Lecture Series
Planning for the 2012 Lower Delta Talks Series is underway now. The first talk is scheduled for Tuesday, March 20 and will feature Ben Payton with his "History of the Blues". Ben's talk in 2011 was cancelled due to the Mississippi River flood, so he has graciously agreed to kick off our 2012 series.
The 2011 Series was a huge success and we hope you'll join us in 2012.
2011 Lower Delta Talks Schedule
March 15, 2011 - "Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison and the Worst Maritime Disaster on the Mississippi River" by Alan Huffman
April 19, 2011 - "Vegetable Garden Wisdom" by The Garden Mama - Nellie Neal
May 17, 2011 - "History of the Blues" by Ben Payton
June 21, 2011 - "Early People in the Delta: 10,000 BC - AD 1600" by Sam Brookes
July 12, 2011 - "How Tamales Came to Mississippi" by Malcolm White
August 16, 2011 -"The archaeology of the South Delta Interpretive Center site" by Chris Koeppel
September 20, 2011 - "A Southerly Course: Traveling Foodways Close to Home" by Martha Foose
October 18, 2011 - "Hunting Delta Style" by Hank Burdine
November 15, 2011 - "Saints and Sinners: People Who Made the Delta the Delta" by Willy Bearden