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Today in Mississippi
April 2014
Events MISSISSIPPI
EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 20
Want more than 400,000 readers to know about your event? Send it to us at least two months prior to the event date. Submissions must include a phone number with area code for publication. Mail to Mississippi Events, Today in Mississippi, P.O. Box 3300, Ridgeland, MS 39158-3300; fax to 601-605-8601; or email to news@epaofms.com. Events of statewide interest will be published free of charge as space allows. Event details are subject to change, so we strongly recommend calling to confirm dates and times before traveling. For more events, go to www.visitmississippi.org.
“This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement,” through Aug. 17, Jackson. The work of nine activist photographers. Mississippi Museum of Art. Details: 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org “The Slave Series: Quilts by Gwendolyn A. Magee,” through May 18, Jackson. Narrative art quilts. Admission. Mississippi Museum of Art. Details: 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org “Wings Into Spring”: New Albany Home and Garden Show, April 4-5, New Albany. More than 20 seminars, special guests, vendors, crafts, more. Fairgrounds. Details: 662316-0088; newalbanygardening.com 23rd Annual “Celebrate the Gulf” Marine Education Festival, April 5, Pass Christian. Live animals, Raptor Road Show, youth fishing rodeo, more. Pass Christian War Memorial Park. Details: 228-475-7047; grandbaynerr.org Mudbug Bash, April 12, Hernando. Crawfish plates, auctions, restaurant samples; 6-11 p.m. Admission. Panola Street. Details: 662328-5704 ext.112; palmerhome.org. Heart Walk, April 12, Lucedale. 5K fun run/walk, children’s activities, more. George Regional Hospital. Details: 601-947-0709; georgeregional.com Hollis Long Memorial Dulcimer and Ole Tyme Music Festival, April 12, Tishomingo. Dulcimer sales/demonstrations, crafts, entertainment. Tishomingo State Park. Details: 662-438-6914; park info: mdwfp.com Cedar Hill Farms Annual Easter Egg Hunt, April 12-19, Hernando. Egg hunts, pony rides, animals, more. Admission. Cedar Hill Farms. Details: 662-429-2540; gocedarhillfarm.com Strawberries & Cream Festival, April 13, Picayune. Celebrates history of old strawberry farm; 1-3 p.m. Robert F. Brzuszek signs new
book “The Crosby Arboretum.” Free admission. Crosby Arboretum. Details: 601-799-2311; crosbyarboretum.msstate.edu Easter Drama, April 18, Hazelhurst. ECCC Drama Team to perform “Road to Calvary”; 7 p.m. Mt. Sinai United Methodist Church. Details: 601-654-3834. Fulmer’s Homesteaders Gathering and Horsedrawn Auction, April 18-19, Richton. Free admission. Fulmer’s Farmstead, Wingate Road. Details: 601-964-8222; fulmersfarmstead.com Annual Daylily Sale, April 19, Meridian. Meridian Daylily Club sale of many varieties and colors; 8 a.m. Lauderdale County Co-op. Details: 601-527-2442. Southaven 34th Annual Springfest, April 24-26, Southaven. BBQ cooking championship, carnival midway, more. Snowden Grove Park. Details: 662-280-2489 ext. 283; southaven.org Relay For Life of Hattiesburg, April 25, Hattiesburg. Tatum Park. Other area Relay For Life events May 2: Marion Co., Columbia High School; Petal, Willie Hinton/Relay Park; and Lamar Co., Sumrall High School. Details: 601543-8874. Annual Taste Fair, April 25, Hurley. Taste more than 30 dishes with emphasis on “Dishes for the Holidays”; 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Admission. Full Life Assembly. Details: 228-588-2670, 601-770-2245. Wister Gardens Workshop, April 26, Belzoni. Admission. Wister Gardens. Details: 662-836-6471, 662-836-7996. Destiny Goss Memorial Cruise for St. Jude, April 26, Lucedale. Motorcycle ride and poker run, BBQ chicken, live music, auction, raffle. George County Senior Citizens Center. Details: 601-770-1142, 601-508-2202. Fourth Annual Rabbit Run for St. Jude, April 26, Star. 10K and 5K races, children’s fun run. Details: 601-842-7947; rabbitrunstar.com Annual 8-Mile Yard Sale, April 26, Greenwood Springs. Clothes, toys, car/truck
parts, more; 7 a.m. until. Details: 662-3156955. Sixth Annual Dog Fest, April 26, Meridian. Contests, vendors, more. Lauderdale Agri-center. Details: 601-776-2558; ecmkc.org Double 16 Hunting Club Seventh Annual Spring Trail Ride, April 26, Poplarville. Entertainment, camping, food. Gumpond area. Admission. Details: 601-550-5905; Facebook: Double 16 Hunting Club Trail Rides. Hernando Farmers Market, April 26 - Oct. 25, Hernando. Foods, music, special events; 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Earth Day Celebration April 26. Hernando Courthouse Square. Details: cityofhernando.org/farmersmarket Confederate Memorial Service and Picnic, April 29, Hernando. Sons of Confederate Veterans event; 2 p.m. Free. Hernando Memorial Cemetery. Details: 662-393-4448; bullfrogreb@aol.com Sherman School Reunion, May 2-3, Sherman. Sock hop, 50th anniversary of school’s closing, more. Sherman Library. Details: 931-320-2441; mrtsix3@bellsouth.net George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge, May 3, Lucedale. Live music including Ricochet, vendors, food; 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Admission. George County Fairgrounds. gcffabbqchallenge.org Lake Washington Homes, Gardens, Historical Sites Tour, May 3, Glen Allan. Self-guided tours, lunch at Highland Club, vendors; 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Admission; advance ticket sales only. Glen Allan United Methodist
Church. Details: 662-571-0139, 662-379-7007. Day in the Park, May 3, Morton. Arts, crafts, food, domino tournament, antique tractors, Jeff Bates concert 8 p.m. Admission. Farris Municipal Park. Details: 601-732-6252. Calhoun Cares 5K Walk/Run, May 3, Bruce. Benefits local families battling cancer; 8 a.m. rain or shine. Registration fee. City Hall. Details: 662-983-8736; spedbailey@hotmail.com Gospel Concert, May 3, Pearl. Chuck Wagon Gang, Tim Frith & Gospel Echoes, Southern Plainsmen Quartet; 6:30 p.m. Pearl Community Center. Details: 601-906-0677. The Gardens of Madison County, May 3-4, Madison and Ridgeland. Tours of six gardens, cooking demos, more. Details: 601-856-4455; mragardens.com “Hooked on Fishing”: Kiln Business Council Fishing Rodeo, May 3, Kiln. McLeod Park. Details: 228-332-1816; j.redshaw@mchsi.com “Power of Pink” Poker Run, May 3, Petal. Back roads route to Laurel. Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Hinton Park; riders depart 9:30 a.m. Benefits Pink Ribbon Fund. Rain date: May 10. Entry fee. Details: 985-788-1724. Pass Christian Historical Society’s Tour of Homes, May 4, Pass Christian. Tours of five homes; 2-5 p.m. Details: 228-452-0161; passhistory.org Pioneer Day, May 10, French Camp. Period demonstrators and artisans, square dancing, more. Natchez Trace Historic Village. Details: 662-547-6482; frenchcamp.org/historic