Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Happenings

Live Music at The Mag

The Magnolia Café offers live music on Fridays.  The schedule for September is:  September 4 – 5D Band; September 11 – Signs; September 18 – Creole Zydeco Farmers; September 25 – Delta Drifters.

 

The Cotton Experience

Throughout the months of September and October at Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, visitors are welcome to pluck bolls of cotton from the plants and remove the seeds from the bolls.  Once the cotton is picked and deseeded, visitors are asked to drop the cotton in an authentic “cotton bag.”  This will be offered daily from 10 am until 4 pm.  For more information call 888-376-1867 toll free or 635-3110 locally.

 

Ecosystem of Audubon State Historic Site

This one-hour program on Saturday, September 5 at 10 am, focuses on one of the many ecosystems found at Audubon SHS.  Guests are invited to explore the nature around the park, and learn about how the different habitats and creatures interact with each other.  An admission fee is charged. For more information call Audubon State Historic Site at 1-888-677-2838 or 225-635-3739.

 

Tree Identification Walk

Also on Saturday, September 5, beginning at 11 am, this program focuses on a more specific aspect of nature, and allows guests to Audubon SHS the chance to learn about the forest that surrounds them.  The identification walk covers the park and discusses many of the important and significant trees found here. An admission fee is charged. For more information call Audubon State Historic Site at 1-888-677-2838 or 225-635-3739.

 

Guided Nature Hike

It’s a busy day on Saturday, September 5 out at Audubon Sate Historic Site.  At 1pm and again at 3pm there will be a short hiking tour of the park.  The hike features the naturally forested area surrounding the plantation home as well as the original paths, which John James Audubon would have used during his stay at Oakley in 1821.  The program allows guests a chance to observe the natural beauty, which surrounds the home.  An admission fee is charged. For more information call Audubon State Historic Site at 1-888-677-2838 or 225-635-3739.

 

Plants and Animals of Oakley

Rounding out the nature programs on Saturday, September 5, this one is at 2 pm and invites guests to interact with the animal and plant life surrounding Audubon SHS.  There will be hands on animal demonstrations as well as introductions to the plants that one should be most aware of when hiking the grounds at Audubon SHS. An admission fee is charged. For more information call Audubon State Historic Site at 1-888-677-2838 or 225-635-3739.

 

Did You Know?

Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site continues its living history series with a program scheduled for Saturday, September 5.  During the nineteenth century there were many practices that were a way of life for the people of past eras.  Some of these practices will be explored over the next months in Rosedown’s “Did You Know” program.  The third in this series of programs will focus on What People Wore.    Join Interpretive Ranger Sasha Traña as she discusses the history of American clothing from the Colonial era through the early twentieth century.  Also discussed will be the way clothing has changed and evolved throughout time.  Traña will be presenting her demonstration between 11 am and 2 pm in the Conference Room of the Rosedown Gift Shop.  Additional “Did You Know” programs will be offered on the first Saturday through October.  The final program, “Did You Know: 19th Century Schooling,” is scheduled for Saturday, October 3.  For more information call 888-376-1867 toll free or 635-3110 locally.

 

Garden Talk

Nature weekend at Audubon State Historic Site continues on Sunday, September 6.  At 10:30 am the interpretive staff presents Garden Talk which introduces the different plants found in the gardens of Audubon SHS.  The talk will cover the history and origin of the plants as well as their uses both modern and historic. An admission fee is charged.  For more information call Audubon State Historic Site at 1-888-677-2838 or 225-635-3739.

 

Life in a Slave Cabin

This hour long program is held at Audubon SHS’s original slave cabins and allows guests to have a better understanding about what life was like for slaves on a plantation.  This program is scheduled for noon on Sunday, September 6, and will cover family life and customs as well as discuss housing accommodations, rations, etc.  An admission fee is charged. For more information call Audubon State Historic Site at 1-888-677-2838 or 225-635-3739.

 

Cooking in Slave Cabin Row

Also on Sunday, September 6, at 1:30 pm, this program invites guests to Audubon SHS to observe the types of cooking used by slaves for themselves.  The program will discuss not only what slaves ate and how they cooked it, but also the differences between their meals and that of the owner of the plantation.  An admission fee is charged. For more information call Audubon State Historic Site at 1-888-677-2838 or 225-635-3739.

 

Plantation Crafts

Continuing the historical tours at Audubon State Historic Site on Sunday, September 6, his hour long program begins at 3 pm and invites the guests to observe one of the many period handcrafts, which would have been done by a slave on a plantation.  These crafts would be some of the same skills from which the plantation itself would have been built.  An admission fee is charged. For more information call Audubon State Historic Site at 1-888-677-2838 or 225-635-3739.

 

At the Library

No need to be afraid to go to the library because September is Book Amnesty month at West Feliciana Parish Library!  This means all fines are forgiven if you bring in those late books this month.  In lieu of overdue fines, please donate a canned good for the local food bank here at the library.  

 

THURSDAY, September 10---Meet the Author Sara Morgan.  She will read from her new book No Limits: How I Escaped the Clutches of Corporate America to Live the Self-Employed Life of My Dreams.  This fun program begins at 6:00 p.m. at the library.

 

The library is open 9 am until 7pm, Monday through Thursday, 9 am until 6 pm on Friday, and 9 am until 1 pm on Saturday.  Please call (225) 635-3364 for any further information.

 

Farmer’s Market

The Farmer’s Market is open on Thursdays from noon until 5 pm at the Old 4-H Barn on Wilcox Street.

 

 

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