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Ideas on Tap Hernando: The Future of Public Education in Hernando

DeSoto Arts Council 2465 Highway 51 South, Hernando, MS, United States

On September 17, join the Mississippi Humanities Council, the Phil Hardin Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi for the second in a special two-part series on public education in DeSoto County. The free program will focus on the connection between public education and economic development in the area. Panelists include Corie Haynes (local […]

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Ideas on Tap Meridian: The Future of Public Education in Mississippi

The MAX 2118 Front St, Meridian, MS, United States

On September 19, join the Mississippi Humanities Council, the Phil Hardin Foundation, and The MAX - Mississippi's Arts + Entertainment Experience in Meridian for the first in a special two-part Ideas on Tap series on public education in the state. The free program will feature an ideologically diverse panel of education policy experts to discuss […]

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Ideas on Tap: Who Gets to Be American:

Hal & Mal's 200 Commerce Street, Jackson, MS, United States

On September 24, join the Mississippi Humanities Council at Hal and Mal's in Jackson for the first in a three-part series on immigration and American identity. The September 24 program will focus on the history of immigration and naturalization in the U.S. in order to help us better understand who gets to be an American. […]

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Let Us March On: Lee Friedlander and the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom

Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University 1400 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS, United States

    Let Us March On: Lee Friedander and the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom is a documentary photography exhibition that details the events and people who participated in one of the first mass protests of the modern civil rights movement in 1957.  The exhibition will run at Jackson State from August 5 to November 1, 2019, […]

SB: Archie Who and Why? The Story and Significance of a Mississippi Icon

Sharkey Issaquena County Library 116 Robert Morganfield Way, Rolling Fork, MS

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mississippi had a serious case of “Archie Fever.” University of Mississippi quarterback and Drew native Archie Manning took the state and much of the country by storm with his legendary exploits on the gridiron and his “all-American” persona off the field. At the Archie Manning Day celebration on […]

Historic Rose Hill Cemetery Costumed Tour

Rose Hill Cemetery 631 40th Avenue, Meridian, MS

Rose Hill Company of Players dress in period costume and tell the documented stories of those buried in the cemetery.

UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage

Fowlkes Auditorium 198 Lee Blvd., Mississippi State

“UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage,” a first-of-its-kind multi-media installation, is opening next week at Mississippi State’s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. Displayed Sept. 30-Nov. 1 on the second floor of MSU’s Welcome Center, the exhibition is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Humanities Council, National Endowment for the Humanities, Mississippi Arts Commission, National Endowment for […]

Ideas on Tap Biloxi: The Future of Public Education in Mississippi

Biloxi Visitors Center 1050 Beach Blvd, Biloxi, United States

On September 30, join the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Phil Hardin Foundation in Biloxi at the Biloxi Visitors Center for the first in a special two-part Ideas on Tap series on public education in the state. The free program will feature an ideologically diverse panel of education policy experts to discuss different approaches to […]

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Mississippi Writers Trail: Elizabeth Spencer

Merrill Museum jackson st., Carrollton, MS

    Mississippi author Elizabeth Spencer will be honored at the Carrollton Pilgrimage & Pioneer Day Festival on Saturday, October 5th with the unveiling of a new Mississippi Writers Trail marker. Unveiling will take place in front of the Merrill Museum on the old Courthouse Square at 10am.  

Hawkins v. Shaw: Wade Through the Waters

McEvans Elementary School 601 Highway 61 N, Shaw, MS

The Shaw Civil Rights Project presents Wade Through the Waters, a play about Civil Rights. Performance takes place at McEvans school in Shaw, MS.

Graphic Novels and Cartoons across the Humanities

University of Mississippi

The University of Mississippi presents a week-long conference that incorporates graphic novels and cartoons from a plethora of humanities disciplines such as  Philosophy and Religion, Art/Art History, Classics, Writing and Rhetoric, African American Studies, Southern Studies, Political Science, and the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies. The conference will feature a week-long itinerary […]

Native American Days 2019

Winterville Mounds Park and Museum 2415 Highway 1 North, Greenville, MS, United States

Native American Days 2019 connects contemporary southeastern Native American traditions to their pre-Columbian past through archaeology. There will be 10 demonstration stations administered by Native Americans and/or other experts in traditional arts and crafts, including basketry, pottery, ancient games, mound building, archery, flint knapping, music and dance, primitive fishing, and herbal medicines. Native American food […]