Calendar of Events:

The Eudora Welty Centennial is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, through the National Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces Initiative. Other supporting partners include the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the Mississippi Development Authority, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Irby, and WLBT 3.

September 26 - January 3, 2010: Merriment on the Midway: Eudora Welty's State Fair Mural and Photographs. Premiere of Welty's State Fair painting and opening of Welty State Fair photographs at the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi. Click here for more information.

2009: "Mississippi Reads," a statewide reading project, featuring Eudora Welty's Collected Stories as the book for 2009. Click here for more information.

Prior Events

December, 2008 - February 16, 2009: Eudora Welty in New York: Photographs of the Early 1930s, an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York. Click here for more information. To read a review of the exhibit in the New York Times click here.

February 19 - 22, 2009: Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration, Natchez, Mississippi: "Southern Women Writers: Saluting the Eudora Welty Centennial." Click here for more information.

February 22, 2009: 1:00 p.m., Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Ceremony (Alliance for Young Artists and Writers) at the Jackson Convention Complex, Jackson, Mississippi.

March 6, 2009: 1:30 p.m., "Preserving Eudora Welty's Legacy" panel discussion at the Mississippi Historical Society annual meeting at the Old Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi. Click here for more information. At 3:00 p.m., participants will visit the Eudora Welty House.

March 17 - 18, 2009: Celebration of Eudora Welty's 100th Birthday, Smith Library of the Vaughan Literature Building, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Events include: March 17, 11:45 a.m. - A panel discussion about Welty literature, life and criticism with Suzanne Marrs, Millsaps College; Rebecca Mark, Tulane University; and Harriet Pollack, Bucknell. March17, 7:30 p.m. - "Writing Biography: Eudora Welty, The Woman and the Myths," a presentation by Suzanne Marrs. March 18, 4:00 p.m. - "You Got a Fire in Here?" Or Deviling Details in "The Demonstrators" and "Where is the Voice Coming From," a discussion by Rebecca Mark of Welty's stories responding to the racial trauma that occurred in Mississippi in the 1960s, including the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. These events are free and open to the public. Click here for more information.

March 24, 2009: 2:00 p.m., Welty House inducted into the Southern Literary Trail; Patti Carr Black, keynote speaker. Click here for more information.

March 28, 2009: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., "Heirloom Plants in Garden Design" seminar at Belhaven College with Dr. William Welch, Texas A & M University and Jenny Rose Carey, director of the Temple University Arboretum. A plant sale and tour of the Welty garden will follow this event.

March 29, 2009: 2:00 p.m., Unveiling of Welty's portrait for the Mississippi Hall of Fame, The Old Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Suzanne Marrs, keynote speaker. Click here for more information.

April 2 , 2009: 2:00 p.m., Journalist Roger Mudd, Governor William Winter and Welty biographer Suzanne Marrs pay tribute to Welty on Stories About Eudora Welty on Mississippi Public Broadcasting.

April 9, 2009: Eudora Welty Centennial Celebration, Jones Room, Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Events include: 5:00 p.m. "Eudora Welty and the Writing Life," a lecture delivered by Dr. Peggy Whitman Prenshaw, Humanities Scholar in Residence, Millsaps College. 7:30 p.m. "Eudora Welty: A Niece's Perspective," a presentation by Elizabeth White, Eudora Welty's great niece. Registration and fee required. Reception to follow.

April 9, 2009: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., opening reception for Eudoric Eurythmy: Visual Arts Based on the Life and Works of Eudora Welty, Highlands Fine Art Gallery, Jackson, Mississippi. For more information contact (601) 969-4091 or (601) 500-0743.

April 9, 2009: 5:00 p.m., Author Patti Carr Black and Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty Foundation Scholar-in-Residence at Millsaps College, discuss their friend Eudora and her work with Malcolm White, executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, on the Mississippi Arts Hour on WLEZ (100.1FM) in Jackson.

April 9, 2009: 9:00 p.m., Eudora Welty reads from "Petrified Man" and Losing Battles on a special edition of Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Writers series. These scenes, never before broadcast, are from rare film footage shot in 1975 by filmmaker Richard Moore. The footage was donated to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History by the National Endowment for the Arts.

April 9 - April 30, 2009: Continuing exhibition, Eudoric Eurythmy: Visual Arts Based on the Life and Works of Eudora Welty, Highlands Fine Art Gallery, Jackson, Mississippi. Consists of portraits of Eudora Welty, images representing her home or characters, and depictions of scenes from stories or books submitted by Mississippi artists. For more information contact (601) 969-4091 or (601) 500-0743.

April 11, 2009: 11:00 a.m., Author Patti Carr Black and Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty Foundation Scholar-in-Residence at Millsaps College, discuss their friend Eudora and her work with Malcolm White, executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, on the Mississippi Arts Hour on Mississippi Public Broadcasting's HD network "Music Radio."

April 11 - July 5, 2009: Welty in New York photographic exhibit at the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi. Click here for more information.

April 12, 2009: 3:00 p.m., Author Patti Carr Black and Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty Foundation Scholar-in-Residence at Millsaps College, discuss their friend Eudora and her work with Malcolm White, executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, on the Mississippi Arts Hour on MPB FM "Think Radio." The program will be rebroadcast at 8:00 p.m. on WLEZ in Jackson.

April 13, 2009: 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Happy Birthday, Eudora Welty!, the Eudora Welty House celebrates Eudora Welty's 100th birthday. The birthday cake will be cut at 10:00 a.m., and the house will be open for free tours on the half hour beginning at 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Reservations are required. To make a reservation, call (601) 353-7762 or email weltytours@mdah.state.ms.us.

April 14 - 26, 2009: New Stage Theatre, Jackson, Mississippi, presents The Ponder Heart. Click here for more information.

April 15, 2009: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., "Confluence of Memories," film presented as part of the History Is Lunch series, William F. Winter Archives and History Building, Jackson, Mississippi. Click here for more information.

April 16 - 18, 2009: Joint meeting of the Eudora Welty Society and the Southern Literary Festival at Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi. Click here for more information from the Southern Literary Festival or click here for more information from the Eudora Welty Society.

April 16, 2009: 9:00 p.m., Eudora Welty reads from "A Worn Path" and "Why I Live at the P.O." on a special edition of Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Writers series. These scenes, never before broadcast, are from rare footage shot in 1975 by filmmaker Richard Moore. The footage was donated to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History by the National Endowment for the Arts.

April 17, 2009: 8:00 p.m., Centennial Concert sponsored by Cellular South featuring singer/songwriters Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kate Campbell, Caroline Herring, and Claire Holley at the Belhaven College Center for the Arts. Contact Ticketmaster at (601) 355-5252 or click here to go to the Ticketmaster website and search for "Eudora Welty." For a printable press release of this event (opens as a .pdf document) click here.

April 18, 2009: Eudora Welty Day at New Stage Theatre, Jackson, Mississippi. Click here for more information.

April 18, 2009: 7:30 p.m., Mississippi Symphony Bravo V Concert: Adoring Eudora, featuring James Sclater's Images from Welty and Crafton Beck's adaptation of The Whistle at Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson, Mississippi. Birthday Bash reception after the Symphony on the plaza of Thalia Mara Hall. Click here for more information.

May 21 - 24, 2009: American Literature Association Meeting, The Westin Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts. The Eudora Welty Society Sessions include:"Welty at 100: Focus on Biography," chaired by Harriet Pollack, Bucknell University and "Welty at 100: New, from the Archives," chaired by Mae Miller Claxton, Western Carolina University.

June 21, 2009: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Celebration of Eudora Welty's 100th Birthday, including a dramatic performance and two readings at ArtsNatchez, 110 North Union Street, Natchez, Mississippi. Call Lillie DeShields at (601) 807-3816 for more information.

June 26, 2009 : Opening of exhibits at the Eudora Welty Education and Visitors Center.

September 3, 2009: 5:30 p.m., Dr. Suzanne Marrs presents a gallery talk at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art to celebrate the opening of Eudora Welty in New York photography exhibit. The talk will be followed by a reception. Click here for more information.

October 2 - 4, 2009: A Season of Dreams, scripted by Eudora Welty presented by the Galloway Memorial Methodist Church's Drama Ministry. Click here for more information (opens as a .pdf).

October 7, 2009: 7:00 p.m. Author Clyde Edgerton in concert at the Millsaps College Arts and Lecture Series. Visit here for tickets http://www.millsaps.edu/news events/arts lecture.shtml.

October 7-8, 2009: A writers symposium for high school and college students atMillsaps College featuring Alice Elliott Dark, Clyde Edgerton, and Al Young moderated by Dr. Suzanne Marrs and supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Click here for more information (opens as a .pdf).

October 8, 2009: 4:00 p.m. Writers Alice Elliott Dark, Clyde Edgerton and Al Young read from their works and sign books at Millsaps College supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Click here for more information (opens as a .pdf).

August 21- November 15, 2009: Eudora Welty in New York photography exhibit at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi. Click here for more information.