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

Happenings

Veteran’s Day Program

On Tuesday, November 11, at 9 am, the annual Veteran’s Day Program will be held at West Feliciana High School Stadium.  For more information contact the school at 635-4561 or the School Board at 635-3891.

 

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.

 

Ferry Schedule

The St. Francisville/New Roads ferry is on a low water schedule which means that it will run only during daylight hours.  Until further notice, the ferry will operate from 6 am until 6 pm.

 

Highway 61 Closing

Highway 61 from Folks Road to Highway 965 will be closed on Friday, November 14 at 7:00 pm with a scheduled re-opening on Monday morning, November 17 at 6:00 am.  Denton & James, the contractor for the widening of the highway, will need to do culvert work during this time.  There will be detours set up to allow flow into state highways.  More information on the exact route of the detours will be forthcoming.

Happenings

Trick or Treat

Yes, those little ghouls and goblins will be out and about this Friday.  The Town of St. Francisville and the Main Street Merchants will be passing out treats between the hours of 5:30 pm till 7:30 pm.  Trick or treating throughout West Feliciana parish on Friday, October 31, is from 5:30 pm till 7:30 pm.  Drive slowly and carefully during these witching hours!

 

Halloween Extravaganza

The Myrtles Plantation invites you to experience the true meaning of Halloween at America’s most haunted house on October 31 and November 1.  Tickets will go on sale at 6 pm for $10, first come, first served.  (Cash or check only.)  Advance ticket sales will continue up to and resume after the Halloween Extravaganza.  Parking will be available at the NAPA store across Highway 61 with jitney service for those who need it.  Food and beverages for purchase will be sold in the courtyard.  For additional information, please phone 800-809-0565 or 635-6277.

 

All Hallows Eve of the 1800s

Audubon State Historic Site invites you to discover Halloween traditions of the 1800s during the program All Hallows Eve to be held on October 31, of course.  Between 6:30 and 8:30 pm, on the grounds of Oakley Plantation an old-fashioned torch light celebration will be held exploring the traditions of Halloween in the United States.  Guests are invited to join in historic Halloween activities including Jack-o-Lantern carving, apples on a string, a candlelit rope maze, fortune telling, superstitions, storytelling, Halloween treats, and more.  Children of all ages are invited to attend in costume.  For more information, call 888-677-2838 or 635-3739.

 

Music at The Mag

Friday, October 31 – The Delta Drifters begin around 7 pm.

 

Down Hearth Cooking

Demonstrations of 19^th century down-hearth cooking, using 19^th century recipes and reproduction cooking equipment, will be held at Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site on Saturday, November 1 from 11 am until 3 pm.  Featured recipes will be taken from the historic Turnbull-Bowman Family Papers.  For more information call 888-376-1867 or 635-3110.

 

The Spinning Wheel

On Saturday, November 8, Audubon State Historic Site presents this program that centers on the work required on a plantation to provide the thread and cloth utilized by the house and its inhabitants.  There will be demonstration of spinning on the spinning wheel along with how the wool and cotton are prepared.  The program runs from 10 am until 2 pm, and for more information, call 888-677-2838 or 635-3739.

 

The Weaving Room

As a follow up to the earlier program on spinning, Audubon State Historic Site will present a demonstration and talk about the use of the plantations original weaving loom on Saturday, November 8 from 2 pm until 4 pm.  This program centers on the work required on a plantation to provide the thread and cloth utilized by the house and its inhabitants.  For more information, call 888-677-2838 or 635-3739.

 

Save the Date

With the enormous success of our White Linen Night held in August, the St. Francisville Merchants Association has teamed up again to offer White Light Night on Friday, December 5 from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm following the lighting of the town’s Christmas Tree.  This year’s Christmas in the Country will be held the weekend of December 5, 6 & 7 with the Friends of the Library Annual Home Tour to be conducted on Sunday, December 7.  More information to come!