Events that happened on Friday, October 12, 2018

Enjoy delicious food at St. Paul's Tailgate Parties Oct. 5 and Oct. 12 on the Russell Street playground (in front of the school) from 5-7 p.m. to cheer on the Jackson Indians at their home games. Menu includes pork burgers, brats, corn dogs,...

Southeast Jazz Lab and Studio Ensembles will present a thrilling collection of tunes dedicated to Sammy Nestico. This program will include some of Nestico’s most famous tunes such as “Switch in Time,” “I Remember Clifford,” and “Basie Straight...

Karaoke and Music outside on the patio!! Grab a bunch of friends, bring your singin' voice and your dancin' shoes and join us for fun, food, and friends! Awesome homemade chips & salsa with tasty margaritas!! For large parties call ahead for...

Awkward Timing will play in Keller's from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Come enjoy great music!

Cape Home Run Derby Shawnee Park Sports Complex Friday, October 12, 2018 Check-in at 6:30 p.m., blind draw at 6:45 p.m., and the contest begins at 7:00 p.m. Fee: $25 Elite Division | $20 Recreational Division Sign-up by October 11 at 5 p.m....

Three Rivers College and the Sikeston Jaycees will hold the Sterling Pharmacy Championship College Rodeo October 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 with a TRC ID, $5 for children ages...

Union County and the City of Jonesboro! ColorFest week-end Fri. 5-8pm: Food, Music, and Vendors just West of the J’boro Square Sat. 10:00 am Jonesboro Cemetery Program - S.A.R. & D.A.R. Dedication of 2 Revolutionary Soldiers’ stones and 1812...

Semo Prom Mothers will be open this weekend for school aged teens needing winter ball gowns. **Make your appointment by going onto Semo Prom Mothers Facebook page. Click on the blue “Doodle” link to schedule your appointment.

Spend Friday at Hydro Adventures! With our new Friday Family Night special, get a pizza, 4 drinks and 4 games of laser tag for only $21.95! Plan a family outing.

Learning to dance is a fun way to meet new friends and pick up a cool skill you can use anywhere there's music. This class is designed to introduce newcomers to the basics of one ballroom, Latin, or swing dance per month in a casual, no-pressure...

Dave Carter and Randy Hays will be the featured window exhibitors of the October 2018 Visual Arts Cooperative.

October is a frightastic month at Hydro Adventures with the Haunted Hollywood Trail, open every weekend in October during normal park hours. Purchase a mini golf-game, pick 3 pass or wristband and follow the trail through 18 holes of maddening...

Arte Cubano highlights a universally agreed-upon characteristic of the island’s art: an incredible diversity. Cuban art is so rich in large part because of its diverse cultural blend of African, European, and Latin/Caribbean influences. Add to these...

Visit Cape Girardeau's PREMIER halloween attraction for our twenty second year of fear. With new areas, effects, and scares added around every corner, this is our best year yet. --------------- At Black Forest, we take the haunted house idea to a...

There will be new miniature art works on display at the Visual Arts CO-OP Gallery.

Calling all Ghouls and Goblins to Cape Girardeau's Annual Haunted Hall of Horror! Fridays and Saturdays starting October 12th and ending Halloween night. Dates: October 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 & 31 Time : 7 pm - 11 pm $8.00 per person Children...

Come listen to Silver Fox on the second Friday of every month! They play from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and we open at 4 p.m. Get here early to get a table because Silver Fox always packs the house

The Redhawks softball team hosts Jefferson College in an exhibition doubleheader Oct. 12. Start time is 5 p.m. at the Southeast Softball Complex.

6 p.m. - Social 6:30 p.m. - Program/Dinner Members of the University’s Copper Dome Society are invited to this annual dinner during which the Alumni Association’s 2018 Alumni Awards will be presented along with the 2018 Faculty Merit Award....

The Center for Faulkner Studies will host the Faulkner and García Márquez Conference Oct. 11-13 on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Sponsored by the Missouri Humanities Council, the conference will bring together more than 40...

Experience Southeast Missouri through the eyes of naturalist Dustin Hillis. His photographs reveal that you can find beauty even in the smallest of details. The Cape Girardeau Nature Center is free.

Visit the auditorium to view entries from the “Mingo Swamp Flora and Fauna” photography contest sponsored by the Mingo Swamp Friends Association. This annual contest showcases the best of the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge and the local...

Here's your chance to be an artist! Young, old, and everyone in between can participate. For a $1 donation, folks can paint for a minute or so on a pre-printed metal panel. Children will especially enjoy painting on the various animals. Takes...

The Gallery at Southeast Missouri State University’s Catapult Creative House will host “Literary Innovations: A Juried National Exhibition Inspired by William Faulkner and Gabriel García Márquez” from Oct. 5 through Nov. 29. An opening reception...

A reception opening the exhibit will be 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The artist will be there to meet you. The exhibit will stay up for 45 days. Normal business hours are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. We also make special arrangements...

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...

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...

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...