Events that happened on Sunday, December 3, 2017

The beginnig of the Advent season will be celebrated at the 9 a.m. service. The familiar Christian advent symbols will be present by children and adults. Everyone is welcome to attend this meaningful and beautiful service.

St. Ambrose Men's Club will hold this breakfast which will include whole-hog sausage, eggs and biscuits and gravy. Adults are $7; children 6 t0 12 years old are $3 and children under 5 years old are free.

The Immaculate Conception Church of Jackson music ministry will present their annual Christmas Concert at the church on Hope Street Sunday, Dec. 3,2017 at 2:30 p.m. Featured will be the Adult Choir, Heartland Pops Chorus and Orchestra, Choristers,...

Usher in the holiday season at the 22nd annual family-friendly benefit concert featuring the top vocal and musical talent in the region under the direction of Jerry Ford! All proceeds support the Southeast Cancer Care Fund, helping local cancer...

P.A.S.T. of Union Co., IL will host two Open Houses Sunday, Dec. 3. 1:30-3:30 Tour the 1850's Heritage House at 102 S. Main, Jonesboro, IL 62952 to see the gorgeous contemporary Holiday decorations and traditional Christmas Quilts upstairs. $5...

The Oliver House is decorated for Christmas. Come see it in all it's glory. Admission is free but donations will be accepted.

The Scott County Historical and Genealogy Society will hold their Christmas Party Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Caney/Gosche Store. The store is located beside the home of Kenny Schlitt, 189 County Road 266, off of Highway 77...

Ivas John will be at Steele Crest Winery.

Santa Claus will be at the Oliver House Museum. Bring your children to visit with him.

Ice Age Exhibit held over through December. Ice age exhibit closes December 31. Journey back in time to the Ice Age. See a replica skull of Dee, largest mounted Columbian mammoth in North America and Dima, a mummified baby Wooly mammoth, a huge...

Housed in a beautifully restored 1896 building, the museum features an extensive collection of telephones manufactured from the early 1900s through the 2000s, hundreds of pieces of telephone-related equipment and memorabilia and military telephones...

Open Nightly November 17 2017 - January 1 2018 Dusk - 10 p.m. Magic of Lights is a dazzling 1.5-mile drive-through holiday lights show featuring more than 300 spectacular displays using the latest LED technology and digital animations. Experience...

You are invited to tour the Oliver House Museum, any first Sunday of the month, located in uptown Jackson. The house is still decorated for Christmas. Special group tours may be scheduled by calling Kyle Mabuce at (573) 579-3807 or email:...

Join us for the 13th Annual Christmas Tree Exhibit with more than 50 themed trees, German and American Christmas Collections, including Nativity Scenes and a wonderful Santa Extravaganza exhibit. Open every day (except Christmas Day and New Year’s...

A retrospective exhibition spanning 37 years of art making by Southeast’s Department of Art Chair Caroline Kahler. The reception is Nov. 3 from 4-8 p.m. and the artist talk is 6 p.m. in the Crisp Museum.

Sanders set about learning to redraw after having a baby and centered on “Hair Ghosts” where she found an expression of complex femininity with notes of ritual. The reception is Nov. 3 from 4-8 p.m. in the Crisp Museum.

Please join us as Phlox Fire Entertainment presents a dinner show Feb. 3, 2018, including fire dance, fire juggling, fire eating and more. Dinner and dance included. Cash bar. All proceeds raised will benefit Community Caring Council Utility...

The Jackson Knights of Columbus will host Euchre Tournaments the first Sunday of every month October 2017 through March 2018 at the Jackson Knights of Columbus Hall. Registration starts at 12:00 with play starting at 1:00. Cost is $10 per person,...

St. Mary Cathedral Council of Catholic Women will host its annual holiday craft and bake sale in the school cafeteria. Many homemade baked goods, Christmas & holiday items, used cookbooks for a donation, free religious items and books. Raffle...

Men's Basketball League 9 - 12 Game Season + Playoffs! Competitive and Recreational Divisions 5 v 5 Full Court Ages 17 & up Team Registration ONLY $350 /team Register by 12.6.17 Managers Meeting: 12.6.17 | 6:30 p.m. at the...

Enter your best Winter Wonderland photos in Painted Wren Art Gallery's next themed photo contest. Printed photo size should be no smaller than 8 inches X 10 inches and no larger than 16 inches X 16 inches. No mats, no frames, just photographs....

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....

Explore how WWI affected the lives of small town Americans on the home front and overseas in our World War I exhibit. Included in the exhibit are uniforms, photos, personal items, stories telling the World War I experiences of Samuel A. Baker, and...

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...