Four Seasons of the Arts will present the Vicksburg Chamber Music Festival April 17, 19, 24 and 26.

The festival will feature concerts and performances from a variety of musical genres. The schedule:

* April 17 — 7 p.m., Southern Cultural Heritage Center; Mississippi Arts Ensemble and pianists Theresa Sanchez and David O’Steen.

* April 19 — 5 p.m., Crawford Street United  Methodist Church; pianist Zsolt Bognar.

* April 24 — 6 p.m., The Church of the Holy Trinity, Episcopal; singer Kallen Esperian.

* April 26 — 5 p.m., Mary Hardwood Home, 600 Fort Hill Drive; Mississippi Symphony Orchestra.

Gardening lecture on SCHC schedule

The Southern Cultural Heritage Center will pre-sent “Problem Solving Gardening,” a lecture, at 5:30 p.m. May 4.

Rob Mendrop of Dreamscape Designs in Edwards will offer the dos and don’ts of planting, pruning, plant selection and care. A question-and-answer segment will follow.

The lecture is free. For information, call 601-631-2997 or e-mail info@southernculture.org.

Book-signings set at downtown store

Lorelei Books will host authors Gayden Metcalfe and Barry Mazon for two book-signings in May.

Metcalfe will sign “Some Day You’ll Thank Me For This: The Official Southern Ladies’ Guide to Being a ‘Perfect’ Mother” at noon May 6.

Mazon will sign “Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America’s Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century” at 4 p.m. May 13.

The book store is located at 1103 Washington St. For information, call 601-634-8624 or visit www.loreleibooks.com.

Master Gardeners schedule plant sale

The Madison County Master Gardeners will host a plant sale from 8 a.m. to noon April 25.

The event will be in the parking lot of the Madison Civic Center, at U.S. 51 and Mississippi 463.

For information, call 601-856-0780 or 601-605-4455.

Why Birds Blush title of JAS lecture

The Jackson Audubon Society will hold its monthly chapter meeting at 6:30 p.m. April 28 at the Clinton Community Nature Center, 617 Dunton Road.

JAS past president Steve Peterson will deliver a lecture called “Why Birds Blush: Coloration and Communication.” Admission is free.

For information, call 601-956-7444 or visit www.jacksonaudubonsociety.org.