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Live Jazz in the Welty Garden

Join us for Live Jazz in the Welty Garden on Thursday, October 22, at the Eudora Welty House & Garden. The grounds open at 5 p.m., and music begins at 5:30 p.m. This event will feature free live music from the Mississippi College Jazz Band and the Soul City Swingers. Blankets and lawn chairs are encouraged. Free lemonade and popcorn will be available. Guests can also purchase food and drinks from Urban Foxes. For more information call 601-353-7762 or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.

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Free Sundays at the Two Mississippi Museums

August 23, 2026, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson is free every Sunday.

Welty Wednesdays

August 26, 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: Jasmine Holmes, “Lessons from Reading Mississippi’s WPA Narratives”

August 26, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

At noon on Wednesday, August 26, Jasmine Holmes, director of museum education at the Two Mississippi Museums, will present her research on interviews conducted by employees of the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration as part of the History Is Lunch series.