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Arts Commission Calendar
October–December 2011
October
Town Creek Arts Festival
Date: October 1, 2011
Time: 10am-10pm
Location: The Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art
Cost: NA
Event Website:
Contact Person: Julian Rankin/Carol Peaster Contact Phone: 601-960-1515
Contact Email: cpeaster@msmuseumart.org
Event Description: The inaugural Town Creek Arts Festival will be held at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Downtown Jackson (380 South Lamar Street).
MSO Chamber I: Baroque Gems
Date: October 1, 2011
Time: 7:30pm
Location: St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, Jackson, Ms
Cost: $15.00
Event Website: www.msorchestra.com
Contact Person: Jim Moritsugu
Contact Phone: 601-960-1565
Contact Email: jmoritsugu@msorchestra.com
Event Description: The clarity of the MSO Chamber Ensemble is enhanced by the cathedral's natural acoustics as guest violinist Stephen Redfield performs Bach and Vivaldi.
Mississippi Boychoir MINIT 2 WINIT fundraiser
Date: October 6, 2011
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Mississippi Children's Museum
Cost: $40 Adult $20 Children
Event Website: mississippiboychoir.org
Contact Person: Tracey Curtis
Contact Phone: 601 665 7374
Contact Email: mississippiboychoir@comcast.net
Event Description: MINIT 2 WINIT includes simple games played by local celebrities" , dinner and musical entertainment. Family event.
Music and Tales From the Mississippi River
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Millsaps College Recital Hall Jackson, MS
Cost: $10 / $5 for students with ID
Event Website: http://www.millsaps.edu/news_events/arts_lecture.s
Contact Person: Continuing Education
Contact Phone: 601-974-1130
Contact Email: conted@millsaps.edu
Event Description: Eve Beglarian, contemporary composer, musician, poet and photographer will perform music inspired by her solo journey down the Mississippi river.
Some Girl(s)
Date: October 12-14, 16, 18-21, 23
Time: 7:30pm and 2:00pm
Location: Univ, of Mississippi Oxford Campus, Ford Center
Cost: $12.50, $9 (UM ID), $8 seniors
Event Website: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/theatre_arts/omt/seas
Contact Person: UM Box Office
Contact Phone: 662-915-7411
Contact Email: theatre@olemiss.edu
Event Description: Guy knows he didn't treat past girlfriends well. Now on the verge of marriage, he goes back to make amends...to mixed success. Adult language.
Southern Expressions GCWA Author Conference
Date: October 14 & 15
Time: 6 P Friday, 8a-6p Saturday
Location: IP Biloxi, MS and Mary C O'Keefe Ocean Springs, MS
Cost: $200
Event Website: gcwriters.org/se11.html
Contact Person: Philip L. Levin
Contact Phone: 228 239-3575
Contact Email: writerpllevin@gmail.com
Event Description: 20 speakers/facilitators, 120 participants, agents, editors, publishers, poets, writers, parties!
Historic Rose Hill Cemetery Tour
Date: Saturday, October 15
Time: 10 AM and 6 PM
Location: Meridian Mississippi
Cost: Free
Event Website:
Contact Person: Anne B McKee
Contact Phone: 601 681 8525
Contact Email: annielcy@aol.com
Event Description: Rose HIll Cemetery is a Meridian landmark. 30 stops on the tour volunteers dressed in proper period featured telling the life stories of those buried.
Meet the Author Brunch
Date: October 16, 2011
Time: 9am -11am
Location: IP Ballroom, Biloxi, MS
Cost: Free
Event Website: gcwriters.org/se11.html
Contact Person: Philip L. Levin
Contact Phone: 228 239-3575
Contact Email: writerpllevin@gmail.com
Event Description: 40 published authors show books and discuss writing. Open to the public.
Loren Niemi Storytelling Workshop
Date: October 16, 2011
Time: 1p - 3p
Location: Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS
Cost: $60, space limited
Event Website: http://www.gcwriters.org/se_storytelling.html
Contact Person: Philip L. Levin
Contact Phone: 228 239-3575
Contact Email: writerpllevin@gmail.com
Event Description: Nationally recognized storyteller teaches "Mapping the Territory: Essential Plots."
Centric Soul
Date: September 16, October 21
Time: 9:00PM-1:00AM
Location: Hattiesburg, MS
Cost: 10
Event Website: www.centricsoul.com
Contact Person: Crystal Scretching
Contact Phone: 228-216-4595
Contact Email: centricsoul@gmail.com
Event Description: Live entertainment, a featured house DJ, singers, and musicians as well as spoken word artists, poets, fine art artist displayed artwork. Food, drinks.
Mississippi International Film Festival
Event Description: See Website...Way Too Much To Fit Here!
Date: Oct. 21-23
Time: F 10a-Late, Sa 10a-Late, Su 11
Location: Davis Planetarium, Jackson, Miss.
Cost: $8/day or $10/Fri + Sat
Event Website: http://www.msfilm.org
Contact Person: Chris MacDonald
Contact Phone: 6019465879
Contact Email: chris@msfilm.org
Event Description: See Website...Way Too Much To Fit Here!
Jacktoberfest
Date: October 21, 2011
Time: 11am until
Location: Congress Street downtown Jackson, Mississippi
Cost: Free
Event Website: http://www.jacktoberfest.com
Contact Person: Roy Adkins
Contact Phone: 601-942-7285
Contact Email: radkins@lightandglass.net
Jacktoberfest is a FREE street festival held in downtown Jackson. The event features local and regional bands, a dozen or so craft American brewed and German import beers, and of course, bratwurst. Now in its fifth year, Jacktoberfest has grown into a premier downtown city street festival drawing thousands of thirsty and hungry Jacksonians to celebrate “Bands, Brats & Beer”. If you make artwork or crafts and would like to show and sell your work, as long as it is handmade work by you, then we are happy to provide you with a free place to display and sell your work. If you would like to participate or want more information, please contact Roy Adkins at radkins@lightandglass.net .
Spirited Columbus - A Ghost Tour
Date: October 28, 2011
Time: 6:15pm - 9;00pm
Location: Hitch Lot, 200 2nd Ave. North, Columbus, MS 39701
Cost: $13/person (adults & children)
Event Website: www.southernculturetours.com
Contact Person: Chris Hannon
Contact Phone: 662-368-8181
Contact Email: info@southernculturetours.com
Event Description: A family-friendly tour of some of Columbus' most haunted sites.
MSO Bravo II: Hitchcock at Halloween
Date: October 29, 2011
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson, Ms
Cost: $20.00 and Up
Event Website: www.msorchestra.com
Contact Person: Jim Moritsugu
Contact Phone: 601-960-1565
Contact Email: jmoritsugu@msorchestra.com
Event Description: The evening opens with Charles Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette followed by Alfred Schnittke's Ritual and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
November
Sun & Sand, The Mississippi Film and Music Festival
Date: November 7-12, 2012
Time: 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 a.m.
Location: Mississippi Coast
Cost: Not published
Event Website:
Contact Person: Charlotte A. Koestler
Contact Phone: 601.831.0978
Contact Email: cakoestler@sunandsandfestival.com
Event Description: An international festival of movies and music with panel discussions, trade show and interactive digital showcase. First of its kind on the coast.
Ole Miss Theatre presents Rent
Date: November 10-11 and 13
Time: 7:30 pm (10 and 11) 2:00 (13)
Location: Univ, of Mississippi Oxford Campus, Ford Center
Cost: $12.50, $9 (UM ID), $8 seniors
Event Website: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/theatre_arts/omt/seas
Contact Person: UM Box Office
Contact Phone: 662-915-7411
Contact Email: theatre@olemiss.edu
Event Description: Pulitzer prize- and Tony Award-winning rock opera set in NYC in the 1990s and based on Puccini's La Boheme. Adult Content.
A Salute to Veterans
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Millsaps College Recital Hall Jackson, MS
Cost: $10 / $5 for students with ID
Event Website: http://www.millsaps.edu/news_events/arts_lecture.s
Contact Person: Continuing Education
Contact Phone: 601-974-1130
Contact Email: conted@millsaps.edu
Event Description: Mark LaFrancis, USAF veteran presents a multimedia program and The Victory Belles from the World War 2 museum in New Orleans perform.
MSO Pops I: Another Opening, Another Show
Date: November 19, 2011
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Jackson Convention Complex, Jackson, Ms
Cost: $15.00 and Up
Event Website: www.msorchestra.com
Contact Person: Jim Moritsugu
Contact Phone: 601-960-1565
Contact Email: jmoritsugu@msorchestra.com
Event Description: A night featuring Cole Porter's score for Kiss Me Kate and a medley of favorites from Porgy and Bess with vocalists Sherri Seiden and Daniel Narducci.
December
Capitol City Stage Band Dinner and Dance
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Holmes Community College Grenada Corey Forum
Cost: $30 Dinner and Dance
Event Website:
Contact Person: Cindy Dugan
Contact Phone: 662-227-2302
Contact Email: cdugan@holmescc.edu
Event Description: The Grenada Arts Partnership proudly presents the Capitol City Stage Band in concert.
12 Ideas for Christmas Parties
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Millsaps College Recital Hall Jackson, MS
Cost: $10 / $5 for students with ID
Event Website: http://www.millsaps.edu/news_events/arts_lecture.s
Contact Person: Continuing Education
Contact Phone: 601-974-1130
Contact Email: conted@millsaps.edu
Event Description: Regina Charboneau, chef at the historic Twin Oaks in Natchez will present ideas for holiday entertaining.
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