FW: Happenings

Wide Open!

Audubon State Historic Site and Oakley Plantation has re-opened.  See below for upcoming interpretive programs at the site.  Welcome back to John and his staff!

 

Music at The Mag

Friday, October 24 – Bossier’s Neighborhood; Friday, October 31 – The Delta Drifters

A limited number of tickets are still available for The Iguanas CD release party to be held on Sunday, October 25 starting at 6:30 pm.  For advanced tickets at $15 each, call 721-7003.

 

Movie Under the Stars

This Friday, October 24 at Parker Park Meet the Robinsons will be shown at dark, and the Women’s Service League will provide refreshments.  All you’ll need is a canned good for the Food Bank for admission and a blanket and/or chairs.

 

Poetry Workshop

The current poet laureate of Louisiana, Darrell Bourque, will conduct a poetry workshop on Friday, October 24, at Birdman Coffee and Books.  Registration is required so call 721-1296 or e-mail birdman@bsf.net.

 

Library Book Sale

This annual event will be held on Saturday, October 25 from 8:30 am until 3 pm at St. Francisville Town Hall.  Hosted by the Friends of the Library, all proceeds benefit the West Feliciana Library.  It’s a very worthy cause and there are some great finds!

 

Yellow Leaf Arts Festival

The 6^th Annual Yellow Leaf Arts Festival will be held at Parker Park on Saturday and Sunday, October 25 and 26, from 10 am until 5 pm.  Music at the festival on Saturday begins at 10:30 the children’s group, “Voices in Motion.”  At noon, Annie Fergus will perform followed at 1 pm with a poetry reading by Darrell Bourque, Louisiana’s poet laureate.  At 3 pm join in the acoustic jam, and then listen to the multi-talented Nancy Roppolo at 4 pm.  Music on Sunday includes The Laughing Lizards String Band at noon; Kevin Johnson at 1:30; The West Feliciana Community Singers at 2:30; and The Fugitive Poets at 3 pm.  There are more than 35 artists who will display and sell their artworks, with some that will demonstrate their artistic talents.   More information is on the web at www.stfrancisvillefestivals.com.

 

Mourning at Rosedown

On Saturday, October 25, Rosedown Plantation’s main house will be in mourning as the interpretive staff re-enacts the funeral service for a member of the historic Turnbull-Bowman family.  Throughout the day, the house will be decorated according to 19^th century mourning customs and re-enactors will be dressed in 19^th century-style mourning costumes.  The funeral service will be held at 4 pm inside the main house.  Following the funeral, costumed staff will portray the spirits of various Turnbull-Bowman family members who have returned to the main house from their graves.  The “spirits” will talk about their lives and share reminiscences from their past.  For more information, call 635-3110 or toll free 888-376-1867.

 

The Dead of Locust Grove

On Sunday, October 26, Locust Grove State Historic Site will offer two very interesting programs.  From 10 am until noon, The Dead of Locust Grove discusses who is buried at this historic cemetery and their importance to the area.  Included in the discussion will be Major General Eleasar Ripley, an early American military hero, and Sarah Knox Taylor Davis, the first wife of later Confederate President Jefferson Davis.  Then from 2 pm until 4:30 pm, grave rendering will teach this process using the stones of the inhabitants of the Locust Grove Cemetery.  For more information on either program, call 888-677-2838 or 635-3739.

 

Angola Rodeo

This is the last Sunday for The Wildest Show in the South.  The gates open at 9 am, the rodeo begins at 2 pm, and crafts are open until 5 pm.  Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased by calling 655-2030 or by visiting www.angolarodeo.com.

 

Halloween Extravaganza

The Myrtles Plantation invites you to experience the true meaning of Halloween at America’s most haunted house on October 31 and November 1.  Tickets will go on sale at 6 pm for $10, first come, first served.  (Cash or check only.)  Advance ticket sales will continue up to and resume after the Halloween Extravaganza.  Parking will be available at the NAPA store across Highway 61 with jitney service for those who need it.  For additional information, please phone 800-809-0565 or 635-6277.

 

All Hallows Eve of the 1800s

Audubon State Historic Site invites you to discover Halloween traditions of the 1800s during the program All Hallows Eve to be held on October 31, of course.  Between 6:30 and 8:30 pm, on the grounds of Oakley Plantation an old-fashioned torch light celebration will be held exploring the traditions of Halloween in the United States.  Guests are invited to join in historic Halloween activities including Jack-o-Lantern carving, apples on a string, a candlelit rope maze, fortune telling, superstitions, storytelling, Halloween treats, and more.  Children of all ages are invited to attend in costume.  For more information, call 888-677-2838 or 635-3739.

 

Down Hearth Cooking

Demonstrations of 19^th century down-hearth cooking, using 19^th century recipes and reproduction cooking equipment, will be held at Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site on Saturday, November 1 from 11 am until 3 pm.  Featured recipes will be taken from the historic Turnbull-Bowman Family Papers.  For more information call 888-376-1867 or 635-3110.