Join the Mississippi Humanities Council program staff Thursday, August 6 from 10-11am for a Zoom webinar exploring grant opportunities with the Council. The webinar will include basic guidelines for planning public humanities programs and events, grant application procedures, and a special session on planning virtual programs in this time of social-distancing. The workshop is free and […]
On August 11, join the Mississippi Humanities Council for the second program in a multi-part series on systemic racism in America. The August program will address how racism exists at the systemic level in education and housing in the U.S. Panelists include Dr. Corey Wiggins (Mississippi State Conference NAACP), Rebecca Sibilia (EdBuild), and Travis Crabtree […]
Northwest Mississippi Community College will host Crossroads: Change in Rural America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, from September 14 through October 22. The exhibit is open to the public Mondays-Thursdays from 8am to 9pm, Fridays from 8am-3:30pm, and Sundays 2-7pm. Crossroads is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian […]
A series of online, public programs focused on voter engagement in Mississippi. Public programs TBA.
On September 25, the Learning Resource Center at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia will host Dr. John Green, state scholar for the Crossroads exhibit, to present his free program, "From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi through Population Studies." The virtual program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: […]
On September 29, join the Mississippi Humanities Council for a conversation on individual rights and the common good in the COVID-19 era. The program will address how individual rights and the common good can--or can't--co-exist during a global pandemic, and how COVID might further divide private and public interests. Panelists include Cassandra Welchlin, lead organizer of […]
On September 29, the Learning Resource Center at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia will host MHC Speakers Bureau member Malcolm White to present his free program "Mississippi Foodways." The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Senatobia through October 22. This presentation […]
On October 6 at 2pm, the Learning Resource Center at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia will host a virtual book discussion of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter featuring the book's author Tom Franklin. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Senatobia through […]
There are three components to our project: a short film, a panel discussion, and an art exhibit. On October 13, the MS Museum of Art will premier a short film, host a panel discussion, and unveil an art exhibit comprised of photographs. The film will be presented in person and online via Zoom and Facebook […]
The 28th annual Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival seeks to build on a mission of presenting programs on the life and works of Tennessee Williams in the context of Clarksdale and Coahoma County. The 2020 festival will focus on a large scale production of Williams' Summer and Smoke, as well as increased educational outreach and […]
On October 16, the Learning Resource Center at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia will host Northwest English instructor Leelee Haraway to present her program "Cultural Appropriation at the Crossroads: A Discussion Informed by the Art of Eudora Welty, Alice Walker, Jessie Mae Hemphill, and Son House." The free program will take place in conjunction […]
On October 20, the Learning Resource Center at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia will host musicians Andy Ratliff and Eric Lewis to present a free bluegrass concert. Crossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. […]
