This presentation offers observations by a longtime connoisseur of Southern food and culture on topics ranging from the history of Comeback Dressing to how the tamale came to Mississippi to the evolution of dining out in Mississippi. Speakers Expertise: Malcolm White is a restaurateur, promoter, food enthusiast, author of numerous articles about food in Mississippi […]
On December 15, join the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum for a free and open to the public program about the history and usage of the Ross Barnett Reservoir. The program will feature Bobby Cleveland of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. Accompanying the talk will be a unique historic visual display created by […]
Anne McKee is recognized statewide as a passionate teacher of Mississippi history. Through the art of storytelling, Anne McKee uplifts the accomplishments of famous Mississippians and shares explores the history of a land and a people like no other. Native to the state, McKee’s love and support for Mississippi began in childhood as she sat […]
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 22, join the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum for a free and open to the public presentation of "Animal Encounter." Animal Encounter, presented by Corey Wright of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, features a presentation about aquatic animals that are native to Mississippi. Wright will bring along some of the featured animals […]
On December 26, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host a free and open to the public program featuring the Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model's Augmented Reality Sandbox, which will be on display through January 5. The Augmented Reality Sandbox is a hands-on sandbox exhibit combined with 3-D visualization applications. Simply mold […]
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 December 26, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host a free and open to the public program featuring the Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model’s Augmented Reality Sandbox, which will be on display through January 5. The Augmented Reality Sandbox is a hands-on sandbox exhibit combined with 3-D visualization applications. Simply mold […]
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, […]
Anne McKee is recognized statewide as a passionate teacher of Mississippi history. Through the art of storytelling, Anne McKee uplifts the accomplishments of famous Mississippians and shares explores the history of a land and a people like no other. Native to the state, McKee’s love and support for Mississippi began in childhood as she sat […]
On January 8, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will present a free and open to the public presentation of Story Time With Uncle Story. The program, which will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Water/Ways, will feature the children’s book Did A Dinosaur Drink This Water? by Robert E. Wells. Following storytime will […]
Using documentary footage and recordings from the mid-1950s, Northeast Mississippi Community College history instructor Carla Falkner of Tupelo examines the role Southern culture played in the emergence of rock and roll through the music of Elvis Presley and how that music impacted popular American culture and values. Speakers Expertise: Carla Falkner has more than 30 […]
