Local events and entertainment|Southern Cultural Heritage Center
Published 12:00 am Sunday, May 10, 2009
Reservations required and space limited; 601-631-2997 or info@southernculture.org; Super Foods, Super Families, Super You cooking workshop: 6 p.m. June 2, $25 for SCHC members, $30 for nonmembers and $10 for children 6-18; Scrappin’ on the River scrapbooking workshop: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 20, $25 for members, $30 for nonmembers; 2009 Multicultural Arts Camp: 8 a.m.-noon June 22-26, for ages 6-12, $50 fee includes supplies, materials, daily snack.
Riverfront Mural Unveilings
LeTourneau: 10 a.m. Friday; Jitney-Jungle: 10 a.m. May 29; ceremonies will be at City Front floodwall; if rain, City Auditorium, 901 Monroe St.
Jackson Audubon Society
6:30 p.m. May 26; Clinton Community Nature Center; Sean McGregor, associate conservation biologist with the Museum of Natural Science, speaker; 601-956-7444 or www.jacksonaudubonsociety.org.
Battle of Champion Hill 146th Anniversary
8 a.m. Saturday, Champion Hill M.B. Church near Bolton; admission: $5 per person; $5 pulled-pork plate, $5 raffle tickets for replica 1858 Army Texas .44-caliber revolver; 601-953-4755 or www.battleofchampionhill.org
Ballroom Dance Lessons
The mambo; May 17; Southern Cultural Heritage Center Academy Building; $20 per person per session; taught by James Frechette of Jackson-area Applause Dance Factory; 601-631-2997 or info@southerculture.org.
Vicksburg Theatre Guild Shows
“Always…Patsy Kline”: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and May 22-24; 7:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays; $12 for adults, $10 for 55 and older, $7 for students and $5 for 12 and younger; all shows at Parkside Playhouse, 101 Iowa Ave.; 601-636-0471 or www.e-vgt.com.
Tell Me A Story:
Photographing the American South
Exhibit that runs through Friday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1-5 p.m. today; Historic Jefferson College, near Natchez; 601-442-2907 or www.mdah.state.ms.us.
Book-signings
Barry Mazon, “Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America’s Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century,” 4 p.m. Wednesday; Lorelei Books, 1103 Washington St.; 601-634-8624 or www.loreleibooks.com.
‘Gold in the Hills’
Presented by Westside Theatre Foundation in the Coral Room at The Vicksburg on Clay Street; 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 19-20, Aug. 14-15, Sept. 18-19, Oct. 16-17, Nov. 7 and Dec. 18-19; $10 for adults, $5 for children; 601-636-4146.
Clinton Nature Center Events
10 a.m. Saturday, Nature Photography Workshop; 7 p.m. May 21, “Adventures in Kenya” lecture; 10 a.m. May 30, Hummingbirds Up-Close; all events will be at Price Hall; 617 Dunton Road; events are free; 601-926-1104 or www.clintonnaturecenter.org.
Vicksburg Theatre Guild Auditions
“Gold in the Hills”: 5:30 p.m. May 17 and 6:30 p.m. May 19; needed are ages 6 to adult; all auditions at Parkside Playhouse, 101 Iowa Ave.; 601-636-0471 or www.e-vgt.com.
Basic Digital Photography Workshop
5:30-7 p.m. May 19 and 21; Old Court House Museum, 1008 Cherry St.; $35 per person; bring your own camera; taught by Vicksburg native Cami Calnan; 828-242-2308 or cami@camiphoto.com.
Digital Photography Workshop
6-7:30 p.m. Thursday and May 19; Southern Cultural Heritage Center Academy Building; $40 for SCHF members and $45 for nonmembers; 601-631-2997 or info@southernculture.org.
Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival
Will explore influences of Mississippi Delta on author Tennessee Williams with particular emphasis on his early play, “Spring Storm”; Oct. 16-17 in Clarksdale; www.coahomacc.edu/twilliams.
2009 Holly Days Arts and Crafts Show
Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation accepting applications for 2009 event, set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 5; vendor space limited, acceptance based on images of crafts or art; exhibit space: $40 for SCHF members, $50 for nonmembers; applications must be postmarked no later than Aug. 1; acceptance letters will be sent by Sept. 1; 601-631-2997 or www.southernculture.org.
2009 Farmers’ Market
Begins June 6; 8-11 a.m. Saturdays and 4-6 p.m. Wednesdays; lot at Grove and Levee streets; 601-634-4527 or www.downtownvicksburg.org.
LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT
LaNise Kirk
Variety; Ameristar’s Cabaret; today; free; 601-638-1000.
Passion
Variety; Ameristar’s Cabaret; Tuesday-Sunday and May 19-24; free; 601-638-1000.
Breakaway
Variety; Ameristar’s Bottleneck Blues Bar; Friday and Saturday; free; 601-638-1000.
Live
Rock; Ameristar’s Bottleneck Blues Bar; 7:30 p.m. Saturday; tickets: $40, $50; 601-638-1000.