Mississippi Humanities Council

  • Interpreting Our History & Culture
  • Fostering Civil Conversations
  • Enriching Communities

Art Speaker Robin Whitfield

Bologna Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall Highway 8 West, Cleveland, MS

Artist and Audubon Master Naturalist; Founder of the Friends of Chackchiuma Swamp Natural Area

Poetry Slam

Mississippi Grounds Coffee Shop 219 S. Court Street, Cleveland, MS

Student-written poetry with Mississippi themes

Carrollton Pilgrimage and Pioneer Day Festival (featuring the new Carrollton Walking Tour App)

Carrollton Town Hall/W 701 Lexington Street, Carrollton, MS, United States

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 locations used in the movie “The Help”. After your tour, come and join us on the courthouse square for food, music, educational and product tents. Read More >

$10 – $25

Gala Concert

Bologna Performing Arts Center, Delta and Pine Lands Theatre Highway 8 West, Cleveland, MS

World Premier musical works created by Mississippi composers Guest artist Jimmy "Duck" Holmes and The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band

“Caching” in on Laurel’s History

Laurel Welcome Center 401 Central Ave, Laurel, MS, United States

Geocaching event to engage local fourth and eighth graders with 20 historic sites important to Laurel and Jones County history.

No Cost

200 Years of Family Fun

HealthWorks! 219 S. Industrial Road, Tupelo, MS, United States

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 center and beyond.

No Cost

Neshoba County Red Clay Hills Bicentennial Celebration Picnic

Northside Park Hwy 15 N, Philadelphia, MS, United States

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 Musicians Guild and Jeff Stewart with Southbound, and Mississippi Humanities Speaker, Joan McLemore (presenting “They Lived in Mississippi”). Food by the Junction!   *This is Read More >

No Cost

Cora Norman Lecture: Ibram X. Kendi

Jackson Planetarium 201 E. Pascagoula St., Jackson, Mississippi

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!

Free

Voicing Joplin

Thalia Mara Hall 255 E Pascagoula St, Jackson, MS, United States

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 appreciate the value of education, featuring full orchestra on stage, a star-studded cast of national/local singers, and the choirs of Jackson State University, Tougaloo College, and Read More >

MS 200 Songwriting Contest Performance

Trotter Convention Center 123 5th Street North, Columbus, MS

Come watch area musicians perform their songs to vye for "Best Mississippi Song" at this public concert with food and beverages. The concert is the conclusion of a songwriting contest done in conjunction with Main Street Columbus.