*The Valentine, the Museum of the Life and History of Richmond, Virginia, opened an exhibition on January 16 to kick off its centennial year. The exhibit, Settlement to Streetcar Suburbs: Richmond and Its People, highlights events, institutions, and individuals that have shaped the city's development. It includes biographical sketches of city residents and a time line in the shape of the James River. For more information, call 804-649-0711.

*Alsace to America: Discovering a Southern Jewish Heritage, an exhibit presented by the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, will be on display at the Mtel Center in downtown Jackson from May 29 to August 31, 1998. The exhibit is being presented as a companion to the Mississippi International Commission on Culture's Splendors of Versailles exhibit. Alsace to America reflects the life and times of 19th-century Jewish pioneers who immigrated to the Mississippi River regions from Alsace and Lorraine provinces of France and Germany. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster by calling 601-355-5252. For more information call the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience at 601-362-6357.

*A permanent Louisiana State Museum exhibit, Louisiana and the Mighty Mississippi River, opened January 23, 1998, at the Arsenal on Jackson Square in New Orleans. The exhibit explores the unique legacy of the Mississippi River through ship models, artifacts, paintings, documents, and photographs. For more information, call the Louisiana State Museum at 800-568-6968 or visit their website at www.crt.state.la.us/crt/museum/lsmnet3.htm.

*On April 1, 1998, the Department of History at Rhodes College will sponsor "Campus, Community, and Civil Rights: A Public Symposium in Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." The symposium will begin at 3:00 p.m. with a screening of the documentary At the River I Stand, which chronicles the 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike in Memphis. Following the film, historian Michael Honey of the University of Washington, Tacoma will give a presentation on the strike and answer questions from the audience. At 7:30 p.m. a panel composed of former Rhodes administrators, faculty, staff, and students will offer personal recollections of campus and city events 30 years ago. Some of the panelists marched with the striking sanitation workers and with Dr. King. Audience participation and discussion will follow. This panel is in association with the 150th anniversary of Rhodes College. For more information, contact Tim Huebner, Department of History, 901-843-3653.