Three-day celebration of local culture and history, including a poetry slam, juried art show and public lectures, culminating with a public music performance featuring newly commissioned works by Mississippi composers, Read More >
Artist and Audubon Master Naturalist; Founder of the Friends of Chackchiuma Swamp Natural Area
Student-written poetry with Mississippi themes
Come and tour our beautifully preserved antebellum homes and churches, including the famous Cotesworth! Cotesworth is the home of former United States Senator, J.Z.George. Cotesworth is one of the main Read More >
World Premier musical works created by Mississippi composers Guest artist Jimmy "Duck" Holmes and The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
Geocaching event to engage local fourth and eighth graders with 20 historic sites important to Laurel and Jones County history.
A celebration of the history of play in Mississippi. Children and their families will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities that they can enjoy at the Read More >
The Neshoba County Red Clay Hills Bicentennial Picnic in Philadelphia, MS featuring 200 years of historic artifacts, fashion, and music from the Fair City Chorale, country music from the Neshoba Read More >
We are very excited to announce that we are bringing National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi to deliver our Cora Norman Lecture on October 7th at the Jackson Planetarium!
Performance of Scott Joplin’s opera “Treemonisha,” about the importance of education, centered on the life of a young former slave woman in the late 19th century who rallies her people to Read More >