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Join us for Ideas On Tap: Addressing the Digital Divide on September 29, where we will discuss technological disparities in Mississippi. Panelists include Sally Doty (Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi), Dr. Creston Burse (Mississippi Economic Council), and Tracy Carr (Mississippi Library Commission). They will explore the issues and challenges that have created a digital divide, and how their respective […]
This event will consist of a conversation between Tema Stauffer and Lauren Rhoades about Stauffer's project "Southern Fiction". The discussion will touch on the connection between the photographs and the literature, as well as interrogate the South's complex historical on social dynamics, as revealed in these images.
From traditional green historical markers to the Mississippi Blues Trail, Freedom Trail, Country Music Trail, and Mississippi Mound Trail, the state’s history is told along its roads. The speaker takes a fun romp through history that will interest anyone who likes fascinating trivia about the state.
This year's festival will include a tour through Clarksdale's historic district and other downtown areas; a MDTW festival reunion and a look at festivals past; a movie screening of the acclaimed 1958 film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on the lawn of the Cutrer Mansion; academic presentations from scholars from around the country including […]
MC School of Humanities and Social Sciences present Dr. Kevin Greene and "What We Can Learn from Big Bill Broonzy, Hall of Fame Blues Musician" Thursday Oct. 20th at 7:00 p.m. in Aven Hall. Join Mississippi Humanities and The Arts Council of Clinton for this fascinating lecture followed by a reception with live music in […]
Crystal Wilkinson’s poetry collection Perfect Black is a reflective love letter to Black girlhood navigating rural homeplace, her developing body, sexual trauma, mental health, food culture, and literary landscapes. She will engage these themes, the poetic craft, and writing’s power to heal.
Now that we have addressed the digital divide in the state with our past IOT event, we want to discuss the future of tech in Mississippi. So, on Wednesday November 3rd we will host another IOT with the Bean Path to examine Mississippi’s bright future in tech. Hear from Dr. Nashlie Sephus, (creator and founder […]
