“Shaping the Cultural Environment…a Window on the World”: The Dr. Jane Ellen McAllister Symposium The Dr. Jane Ellen McAllister House Foundation Board is hosting a public symposium on October 24–25, […]
Rebecca Jernigan 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 […]
The Mississippi Humanities Council, in partnership with the Visit Mississippi, is proud to announce a series of Freedom Trail marker unveilings commemorating pivotal figures and moments in the Civil Rights […]
The lecture, “Where Two or Three Are Gathered: Reconsidering Community and Conversation with Will D. Campbell,” presented by Brett Harris, will examine the recurring theme of community and the need […]
In November, Briarwood Arts Center will host a Great Stories Club, a literary-outreach program created by the American Library Association that provides youth with the opportunity to read, reflect, and […]
The PRAGDA Spanish Film Festival promotes Spanish language and culture by curating a series of films, offering a platform for educational and societal enrichment. This event comprises the presentation of […]
Program about how prehistoric Native Americans made and used stone tools. Includes “hands on” artifact display with audience participation encouraged. Mr. William Arinder has studied Early American and Native American […]
Join us on Thursday, Nov 7, for an engaging tour of Lexington’s historic churches, featuring St. Paul’s Church of God in Christ, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and First Presbyterian Church. […]
Diane Williams uses the art of storytelling to uncover folktales from the south, oral history from Mississippi, often paralleling these story motifs with folktales from around the world. Williams is […]
The Mississippi Humanities Council, in partnership with the Visit Mississippi, will unveil a Freedom Trail marker November 8th at the old courthouse at 12pm in Canton to honor the extraordinary […]
On the morning of November 9, a Mississippi Freedom Trail markers will be unveiled honoring Victoria Gray Adams – Honoring her legacy as a Civil Rights leader and one of […]
The city of Natchez, MS, has announced its second marker on the Mississippi Freedom Trail, located at Donnan’s Barbershop, the birthplace of the Deacons for Defense and Justice in Natchez in the 1960s. The […]
