Articles by Jan Swoope
Sweet harvest: Country Store Bake Sale celebrates 50 years of tradition, preservation
For 50 delicious Novembers, the annual Country Store Bake Sale has helped fill Thanksgiving tables to overflowing with some of the tastiest homemade cakes, pies, candies, cookies, cheese straws and other goodies this side of the Mississippi River.
Painted paradise: Bob Nolan’s ‘rainforest’ is going to the birds
When Bob Nolan asks his current “clients” how they like the paint job he’s doing, and gets a chorus of squawks in response, he takes it as a compliment.
CAC and GTRA to host gala for NYC raffle
Prepare for the drum roll. The Columbus Arts Council and Golden Triangle Regional Airport will host a gala at the airport Dec. 2 at 5:30 p.m. to draw for a luxury trip for two to New York City.
Later, alligator: New restaurant introduces gator to Triangle palates
With house rules like “Feel free to fall in love,” and “Dance wildly if you want to,” you might expect the unexpected at Crawgators Restaurant, recently opened at 1586 Lake Lowndes Road in the New Hope community.
‘Building a better mousetrap’: Free thought flows when MUW class visualizes a city’s future
Pedestrian walkways, amphitheaters, bike paths, trams — even a “space needle” style restaurant. Nothing was off limits as a small group of enthusiastic thinkers aired ideas about Columbus’ future in a Life Enrichment course called City Revitalization: Shaping the Future, at Mississippi University for Women this fall.
Storyteller to revisit USO shows of WWII at RAC
In honor of Veterans Day, well-known storyteller Dolores Hydock of Birmingham, Ala., makes a return visit to the Columbus Arts Council’s Omnova Theater Friday, Nov. 12. She brings captivating tales of the traveling USO camp shows of World War II — and a very special guest.
Columbus historian leads visit to Gettysburg site
“It’s really about letting the land talk to you,” Brandon Beck of Columbus told participants in the McCormick Civil War Institute fall tour, as they stood on the echoing battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa., in October.
Replica Nina and Pinta to anchor in Columbus
“In fourteen hundred-ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” but on Tuesday Nov. 23, replicas of two of the intrepid explorer’s trio of ships will anchor at the Columbus Marina near the John C. Stennis Lock and Dam East Bank. The historically-accurate ships will remain docked until early Monday, Nov. 29.
In a stew … about what’s for dinner? Try these to warm a chilly night
Fall is a wonderful time to break out the stew recipes. Brrrr nights and blustery days call for comfort foods to fill the tummy and warm the heart. Most of us enjoy a traditional hearty beef stew, but variations are endless, as some of today’s recipes illustrate.
Decorative Arts Forum visits the mid-twentieth century
Lee Ann and Tom Moore felt they had found “the” house the first time they viewed it in 2008. Unique in floorplan, and crowning the hill at the corner of College Street and First Street South in Columbus, it is, Tom says, “an outside-inside house.”
Columbus artist animated about his ‘alter ego’
Even as a youngster growing up in Columbus, Robert Williams was “a doodler,” drawing whatever appealed to his fertile imagination.
Handworks Bazaar to help usher in holidays
The sun may not have set on Halloween just yet, but organizers of the fifth annual Christmas Handworks Bazaar at First United Methodist Church in Starkville Nov. 5 have their minds on Christmas shopping.
No tricks needed: Try these Halloween treats for a howlin’ good time
No bones about it, for fun-minded cooks, Halloween is a great time to set the imagination free.
A spirited past: Ghost hunt in Prairie searches for evidence to prove we are not alone
“I couldn’t go in it right now, nooo ma’am,” Linda Callahan sat shaking her head dramatically from side to side. Her attentive audience — about 25 men and women in a ragged circle of chairs — are huddled by camp light at the entrance of a World War II-era concrete bunker in Prairie. The night outside, dark and waiting, is still.
Giant Possum Town Yard Sale, Holiday Market set
Area residents and Main Street Columbus are gearing up for two November events at the Hitching Lot Farmer’s Market — the Giant Possum Town Yard Sale Nov. 6 and the Farmers’ Market Holiday Bazaar Nov. 20.
Law and order when the stakes are high in MUW’s ‘Twelve Angry Jurors’
The drama and angst of a jury deciding whether a man lives or dies is at the center of “Twelve Angry Jurors,” the play to be presented Oct. 28-30 by the Mississippi University for Women Department of Music and Theatre.
‘A little magic, a little fright’ marks CAC open mic
The Columbus Arts Council wants to “Put a Spell on You” Friday, Oct. 29, in the Rosenzweig Arts Center’s Omnova Theater.
Renninger’s complex work on exhibit at MUW
Intricate art pieces created by Mississippi artist Lee Renninger of Gulfport are on display in the Eugenia Summer Gallery inside the Mississippi University for Women Art and Design Building.
Northport, Ala., Kentuck Festival showcases elite artists
The Kentuck Festival of the Arts in Northport, Ala., is annually renowned for its quality and diversity and draws plenty of visitors from the Golden Triangle. The 2010 event Saturday and Sunday will be no exception. On shaded paths meandering through Kentuck Park, neat white tents will house more than 250 invited or juried artists skilled in styles ranging from folk to contemporary art. Many are nationally recognized.
Northport, Ala., Kentuck Festival showcases elite artists
The Kentuck Festival of the Arts in Northport, Ala., is annually renowned for its quality and diversity and draws plenty of visitors from the Golden Triangle. The 2010 event Saturday and Sunday will be no exception. On shaded paths meandering through Kentuck Park, neat white tents will house more than 250 invited or juried artists skilled in styles ranging from folk to contemporary art. Many are nationally recognized.
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