Special Welty Biennial Panels and Readings Held in Jackson June 5-6
Three well-informed panels made special presentations about Eudora Welty at Millsaps College on Friday afternoon and evening, June 5. All programs took place in the Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex and were sponsored by Millsaps as part of the Welty Biennial 12-week series of programs and exhibits. From 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. former Welty Foundation Graduate Research Fellows, […] Read more »
Huge Crowd Attends June Recital Remix Dance Party
Some 200 guests relived the good times when Eudora Welty entertained friends in the garden and on the side porch of the Welty home at June Recital Remix, a dance party in the Eudora Welty Garden on June 4 from 6 – 8:30 p.m. Guests listened and danced to the sounds of “The Sessions,” a six-piece subgroup […] Read more »
Annual Plant Sale Benefits Welty Foundation
The Welty House and Garden’s annual plant sale was a successful, if wet, event, benefitting the Eudora Welty Foundation. A rainy April day did not deter visitors from shopping and celebrating Eudora’s birthday. The sale included perennials and bulbs admired by Eudora and her mother as well as custom grown items and others propagated from […] Read more »
Scholastic Writing Awards Ceremony Held at Millsaps College
Because of inclement weather, the Mississippi Regional Scholastic Writing Awards ceremony was held in the Leggett Center of the Campbell College Center at Millsaps College on Sunday, April 19, instead of the Welty House and Garden. A large crowd was on hand to see students receive awards and hear keynote speaker Katy Simpson Smith, award-winning author of The Story […] Read more »