Mother’s Day Dining
The Carriage House Restaurant at The Myrtles has a special Mother’s Day Menu with four entrée choices, all the trimmings and dessert, too. For reservations, call 635-6278.
D’John’s will offer a seafood buffet for $14.95. Call 635-6982.
8 Sisters will have BBQ ribs and ribeyes. Their phone number is 635-4000.
Magnolia Café will also offer a Mother’s Day special during their normal Sunday hours. Phone 635-6528 if you’d like to make a reservation.
OxBow Resturant will be open from 11:30 am until 2 pm with their regular menu. Reservations are recommended so phone 635-6276.
South of the Border will offer a noon buffet. For more information, call 635-3071.
Scottish Heritage Festival
On Saturday, May 9, from 10 am-4 pm, Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site hosts its Scottish Heritage Festival, a celebration of the Scottish heritage of Daniel Turnbull, Rosedown Plantation’s original owner. For this day, site staff will don the Scottish-style dress of Turnbull ancestry. Guests will experience vintage Scottish music and dancing, and the Caledonian Society of Baton Rouge will be marching with drums and bagpipes. To help celebrate the day, guests are invited to sport their own Scottish attire. For more information call 888-376-1867 or 635-3110.
The Mirror of Graces
19th Century Etiquette and Fashions will be the topic of the day on Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Audubon State Historic Site – Oakley House. The program will demonstrate the lessons that a lady learned through tutors and life experiences during the Victorian Era. For more information call 888-677-2784 toll free or 635-3530 locally.
Mondays at BirdMan
May 11- “The Laughing Lizards String Band” will be playing music from 6:00 – 8:00, and the menu this week will include lasagna!
May 18- “Chris and Dave” - fiddler Dave Guillaume and Chris playing guitar, while supper is served!
Farmer’s Market
There has been repair work progressing on the 4-H Barn where the Farmer’s Market is held on Thursdays during the growing season. The opening date has not been set but look for more on this breaking news story!
Monthly Auction
Bayou Sara Auction Depot will holds its next auction on Friday, May 15th at 6:30 pm featuring estate merchandise and home furnishings. Photos and additional information can be found on their website at www.Bayou-Auction.com.
Third Weekend Events
Avondale Antiques will be open the third weekend, May 15 through 17. Store hours are Friday and Saturday from 9 am until 5 pm and on Sunday from 11 am until 5 pm.
The Third Weekend Arts Market will be held on Saturday, May 16, near the BirdMan Coffee & Books. For more information on this event, contact
Ball Tournaments
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Lost Art – 19th Century Medical Practices
Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site presents its monthly series of “Lost Arts” on Saturday, May 16. Interpretive Ranger Sasha Trana will discuss the history of various types of medicine – from the folk medicine and remedies used by plantation mistresses, the “state-of-the-art” medicine practiced by doctors of the period, to the medicine practiced on battlefields during the Civil War. Demonstrations will be given between 11 am and 3 pm in the Plantation Doctor’s Office. For more information, call 635-3110.
During Memorial Day weekend, the bicyclists will be here in
Colonial Herbs and Spices
On Saturday, May 30 from 10 am until 4 pm, Audubon State Historic Site offer this program which will show how the plantation family utilized the various herbs that were grown alongside the fruits and vegetables in the kitchen garden. For more information call 888-677-2784 toll free or 635-3530.
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