Events

At noon on Wednesday, September 9, Ralph Eubanks, author of When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land, will examine the history and economy of the Mississippi Delta as part of the History Is Lunch series. Eubanks, faculty fellow and writer in residence at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi

At noon on Wednesday, September 2, Kelly Ellis, visiting associate professor of English at Jackson State University, will present on her poetry collection Solum as part of the History Is Lunch series. Centered on the life of her great-grandfather, George Asbury Kelley, a shoemaker at the Jackson Shoe Hospital, Solum explores family history through poetry.

Join us at the Eudora Welty House & Garden from 3 to 5 p.m. on September 3 for a guided workshop with Anna Traylor, special projects coordinator. Each participant will have their own fairy house kit and will be given step-by-step instructions to begin their designs that they can take home

The Eudora Welty House & Garden will host a two-hour guided painting class with wine and light refreshments on Thursday, August 20, at 5:30 p.m. All painting supplies will be provided by MDAH for a materials fee of $25. Payment can be made by calling the Welty House or at the front desk

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.

At noon on Wednesday, August 19, a panel will discuss the four decades of writing and twenty-six works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that established Ellen Gilchrist as one of the South’s most enduring authors as part of the History Is Lunch series.

At noon on Wednesday, July 15, Caroline Bayne, assistant professor of Communication and Media Studies and director of Film Studies at Millsaps College, will present on segregation in mass media in Jackson from the 1950s to the 1960s as part of the History Is Lunch series.

Join us for a free Beading Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 15, at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians. Casey Bigpond of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will teach participants how to make traditional-style beaded earrings. Materials will be provided.

Join us for a free event featuring a screening of Cole: Bridge to Justice at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 16, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums. This 75-minute documentary traces the remarkable journey of Donald R. Cole—from his pivotal role as one of the “Ole Miss Eight,” who challenged segregation at the University of Mississippi

At noon on Wednesday, August 12, Randy Deaton, retired FBI special agent, will discuss the remarkable story of a nineteenth-century rifle carried by Private Charles H. Gibbs during the Mexican-American War and later tied to the Civil War. The rifle disappeared from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in the 1970s and remained missing for more than 40 years.