Happenings

(The following highway closure has been postponed due to weather. Visit back for updates.)

Highway 61 Weekend Closing

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced Tuesday that a portion of U.S. 61 in West Feliciana Parish will be closed this weekend. The closure is being put in place to allow workers to install new cross drains at three locations on U.S. 61 between Thompson Creek and St. Francisville. The work is part of an $18.9 million project to widen a 4.6-mile stretch of U.S. 61 from two to four lanes. Work is scheduled to begin on Friday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. and will last until Monday, Nov. 17 at 6 a.m. Crews will be working 24 hours per day to complete the work.

Automobile traffic is being detoured via La. 10 east of St. Francisville and La. 68 until Saturday. Beginning Saturday, automobile traffic will be detoured via La. 966 and La. 965. Commercial truck traffic is being detoured via La. 10 east of St. Francisville and La. 68. All emergency vehicle traffic will be allowed through during the closure.

Live Music at The Mag

Friday, November 14 – Chris Cole; Friday, November 21 – Bossier & Neighbors

Carriage House Restaurant at The Myrtles

Tip and Beth Pace are proud to announce that the doors are open at the "Carriage House Restaurant" at the Myrtles. Kaine Pace will be the general manager and Ashley Pattillo will be the office manager/events co-ordinator. They will be open for lunch at 11-2:00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and dinner 5:30 till 9:00pm except on Fridays and Saturday from 5:30 to 9:30 for dinner. They are taking Tuesdays off for now. Brunch will be served on Sunday. Tip says, “We will be going back to a simpler menu serving "plantation foods" and still plan to have steaks and seafood and a tremendous selection of good wines at a great value so come see us at the Carriage House Restaurant!”

Rosedown Thanksgiving Menu

On Saturday, November 15 from 11 am until 3 pm, Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site presents Lost Arts: Down-Hearth Cooking. Featured this month will be the Thanksgiving Menu taken from recipes from the Turnbull family papers. For more information, call 888-376-1867 or 635-3110.

Colonial Craft Days

Also on Saturday, November 15, Audubon State Historic Site will host these interactive demonstrations that allow for visitors to experience first hand the crafts needed to make a plantation successful. Included will be soap, candles, baskets, spinning, natural dyes and many more interactive stations. For more information, call 888-677-2838 or 635-3739.

Highland Games

Our neighbors in East Feliciana will host the Ninth Annual Highland Games of Louisiana in Jackson this weekend – November 14, 15 & 16. There will be sanctioned Highland athletic competitions, a Highland dance competition, a fiddle workshop, a Scottish country dance, bagpipes competition, sheepdog demonstration, a Children’s Village and Scottish wares and food vendors. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children 6 – 12 years, and under 6 is free with a paid adult. For more information, call 634-7397 or visit www.lahighlandgames.com.

Thanksgiving Schedule

So far, we have the following:

Hemingbough will close on Wednesday, November 26 and re-open on Monday, December 1.

Angola State Prison Museum, the St. Francisville Inn and the Wine Parlor will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 27 and 28. Closed on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, are: Audubon Café, Audubon State Historic Stie, Backwoods Gallery, Birdman Coffee & Books, Border Imports, the Cottage Plantation, D’John’s Restaurant, East Dragon Restaurant, Eight Sisters Café, Grandmother’s Buttons, Greenwood Plantation and B & B, Harrington Gallery, Hillcrest, Historical Society Museum, Ins-N-Outs Nursery, Magnolia Café, The Myrtles Plantation, Rosedown Gifts, Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, Shanty Too, Sonny’s Pizza, South of the Border, St. Francis Gallery & Antiques, Wing It Grill.

Open on Thanksgiving Day will be the OxBow Restaurant serving a traditional Thanksgiving dinner from 11:00 am until 2:30 pm.

That’s all I have this week. Enjoy this much needed rain and have a great week!

Kitty Martin, LCTP

Executive Director

West Feliciana Parish Tourist Commission

St. Francisville, LA

800-789-4221 or 225-635-4224

www.stfrancisville.us