http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/jfp.php/events/ Events calendar by the Jackson Free Press. en events@jacksonfreepress.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-22T04:00:55+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25383/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25383/#When:15:00:00Z The Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights in association with the JSU Department of History and Philosophy will present this lecture, featuring as Keynote Speaker Rev. Nelson Rivers, Chief Operating Officer, NAACP, Baltimore, Maryland. Lectures 2008-10-14T15:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25621/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25621/#When:17:30:00Z Dr. Edward Hill of Tupelo, chair of the World Medical Association, will speak. Lectures 2008-10-24T17:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25652/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25652/#When:23:45:00Z Millsaps College's Women's and Gender Studies Program sponsors this free presentation with Bobbie Wrenn Banks from Women's Action for New Directions, speaking on the federal budget priorities and peace initiatives. Refreshments provided. Lectures, Politics 2008-10-29T23:45:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25559/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25559/#When:15:00:00Z Theda Skocpol, the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University, will deliver the lecture for this year's Holden Symposium, "What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality." Lectures 2008-11-06T15:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25879/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/25879/#When:22:00:00Z Dr. Laura Franey, the 2008 Humanities Teacher of the Year at Millsaps College, will give a free public lecture, “That Dreamy Gliding in the Boat: Women’s Water Travels in Victorian Literature and Art.” A reception will immediately follow the lecture in the lobby outside the entrance to the Recital Hall. Lectures 2008-11-17T22:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26043/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26043/#When:16:00:00Z Dr. Dwight Hopkins speaks on "Black Liberation Theology Revisted." Lectures 2008-11-18T16:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26565/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26565/#When:18:00:00Z Mississippi Department of Archives and History historian Grady Howell will discuss and sign his new book, "Chimneyville, 'Likenesses' of Early Days in Jackson, MS." Lectures 2009-01-07T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26583/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26583/#When:01:00:00Z David Burgess returns to the A&L Series, bringing back one of our most exciting and popular programs. Praised by musicians and critics worldwide, he is recognized as one of today's outstanding guitarists. First Prize winner of the Andres Segovia Fellowship Competition in New York City, Mr. Burgess has toured the United States, North and South America, Europe and the Far East. Through his extensive travels in both Spain and Latin America, he has acquired one of the largest collections of Latin American music in the U.S., from which he draws works for his programs. This will be a lively evening of music and fun for the whole family. Lectures 2009-01-14T01:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26924/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26924/#When:18:00:00Z Katrina Estes-Hill, artist, writer, and storyteller, will share images and tales of Mississippi from her popular books. Lectures 2009-01-14T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26847/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26847/#When:18:00:01Z Theodore Cylatt from the Baptist Healthplex will lead a fitness demonstration and present a brown bag lunch discussion. Dessert and drinks provided. Health and Wellness, Lectures 2009-01-20T18:00:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27120/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27120/#When:00:30:00Z Speakers on the panel include Dr. Beverly Hogan, President of Tougaloo College; Dr. Gemma Beckley, Chair of Social Work Department at Rust College; Mrs. Martha Bergmark, CEO of Mississippi Center for Justice; and Dr. Michelle D. Deardorff, Professor of Political Science at Jackson State University. Community, Lectures 2009-01-23T00:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26590/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26590/#When:00:45:00Z Since age 17, when she made her debut with the Chicago Symphony, Nelita True's career has taken her to 49 states and to major cities in Europe, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Mexico, Iceland, New Zealand, Brazil, Australia, Canada and the Far East. She was a visiting professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Russia) and has been to China 12 times for recitals and master classes. Her most recent recital in Boston was cited as one of the "Ten Best Classical Performances of the Year." Concerts, Lectures 2009-02-03T00:45:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27482/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27482/#When:01:00:01Z Dr. Angelique Corthals, a biomedical Egyptologist from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, will discuss diseases, landscapes and climate change in ancient Egypt, as well as her role in the search for Queen Hatshepsut's lost mummy. Lectures 2009-02-06T01:00:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26585/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26585/#When:00:00:00Z Aimed at the very young and all who love them, "Between the Lions," the winner of the Television Critics' Award as the nation's outstanding television program and a multi-Emmy Award winning PBS television series for 4 to 7 year olds,helps children learn to read. This hugely popular series is named for a family of lions, Theo, Cleo, Lionel, and Leona, who run a library like no other. Chris Cerf, executive producer, and music and audio producer, has a career that includes creation and work in every facet of "Sesame Street," winning two Grammy Awards and three Emmy Awards for songwriting and music production. Since 2004, Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB), WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. have collaborated to produce episodes of "Between the Lions" in the MPB studios here in Jackson. Lectures 2009-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27553/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27553/#When:17:30:00Z This Millsaps College Summers Lecture features Luke Timothy Johnson, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, calling for a renewal of imaginative reading of Scripture. Lectures 2009-02-10T17:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27462/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27462/#When:22:00:00Z Howorth Visiting Artist Jane Hammond will present a slide talk with a reception to follow at 6 p.m. Galleries, Lectures 2009-02-10T22:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27771/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27771/#When:17:00:01Z MMA curator Robin Dietrick will explain Raoul Dufy's collaboration with poet Guillaume Apollinaire on the book "Le Besioire ou Cartege d'Orphrée." Lunch at 11:30 a.m. Exhibits and Openings, Lectures 2009-02-20T17:00:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27581/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27581/#When:18:30:00Z Millsaps graduate Gloria Surber, BA 2004, will use historical quotes and examples culled from various newspapers and real life, demonstrating how human beings internalize and verbalize their existence in time and their experience of the world. Lectures 2009-02-20T18:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26586/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/26586/#When:00:00:00Z We celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln in the month of his birth with nationally acclaimed Lincoln scholar, Dr. Ronald C. White. His new biography of Lincoln, A. Lincoln: A Biography, will be published in January 2009 and follows his books, Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural and The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, and a Book-of-the-Month and History Book Club selection. The bicentennial year is filled with celebration for and scholarly reflection on Lincoln’s life, work, and legacy. Dr. White is speaking throughout the United States. Lectures 2009-02-25T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27945/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27945/#When:18:00:00Z Malcolm Robson, master grainer, will talk about his restoration work in the Governor's Office at the Old Capitol and at the Manship House. Lectures 2009-03-11T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/28053/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/28053/#When:00:30:00Z Sponsored by Jackson State University, the Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy, Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and the Margaret Walker Alexander National Research Center, this lecture is a part of the Medgar Evers/Ella Baker Civil Rights Lecture Series. Dr. Roy DeBerry (Hill Country Project) will moderate a discussion panel composed of Dr. Kristen Oertel (Department of History, Millsaps College), Dr. Ivory Phillips (Adjunct Professor, Social and Cultural Studies, JSU), Dr. Susan Glisson (Executive Director of William Winter Institute) and Dr. Byron D. Orey (Chair, Political Science, JSU). Be the Change, Community, Lectures 2009-03-12T00:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27852/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27852/#When:23:30:00Z Exhibit curator Shirley Howorth will explain the Dufy exhibit, on display through July 5, 2009. Exhibits and Openings, Lectures 2009-03-12T23:30:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27946/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27946/#When:18:00:00Z Authors Jere Nash and Andy Taggart talk about their new book "Mississippi Fried Politics." Lectures 2009-03-18T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/28626/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/28626/#When:14:00:00Z Student Organizations in the Dept. of English and Modern Foreign Languages along with 'Sistahood' Town Hall Meeting Series Committee sponsors: African-American Women's History Month Symposium. The symposium will feature prominent presents discussing issues effecting African-American women. Dollye M. E. Robinson Building, Room 266. Lectures 2009-03-25T14:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27947/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27947/#When:18:00:00Z Author Dorothy Shawhan, Delta State University, will discuss "Writing it Twice: From History to Fiction." Lectures 2009-03-25T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27948/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27948/#When:18:00:00Z Museum of Natural Science director Libby Hartfield will present "Francis Cook: Conservation Planner." Lectures 2009-04-08T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/28653/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/28653/#When:22:00:00Z Dorothy Cosonas, creative director of KnollTextiles and Knoll Lux, speaks in honor of the museum's Raoul Dufy exhibition. She will also highlight some fabric designs from her collection. Please RSVP to 601-965-9933. 5 p.m. social; 5:30 p.m. program. Community, Exhibits and Openings, Lectures 2009-04-09T22:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27237/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27237/#When:00:00:00Z Featured guests for this conference include Kenny Ivory, Queen Fokus, Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza, Donna Ladd and Immanuel Manning. Community, Lectures, Literary and Signings 2009-04-11T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27949/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/27949/#When:18:00:01Z A celebration of the centennial of Eudora Welty's birthday (April 13), featuring the film "A Confluence of Memories." Lectures, Stage and Screen 2009-04-15T18:00:01+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/28055/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/entry/28055/#When:00:30:00Z Sponsored by Jackson State University, the Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy, Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and the Margaret Walker Alexander National Research Center, this lecture is a part of the Medgar Evers/Ella Baker Civil Rights Lecture Series. Mr. Owen Brooks (Assistant Oral Historian, Margaret Walker Research Center, JSU; Executive Director, Veterans of the MS Civil Rights Movement) moderates a panel composed of Chokwe Lumumba, Esq., Nsombi Lambright (ACLU of Mississippi), Dr. Curtis Austin (Oral History Project, USM) and Mike Thelwell (Author, UMASS). Be the Change, Community, Lectures 2009-04-17T00:30:00+00:00