Dr. Rebecca Jernigan will provide an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America with emphasis upon the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the […]
On June 15, the Museum of the Mississippi Delta will host a free workshop for rising 5K- rising 2nd graders called "My Musical Delta." The event will take place in […]
Register Here!: https://bit.ly/2T3oldu For the MS+MA season finale, “Routes of the Blues” will explore the history of Blues music in our two states, including Mississippi’s reputation as its birthplace and […]
On June 17, the Museum of the Mississippi Delta will host a free and open to the public reading of Mississippi author Ralph Eubanks' newest book A Place Like Mississippi. […]
This presentation by Jerry Jenkins will give the listener a glimpse of the Mande Culture of West Africa. In the tradition of the Mande, the history and culture is orally […]
On June 15, the Museum of the Mississippi Delta will host a free workshop for rising 5K- rising 2nd graders called "My Musical Delta." The event will take place in […]
On June 24, the Museum of the Mississippi Delta will host a free and open to the public reading and signing of the book Trials of the Earth. The event […]
This presentation juxtaposes the life of B.B. King, his mission of spreading word about blues music around the world, and early reflections on Blues and its connection to spirituals and […]
In 2018, the National Building Museum opened an exhibition exploring the causes and impacts of eviction, based on Matthew Desmond’s award‐winning book Evicted. Since then, the exhibit […]
Virtual opening conversation with Alieza Durena, Princeton Eviction Lab. Details TBA.
The Ground Zero Hurricane Museum in Waveland will host Crossroads: Change in Rural America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, from July 3 through August 14. Crossroads is a traveling exhibit offered by […]
How might a consideration of the individual and collective experiences of early modern Londoners help us think through the collective challenges we face today? This presentation briefly surveys a cross-section […]
