A Mystical Night
That’s what the Women’s Service League of St. Francisville is offering this Friday, February 26, as the present the Seventh Annual Taste of the Felicianas Gala at Hemingbough Convention Center. It all begins at 7:30 pm with an all-you-can-eat tasting from area restaurants and caterers. Bits & Pieces will be playing your favorite dance music, and then you can rest and bid on some great items in the silent auction. A wine pull and cash bar will also be available. Tickets are $60 in advance or $75 at the door, and all proceeds go to support local philanthropies of the WSL. For further details and ticket purchasing information, visit www.wslgala.com.
At The Mag
Music this Friday at The Magnolia Café is by our favorite local band, The Delta Drifters.
Sold Out
The Readers and Writers Symposium sponsored by the Friends of the Library will be held this Saturday, February 27, but if you didn’t already reserve your spot, you missed out this year. Congratulations to the Friends for putting on another great program that is completely sold out! Look for information on this event to be held at the end of February again next year.
View Art at Art View
St. Francisville Arts for All is presenting a special exhibition on Sunday, February 28, from 2 pm until 4 pm, at Old Market Hall on Royal Street honoring the artists profiled in the St. Francisville Democrat’s Art View Column in articles written by Kathryn Ward and Anne Butler. Come out and visit with these artists and see their wonderful artistic creations: Marjorie Blake, Carolyn Bunch, Murrell Butler, Elizabeth Denton, Marion Drennen, Herschel Harrington, Laura Lindsey, Michael Miller, Jill Moore, Craig Roth, Nancy Rothschild, Dahn Savell, Joe Savell, Coco Treppendahl, and Leesa Widajewski.
Book Signing
There are so many talented people in St. Francisville and West Feliciana. The artists mentioned above are a testament to that, but we also have many published authors living here. The newest member of that group is Dr. Glen Dupree, DVM, who will be signing copies of his newly published work entitled, Homeopathy in Organic Livestock Productions. Dr. Glen will be at the St. Francisville Inn on Commerce Street on Sunday, February 28, from 1 pm until 3 pm.
Easter Egg Hun!!!t
On Saturday, March 13, area children and their parents are invited to spend a day at Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site celebrating spring with a Nineteenth-Century Easter Egg Hunt on the grounds of the plantation. Interpretive Ranger Sasha Traña will greet participants and lead the Easter Egg Hunt, which will begin promptly at 1 pm, with participants meeting in the carriage court in front of the plantation Main House. Prizes will be awarded to the children finding the special “Rosedown” Easter Eggs. Following the Hunt, nineteenth-century games will be featured. Participating children are encouraged to bring their own Easter baskets. For more information, call 225-635-3110.
Nature Saturday
Audubon State Historic Site presents Nature Saturday on March 13. At 10 am and again at noon, visitors can participate in an Animal Discovery program which introduces them to a few of the site’s resident creatures. At 1:30 pm and again at 2:30 pm, visitors will have the opportunity to go on a guided nature walk around the park led by one of the site’s park rangers. There, they will discover the different plants and habitats found within the park. For more information, call 225-635-3739.
Colonial St. Francisville
Old West Florida “Colonial St. Francisville” will be the featured program on Sunday, March 14, at Audubon State Historic Site. At noon and 2 p.m., there will be a talk on the towns of St. Francisville and Bayou Sara during the years leading up to the West Florida Rebellion. These talks by a park ranger will introduce the visitor to one of the states oldest and most colorful cities. This is part of a series of programs celebrating the Bicentennial of the West Florida Republic. For more information call, 225-635-3739.
Landscape Notes
The art of Donna Kilbourne will be highlighted at the BirdMan Coffee and Books on Commerce Street throughout the month of March. The show of “Landscape Notes” will feature the exploration of color in landscape. The public is invited to meet the artist on Friday, March 19 from 2 pm until 5 pm, and again on Saturday, March 20 from 2 pm until 5 pm.
Songs & Stories
An exhibit of new works in oil by Lynn Barber Wood opens at The Backwoods Gallery on Tuesday, March 2 at 5 pm. View this new exhibit and visit with Lynn until 8 pm that evening. The show will be featured at the Gallery through April. The Backwoods Gallery is located on Ferdinand Street across from Town Hall.
Audubon Pilgrimage
Now in its 39th year, this annual event is the cornerstone of tourism in West Feliciana. In fact, the ladies who began the Pilgrimage in 1972 started the West Feliciana Parish Tourist Commission in 1975. And look at us now! The Audubon Pilgrimage, through the members of the West Feliciana Historical Society and over 300 volunteers, has given visitors an intimate glimpse of John James Audubon’s Happy Land and its historic homes and gardens. This year the homes featured are tied to the history of the Republic of West Florida, whose bicentennial we celebrate this year. Our Pilgrimage is not your hoop-skirted tour featured in other parts of the South, but the volunteers here are dressed in authentic 1820’s-style costumes reminiscent of the time when Audubon himself tutored at Oakley.
The Audubon Pilgrimage runs from Friday, March 19 through Sunday, March 21, and showcases Oakley House at Audubon State Historic Site; Rosedown Plantation State Historic Sites and its lovely gardens; Afton Villa Gardens; the three churches in the Historic District of St. Francisville – Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, United Methodist Church of St. Francisville, and Grace Episcopal Church; and the always popular Rural Homestead where visitors can experience the lifestyle of rural Southerners. An Antique Show & Sale will be held in three historic buildings during the Pilgrimage.
Also featured this year are: Butler Greenwood, established in the late 1700s and occupied by descendents of the original owner; Cabildo, built in 1809 with a varied and colorful past; Laurel Hill , purchased in the 1830s by the founder of the standard-gauge West Felorida Railroad; and Barrow House, a simple 1810 saltbox on Royal Street.
Tickets for the daytime tours are $30 each and are good for all three days of the Pilgrimage. They can be purchased at the Historical Society Museum on Ferdinand Street. For more information, call 635-6330 or visit www.audubonpilgrimage.info.
Pilgrimage Friday
After the daytime tours are over, enjoy Royal Street by candlelight and consider the nighttime entertainment. Graveyard Tours will be given at Grace Church; there will be robust hymn singing at the Methodist Church; ad a wine & cheese reception at the Historical Society Museum. Tickets for these events on March 19 are $15.
Light Up the Night
Food, drinks and dancing under the stars at Parker Park will be the way to go on Saturday, March 20. This annual addition to Pilgrimage weekend has grown in popularity and is a definite don’t miss. Tickets are $40 and include an open beer/wine bar, fabulous buffet dinner, and live music! For more information or to make your reservation, call 635-6330.
Chamber Music Series
The last in the St. Francisville Symphony Association’s 2009-2010 Chamber Music Series will take place on Saturday, March 27 at 8 pm at Grace Episcopal Church in St. Francisville. This concert will feature the musicians of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are $20, and children under 18 accompanied by a paying adult will receive free admission. Tickets are available at the Bank of St. Francisville or by calling BRSO at 2255-383-0500.
Jackson Assembly
Our neighbors in East Feliciana invite us to the Jackson Assembly’s 45th Annual Antiques Show and Sale on the weekend of March 26 through the 28. Along with fabulous antiques and collectibles, visitors may tour the 1810 Hickory Hill, a restoration in progress of a home with a unique history. Self-guided walking-driving tour of the Historic District of Jackson, including 3 historic churches and the original 1816 Feliciana Courthouse is also included. Lunch will be served daily at the Gumbo Kitchen featuring fine home cooking and delicious desserts! $10 includes admission to the Antiques Show and Sale, Art Show and Sale, and the tour of Hickory Hill. For more information, call 225-634-7155 or visit www.felicianatourism.org.
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