Author and horticulturist Felder Rushing will present a book lecture and heirloom plant swap at the Eudora Welty House & Garden on Sunday, May 2, at 1 p.m. Guests are encouraged to bring up to two plants to swap. Space is limited. To register for this event, purchase Rushing's book Maverick Gardeners from the Eudora Welty House & Garden. Face masks and social distancing guidelines are required while on site.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees will hold a teleconference meeting in the William F. Winter Archives & History Building on Tuesday, June 15, at 9 a.m.
At 10 a.m. on Friday, July 16, the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History will hold a regular meeting in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. COVID-19 safety precautions will be in place.
Get ready to chalk your mark on history at the I AM A MAN: Chalk the Walk event on the Entergy Plaza of the Two Mississippi Museums. Guests will design their own outdoor sketches inspired by the protest artwork of civil rights activists featured in the special exhibit I AM A MAN: Civil Rights Photographs in the American South, 1960–1970. Face masks and social distancing guidelines are required.
The Eudora Welty House & Garden in partnership with the Visiting Writer Series at Millsaps College will host an outdoor poetry reading and book signing with Mississippi Poet Laureate Beth Ann Fennelly in the Welty Garden. Face masks and social distancing guidelines are required. Limited outdoor seating. Guests are encouraged to bring picnic blankets.
At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 18, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees will hold a teleconference meeting. For more information email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Admission to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is free every Sunday and includes the special exhibits Mississippi Distilled: Prohibition, Piety, and Politics and I AM A MAN: Civil Rights Photographs in the American South, 1960–1970. Face masks and social distancing guidelines are required while on site.
The Eudora Welty House & Garden will host an heirloom plant sale from the Welty Garden on Saturday, April 17, at 9 a.m. Masks and social distancing guidelines are required while on site. This program is in partnership with the Eudora Welty Foundation. For additional information, visit the Eudora Welty House & Garden Facebook page or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.
On Mondays, at noon CST, the Eudora Welty House & Garden will host live book discussions of Welty's 1955 short story collection, The Bride of the Innisfallen, as part of its #WeltyatHome virtual book club program. Welty's friend and biographer Dr. Suzanne Marrs will lead the discussion. This event is free and open to the public. For more information and to register, email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.