “Mississippi’s Oldest Residential Structure—The LaPointe-Krebs House” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.
At noon on Wednesday, April 24, Rex Jones will present “Steve Holland: A Career in the Legislature” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.
At noon on Wednesday, April 17, Trent Brown will present “Murder in McComb: The Tina Andrews Case” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.
At noon on Wednesday, April 10, Pete Smith will present “Women Journalists of Mississippi and a Century of State Politics, 1880s-1980s” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.
At noon on Wednesday, April 3, Shawn Lambert will present “Prospect Hill Plantation and Liberia” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.