Welty House Hosts Old Jackson Christmas by Candlelight
Seasonal festivities were in full swing at the Eudora Welty House and Garden Friday, December 4, from 4:30 until 8:30 p.m., as one the sites on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Old Jackson Christmas by Candlelight Tours. The first floor of the historic Welty House was open for tours with displays of holiday decorations, family photographs, and Christmas […] Read more »
Welty Foundation Sends Holiday Greetings and Recipes from 1971 Symphony League of Jackson Cookbook
The Eudora Welty Foundation sends warm holiday greetings to all and invites you to celebrate the season with delicious edibles that Eudora enjoyed with her family and friends. The recipes were first published in the 1971 Symphony League of Jackson cookbook for which Eudora wrote the Foreword. “I often think to make a friend’s fine recipe is to celebrate […] Read more »
Welty Foundation Newsletter Golden Apples Now Online
Beginning with the Fall 2015 issue of Golden Apples, the Welty Foundation newsletter may be accessed online. Click Fall 2015 Golden Apples to read about and see many photographs from the wonderfully successful first Mississippi Book Festival, exciting activities that took place at the House and Garden and were sponsored by the Foundation over the summer, and […] Read more »
Noted Artist Barry Moser Reads from Memoir at Welty Education and Visitors Center
Acclaimed artist, author, and teacher, Barry Moser read from his memoir, We Were Brothers, an emotional story about racism drawn from his youth in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on October 29, at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitors Center. The reading was followed by a reception. Welty lovers know Moser from his illustration of a special edition of The […] Read more »