April Showers brings Great Events

What’s coming up in St. Francisville

Music at The Mag  in April
Friday April 17^th – United we Jam
Saturday April 18^th – Cedric Watson
Friday April 24^th – The Delta Drifters


FARMER’S MARKET EVERY THURSDAY AND SATURDAY ON WILCOX ST.
   9am-1pm    Support our local farmers

LIBRARY FULL OF EVENTS IN APRIL

POETRY & SHORT STORY CONTEST – submit your poetry and short stories on any topic.  We will have 4 categories 5/6 grade, 7/8 grade, 9/10 grade, 11/12 grade.  Get rules and entry procedures at http://tinyurl.com/libcontest  Entries due on Friday April 17^th, Winners announced on Thursday April 30^th.

DIY Thursday April 23^rd   MASON JAR BANKS  from 4pm-6pm

Audubon Nature School Day
April 17th, 9 AM until 1 PM
Preregistered students are invited out to meet the natives at Audubon State Historic Site. Young explorers are taken through a variety of stations where they will meet the native plants and animals of Louisiana and also take part in various demonstration areas. There is no cost to preregistered school groups.

ANGOLA PRISON RODEO AND CRAFTS SHOW
The Wildest Show in the South will be held two days on Saturday April 18^th and Sunday April 19^th.
For ticket information www.angolarodeo.com

ST. FRANCISVILLE / JACKSON SPRING GARDEN STROLL
St. Francisville and Jackson Garden Stroll

Feliciana Master Gardeners of LSU Ag Center presents the St. Francisville and Jackson Spring Garden Stroll on Saturday, May 2, 2015 from 1 pm until 5 pm. The tour provides a wonderful opportunity to visit 5 beautiful and unique private gardens in Louisiana’s East and West Feliciana Parishes.  Master Gardeners will be on hand at all the sites to provide information. Tickets are $20 per person and may be purchased beginning at noon the day of the tour at the St. Francisville Town Hall (11936 Ferdinand Street) and in Jackson at Centenary Inn, 1740 Charter Street (LA Highway-10). Tickets can be purchased in advance from the West Feliciana Ag Center office, 5924 Commerce Street, St. Francisville (225-635-3614).

Gardens on tour include an expansive property near Jackson that was featured in Louisiana Gardener, a landscaped sculpture garden in the hills of West Feliciana parish, and 3 town gardens in the Historic District of St. Francisville.

Proceeds from the event benefit 4H scholarships, school gardens and other local charities.

For more information go to www.stfrancisvillespringstroll.org

ARTS FOR ALL – SATURDAY MAY 2^ND
Art Exhibit in Market Hall on Royal Street in conjunction with the St Francisville Spring Stroll

Audubon State Historic Site Oakley Plantation presents:
150th Anniversary of the Civil War...The War Ends
May 2nd, 10 AM until 4 PM

A commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the surrender of the Confederate Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and Eastern Louisiana marking the end of the Civil War east of the Mississippi. The program features a Living History encampment of Civil War reenactors portraying soldiers of the Blue and the Grey and a recreation of the surrender of troops in the area of St. Francisville.