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An Evening with Ron Rash

Join us for a reading with Ron Rash on Friday, September 29, at 5 p.m. at the Eudora Welty House & Garden. Rash will read from and sign copies of his new book, The Caretaker. Rash is also the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall. Twice the recipient of the O. Henry Prize, Rash teaches at Western Carolina University. He delivered the 2022 Bettye Jolly Lecture at the Eudora Welty House & Garden and has appeared as a special guest of the #WeltyatHome virtual book club. This event is in partnership with Lemuria Books. For more information, visit https://welty.mdah.ms.gov/events-calendar or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com. 

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Autumn Yoga in the Welty Garden

September 29, 2026, 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Bring your mats for free adult yoga on Tuesdays, September 29 through October 27, from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Certified yoga instructor Maya Morris will lead these classes, beginning with an intention-based on a quote from Eudora Welty's writing.

Welty Wednesdays

September 30, 2026, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Join the Eudora Welty House & Garden (EWHG) for Welty Wednesdays beginning Wednesday, January 8. In honor of 1119 Pinehurst Street's 100-year anniversary, free admission will be offered every Wednesday, in addition to the long-standing tradition of free admission on the 13th of each month honoring Welty’s April 13 birthday.

History Is Lunch: Charles Payne, “This Transformation of People: Notes on Bob Moses, Mississippi, and Organizing”

September 30, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join us at noon on Wednesday, September 30, for the inaugural Bob Moses Lecture Series during History Is Lunch. Historian Charles Payne will explore how civil rights activist Ella Baker influenced Moses’s approach to organizing, from his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to the founding of the Algebra Project. Payne, Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark, will trace the connection between Baker’s grassroots, relationship-driven approach and Moses’s lifelong commitment to collective empowerment through education and organizing. This free event will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums and will stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. Copies of I’ve Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle will be available for purchase, and a book signing will follow. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.