Louisiana: A History, a six-hour documentary commemorating the Louisiana Purchase, will be aired on Louisiana Public Broadcasting September 14-19, 2003. The television series begins with prehistory and explores the major events, movements, and personalities that have shaped Louisiana down to the modern era. It features historical renderings, rarely seen photographs, and historical documents. For details, visit www.louisianahistory.org.

The Southern Women Writers Conference, to be held October 16-18, 2003, at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, will examine the theme "Self Locations/Dislocations." Among the featured speakers will be Dorothy Allison, Mairlou Awiakta, Rosemary Daniell, Lorraine Lopez, Janisse Ray, and Natasha Tretheway. For more information, call 706- 368-5625 or visit the conference Web site (www.berry.edu/academics/humanities/english/swwc2003).

The Mint Museum of Art salutes one of North Carolina’s pottery legends in the exhibition Burlon Craig and His Legacy through October 19 in the Bridges Gallery of North Carolina Pottery. Craig, who died last year at age 88, was considered one of America’s great folk potters. He was honored with the National Folk Heritage Award by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1984. Featured will be utilitarian churns, milk crocks, birdhouses, and monkey jugs as well as the face jugs and snake jugs that helped make him famous. For details, write Mint Museum of Art, 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC 28207, call 704-337-2000, or visit the Web site (www.mintmuseum.org).

The Deep South Regional Humanities Center at Tulane University and the Louisiana Creole Heritage Center at Northwestern State University, through the Creole Studies Consortium, will sponsor a conference on the topic "Creole Legacies: The Current and Future Prospects of Creole Studies Research," October 23-25, in New Orleans. The first international conference to explore past, present, and future studies of Creole culture, "Creole Legacies" aims to bring together scholars and members of the general public from throughout the United States and beyond to share their research findings and family histories. To learn more, visit www.deepsouth.tulane.edu/programs/creole.html.