Events on Saturday, April 18, 2026

Registration period: March 28 - April 18 The nature center is partnering with the Cape Girardeau Parks & Recreation Department to clean up Cape LaCroix Creek during their annual Friends of the Park Day. Gather your friends, family, or...

What is an Appalachian egg basket? This is an opportunity to drop in and see what the process of creating this style of basket entails. Staff will be working on a basket from 10am to 12pm if you want to watch the process and ask...

Registration period: March 28 - April 16 What if you could combine ducks and kayaks? YOU CAN!! Join us as we travel to Duck Creek Conservation Area to do just that. We will join the area’s wildlife biologist as he performs his annual wood duck...

Headed to Cape Anime 2026? Come by the Osage Center for a fabulous show of all your favorite collectors’ cards. BUY – SELL – TRADE. ADMISSION IS FREE!! Want to be a Vendor? Contact Dale at 573-321-0299 $25 per 8-foot table.

Drop-in and meet talented quilt makers from our community and explore this art form with the Jackson Scrappers Quilt Guild. Whether you’re just curious or want to learn more about all the beautiful displays on the library’s wall, this relaxed,...

Local artists Aaron Horrell and Barb Bailey, in conjunction with the Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield, Missouri, have started a new Paint For A Cause Project. This is an opportunity for the public to participate in a project to help raise...

A new paint-for-a-cause mural has begun. VisitCape and Painted Wren Art Gallery have joined forces to bring you The Blues Highway Mural. This mural celebrates 100 years of Highway 61, also known as the Blues Highway. The historic highway begins in...