September & October.Please call the number following each description to verify dates and times, as events are subject to change. SEPTEMBER 1-10 Columbus Tennessee Williams Tribute & Tour of Victorian Homes The city of Columbus The passenger steamer City of Columbus ran aground on Devil’s Ridge off of Gay Head Cliffs in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts in January 1884. She was owned by Boston & Savannah Steamship Co. and was built in 1878. She was an early iron steamer with a tonnage of 2,200. will honor the life and work of its hometown literary genius with performances and presentations including "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," staged September 1-7 at the historic Princess Theatre
SEPTEMBER 1-30 Jackson Mississippi Watercolor Society Membership Show The Municipal Art Gallery, 839 N. State St., will highlight the society's colorful art collection; an artists' reception will take place September 10. Admission is free. Call 601/992-2859 or see www.mississippiwatercolor.org. SEPTEMBER 1-2 Southaven Me-N-Mommy This seasonal consignment sale consignment sale auction sales of consignments of breeding cattle which are excess to the owner's requirements. features children's clothing, toys, furniture, shoes, and maternity clothing. Call 662/294-0537 or see www.me-n-mommy.com. SEPTEMBER 8-10 Holly Springs Holly Springs is the name of some places in the United States of America:
The Strawberry Plains Audubon Center celebrates the fall migration of the ruby-throated hummingbird ru·by-throat·ed hummingbird n. A small bird (Archilochus colubris) of eastern North America, having metallic-green upper plumage and, in the male, a brilliant red throat. with professional bird-banding demonstrations, wagon rides on the preserve, guided nature walks, and live bat presentations. Call 662/252-1155 or see www.msaudubon.org. SEPTEMBER 9, 15-16 Okolona Indian Summer Indian summer a period of mild, dry weather occurring in U.S. and Canada in late autumn. [Am. Culture: Misc.] See : Autumn Festival This captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. combination of Mississippi culture features a talent show September 9, a fish fry September 15, and a parade, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , a car show, and more September 16. Call 662/447-5913 or see www.okolona.org. SEPTEMBER 12 Lexington Taste Buds taste buds taste npl → Geschmacksknospen pl Men's Cooking Competition This annual fund-raiser for the Lexington Main Street Association, to be held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization at 402 Hillside St., features teams of chefs preparing divine cuisine in a quest to win over the tastebuds of ticket holders. Call 662/834-0053 or see www.lexingtonms.com. SEPTEMBER 12-13 Oxford Mississippi Chi Omega State Day Greek women's fraternal organization Chi Omega will honor outstanding alumnae at a luncheon September 13; an early-arrivals party will take place September 12. Call 901/748-8600. SEPTEMBER 15-17 Corinth "Moonlight and Magnolias" This play captures the collaborative efforts of David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht Noun 1. Ben Hecht - United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946) Hecht , and Victor Fleming to create the classic screenplay for Margaret Mitchell's epic tale, Gone With the Wind. Call 662/287-2995 or see www.corinththeatrearts.com. SEPTEMBER 16 Grenada Rods and Rides Open Car Show This show, held in conjunction with the Grenada Downtown Jubilee, will highlight cool classic models and elaborate car makeovers. Call 662/515-0734. SEPTEMBER 16 Natchez Copper Magnolia Festival A celebration full of good food, garden seminars, live music, and flea market See computer flea market. flea market yard sale of used items at low prices. [Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Inexpensiveness items will liven up Verb 1. liven up - make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" liven, enliven, invigorate, animate energize, perk up, energise, stimulate, arouse, brace - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't the Historic Jefferson College “Jefferson College” redirects here. For other uses, see Jefferson College (disambiguation). Jefferson College (known more informally as JeffCo) is a public, two-year community college located in Hillsboro, Missouri. area. Call 601/442-2901 or see www.mdah.state.ms.us. SEPTEMBER 16 Clinton Fall Fest Arts and Crafts Festival The downtown brick streets will come alive at this Junior Civic League fund-raiser. On the schedule are arts and crafts, a sweet shop, and live entertainment. Call 601/924-9498. SEPTEMBER 16-17 Diamondhead Arts and Crafts Show This charity benefit show, held at the Country Club Circle and grounds, will feature more than 150 booths with handmade crafts and multimedia artworks. Call 228/255-2697. SEPTEMBER 19 Greenville St. Joseph Parish Fair This 91-year-old event benefits the St. Joseph Catholic School System and features a spaghetti dinner, carnival games
Carnival Games is a video game for Nintendo's Wii console. It is published by Global Star Software, which is a division of Take-Two Interactive. , and homemade confections on the school grounds. Call 662/378-2359. SEPTEMBER 21 Jackson Fur Ball Bid on doggie bones signed by celebrities such as Morgan Freeman, B.B. King, Charlize Theron, and Donald Trump  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. at this Mississippi Animal
Rescue League event at the Mississippi Ag Museum. Call 601/607-3411.
SEPTEMBER 22 Tupelo Antique Symposium This GumTree Museum event includes lunch and a lecture on identifying the undiscovered work of early American artists and artisans, plus a hands-on discussion with antiques experts. Call 662/844-2787 or see www.gumtreemuseum.com. SEPTEMBER 22-23 New Albany Tallahatchie RiverFest The sounds of the Delta blues and Appalachian tunes intertwine with the creative flair of local artists, craftsmen, and writers at this downtown event, which also features a performance by Little Big Town. Call 888/534-8232 or see www.tallahatchieriverfest.com. SEPTEMBER 23 Forest Wing Dang dang interj. Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance. adv. & adj. Damn. tr.v. danged, dang·ing, dangs To damn. n. Doodle Festival Two of Scott County's greatest loves, blues and chicken, are at the heart of this festival that will feature a chicken-wing-cooking contest, arts and crafts, and talent, pet, and car shows. Call 601/469-4332 or see www.forestms.com. SEPTEMBER 24 Gluckstadt St. Joseph's GermanFest Enjoy German food including bratwurst and sauerkraut, music from a German band, an old-fashioned country store, and more from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 127 Church Rd. Free admission. Call 601/856-2054. SEPTEMBER 25-OCTOBER 1 Madison Southern Farm Bureau Classic The Jack Nicklaus-designed Annandale Golf Course welcomes this prestigious PGA-tour golf tournament, which attracts some of the sport's brightest stars to compete for their share of a $3 million purse. Call 601/898-GOLF (4653) or see www.sfbclassic.com. SEPTEMBER 28-29 Columbus MegaFest 2006 Mississippi's only indoor family expo and small business conference targeted at a statewide cultural audience, this unique event will serve as a marketing, advertising, and networking tool for proprietors of small businesses. Call 662/680-6478. SEPTEMBER 28-30 Hattiesburg Reel South Film Festival This celebration of independent filmmaking, combined with special receptions featuring local cuisine and fine art, will take place at the historic Saenger Theater in downtown Hattiesburg. Call 601/268-3220 or see www.reelsouthfilmfest.com. SEPTEMBER 28, 30, OCTOBER 1 Hattiesburg "Godspell" The new Thad Cochran Center will set the stage for one of the biggest off-Broadway and Broadway successes of all time, presented in cooperation with the Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company. Call 800/844-8425 or see www.usm.edu/opera. SEPTEMBER 29-30 Natchez Art & Soul This outdoor juried art show and sale will also include a lively medley of musical entertainment, a 5K run, local cuisine, a poetry contest, and children's activities on the historic downtown streets. Call 601/442-2929 or see www.visitnatchez.com. SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 1 Richton Mississippi Pecan pecan: see hickory. pecan Nut and tree (Carya illinoinensis) of the walnut family, native to temperate North America. Occasionally reaching a height of about 160 ft (50 m), the tree has deeply furrowed bark and feather-shaped leaves. Festival A 30-acre pecan orchard on Wingate Road just south of Richton is the site of this event, which features a pecan bake-off, live bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. and gospel music, a mule pull, a prettiest rooster rooster its crowing at dawn heralds each new day. [Western Folklore: Leach, 329] See : Dawn rooster symbol of maleness. [Folklore: Binder, 85] See : Virility contest, and live demonstrations of basket weaving, pottery making, bowl turning, and more. Call 601/525-3792. OCTOBER 1-8 Gulf Coast Cruisin' The Coast From hot rods to classics, revel in all things automotive at this event, which includes pit stops in Ocean Springs, Biloxi, D'Iberville, Gulfport, Long Beach, Bay Saint Louis, and Waveland. Call 888/808-1188 or see www.cruisinthecoast.com. OCTOBER 3-14 Raymond "A Place Called Raymond" Pilgrimage Visitors are invited to tour historic homes and buildings and see the play "An Occurrence at Oak Tree Hotel: Sergeant Prentiss, Redemption, and the Trial of the Bedbug bedbug, any of the small, blood-sucking bugs of the family Cimicidae, which includes about 30 species distributed throughout the world. Bedbugs are flat-bodied, oval, reddish brown, and about 1-4 in. (6 mm) long. ." Proceeds will benefit Friends of Raymond. Call 601/201-1632 or see www.friendsofraymond.org. OCTOBER 5 Jackson UMC UMC United Methodist Church UMC United Microelectronics Corporation UMC University Medical Center UMC United Microelectronics Corp (Republic of China) UMC University of Missouri-Columbia Candlelighters Art Auction This Jackson Country Club event will feature 2007 calendar art and works from top Mississippi artists. Funds raised will benefit children struggling with cancer and their families. Call 601/898-3869. OCTOBER 6-7 Jackson "Noye's Fludde" The Mississippi Opera will kick off its season at St. Richard Catholic Church with a retelling re·tell·ing n. A new account or an adaptation of a story: a retelling of a Roman myth. of the story of Noah and the Ark. Children will form the chorus and represent the animals. Call 601/960-2300 or see www.msopera.org. OCTOBER 7 Hattiesburg Fall Art Walk Downtown businesses welcome visitors with colorful exhibits, open houses, live entertainment, and refreshments. Call 601/583-4329. OCTOBER 7 Quitman Clarke County Forestry and Wildlife Festival This event at the Quitman Ball Complex highlights the area's natural beauty with outdoor demonstrations, children's activities, food, and entertainment. Call 601/776-5701. OCTOBER 7-8 Hattiesburg Bi-Annual Quilt Show Quilts of many colors will warm hearts at this year's show, to be held at the Jackie Dole Sherrill Community Center. Call 601/268-8761. OCTOBER 8-JANUARY 7, 2007 Jackson Mississippi Watercolor Society Grand National Exhibition Thoughtful strokes of brilliant color will be on display at this exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art; an opening reception will take place on October 8. Call 601/992-2859 or see www.mississippiwatercolor.org. OCTOBER 10 Hattiesburg Symphony Gala featuring Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway Members of musical royalty return to Mississippi in a benefit performance for the University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra's "Five in Five" scholarship endowment campaign. Call 800/844-8425 or see www.usm.edu/opera. OCTOBER 14 Stonewall stone·wall v. stone·walled, stone·wall·ing, stone·walls v.intr. 1. Informal a. Come Home to Stonewall Enjoy music, food, and family fun in the atmosphere of an 1868 cotton mill village at Old Mill Park. Call 601/659-0349. OCTOBER 14-29 Flowood Autumn Tour of Homes This annual Home Builders of Jackson event, benefiting Friends of the Children's Hospital, will open doors to five new homes in Latter Rayne of Flowood. Call 601/362-6501. OCTOBER 19-21 Columbus Eudora Welty Weekend Mississippi University for Women • • [ honors one of its most famous alumnae at the annual Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium. The Eudora Welty Prize for an unpublished book of scholarship on women's studies, Southern studies, or modern letters will be announced. Call 662/241-6127 or see www.muw.edu/welty. OCTOBER 21 Abbeville Abbeville Autumn Festival Downhome food and family fun including children's activities and tunes by the John Lane Band. Call 662/816-4210 or see www.abbevilleautumnfest.com. OCTOBER 21-22 Columbus Roast 'n' Boast One of the state's most popular cook-offs, this festival features live music all weekend and a barbecue-cooking contest. Call 662/328-5026. OCTOBER 21-22 Greenville Holidayfest Get ready for gift-giving at this shopping extravaganza complete with savory dishes prepared by Delta chefs, dog shows, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. demonstrations, and more. Call 662/378-2617 or see www.visitgreenville.org. OCTOBER 25-28 Tupelo Celebration Village This event, presented by the Sanctuary Hospice House of North Mississippi, will he a shopper's paradise with merchants, craftspeople crafts·people pl.n. People who practice a craft; artisans. , artisans, and antique exhibitors at the Tupelo Furniture Market, Building 5. The preview party is set for October 25. Call 662/844-2111 or see www.sanctuaryhospicehouse.com. OCTOBER 27-29 Corinth "Tartuffe Tartuffe swindles benefactor by pretending religious piety. [Fr. Lit.: Tartuffe] See : Hypocrisy " This classic Moliere satire exposes the hypocrisy of the 1790s in a manner that's still relevant today. Call 662/287-2995 or see www.corinththeatrearts.com. OCTOBER 28 Collins Mississippi Authors Festival This festival honors the state's literary minds, as fans get to meet authors and buy autographed books at Collins United Methodist Church's Family Life Center. Call 601/765-6987 or see www.mississippiauthors.4t.com. OCTOBER 28 Picayune Picayune (pĭkəy  n`), city (1990 pop. 10,633), Pearl River co., S Miss., near the Pearl River and the La. line; inc. 1904.
Members Host a Family Day Crosby Arboretum members are invited to bring friends to visit with no admission fees. Activities will include children's stories and a treasure hunt. Call 601/799-2311 to register. OCTOBER 29 Jackson Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk to save lives at this American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, event that also features entertainment and food at Smith-Wills Stadium. Call 800/ACS-2345 or see www.cancer.org/stridesonline. OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 3 Tunica tunica /tu·ni·ca/ (too´ni-kah) pl. tu´nicae [L.] a tunic; in anatomy, a general term for a membrane or other structure covering or lining a body part or organ. Celebrate Life In Tunica This week-long celebration for people age 50 and up will feature Branson musicians, a sock hop, and a senior prom, plus seminars, cooking classes, and karaoke. Call 800/346-7706 or see www.celebratelifeintunica.com. |
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