Events that happened on Thursday, February 23, 2017

“Alzheimer’s Poetry Project: Celebrating Creativity in Elder Care” is a unique arts program which explores how art and poetry can be used with people with memory loss. The program is designed for multiple audiences — healthcare professionals, high...

The Mayfield Cultural Center in Marble Hill will be featuring fibers during their open studio sessions, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., on Thursdays in January and February. Visitors can quilt or bring a fiber project that they want to work on. Volunteers will be...

“Alzheimer’s Poetry Project: Celebrating Creativity in Elder Care” is a unique arts program which explores how art and poetry can be used with people with memory loss. The program is designed for multiple audiences — healthcare professionals, high...

Entrepreneurial Development Workshop Community Service

Join Old Town Cape, Inc. as it celebrate the people and businesses that make Downtown Cape Girardeau a great place to live, work and play. Social mixer will be at 6 p.m. and dinner and program and 7 p.m. Reservations are $30 per seat or $240 for a...

SEMO Men's Basketball vs. Murray State

The Nation's Premier Children's Consignment Event is coming to Cape Girardeau! Make more for your gently used children and teen items with lower consignor fees and higher consignor percentages! No more handwritten tags, and checks are ready on...

Faculty recital featuring Dr. Gabrielle Baffoni, clarinet, and Matt Yount, piano. Tickets are $10.

Calling all knitters and crocheters — this group is for you! Bring your yarn and tools and meet like-minded crafters or get help with a current project. Brand new to working with yarn? You're in luck — Cindy Rittmer of The Tangled Yarn will be here...

Join Dr. Christopher Rieger, professor of English and Director of the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University, as he discusses prominent African American women writers from the 18th to the 21st century. A brief overview...

Stained Glass Box Class; Three Nights: Feb. 9, 16, & 23, 6-8 p.m. $85. No experience necessary. Reservations required. 573-238-8515 Sign up at the cultural center or email: classes@themayfieldculturalcenter.com Instructor: Brian Derton

Feb. 13: Barbecue chicken, potato salad, baked beans, fruit and dessert. Feb. 14: Baked spaghetti, corn, pea salad, fruit and dessert. Feb. 15: Hot dogs, chili, cornbread, fruit and dessert. Feb. 16: Ham, dressing, green beans, fruit and...

17th ANNUAL CHILDREN’S ARTS FESTIVAL AT THE ARTS COUNCIL CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO—Friday, February 3rd, from 4 to 8 p.m., the Southeast Missouri Arts Council invites you to attend a reception for the 17th Annual Children’s Arts Festival. This...

This show displays a series of collapsible museums and drawings and focuses on visual culture and how viewers experience art. There will be an artist talk at 3 p.m. on Feb. 3 and a reception from 5-7 p.m. on Feb. 3. Admission is free.

In JANUARY we will have the Annual Regional Judged Photography Show. This show will run Jan. 10 through Feb. 25, 2017. It is open to all adults and juveniles within a 150 mile radius of Sikeston, Mo. Typically over a dozen photographers compete...

Art by Craig Thomas and Juanita Wyman will be featured in the Window Display in the Visual Arts CO-OP Gallery.

Our special 10th Season Anniversary production! Mark Twain’s timeless classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi as the irrepressible Huck Finn helps his friend, Jim, a slave, escape to freedom at the mouth of the Ohio River. Their adventures...

“Love Is in the Air,” an exhibit of nearly a century of wedding gowns and memorabilia will be on exhibit during February. Free to the public. Thursday-Sunday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Registration Days for classes starting in March. call or email for enrollment form.

On display at the Sikeston Depot Museum & Gallery, 116 W. Malone. Sponsored by Sikeston Daughters of Sunset Depot open Tues.-Sat., 10 AM-4 PM; 573-481-9967 www.sikestondepotmuseum.com

Hosted by Sikeston Depot Museum & Gallery. For additional information, call 573-481-9967.

New miniature art work will be on display at the Visual Arts CO-OP Gallery.

January - February 2017 Winter is a great time to enjoy the slower, quieter side of Illinois wine country and the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail has provided you with great incentives to do so. Enjoy the excitement of visiting your favorite wineries,...

Please Be our Guest for the Sikeston Little Theatre Production of the enchanting musical “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.” Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale about unconditional love. A selfish and unkind prince is turned into a...

Delta RV Elementary Pre-K and Kindergarten Screening Days

An exhibition showcasing the artistic talents of high school junior and senior students from Illinois and Southeast Missouri. Admission is free.

Step up to stand out When you look at the successful people in your life, what do you see? Confidence. Competence. Enthusiasm. They’re engaged in all aspects of their work and life, inspiring others as they lead by example. The Dale Carnegie...

St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1900 Cape LaCroix Road, Cape, will begin a Women's Bible Study on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in the church's Gathering Room. The study will be about the book of Judges. Study Guides will be available. All women are...

Do you like taking photographs? Painted Wren Art Gallery is hosting a photo contest. The theme is "Anything Flowers." Entry deadline is Friday, March 31, 2017. There is both an adult division and a youth division. Limit of three entries with a...

Stories, rhymes and finger plays and activities for toddlers.

A new Paint for a Cause is up at the Painted Wren Art Gallery. This cause is co-sponsored by the Chrome Queens Motorcycle Riding Group. ALL donations will go to breast cancer research. Any visitor to the Gallery is welcome to paint for a minute or...

Are your Thursdays a bit boring? Need a little mid-week escape? Then grab a bottle of wine and a friend, and take part in downtown Cape Girardeau's only guided mosaic art class. No experience required. You will be helped to tap into your creative...

Tom Runnels art exhibit is now open at the Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill. Tom Runnels was a local artist, writer, and sculptor. Metal sculptures, paintings, and prints by Tom Runnels will be featured in this exhibit....

Utahraptor was probably the largest of raptors, 23 feet from head to tail and weighing around a half a ton. It used a huge killing claw, located on it's hind feet, for slashing and ripping prey. See a replica of this ferocious predator at the...