Main Streets Poppin

Main Streets Poppin    This weekend we will be celebrating our Independence and we have fun things going on in St. Francisville.   Music at the Mag Thursday Night – Matt the Electrician Friday Night – Dikki Du & the Krewe   Flag Pull Saturday, Sunday and (some will be open on Monday) local stores are participating in the Flag Pull. While you are out shopping at one of the following stores with holiday weekend, remember to pull a flag at checkout to get an extra discount.  Pull a red flag and receive 15% off, pull a white flag and receive 10% off, pull a blue flag and receive 5% off, pull a green flag and get a candy treat.  The following stores will participate – Patrick's Fine Jewelers, Hillcrest, Few of My Favorite Things, Historical Society Museum, Sage Hill, St. Francisville Inn's Wine Parlor, Grandmothers Buttons and The Shanty Too.    Shop St. Francisville!!!   Pie Contest at the Birdman Monday July 4th the Birdman will host a Watermelon eating and seed spitting contest along with their Pie Contest.  Bring two pies one to sell and one to judge, entry should arrive at 12:30 and Judging will begin at 1:00pm.  All proceeds will benefit Arts For All.  For more info. Call Lynn at 635-3665.   Fireworks, Music and Food Monday July 4th the American Legion will have hot dogs, popcorn and drinks, we will have music and fireworks will be shot at dark.  Come out to the Town Ball Park on Burnett Rd, behind the Sonic, come early and get a great spot.  Tailgate with your friends.    Here is the list of business hours for the holiday weekend.  Hope this is helpful.   Invite your friends to come and visit this weekend we have rooms available.        Restaurants:  Friday and Saturday: Everybody is open Friday and Saturday for business as usual except the Bluffs will be closed all weekend (the restaurant).  Sunday: Open: Audubon Café, Birdman, Carriage House until 2pm, Feliciana Seafood, Magnolia Café, Oxbow until 2pm, Sonny's Pizza, South of the Border until 3pm, Hill Country Smokehouse. Closed: East Dragon, Elm Park, Que Pasa, The Bluffs, Wing It Grill. Monday: Open: Birdman, East Dragon, Magnolia Café, Sonny's Pizza, Hill Country Smokehouse. Closed: Audubon Café, Carriage House, Elm Park, Feliciana Seafood, Oxbow, Que Pasa, South of the Border, The Bluffs, Wing It Grill.   Shops: Friday and Saturday: Everybody is open regular business hours Sunday: Open: Few of My Favorite Things, Bohemianville Antiques, Border Imports, Grandmothers Buttons, Hillcrest, St. Francis Arts and Antiques, Sage Hill, Shanty Too, Historical Society Museum, Wine Parlor Closed: Backwoods Gallery, Harrington Gallery Monday: Open: Bohemianville Antiques, Border Imports, Grandmothers Buttons, Hillcrest, St. Francis Arts & Antiques, Shanty Too. Closed:  Backwoods Gallery, Few of My Favorite Things, Harrington Gallery, Sage Hill   Attractions: Everybody is open Saturday and Sunday. Angola Museum will be closed Sunday and Monday. Cottage Plantation and Greenwood Plantation will be closed for House Tours on Monday.   Have a Great Weekend.       Your Subscription: Change your subscription Unsubscribe Powered by Joobi

Main Streets Poppin

Main Streets Poppin     This weekend we will be celebrating our Independence and we have fun things going on in St. Francisville.   Music at the Mag Thursday Night – Matt the Electrician Friday Night – Dikki Du & the Krewe   Flag Pull Saturday, Sunday and (some will be open on Monday) local stores are participating in the Flag Pull. While you are out shopping at one of the following stores with holiday weekend, remember to pull a flag at checkout to get an extra discount.  Pull a red flag and receive 15% off, pull a white flag and receive 10% off, pull a blue flag and receive 5% off, pull a green flag and get a candy treat.  The following stores will participate – Patrick's Fine Jewelers, Hillcrest, Few of My Favorite Things, Historical Society Museum, Sage Hill, St. Francisville Inn's Wine Parlor, Grandmothers Buttons and The Shanty Too.    Shop St. Francisville!!!   Pie Contest at the Birdman   Monday July 4th the Birdman will host a Watermelon eating and seed spitting contest along with their Pie Contest.  Bring two pies one to sell and one to judge, entry should arrive at 12:30 and Judging will begin at 1:00pm.  All proceeds will benefit Arts For All.  For more info. Call Lynn at 635-3665.   Fireworks, Music and Food   Monday July 4th the American Legion will have hot dogs, popcorn and drinks, we will have music and fireworks will be shot at dark.  Come out to the Town Ball Park on Burnett Rd, behind the Sonic, come early and get a great spot.  Tailgate with your friends.    Have a Happy and Safe Weekend.   Your Subscription: Change your subscription Unsubscribe Powered by Joobi

Sizzlin in the Summer St. Francisville Style !!

Sizzlin in the Summer St. Francisville Style !!     Music at The Mag Friday -June 17th Leto Evening Friday -June 24th The Delta Drifters Thursday -June 30th Matt The Electrician Friday -July 1st Joe Hall and Louisiana Cane Cutters   Crape Myrtle Magic at Imahara’s Botanical Gardens Open to the public every Saturday and Sunday in June. Imahara’s Botanical Gardens, 5341 Mahoney Rd.  Please join the Imahara’s as they open their gates to neighbors, gardening friends and guests.  Enjoy a tour of their legacy garden plus discover St. Francisville, the historic town from their past which has brought them back to their roots.  For their Crape Myrtle Magic you can view 25 varieties of Crape Myrtles in bloom.  Open Saturdays from 9am-4pm and Sunday from 1pm-4pm. For more information call 225-767-2250.   Classic & Hot Rod – Celebrate Fathers Day at Healing Place Church Free fun for the whole family this event will take place at Hemingbough.  Show Time 8am-3pm. Music, games, lunch, cake walk and lots of fun.  For more information call Earl Lee 225-721-0464   Backwoods Gallery New Exhibit hanging in the Gallery – Martha Singer – she will be exhibiting until the end of August 2011.   Community Market Every third Saturday in Parker Park for June Saturday the 18th.  Kevin Johnson will be singing in the Gazebo, with vendors selling hand and home-made items, breads, produce, jewelry, art, photography and much more.  Let’s support these entrepreneurs.   Farmers Market Every Thursday at the Barn on Wilcox St. from 9am until 1pm.   Birdman Coffee Monday June 20th Open Mic Night along with Supper.  Call Lynne for more details 635-3665   Main Streets Poppin July 2, 3 and 4th great fun in the local stores.  Pull an American flag for a special discount.  Music, food and fireworks at the Town Ball Park on Monday July 4th at dark.  Pie Contest at the Birdman on Monday at 1pm, if you want to enter a pie call Lynne Wood. 635-3665.     SAVE THE DATES FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS:   Children’s Chorus Music Camp July 12-16, 2011 now enrolling call Sherry Barron 225 923-0858   Hummingbird Celebration- July 29 and 30th.   Let’s Roll For Scott – A special fundraiser for Scott Sanchez Saturday August 20th at the Sports Park.   White Linen Night August 27th   Smokin in da Ville September 2 and 3     Your Subscription: Change your subscription Unsubscribe Powered by Joobi

Summer Heats Up !!

S   Summer Heats Up in St. Francisville!! Thought I would change up the format this week, let me know what you think.   Day The War Stopped   Up the steep hill they trudged, sweating in the sticky June heat, staggering under the weight of the coffin, the white flag of the truce flying before them in the hot summer sun.  The guns of their federal gunboat, the USS Albatross, anchored in the Mississippi River off Bayou Sara, were silent behind them as a small party of officers struggled toward St. Francisville atop the hill.   The procession was not an impressive one, certainly not an unusual event in the midst of a bloody war, and it would no doubt have escaped all notice but for one fact-this was The Day The War Stopped, if only for a few mournful moments, and the lovely little rivertown of St. Francisville invites the public to join in commemorating the events 147 years ago.   The free commemorative events begin on Friday June 10, at 7pm., with graveside histories in the peaceful oak-shaded cemetery at Grace Church, where several of the participants in this unusual event rest in peace.  The grave of Union gunboat commander Hart, whose burial is re-enacted on Saturday June 11, is marked by a monument “in loving tribute to the universality of Free Masonry” and nearby lies W.W. Leake, local Masonic leader and Confederate cavalry officer whose intervention permitted the interment of Hart in dignified rites attended by fellow Masons in both blue and gray.    On Saturday June 11, a lively parade travels along St. Francisville’s historic main street beginning at 11:00am followed by lunch at the Masonic Lodge from 11:30am to 12:30pm.  Visitors will be pleasantly transported back in time during the afternoon at the Masonic Lodge by a concert of antebellum period music and graceful vintage dancing.  A dramatic presentation recreates the moving moment when Hart’s young wife hears of his death, and this is followed by the recreation of his burial.  For more information, visit www.daythewarstopped.net or call Shirley Ditloff at 225-635-4791.     Summer Horticultural Seminar Series   Saturday June 11, - 10am-noon Manager/Horticulturist Patricia Aleshire will conduct this popular summer garden program on “Heirloom Plants and Flowers”.  During a slide/lecture session, Aleshire will discuss the historical background of numerous antique plantings available for modern gardens.  Aleshire will also discuss various cultivation tips, techniques and care needed for these heirloom plantings to thrive in a southern garden.  Following the slide lecture, Aleshire will lead a walking tour of selected areas of Rosedown’s historic gardens.  For more information  225 635-3332.         Music at The Mag   Saturday- June 11th   Charlie Hager and The Captain Legendary Band- 2010 Texas Music Awards                                                 “Live Band of the Year” Friday -June 17th Leto Evening Friday -June 24th The Delta Drifters Thursday -June 30th Matt The Electrician Friday -July 1st Joe Hall and Louisiana Cane Cutters   Crape Myrtle Magic at Imahara’s Botanical Gardens   Open to the public every Saturday and Sunday in June. Imahara’s Botanical Gardens, 5341 Mahoney Rd.  Please join the Imahara’s as they open their gates to neighbors, gardening friends and guests.  Enjoy a tour of their legacy garden plus discover St. Francisville, the historic town from their past which has brought them back to their roots.  For their Crape Myrtle Magic you can view 25 varieties of Crape Myrtles in bloom.  Open Saturdays from 9am-4pm and Sunday from 1pm-4pm. For more information call 225-767-2250.   Classic & Hot Rod – Celebrate Fathers Day at Healing Place Church   Free fun for the whole family this event will take place at Hemingbough.  Show Time 8am-3pm. Music, games, lunch, cake walk and lots of fun.  For more information call Earl Lee 225-721-0464   Backwoods Gallery   New Exhibit hanging in the Gallery – Martha Singer   Community Market   Every third Saturday in Parker Park for June Saturday the 18th.  Kevin Johnson will be singing in the Gazebo, with vendors selling hand and home-made items, breads, produce, jewelry, art, photography and much more.  Let’s support these entrepreneurs.   Farmers Market   Every Thursday at the Barn on Wilcox St. from 9am until 1pm.           Upcoming Events to look forward to:   Main Streets Poppin – July 2, 3 and 4th great fun in the local stores.  Pull an American flag for a special discount.  Music, food and fireworks at the Town Ball Park on Monday July 4th.   Hummingbird Celebration- July 29 and 30th.   White Linen Night August 27th   Smokin in da Ville September 2 and 3             Your Subscription: Change your subscription Unsubscribe Powered by Joobi