Events

At noon Wednesday, May 21, MacArthur Cotton, a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Mississippi from 1961 to 1966, will explore how Cotton and other civil rights activists like Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer risked…

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…

Learn how to preserve precious artifacts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 24, for our Community Curation Day in the orientation room of the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. Laura Heller, MDAH acquisitions and collections coordinator, will…

Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday. This includes admission to the Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers, Photographs by Melody Golding on display through November 7. HORNE, a Ridgeland-based professional services firm…

Bring your mats for free, adult  yoga  classes on the lawn of the Eudora Welty House & Garden beginning April 29 through May 27 from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Certified yoga instructor Maya Morris will begin each class with an intention based on a quote…

At noon, Wednesday, May 28, Ivory Phillips, contributing editor at The Jackson Advocate, will examine the Ayers vs. Waller case that centered on the disparities in funding and resources between historically White and historically Black public…