In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth) is an installation comprised of a touring, portable, inflatable ‘Truth Booth’ that embarked on a world tour at the Galway Arts Festival, Ireland in 2011 . The exterior is iconically shaped like a giant cartoon speech bubble with the word ‘TRUTH’ boldly printed on the side. The interior acts […]
Delta State University will host Ellen Ann Fentress, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, on September 6th. At 6PM, DSU will screen Eyes on Mississippi, a documentary chronicling the life and work of journalist Bill Minor through his newspaper columns reporting race during the civil rights era. The event will be free and open to the public […]
MHC Sponsored Events include: Saturday, 9/8 8:00AM-- Tom's Columbus 12:00 noon-- Tennessee Williams Tribute Cinema: RAC screening of movie BOOM based on the Tennesse Williams play "Milk Train."
Who were the people who became most involved in the Civil Rights Movement? Who were its leaders and footsoldiers? How do we even define such roles? Who are the people who have become immortalized as heroes in our memory of the movement? Why? This presentation will explore the multitude of ways that women became involved […]
On September 8, the Lower Mississippi River Foundation will host Dr. James Giesen of the MHC’s Speakers Bureau to present his free and open to the public lecture “Water Ways: Ebbs & Flows of Mississippi History” at the Quapaw Canoe Company in Clarskdale. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling […]
Diane Williams, storyteller and fiber artist, begins her presentation with a discussion of Kente cloth weaved fibers of West Africa and moves on to utilitarian quilts made by African slaves in America who sewed for their owners. She provides a reflective look at how the designs of Underground Railroad quilts relate to storytelling, and explores […]
Unveiling of the first marker for the Mississippi Writers Trail. Marker #1: Eudora Welty.
On Saturday, September 15, the Lower Mississippi River Foundation will present a panel discussion titled "Flood Control on the Big River" at the Quapaw Canoe Company in Clarksdale. The panel, including Paul Hartfield from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services and Hank Burdine from the Mississippi Levee Board, will discuss the history and future of flood […]
On September 18, join the Mississippi Humanities Council at Hal and Mal's in Jackson for "Ideas on Tap: The Politics of Sports." In recent months and years, the world of sports has increasingly found itself involved in as many conflicts off the field as it has on the field. We'll examine the idea of protest politics in […]
The Eudora Welty House and Garden, the Mississippi Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA), and Crossroads Film Society are partnering to present a third and final mini-film series featuring the cinematic adaptation of Jane Austen's work or screening strongly linked with Austen or her work. Welt scholars are aware that Austen […]
On Saturday, September 22, the Lower Mississippi River Foundation will celebrate Smithsonian Museum Day at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale. Free entry to the Delta Blues Museum will be available with a Museum Day ticket. Smithsonian Museum Day will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit Water/Ways, on display in Clarksdale […]
On Saturday, September 22, the Lower Mississippi River Foundation will present Relay of Voices at the Quapaw Canoe Company in Clarksdale. The dance and storytelling performance, which is free and open to the public, will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit Water/Ways, on display in Clarksdale through October 13. Water/Ways is a traveling […]
