On November 17, the Ocean Springs Municipal Library is encouraging Coast residents to join in a free kayak and canoe trip around Jackson County. The trip, "Get N2RH2O!" will celebrate the community's proximity to and connection with water. The free trip will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Water/Ways, on display at the […]
On November 20, the Ocean Springs Municipal Library will host a free and open to the public program titled "The BP Oil Spill: Eight Years Later." The program will feature Steve Shepard, President of the Sierra Club's Gulf Coast Group, to discuss the environmental implications of the oil spill. The free program will take place […]
On November 21, the Ocean Springs Municipal Library will host a water-related story and craft time for families. Parents are encouraged to bring their preschool-aged children for story time and crafts with children’s librarian Maureen Downey. The free program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Water/Ways, on display at the Ocean Springs Municipal […]
This presentation 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 preserved in the minds and through the music of the Djeli (oral librarian/mandenka hereditary professional musicians). The establishment of the Mali Empire can be recalled and retold in […]
On November 27, the USM Gulf Coast Research Lab will host its Sci-Cafe with a program on the history and design of the Harrison County Seawall. The program, which will take place in the Research Lab's Gunter Library, will feature architect Philip Shaw. The free program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling […]
On November 28, the Ocean Springs Municipal Library will host a water-related story and craft time for families. Parents are encouraged to bring their preschool-aged children for story time and crafts with children’s librarian Maureen Downey. The free program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Water/Ways, on display at the Ocean Springs Municipal […]
On November 29, the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center, in partnership with the Ocean Springs Municipal Library, will host a free and open to the public storytelling program about storms on the Coast. The program will include four primary speakers--Mary Anderson Picard, Rafe O'Neal, Julian Brunt, and Connie Moran--who will discuss how storms have impacted […]
The presenter provides 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 rich storytelling legacy that riddles the tales of our families and our communities as reflected in the works of many of our best authors: Welty, Wright, Faulkner, […]
On December 1, the Ocean Springs Municipal Library will host Dr. Susan Glanville to present her program "Lessons From the Way of Water for Native Americans." Glanville will explore with the audience the role of water in the worlds of the first inhabitants of our land and people of modern times. The free program will […]
On December 1, the MHC and the Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience (MAX) will host a free and open to the public film screening and panel discussion titled "School Integration Revisited: Yazoo City and Meridian." The program will begin with a free screening of "Yazoo Revisited," a documentary film by David Rae Morris that examines […]
This presentation 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 preserved in the minds and through the music of the Djeli (oral librarian/mandenka hereditary professional musicians). The establishment of the Mali Empire can be recalled and retold in […]
The Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum will host Water/Ways, a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, from December 7 through January 19. Water/Ways is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of five free-standing display units incorporating photographs and text as well as numerous interactives ranging from […]
